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Xbox 360 Warranty Coverage Expanded "Microsoft Corp. today announced that it will expand its global Xbox 360™ warranty coverage. Any Xbox 360 customer who experiences a general hardware failure indicated by three flashing red lights will now be covered by a three year warranty from date of purchase. All other existing Xbox 360 warranty policies remain in place. As a result of what Microsoft views as an unacceptable number of repairs to Xbox 360 consoles, the company conducted extensive investigations into potential sources of general hardware failures. Having identified a number of factors which can cause general hardware failures indicated by three red flashing…
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New Halo 3 Video "Dive deep into the planning, process and personalities behind Halo 3's new multiplayer game. Glimpse new levels, new techniques and new features from what's destined to be one of the most playerd games of the decade, online and off."
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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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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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Portable Xbox "The project is still in its early stages and Microsoft has in the past shelved its plans several times for portable game players as an offshoot of its Xbox. But the company seems more serious this time given the success of the Xbox 360 in the market since its introduction late last year, as well as the popularity of the Sony PSP and Nintendo DS."
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http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1263 It looks like it will be the same as the original xbox, those who want to use live need not apply. And as much as live is tied into the 360 you probably wouldn't be able to hook it up to your network unless you blocked it from getting out to the internet.
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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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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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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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Microsoft to Recall Xbox Cords Due Electrical Issue "Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, said on Thursday it will recall 14.1 million power cords for its Xbox (news - web sites) video game console after a defect gave some users minor singe burns and scorched carpets. Robbie Bach, chief Xbox officer for Microsoft, told Reuters the recall covered all Xboxes made for continental Europe before Jan. 13, 2004, and units made for the rest of the world before Oct. 23, 2003."
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