Xbox 360 News Stories

Halo Wars Trailer

Posted September 28th, 2006

Ensemble Studios and Microsoft have been working together on the new Halo RTS (Halo Wars). This is a pretty new game and little is known about it, the one thing we have got our hands on though is the new teaser trailer.

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Splinter Cell 5 Exclusive To Xbox 360

Posted September 28th, 2006

Ubisoft’s next Splinter Cell title after Double Agent (working title: Splinter Cell: Conviction) is reported to be console-exclusive to the Xbox 360.
By “console-exclusive” its seems fair to assume it will still be making an appearance on the PC.
Microsoft say that’s “a testament to the ability of Xbox 360 to deliver a complete experience [...]

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Halo 3 Logo Finalised

Posted September 25th, 2006

Whilst the third installment of the Halo series is still in the works, Bungie have revealed the final Halo 3 logo.
Bungie have also posted up an interesting article on the making of the logo, giving a detailed insight on the design process and the amount of work that went into producing it. From the article:
The [...]

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PC Games Get Standardized Packaging

Posted September 20th, 2006

Released last week, THQ’s Company of Heroes and LucasArts’ Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy are the first two titles to feature the new “Games For Windows” packaging. An initive from Microsoft to “more closely align Xbox 360 and PC gaming”. A Microsoft spokesperson explained to Next-Gen:
“With the retail branding for console games, [...]

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360’s To Be Equiped With HD-DVD In Early 2007?

Posted September 13th, 2006

Back in September 2005 Microsoft announced that the 360 will be supporting HD-DVD. Since then many have thought that Microsoft will be planning a new version of the 360 with an internal HD-DVD drive to draw par with the PlayStation 3’s inclusion of Blu-ray Discs.
In the past year however it has become to look less [...]

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First 360 Game To Break 1 Million Sales: Call Of Duty 2

Posted September 13th, 2006

Activision has announced that Call of Duty 2 has become the first game on the Xbox 360 to reach the 1 million mark in sales in the US.
The World War II first-person shooter was one of 18 titles launched with the 360 back in November 2005. It may also be worth noting that according to [...]

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The Xbox 360 Laptop Mod

Posted September 11th, 2006

Ever since Ben Heckendorn created his first portable console – an Atari 2600 over six years ago, his console modding has become more and more elaborate. Now he has recently unveiled his latest creation – An Xbox 360 laptop.
The fans have been replaced with water cooling. Some speakers, an LCD screen, and a USB keyboard [...]

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EA: Spore Just For The PC

Posted September 11th, 2006

Electronic Arts are saying Will Wright’s Spore will be PC only for the time being. EA issued a statement on the matter following speculation that a Wii version was in the works.
“Right now we’re 100 percent focused on finishing SPORE on the PC and PC only,” EA said. “Though we’re investigating the [...]

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Resident Evil 5 And Dead Rising 2 Exclusive To PS3?

Posted September 7th, 2006

The October 2006 issue of Electronic Gaming monthly has revealed in its rumors mill that capcom has plans for the next entry of dead rising…but not for the Xbox 360.
Not much details were given, but apparently Sony may have managed to grab the rights to the sequel.

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Circuit City Looking To Rip Off Customers?

Posted September 5th, 2006

This picture was taken from a Circuit City in Newport Beach, California. Basically, the sign says that Circuit City will install the backward compatibilty software on your Xbox 360 for the low price of $28.99.
As you probably already know, this software is available for free through an auto-update on Xbox Live, or if you don’t [...]

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