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By Dustin Burg Filed under: Deals and BargainsWith Microsoft's official confirmation of the Xbox 360 price cuts that puts Arcades at $199, 60GB Pros at $299 and 120GB Elites at $399, it looks like retailers are moving quickly to get the old Xbox 360 20GB models off their shelves by resorting to some old f...

By X3F Staff Xbox 360 Fancast Special -- PAX 2008 Pirates? Ninjas? Dodgeball? Vs?PAX 08: Torpex talks Schizoid, sales, marketing strategies and XNA development Sales not as high as anticipatedPAX 08: Hands-on Halo 3's Assembly So purple ...PAX 08: Castle Crashers patch promised to release ASAP

By Dustin Burg Activision and Treyarch just sent out press materials announcing that they have a Call of Duty: World at War beta scheduled for release on the Xbox 360 and PC this October, following in the footsteps of its older Call of Duty 4 sibling. Registration for the beta can be completed via www.callo...

By Dustin Burg Filed under: News, Xbox Live MarketplaceOver the past few months, we've been hearing all kinds of conflicting reports regarding the Xbox 360 exclusive Grand Theft Auto IV downloadable content and its release date. All of which has led us to question whether the DLC will release later thi...

By Dustin Burg After months and months of rumors, speculation, leaked adscans and insider whispers, Microsoft just announced that the Xbox 360 price cut rumors are, in fact, true. Beginning this Friday, September 5th the retail pricing for Xbox 360 consoles in the US will drop to all time lows. The new co...

By Richard Mitchell And now be sad again, because it looks like it's going to cost you. In an interview with VideoGaming247, Valve boss Gabe Newell spoke about the updates saying, "On the consoles, they want us to charge money for them, because that's in their model, and our model is very much more to grow the com...

By Richard Mitchell X3F @ Too Human Hometown launch signing A dirty PURE demo to release to the XBLM in Sept ATVs are dangerousRare promises Banjo Kazooie demo before its November release Multiplayer gardening FTW! Rumor: Xbox 360 price cuts; 60GB $299, Elite $399, Arcade $199

By X3F Staff It really feels like this week belongs to Xbox Live Arcade. The whole month really, considering a slew of AAA titles are on the way. This week we got Bionic Commando Rearmed, which is everything a Bionic Commando fan could hope for. If you haven't already, definitely give it a try. You can check o...

By Richard Mitchell Filed under: Fan stuffNot a whole lot going down in Xbox 360 land this week. Oh sure, there are rumors of price cuts, but nothing really solid to latch onto. Except Braid. In short, Braid is an absolutely brilliant game. You should go buy it. Seriously. We'll wait. It is short, sweet and wonderful. An...

By Xav de Matos While the current models look quite different in comparison to launch units (inside that is), the extra heatsink among other things means the 60GB model essentially the same as the units currently on the shelf. As long as they aren't on par with the RROD'ed units filling up crater sized hol...

By Richard Mitchell It's been a while since Zero Punctuation's Yahtzee has loosed his venom on an unsuspecting Xbox 360 game. It's been far too long, really. Thankfully, Yahtzee's latest review is for none other than the Xbox 360's would-be premier action game, Ninja Gaiden 2. Expecting the worst, as we tend to...

By Dustin Burg Filed under: News, Xbox LiveA few hours ago, a new Xbox 360 system update was released meaning that anyone signing into Xbox Live will be prompted to give it a download. But don't get too excited, because Major Nelson has informed us that this is NOT the feature rich Fall update we've all been...

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By Dustin Burg Filed under: NewsAs Microsoft figures out their game plan for how they're going to implement Avatars into the Xbox 360 community beginning this Fall, we're receiving a steady trickle of news surrounding their Avatar decisions. Most recently, Microsoft's Eric Kilgore confirmed with D...

By Richard Mitchell Filed under: News Apparently not wanting Target to steal all the limelight, it looks like Wal-Mart is now selling the 60GB Xbox 360 Pro console ahead of its August launch. The info comes from X3F tipster Gerald, who snapped the above image -- note the 60GB portion of the box we've enlarged at...

By Richard Mitchell It might be a little too early to breathe a sigh of relief, but things could be looking up for Castle Crashers and Braid. Both were recently listed on the official Japanese Xbox 360 blog for the relatively high prices of 1800 ($22.50) and 1200 ($15.00) points respectively. According to Shackne...

By Richard Mitchell Wow. We're really still doing these. Ahem. It's late, once again, but it's still E3 and that means you get another special edition of the Xbox 360 Fancast. Today we talk about our impressions of the XBLA offerings at E3 (Castle Crashers!), Halo Wars, Silent Hill Homecoming, and much much more. O...

