Archive for March, 2007
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
EBgames.com is listing a Halo 3 branded Xbox Live 12 Month Gold Card (pictured left), with a release date of 4/20/07. Is this part of the Halo 3 hype train, or will this specially marked card include an invite to the Halo 3 beta? It's pure speculation, but it ...
Posted in Halo 3, Rumors, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 2 Comments »
Monday, March 26th, 2007
Chart Track is reporting that Sony moved an estimated 165,000 PS3s in the first two days, making it the fastest selling home console in the UK. This number is bested only by the PSP, which sold 185,000 units opening weekend.
PS3 sales fell short of 220,000, the total UK launch ...
Posted in PS3 | 3 Comments »
Monday, March 26th, 2007
Shivering Isles is now available for download on the Marketplace. It weighs in at nearly a gig, and costs a hefty 2400 MS points, but the promised 30 hours of new gameplay seems worth it. Here is info from the official press release:
Shivering Isles features more than 30 hours of ...
Posted in Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 1 Comment »
Monday, March 26th, 2007
While we don't need much more confirmation, here are some of the first shots of the black Xbox 360 Elite, straight out of the manufacturing plant in China.
You can barely make out "120" on the HDD. These shots come from the Chinese gaming message board TGFCer.com.
Any of you planning on ...
Posted in Xbox 360 | 6 Comments »
Monday, March 26th, 2007
A poster on the XNA Game Studio Express forums posed the question, "Will the HDMI output on the revised 360 require any code changes?" Microsoft employee Shawn Hargreaves replied, "No changes required."
Is this definitive confirmation? All the signs recently have been pointing towards yes, it's just a matter of getting ...
Posted in Rumors, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
Sunday, March 25th, 2007
The hacker Cpasjuste has managed to get Ubuntu Linux booting on his 360 thanks to: dvd firmware hack, Hypervisor Vulnerability, King Kong shader exploit, XeLL bootloader and linux xenon patches. The latest dashboard update has already blocked out the hypervisor vulnerability, so this will only be possibly with older dashboard ...
Posted in Hacks, Homebrew, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »
Sunday, March 25th, 2007
Enough said. ;)
Posted in PS3 | No Comments »
Saturday, March 24th, 2007
Frankie goes all out this week in his description of minor details. But as we all know, it's all the small things that paint the bigger picture. And if Frankie is telling a smidgen of truth, the "picture" in Halo 3 is pretty damn big. Beyond the promised epic battle-scapes, ...
Posted in Halo 3, Xbox 360 | 5 Comments »
Friday, March 23rd, 2007
Despite The Major reassuring us that there was "no evidence of any compromise of the security of the Xbox Live Network or Bungie.net," an update reveals that social engineering got the better half of the support team.
For those not in the know, this basically means some fiendish foes called up ...
Posted in Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Friday, March 23rd, 2007
Easily the sweetest Wiimote "hack" I've seen. The Amazing Rolo has created a full blown looping application for OSX + Wii controller. Just check out the video to see what this is capable off. Watch it all the way through to the end and your amazement will continue to build ...
Posted in Hacks, Wii | 1 Comment »
