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As well as the previously touted retro download offering Xbox Originals that will arrive alongside Microsoft’s Autumn Xbox 360 Dashboard Update tomorrow, the platform holder has now outlined a near complete line-up of new features that will be available to console owners from tomorrow. The biggest announcement is the arrival …
Read More »Kotick: All consoles must hit $199 in two years
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has forecast that both Sony and Microsoft will need” to drop the price of their next gen consoles to $199 (100) in the next two years to reach mass market consumers. He added that he believes the Wii, which currently sells for $250 (125), would drop …
Read More »Tesco cancels £35 Xbox 360 orders
Quick-thinking retailers and consumers that moved to snap up the Xbox 360 console bundle available for just 33.24 have had their orders cancelled. As reported by MCV yesterday, the offer was available for a short time at the supermarket’s online retail site. Anyone that placed an order was sent the …
Read More »Xbox 360 on sale for under £35
Tesco has been selling an Xbox 360 hardware bundle including Forza Motorsport 2, Viva Pinata and a wireless control pad for 34.99. Tesco would not comment when contacted earlier – but Microsoft has told MCV that it believes it is an administrative error. Virgin and Woolworths were also rumoured to …
Read More »Scene It confirmed for November 16th
Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action and its Buzz-style ‘Big Button Controllers’ marks an important step into casual gaming for Microsoft and Xbox 360. Family rooms everywhere will be buzzing with the biggest stars and blockbusters from the silver screen as we launch Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action on Xbox 360” …
Read More »Family timer to hit 360
Parents of Xbox gamers will be able to restrict gameplay time with the new functionality, which can be set on a day by day or week by week basis. The Family Timer feature will be available for download via Xbox Live in early December. As a leader in interactive entertainment, …
Read More »Microsoft sees long life for Xbox 360
Echoing Nintendo president Saturo Iwata’s claims earlier this week that the traditional ‘four year console life cycle’ may be a thing of the past, Microsoft’s chief financial officer Mindy Mount has stated that the Xbox 360 will be around for far longer than its predecessor. Reuters reports that Mount told …
Read More »European 360 sales slump?
Numbers quoted on online sales tracker VGChartz claim that for the week ending October 21st Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console sold just 37,303 units across Europe – managing to outsell only Nintendo’s aged Game Boy Advance in the period. The site claims that in the same period Wii sold 70,322 units …
Read More »Looney Tunes and Spongebob lead 360 family drive
On the back of its announcement of a new ‘family’ orientated Xbox 360 Arcade bundle yesterday, Microsoft has confirmed a whole new selection of downloadable content aimed squarely at the family market. The Xbox Live service will soon be bolstered by over 50 Warner Brothers Looney Toons shows, along with …
Read More »HD-DVD Xbox 360 already in the works?
A report on Australian technology site Smarthouse claims that Microsoft and Toshiba are working on a brand new Xbox 360 that incorporates an HD-DVD drive, larger hard drive and a revised version of its Media Centre software. It is said to be in development as a response to Sony’s Blu-Ray …
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