By Richard Mitchell Here it is fanboys. E3 hasn't even officially started yet, and already we're running ourselves ragged and staying up into the wee hours of the morning (it's just after 4:00 in the morning in Los Angeles as of this posting ... eesh). Here is the first of our E3 Special Fancasts. We'll be dropping a ne...

By Xav de Matos Filed under: News, E3Rounding down our media blitz for the evening are screenshots and concept art for Fable 2. From developer Lionhead Studios, the upcoming Xbox 360 exclusive role-playing title is the sequel to the 2004 critically and commercially acclaimed game Fable on the origina...

By Richard Mitchell Community Stuff Xbox 360 Fancast 076 -- Decisions, and also E3 Of spineless menMicrosoft's E3 08 Press Conference: let's play bingo! E3 Home EditionX3F and Joystiq's reader meetup: Thursday, July 17th in Santa Monica

By Richard Mitchell In this, the 74th episode of the Xbox 360 Fancast, we discuss a great many things. There were a lot of leaks last week. Like, seriously, a lot, so we talk about those. And then there's Guitar Hero World Tour, of course, a new Halo 3 map, the EndWar beta leak and the continuing Tecmo melodrama. It was...

By Richard Mitchell The Xbox 360 Fancast returns once more with a sterling new episode. This week we talk about the flippin' awesome game that is Ninja Gaiden II, along with all the video game industry drama that accompanied its release. We also tackle a metric ton of Fanmail, including one that asks us where our...

By Richard Mitchell Yes, it's true. For the first time in many moons, we found someone who was actually willing to appear on the Fancast. The someone in question is Scott March, president of Spidermonk. You may recognize Spidermonk as the developer of one of this week's XBLA releases, Roogoo. We jaw with Scott abo...

By Dustin Burg Filed under: Fan stuffSleeping with your Xbox 360 just got a little bit easier (don't over think that) with the release of some new Xbox 360 pajama pants! W00t! These supposedly officially licensed pajama pants are 100% jersey cotton knit, have an open fly (how convenient), elastic wais...

By Dustin Burg Filed under: Hacks / mods, Fan stuffPosted over on the Llama's Game Console Forums (yes, llamas enjoy gaming too), forum member dfw monkie posted a few images of his custom Xbox 360 skinning creation that we are certain PETA doesn't approve of. Behold the alligator skinned 360 complete wi...

By Dustin Burg Filed under: NewsTo go along with your new Indiana Jones gamer pictures, Xbox.com is offering gamers the chance to win one of five seriously attractive Indiana Jones Xbox 360 Elites. For teh free! Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

By Richard Mitchell Are you having problems with Grand Theft Auto IV?Yes, and I use the Xbox 360Yes, and I use the 60GB PS3Yes, and I use the non-60GB PS3 (please specify in comments)No problem (Xbox 360)No problem (60GB PS3)No problem (non-60GB PS3; please specify in comments)Don't own the game, I just felt...

By Richard Mitchell Filed under: Podcasts Can it be mere coincidence that our 66th podcast is releasing on the same day as the midnight launch of Grand Theft Auto IV? Perhaps you don't see the connection. Just look. Episode 066. That's only 600 short of 666. We'd say that's pretty much proof positive that GTAIV is t...

By Richard Mitchell Xbox 360 Fancast 065 is here. Seeing as it's such a significant number (65 is a lot), we decided to do nothing special at all. Nope, it's just your ordinary Xbox 360 Fancast. Of course, just like every other episode, that means it's still the best podcast evar. This week we discuss the metric ton o...

By Richard Mitchell The Xbox 360 Fancast returns again with a new episode jam packed with gamery goodness. This week we tackle Xbox.com's minor surgery, the N+ developer rant, and Halo 3's Lockout remake, Blackout. Naturally, we can't help but spend a little time talking about all of the bad decisions surround...

By Richard Mitchell The 360 Fancast keeps on truckin' with a brand new episode. This week, we talk Sonic Unleashed, Castle Crasher, Bad Company -- and the bad XBLM strategy that accompanies it -- as well as the Rock Band store and Halo 3 DLC news. Oh, and we also tell the story of one man's quest to get his broken Rock...

By Richard Mitchell The Xbox 360 Fancast is back once again with a fresh episode. This week, we discuss Condemned 2, Activision's bid for rock fame, and of course, prostitutes (not real ones but, you know, video game ones). Not only that, but have Dustin's exciting retelling of how he finally earned his "Maybe N...

