Xbox 360
Everything about the Xbox 360. News, Reviews, Previews, Opinions, Next-gen Console Wars
NFS: Hot Pursuit Premium DLC Pack Details
EA has announced a premium DLC pack for NFS: Hot Pursuit. No pricing or release date has been announced yet. The pack will contain 12 new events, new achievements/trophies and new cars, such as cop and racer versions of: == Bugatti Veyron SS == Porsche 911 GT2 == Gumpert Apollo
Call Of Duty Black Ops Newest Patch Details
The latest patch for Call of Duty Black Ops is set to release pretty soon on the Xbox 360 and has been submitted to Microsoft for testing purposes. Treyarch also said that this patch is just one of “many more to come”. Even though the fixes might not solve all the bugs, it will get […]
Microsoft: Kinect Shortages Are “Absolutely Not” Fake
Microsoft has defended that Kinect shortages are “absolutely not” fake and has not been designed to spur demand. This comes after gaming industry Michael Pachter stated that both Microsoft and Sony are telling ‘this’ in order to ‘spur demand’. However, Microsoft attributes the shortages to a logistical issue involved with supplying a new product to […]
Rockstar: ‘Big Update’ for LA Noire On The Way
Rockstar Games has confirmed that a “big update” for it’s upcoming crime thriller L.A Noire is on the way. The developer has teased that the news will offer a “special look behind the technology of the game”. L.A Noire is being co-developed by Australian Developer Team Bondi and Rockstar games and is set to release […]
Dead Space 2 Demo Coming Before Christmas?
Dead Space 2’s Executive Producer Steve Papoutsis has hinted that a demo of Visceral’s upcoming space survival horror could possibly arrive before Christmas. When asked in the latest episode of the game’s Facebook show ‘Questions With Steve‘ whether a demo could be released “as a Christmas gift”, Papoutsis replied: “Great question, a lot of people […]
Survey Leaks Details About Next Assassin’s Creed
Ubisoft has recently put out a survey in conjunction with Global Market Insite asking the participants about possible innovations for the forthcoming title in the Assassin’s Creed franchise. The survey asked the participants “to what degree” they would like to see the following features in a follow-up to the recently released Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood: * […]
Microsoft: Retailers Can’t Keep Up With Demand For Xbox 360 Slim 250GB
Looking to buy the new Xbox 360 Slim? Well, you should do so fast unless it gets sold out. And in that case retailers won’t be getting new stock before Christmas 2010. Microsoft has attributed the shortages due to a spike in demand for Kinect. Speaking to ScrawlFX, a Microsoft rep said, “yes, we’re experiencing […]
Homefront To Be Featured At VGA 2010
Homefront is getting premiered at the Video Game Awards 2010. THQ’s VP Danny Bilson tweeted that a Homefront trailer would be premiered during the VGA 2010, “world premiere Homefront trailer to air during the VGAs. This commercial is sick, no ff on dvrs necessary!” Spike TV’s Video Game Awards 2010 will be aired on December […]
Microsoft Responds To Halo HD Remake Rumor, “Nothing To Announce”
Previously, the latest issue of Games Master magazine “industry chatter” section said that an HD Halo remake could use the Halo: Reach engine and arrive in 2011. It was also reported that 343 Industries would be working on it. As much as we want it to happen, there’s nothing concrete yet with Microsoft denying the […]
“Higher Priced Kinect” Outselling PlayStation Move, Says Analyst
Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter believes that Microsoft’s Kinect has overtaken the sales of Sony’s PlayStation Move, even though the former is “higher priced”. The Move starter pack is priced at $100 and Kinect at $150. “Interestingly, the higher priced Kinect controller appears to have overtaken the Move controller in the sales race, with sales about […]
Around 12.5 Million Xbox Live Gold Subscribers, “Very Large Business” For Microsoft
Microsoft revealed that 50% of the 25 million Xbox Live members are actually Gold subscribers. That puts the figure at around 12.5 million paying subscribers. Each Gold member pays around $60 annually and it doesn’t take long to figure out the kind of revenue it pulls in each year. Dennis Durkin, head of Microsoft’s Interactive […]
Sony: Kinect Tech Problems Are “Quite Big”
In a recent in-depth interview with SSCE software engineer Anton Mikhailov by Video Gamer, he said that Kinect has tech problems which are “quite big”. “We’re not necessarily against Kinect or against depth cameras, it’s just we feel like Move has more applicability across more genres so it fits better with what we try to […]
Kids’ Interest In Gaming Consoles Are Falling
Recently, a survey done by research group Nielsen reveals that a surprising amount of 6 to 12 year olds have lost interest in consoles by a considerable margin and instead opt for iDevices. According to the survey, about 29% wanted an iPod Touch and 31% wanted an iPad. Only 12% wanted a X360, 14% opted […]
Microsoft: “This Year Going To Be Our Biggest Year Ever”
Microsoft Interactive Entertainment Division CEO Dennis Durkin has said at the Credit Suisse Group Technology Conference that 2010 has been a milestone year for the Xbox division. “It’s been a good three years for us. We’ve had nice stair steps in terms of growth every year sequentially getting bigger than the previous year, and this […]
