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Microsoft upgrades Xbox Live But Rumored Skype Integration is False
The upcoming Metro update to Microsoft’s Xbox, will start to be pushed down to your Xbox console some time this week, but alas it doesn't appear to contain the rumored Skype integration, which several rumors hinted at a Fall...
Microsoft Kinect Adds Video Chat
Project Natal for the XBOX 360 has just been renamed to Microsoft Kinect. Personally, I prefer the old name. In any event, Microsoft also announced a VoIP & video conferencing app simply called Video Chat. Great, get rid of a...
Xbox 360 as Internet-to-TV Portal
Hoping to provide viewers with an easy way to move Internet-based video onto TV screens, GridNetworks has announced a new service that would do just that by routing the content through an Xbox 360 gaming console. The service is designed...
Life Got You Down? Buy a Video Game Console
Despite a worsening economy, all three current-generation video game consoles had better U.S. sales in October than they did a year ago, according to the latest figures from The NPD Group. And both Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii...
Nintendo Gets New DSi Ready
Nintendo is reportedly likely to launch a new model of its top-selling handheld player, the DS, in overseas markets by next summer.Nintendo will start selling the DSi, which can take pictures, play music and is slimmer than the current model,...
Philips Bows Swappable Xbox 360-Like TV Faceplates
Philips has announced the launch of a range of swappable faceplates for its televisions. They will work in a similar way to the Xbox 360 and allow you to customize your television to match your décor. Called "Flavors," the...
Obama Campaigns on Xbox 360!
No, you are not seeing things ... Last week there were unconfirmed sightings of an "Obama for President" billboard in the Xbox 360 racing game Burnout Paradise. Today the truth can be told. It is, in fact, an official...
Less Merry Xmas: Sony Keeping PS3 Pricing As Is
Sony has ruled out cutting the price of the PlayStation 3 console before Christmas, insisting that the PS3 is better value than rivals half its price.(Maybe time to rethink that in today's -- or at least last week's -- economy?)With...
Xbox Now Cheaper than Wii (But for How Long?)
With the Nintendo Wii retailing for $249, Microsoft now says that it is cutting the price of its Xbox consoles! This move will lower the price of its 360 Arcade by $80, to $199, and other models will see a...
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Gaming Console Sales -- Who's on Top?
It's always interesting to me to keep tabs on what's selling and what's not -- the proverbial what's hot and what's not. Let's take a look at a favorite topic -- video gaming consoles. Amid a long rant on Advertising...
GTA IV for PC To Feature Expanded Multiplayer System
Gamers will see the release of Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV) for their platform of choice this fall. Game developer Rockstar Games and parent company Take-Two have announced that the popular title will hit store shelves on Nov. 18. Naturally,...
Xbox Prices Going Lower?
Hey hey hey -- what's wrong with lower prices as Microsoft is reportedly considering dropping the price of Xbox to $200 to appeal to the mass gaming market. According to one report on CNET, an Xbox console with no hard drive...
New Controllers Coming for Guitar Hero + Music Studio!
Software publisher Activision and peripheral maker Logitech have announced a joint venture to make premium controllers shaped like instruments for Guitar Hero World Tour. The game is expected to debut this fall, and will be available for the all the...
Shaun White for Nintendo Wii (Wee!!!!)
While much has been made about how little excitement Sony and Nintendo have generated at the E3 game show (click here), there's actually some pretty cool stuff coming out. Take this for example: Nintendo had Shaun White, the gold medalist at...
In Today's News - the XBox 360 pwns the Sony PS3
According to Yahoo News, Microsoft Corp said today that its Xbox 360 console will sell better than the Sony PlayStation 3 over the lifetime of the machines."Xbox 360 will sell more consoles worldwide this generation than PlayStation 3," Don Mattrick,...
Xbox 360 Price Drop Coming
Yes, and it's coming soon -- as of July 13! This according to this account of new Xbox 360 store material that reveal a just less than $300 price tag that will make its weekend debut. So, if you can...
Is There More to Netflix/Roku Than Meets the Eye?
Blogged about the intriguing Netflix/Roku deal back on May 20, but now an interesting piece on VentureBeat makes it even more (and more!) interesting.The new Roku box (doesn't look like much, does it?) lets you stream any of Netflix's 10,000+ "Watch...
UK court rules Modchips do not circumvent copyright protection
UK-based MrModchips was cleared of all 26 counts against him for his role in importing and selling gaming console modchips. You know, the kind that lets you play [cough] backup copies of your video games. The Court of Appeal...
Nintendo Wii Outsells Them All!
Researchers extraordaire NPD has just released its gaming console sales numbers for April and guess what? Nintendo took the number one and two slots in hardware sales, with the Wiihaving sold 714,200 units while the Nintendo DS sold 414,800...
Xbox 360 Goes Blu-ray?
Xbox 360 with Blu-ray is coming?! Now that starts to make the concept of the all-in-one home entertainment appliance take a new, higher-res turn. Check out what Engadget had to say about it. See what happens when one format wins...
Microsoft XBox 360 - No Linux for You!
Microsoft quietly released a security update to the XBox 360 that closed a security hole that enabled hackers to load Linux onto the XBox 360. Essentially, the hack used a method to inject data into non-privileged memory areas, allowing a...
Windows Live Messenger Now works with Xbox LIVE
Beginning today, Xbox LIVE, the most popular online gaming network now works with Windows Live Messenger on the Xbox 360. We knew this was coming, but this is exciting news nonetheless. Now you can VoIP or IM your XBox...
100 million iPods sold
Wow, 100 million iPods sold. That's 100 million hard drives. That's more hard drives sold for the iPod than some countries have PC hard drives. Apple is a rare tech company that has successfully diversified itself between two totally separate...
PlayStation Phone Home
Not to be outdone by the Xbox 360 online community, Sony is launching its own world for the PlayStation 3. According to this report, it looks like PlayStation Home will take Second Life and sent it places that it has...
Xbox 360 Goes 512 -- Size Matters
At the Game Developers Conference 2007, Microsoft announced it will be launching a 512MB memory unit for the Xbox 360 -- eight times the orginal 64MB unit! It's also increasing the official size limit of Xbox LIVE Arcade games from 50MB to 150MB. With 512MB, Xbox...
