Tag archive: Xbox 360

Published on Kickstarter during Wednesday night, Double Fine Productions, founded by Tim Schafer, created a new video game project on the site with the goal of raising $400,000 over a period of  33 days. Double Fine Productions is responsible for games such as Psychonauts, Brutal Legend starring Jack Black, Costume Quest and Stacking. Detailed in the outline of the project, the $400,000 would be invested in the development of an unnamed,… Read More

Announced way back in July last year during Comic-Con, Microsoft has finally given its limited edition Star Wars themed Xbox 360 and the Kinect Star Wars game a release date. Originally scheduled for last holiday season, it's now set for April 3 in both the USA and the UK. The Xbox 360 bundle comes with a 320GB console with a custom R2-D2 paint job and special sound effects, a C-3PO-themed gold controller and a bright Stormtrooper white… Read More

Ferrari has been a part of the Test Drive series since the very beginning, with the games featuring everything from the Testarossa to the 458 Italia, and now Atari has announced a title dedicated to the legendary brand. Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends is its name, and it promises to be everything the tifosi could want. Atari's CEO Kim Wilson has called the game “a landmark chapter” in the Test Drive saga, and it will offer… Read More

Let’s be honest. If you ignore all the news, pretend all the hype is imagined, and search your feelings: is anyone really excited for the next Xbox or the PS4 yet? If this was an actual discussion and, ya know, not a written column, the answer would likely be a resounding no. That doesn’t mean people aren’t interested in the next generation of consoles and won’t buy them with the glee that only a hardcore gamer can experience, but are people… Read More

Much ado has been made about the fabled Apple iTV. Last spring we heard that the company was planning a cloud-based TV service, and that rumor received new legs when Walter Isaacson’s posthumous Steve Jobs autobiography was released. In the book, Jobs discussed that the television – and the living room – was the next domain Apple would conquer. “I’d like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use,” he told Isaacson.… Read More

Detailed at Telnets.org, a fan of Valve's Portal series converted his computer room into a full-blown Aperture Laboratories office complete with a Cave Johnson oil painting, Test Chamber sign, lemon grenades and even a hidden message within the room. After leaving the home office beige for the last three years, he decided to give the entire room a theme rather than simply changing the paint color. While Nintendo's Mario franchise… Read More

According to a recent report from The Daily, Microsoft is working manufacturers third-party manufacturers on prototypes of laptops utilizing a built-in Kinect sensor. Microsoft has already discussed desktops that include Kinect functions while at CES this year, but this is the first mention of the motion controller in a portable solution. The prototypes appeared to be ASUS netbooks and they were running Windows 8, likely to use motion… Read More

As metioned by Kotaku earlier today, Microsoft is reported to be testing a software or hardware method on the next version of the Xbox hardware designed to halt the ability to play used games. While this report doesn't indicate that this feature will definitely be included in the next version, the appeal to developers and publishers is likely incredibly high. This type of solution would make it vastly more difficult for retailers like… Read More

With the introduction of downloadable content onto the console scene, fans have become somewhat jaded. For every great bit of DLC that simply can’t be passed up comes two more that leave us scratching our heads instead of reaching for our wallets. While new content is always appreciated, there needs to be parity with price and overall value of DLC, which translates to offering something worthwhile for gamers — especially since plunking… Read More

One day, years from now, we will be cleaning out our garage/attic/underwater pods (it could happen…), and discover an old game on a disc. We may then call the kids down to gaze in wonder at the relic in our hands, before throwing it in the trash and laughing about how quaint we used to be. It may take a long, long while, but the industry is moving more and more towards games that are available digitally, rather than on a physical piece of… Read More

Xbox recently upgraded its dashboard, adopting Windows metro style UI. It was a necessary change, as Microsoft needs to align its products with its operating system. However there were early complaints that post-upgrade, users were seeing inaccurate colors and poor HD streaming quality.  And according to EuroGamer, Xbox was ignoring these complaints from beta testers. So why would Microsoft issue an unfinished product? Consider the fact that… Read More

This week, Gears of Wars 3 fans get the third of four guaranteed major content drops in the 2011 release's DLC content season, the “Fenix Rising” map pack. Gears Season Pass holders get to download the pack for free; a la carte purchases off of Xbox Live Marketplace cost 800 MS Points. The real meat of “Fenix Rising” is the five new maps, which I'll get to in a minute, but there's some other stuff too.… Read More

Mentioned within an official Hulu blog post by CEO Jason Kilar, Hulu has gained over 1.5 million premium subscribers to the Hulu Plus service. This brings Hulu in line with the same amount of premium subscriber as DVR service TiVo according to SplatF's Dan Frommer, but still lags far behind the 25 million Netflix subscribers. Both Hulu Plus and Netflix's streaming-only package are priced at $7.99 per month for each service. During… Read More

Beginning next month, Microsoft will begin its next push into the lucrative and growing field of downloadable games, when it begins its “House Party” event. Starting on February 15, Microsoft will release a new downloadable game each week. But rather than the normal arcade games, these titles are some of the highest profile arcade games to hit XBL. A release schedule hasn’t been unveiled yet, but the titles are: Alan Wake: American Nightmare,… Read More

2011 was good to the Xbox. For the last 11 months, the system has been the number one console sold in the world, leading to the best year ever for Microsoft’s console. There are now roughly 66 million Xbox 360s in the world, and that number is climbing at a healthy clip. There are several reasons for the solid sales, but two of the most important are the media options like ESPN and Netflix that turned the console into a multimedia device, and… Read More