Xbox 360 Jasper with 65nm GPU coming

Topic: Xbox 360

A report from Taiwanese CENS indicates that Microsoft has started production on yet another Xbox 360 hardware redesign dubbed Jasper. We first reported about Jasper back in October 2007.

Apparently TSMC has been chosen to make the 65nm graphics chips and north-bridge chips for the Xbox 360 Jasper version. The new Xbox 360 consoles are expected to ship in August. Read more

Posted on Fri, 9 May 2008 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Xbox 360 scores 60% of GTA IV Sales

Topic: Xbox 360

As reported Rockstar landed a major sales record with Grand Theft Auto IV with $500 million in sales the first week. From the 6 million GTA IV copies sold apparently 60% are for the Xbox 360 console.

Microsoft's GameScoreBlog published retailer statistics that also show a strong sales increase in Xbox 360 console sales. Xbox 360 sales increased by 54% in the week of the GTA IV launch compared to the previous week. Read more

Posted on Fri, 9 May 2008 01:02:38 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Lord of the Rings: Conquest for Xbox 360 and Sony PS3

Topic: Xbox 360

EA's Pandemic Studios announces The Lord of the Rings: Conquest for the Xbox 360, Sony PS3, PC, and Nintendo DS platforms.

In a partnership with New Line Cinema, The Lord of the Rings: Conquest is an action-packed game created by the same Pandemic Studios team behind the best-selling Star Wars Battlefront and Star Wars Battlefront II titles.
Set in “The Lord of the Rings” universe of J.R.R. Tolkien as depicted by the Academy Award-winning films, players will finally fight the entirety of these epic battles any way they want.
In addition to crusading as the heroic forces of good, for the first time ever in a ‘The Lord of the Rings’ action title they’ll conquer Middle-earth while playing as the legions of Sauron’s evil army, including Cave-trolls, Oliphaunts, the Balrog and Sauron himself. Read more

Posted on Thu, 8 May 2008 09:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony PS3 outsells Xbox 360 in Europe says Sony

Topic: Xbox 360

Sony held the PlayStation Day Conference in London yesterday. One short key message from the event is that the Sony PS3 outsold the Xbox 360 in Europe.

Apparently the Sony PS3 has outsold the Xbox 360 since October 2007. Sony sold 5 million PS3 consoles across Europe. Read more

Posted on Wed, 7 May 2008 07:43:29 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Is Motus Darwin the rumored Xbox 360 Wiimote?

Topic: Xbox 360

We reported about rumors of an Wiimote like motion controller for the Xbox 360 the last couple weeks. Now gaming blog Kotaku opened a whole new direction with identifying Motus and their Darwin 6DOF controller as the possible future Xbox 360 motion controller.

Gyration is actually denying that they work with Microsoft on a motion controller, making the Motus story more plausible at this point. Read more

Posted on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:32:59 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Mortal Combat vs. DC Universe Coming to PS3 and Xbox 360

Topic: Xbox 360

Midway has announced a new game for the PS3 and Xbox 360 game consoles that is scheduled to ship this fall called Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe. The premise of the game sounds interesting with a cataclysmic force merging the two universes.

The game has heroes and villains from both universes fighting together and against each other. The game will have Mortal Kombat characters like Scorpion and Sub Zero battling against Superman and Batman as well as other characters. Read more

Posted on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:49:34 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Unreal Tournament 3 Heads to Xbox 360

Topic: Xbox 360

Midway announced yesterday that the shooter Unreal Tournament 3 will be hitting the Xbox 360 this summer. The Xbox version will feature two new characters and five new exclusive maps along with a split screen capability. The game has been available for PC and PS3 for a while and has sold one million units worldwide.

"We're very excited to be bringing Unreal Tournament 3 to Xbox 360," said Mark Rein, vice president, Epic Games. "Whether playing against our fantastic AI 'bots' or playing online with friends over Xbox LIVE, UT3 is a great fast-paced game with spectacular environments, weaponry and vehicles. Its comprehensive multiplayer offerings are truly going to shine on Xbox LIVE." Read more

Posted on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:09:06 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Game Crazy Limited Edition GTA IV Xbox 360 Faceplate

Topic: Xbox 360

Some reports already say that GTA IV will sell in the area of $400 million in the first week it is launched. If it can match these predictions it would outsell Halo 3 and swipe the title of biggest video game launch ever from Halo 3.

With such a huge launch expected GTA IV themed accessories are already popping up. Game Crazy has an exclusive GTA IV faceplate for Xbox 360 that it will sell at launch events in ten markets for the game. Ten Game Crazy stores across the U.S. will hold special GTA IV events to give access to the game and the chance to buy the limited edition faceplate. Read more

Posted on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:59:49 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Xbox 360 outsells Sony PS3 again

Topic: Xbox 360

The latest video game sales data for the month of May are tremendous. Somehow consumers managed to get their hands on 721,000 Wii consoles - I wonder where they found these.

Microsoft can celebrate again as they overtook the Sony PS3 again in March. In February Sony outsold the Xbox 360 with the PS3. Microsoft was saying back then that supply issues damped the Xbox 360 sales. In March supply was stable again. Read more

Posted on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:05:04 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Assassin's Creed for Xbox 360 Review

Topic: Xbox 360

Gamepyre published a review of Assassin's Creed for Xbox 360. See also this Assassin's Creed Walkthrough Guide in case you are stuck with this game.

