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Sources close to Microsoft's senior Xbox executives have confirmed that the company does not intend to make its next-generation console, which is set to be launched by late 2005, backwards compatible with existing Xbox software. Speculation about the backwards compatibility functionality has been rife since it emerged that Xbox 2 - codenamed Xenon - will have radically different hardware to the original system, with a non-x86 processor, no hard drive and an ATI, rather than NVIDIA, graphics chipset, all of which would make running Xbox titles on the platform very difficult. It was widely believed, however, that Microsoft had retained a team of hardware emulation …
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Xbox 2 - Everything we know! "With the release last week of a purportedly leaked white paper directly from a Microsoft employee, speculation has begun anew over the state of the follow-up console to Microsoft's Xbox. For months, Xbox fans and industry wags have been putting their two cents in regarding the console, speaking up on everything from the name of the system to the detailed specifications to the possible launch titles, but it's hard to figure out who to believe. Well, we're here to tell you that we don't know who to believe either, but we're going to try to give you all of the details we could find on the new system."
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Halo 2 Limited Collector's Edition pre-order 11/08 The limited edition 2-DVD disc set contains - The entire Halo 2 game and a second DVD with bonus content: - The Making of Halo 2: Behind the scenes of Bungie Studios - Featurettes on game design, animation, music and more - Deleted cinematics and characters - Art gallery, from concept to game - Commentaries from the development team, and much more
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What are the hot games you are really looking foward to?
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Halo 2: Multiplayer Hands-On "At its peak, over 7,000 employees around the globe were testing the game, and Jarrard pointed out how helpful the process was, even going as far as to offer prizes for accomplishments, both positive (such as the highest number of kills) and negative (at one point, holding a "cheater's weekend" and pushing the testers to try to find holes). They were also able to test out their auto-updating process, which pushes new content to the player, such as a new map."
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Septultimate: The Last Update "It isn't literally the last update of course, since there's lots to do and say between now and November 9th, but I can honestly say that there's no more updating on the progress of the game, since the game is done. Finished and shipped to a nebulous region known as RTC (Release To Certification) where it will be dumped from eight digital tapes onto a DVD and go through some final testing. Usually that's just a matter of routine, but we'll be watching our email carefully through next week…"
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Xbox 360 availability surges "Microsoft today announced that beginning this week it will be shipping "two to three times" as many Xbox 360 units to stores as it has been recently. The increase in supply is attributed to manufacturing firm Celestica, Inc. joining existing partners Wistron Corp. and Flextronics Corp. In a recent interview, Microsoft's Steve Ballmer indicated that the system's widespread shortage was at least partially due to poor performance from an unnamed manufacturing partner."
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The second Xbox 360 revealed: codename Zephyr "Ever wonder why Microsoft hasn't released an HDMI cable for the Xbox 360, or whether the AV port was really capable of digital out? Well, here's your answer: we landed pictures of what appears to be the second Xbox 360 -- the Xbox 360 v2, if you will -- codenamed Zephyr. (The original Xbox 360, if you recall, was codenamed Xenon.) The long rumored about and awaited update to the console won't just feature a new, cooler 65nm processor, it's also finally added an HDMI port for full digital 1080p pleasure, as well as a 120GB drive, just what the doctor ordered."
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U.S. Soldiers Get to Play Halo 3 Beta, Footage Leaked "Microsoft and Bungie had a Christmas present for the brave U.S. soldiers located in Iraq. The U.S. troops got a chance to play the upcoming Halo 3 multiplayer public beta earlier and now, a couple of days after the fragfest took place, two short clips and some pictures have been leaked online showing for the first time some images from the beta."
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Gears of War Hits 1 Million Units Sold and Shoots to #1 on Xbox Live "Propelling its rise to popularity, Gears of War has been crowned the best next generation game of the year by over 45 publications, earning a 95 percent average review score as tracked by www.gamerankings.com. Critics everywhere overwhelmingly agree and have united to make “Gears of War” one of the best-reviewed games of all time."
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Microsoft to Epic: You Cost Me a Billion Dollars "The interesting thing is that story you all heard about us costing Microsoft a billion dollars… that’s actually true," Rein explained to a laughing crowd.
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XNA Game Studio Express: Power to the Gamers! "Whether you are is a small college dorm room or underground in a dark basement, now you can create the next big Xbox 360 hit using a Windows XP-based computer and a copy of XNA Game Studio Express, which will be available for free later this month."
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360 Controller Costs $11 To Make, But sells for $50 to you "360 wireless controller makes extremely profitable margins for Microsoft as they cost $11 to manufacture but sell for $50 or more in stores."
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So we're all going to get a Sexbox360 and buy this game right? We start are own club and you guys can see why I'm a baaaaad man. Eat my dust! Dragon
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Doom 3 Xbox Demo on Doom Movie DVD If you picked up the Doom movie on DVD this week you will get an extra bonus. Xbox demo of id Software's Doom 3 is on the disc. The Demo contains two single player levels and two multiplayer levels from the full game.
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