By Richard Mitchell Don't ask us how we did it, but we managed to corner Peter Molyneux at GDC this year. We subsequently tied him to a chair and forced him to answer our questions about Fable 2. No, no, of course we didn't do that. Peter Molyneux is, in fact, an entirely amiable man -- perhaps too amiable -- and was hap...

By Richard Mitchell Xbox 360 Fancast 049 -- Full Names Only No Halo 3 on this list. Shocking, no?Best 360 games of 2007: Dustin's Picks Oh, there's Halo 3!Ask X3F: edition the second MS explains Marketplace age restrictions Bunnies like Xbox Live ArcadeReally real and wearable Halo 3 Recon helmet

By Richard Mitchell C&C Tiberium FPS announced Over half of 360 owners purchased Halo 3 Duke Nukem Forever teaser trailer Sensible Soccer's interesting release Rock Band Community site GTAIV dated April 25 for UK Xbox 1 games show up on Gamercards Mass Effect headed to PS3?

By Richard Mitchell News: Spike's VGA Winners and Losers Heroic Map Pack is available and previewable Canada and Europe get XBVM Frontline Fuel of War and Burnout Paradise demo Team Fortress 2 update and DLCSuper NPD numbers Assassin's Creed sells 2.5 million copies New Tomb Raider details revealed

By Dustin Burg Yesterday, Microsoft lifted the veil and unleashed an exciting update to its XNA Xbox 360 development software by adding Xbox Live support. XNA 2.0 is available to aspiring game developers and now features complete Xbox Live ...

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By Richard Mitchell Fall Update complete details (Video), No XBVM for Europe yet Johnny Rotten loves Guitar Hero III ... in his own way Gamer almost evicted because of Rock Band GTA IV box art video EA replacing defective Rock Band guitars 360's Black Friday sales are stellar Ninja Gaiden II video preview

By Dustin Burg News: GHIII bands see album sales increase Fall update brings downloadable games (issues too) Super duper LIVE is 5IVE events recap Rock Band DLC priced and scheduled Ghostbusters game is official (first video, website) Rock Band guitar easier than GHIII Mark Rein's UTIII snafu

By Richard Mitchell Rock Band gold, sold separately Word Puzzle and Switchball on XBLA Xbox 360 Family Timer confirmed Lost Planet: Colonies sequel on USK Guitar Hero on South Park (Assassin's commercial overload during South Park) Halo 3 matchmaking updates, bugs and maps Guitar Hero III shortages expe...

By Dustin Burg JP Morgan analyst Paul Coster asked Hell about DivX support that was added to Microsoft's Media Extender and if that foreshadowed a release to the Xbox 360. Hell's response was an enthusiastic "Yes!" followed by a semi-awkward, backpedaling clarification that went something like ... "tha...

By Dustin Burg Filed under: News, Peripherals, Xbox Live ArcadeIf you have ever complained about the Xbox 360 controller's d-pad or have been bothered by the fact that you can't get that arcade controller "feel" on your 360, then Arcade-In-A-Box might have a solution for you. That is if your disposable...

By Dustin Burg Filed under: News, PeripheralsLove 'em or hate 'em, two brand new Xbox 360 wireless controllers are available at retail starting today allowing gamers to express themselves in two brand new colors. The new (dark) Blue and Pink controllers retail for the standard $49.99 wireless control...

By Richard Mitchell Can you believe it? 35 magical episodes of the Xbox 360 Fancast. We'll save the schmaltzy flashbacks for another time though, because this week it's serious business. Oh yes, tonight is the launch of Halo 3 and it's episode 35. You can bet your booties we have a special guest, and... um ... we do, so han...

By Richard Mitchell Filed under: Hacks / modsIf you've got a spare PSP lying around -- and who doesn't -- then we've stumbled upon a nifty little hack that lets you utilize a 360 controller to play it. Why on earth you would want to control a PSP with an Xbox 360 controller is another story. Documented by Jay on the Ma...

By Richard Mitchell Our only question is how such an emulator will be executed on a 360? The project entry makes no mention of XNA (which has been used to create other emulators), so we're curious if the emulator is expected to run through Microsoft approved means or via an exploit.

By Richard Mitchell Halo 3 Xbox 360 Halo Wars demo out before release Halo 3 EGM leaks COD4 on October 30? Bully hitting 360 this November Peter Moore is gone OXM reports on MGS4 360 Halo DS never officially existed. No X07, but a UK event planned Silicon Knights sues Epic Hi, I'm a Mac. And I'm a Gears of War