Quote from the review: "If you have a 360, or even a PS3 or just a PC, do yourself a favor and check out Assassin's Creed. The newly released PC version is supposed to have more side missions added in to keep you busy. Whatever system you get it for though, have some spare controller batteries around if you aren't running wired, you'll need them. Read more

Posted on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Army of Two Review for Xbox 360 and PS3

Topic: Xbox 360

OCModShop plublished a review of the Army of Two for Xbox 360 and PS3.

Quote from the review: "After an extremely long waiting period, EA has finally released Army of Two. Originally hyped during last summer as a hot Christmas title, Army of Two missed the holiday season and was slated for a spring release date. This highly anticipated co-op shooter has finally arrived was it worth waiting for? You bet your sweet ass it was Read more

Posted on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft works on ''Wiimote'' for Xbox 360?

Topic: Xbox 360

Since it is a week after April 1st, this report should be just a good old rumor that could be true, but also completely false. MTV News reports that Microsoft is working on a motion controller similar to the Wiimote for the Xbox 360.

MTV published a sketch of what Microsoft is supposedly working on. The remote control shaped controller is supposed to have more features than the Wiimote. Read more

Posted on Tue, 8 Apr 2008 12:45:15 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Frontlines: Fuel of War for the Xbox 360

Topic: Xbox 360

TTGamer published a review of the Frontlines: Fuel of War for the Xbox 360. This Xbox 360 sells for $59.99 on Amazon.com and got released end of February 2008. It is also available for PC and Sony PS3.

Quote from the review: "While not a totally innovative game, Fuel of War's link to the once hugely popular Desert Combat mod is definitely on show. Read more

Posted on Mon, 7 Apr 2008 19:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Rumor about Lite-On making Xbox 360 Blu-ray Drive

Topic: Xbox 360

Digitimes reports that Lite-On is supposedly developing a Blu-ray drive for the Xbox 360. The BD-Rom drive would be built-in.

It is April Fools' Day, but I do not know if that is popular in Taiwan. Microsoft said that they have no Blu-ray plans for the Xbox 360 a couple of weeks ago. Read more

Posted on Tue, 1 Apr 2008 02:25:51 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Xbox 360 gets new OEM Manufacturers?

Topic: Xbox 360

China based Asustek subsidiaries Pegatron and Unihan are supposedly new OEM manufacturers for the Microsoft Xbox 360 reports Digitimes.

The deal would have a production volume of 500,000 Xbox 360 consoles per month. Read more

Posted on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:58:52 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Weekly Top 10: PS3 outsells Xbox 360, Xbox 360 price-cut, iPhone SDK

Topic: Xbox 360

This week the video game sales numbers show that in February more consumers bought the Sony PS3 than the Xbox 360. The Wii is still way ahead though. Microsoft only lowered the prices of the Xbox 360 in Europe, seems they do see no need to reduce the price in the United States.
Apple released the first download numbers for their new iPhone SDK. 100,000 developers already started to toy with the SDK. Apple also announced this week the details for the upcoming WWDC 08 conference where the iPhone SDK will be the hottest topic.
Asus thinks that there will be more Asus Eee PCs running XP than Linux, I am not sold on that message yet.
If you are into music, a new software has been announced that can fix wrong notes in a recording, just like that. Read more

Posted on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony PS3 outsells Xbox 360 in February

Topic: Xbox 360

The market research firm NPD published their monthly video game market sales numbers for February. The Sony PS3 outsold the Xbox 360 by about 30,000 units.

Microsoft already prepared us for this situation citing stock issues, which are supposed to be resolved next month.
The Nintendo Wii still outsells the PS3 and the Xbox 360 by a wide margin. Read more

Posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft says No to Blu-ray for Xbox 360

Topic: Xbox 360

Against earlier reports Microsoft said yesterday that they are not talking to Sony about getting Blu-ray drives for the Xbox 360.

Reuters got the word from Aaron Greenberg, group product manager for Xbox 360 that Microsoft is not currently in talks with Sony or the Blu-ray Association to integrate Blu-ray into the Xbox experience. Read more

Posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:43:51 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 Prices in Europe

Topic: Xbox 360

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp cut the prices of its Xbox 360 video game console in Europe by up to 28 percent on Monday to try to spur sales in a key battleground in the fast-growing industry.
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Posted on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

199 Euro Xbox 360 Price Official

Topic: Xbox 360

We reported about the Xbox 360 price-cut rumor published by Financial Times Germany yesterday. Now the substancial Xbox 360 price-cut is official. The Xbox 360 Arcade will sell for only 199,99 Euro starting this Friday, March 14th in Europe.

Microsoft lowers the price of the entry-level Xbox 360 by 80 Euro, making it about 50 Euro cheaper than the Nintendo Wii. Read more

Posted on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:51:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Xbox 360 Price-Cut Tomorrow?

Topic: Xbox 360

The Financial Times Germany (German) published a story saying that Microsoft will cut the price for the Xbox 360 on Monday across Europe.

Update:
Xbox 360 Price-cut Official

The Xbox 360 Arcade is supposed to sell for only 199 Euro instead of 280 Euro. A 199 Euro Xbox 360 would be 50 Euro cheaper than a Nintendo Wii. Read more

Posted on Sun, 9 Mar 2008 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr