Archive for September, 2005

First details of a new game called “Crackdown” by Scottish software developer Real Time Worlds are now emerging. [...] read more

A picture that some claim is a leaked Halo 3 screenshot is doing the rounds of the games forums, increasing anticipation for Microsoft’s next-generation title in the hugely successful Halo series. [...] read more

Microsoft and Intel have formally announced their support for the new HD DVD standard, joining the [...] read more

With the Xbox 360 release dates for Europe and Japan drawing closer, Microsoft appears to be making a concerted effort to capture greater market share in both of these regions. [...] read more

Many gamers reacted with disappointment to yesterday’s unveiling of the Origen Xbox 360 contest, complaining bitterly that the announcement of the Europe-only contest wasn’t worth the hype that had built up over the preceding weeks. However, TeamXbox has managed to get its hands on an xml file containing the Origen rabbits’ dialog, which reveals [...] read more

Now that the countdown timer has expired, Microsoft’s Origen Xbox 360 site has undergone a transformation. [...] read more

Microsoft is promising to reveal the secret behind the mysterious Origen Xbox 360 site by [...] read more

A survey published in this week’s Famitsu magazine in Japan indicates that Japanese interest in the Xbox 360 has grown from [...] read more

Free Xbox 360 consoles – really free? Many reward programs and sweepstakes are currently offering a free Xbox 360 console. But are these really contests where you can win a Xbox 360, or do you have to earn it? [...] read more

Amazon.com is offering bundles containing the Microsoft Xbox 360 console plus games and accessories. The content of the bundles is targeting both [...] read more

Following Microsoft’s comments that it expects Xbox 360 manufacturing costs to diminish annually, analysts are speculating that Microsoft’s long term price strategy may include [...] read more

Microsoft has finally revealed its plans for the mysterious-looking building draped in the Xbox 360 logo in the fashionable district of Aoyama, Tokyo. The building will be the [...] read more

“We will wind up cost-reducing the product every year,” Todd Holmdahl, corporate vice president of the Xbox product group, told Reuters in a press conference held shortly before the Tokyo Game Show 2005. [...] read more

Following the Tokyo Game Show 2005, we have collected a list of the games slated for release to the Japanese market for the Xbox 360 platform. Unlike Sony, Microsoft allowed consumers to [...] read more

Buyers of the Xbox 360 Core System ($299.99) that is sold without memory storage will not be able to fully utilise Xbox Live. Without a hard drive or Memory Unit it is not possible to play games online [...] read more

In the lead up to the Tokyo Game Show, Microsoft has officially announced the release dates for the Xbox 360 console in the US, Japan and Europe. [...] read more

In a recent interview with the Japanese media, George Andreas, Rare Ltd’s Senior Designer, revealed exclusive details of Rare’s upcoming Xbox 360 action-adventure game [...] read more

Microsoft has announced that the Apple iPod MP3 player will interface with the Xbox 360 console. Users will be able to browse the iPod playlists and play MP3s directly from the iPod through the Xbox 360 interface.

The iPod can be plugged directly into [...] read more

Microsoft has announced the pricing details for its Xbox Live subscription service. [...] read more

Quarterly financial filings from peripheral manufacturer Mad Catz Interactive have revealed that Microsoft intends to [...] read more