Today Microsoft released a patch for the Xbox 360 dashboard (full details) and along with several new features we finally got support for XviD and DivX movie files. Another nice (well, I guess some kids will hate this one) is the new family timer which let you configure how many hour per day or per [...]
Ars Technica have put together a nice gaming gift guide containing a hardware overview and a brief description of the most popular games. The only thing I really missed was the Crysis game on the PC page – that is the the game I would pick on the PC side but other than that it’s [...]
This isn’t the first time someone has tried to build a PC into an old gaming console, but the end result in this PC built into an old Nintendo one is pretty good. You can even use the old original joysticks to control the games running the Nintendo emulator. Cool. The equipment is up for [...]
The Rock band is one of the most expensive games to ever hit the market but at least you get some real estate for your money – for the $169 you will get a drum set, a guitar, a microphone and a USB hub. A quite nice approach to prevent illegal copying isn’t it? Here’s [...]
I guess this guy needed spare parts for his Xbox 360 because he gutted the shell completely and went to his local store where he bought the machine and returned it and got a full refund. That is crazy, I wonder how common this type of fraud is So someone returned an xbox at our [...]
The party game Rock Band which lets you and your friends play in a rock band isn’t out on the market yet, and won’t be for at least 4 week. But that didn’t stop a Best Buy store in Marina, California from selling the demo floor unit by mistake to a customer. The package is [...]
Have you ever heard of the PolyStation 3? Well, neither have I. But apparently they Poly guys have been busy the last couple of years releasing both a Polystation 2 and a Portable Polystation. Here’s a lovely video review of the totally crappy PolyStation 3. Playstation 3 PolyStation 3 – review [gamebrink.com] via [Engadget]
The Swedish game developer firm Grin (I’m Swedish you know) will make sure that the classic Capcom game Bionic Commando will be brought back to life on modern game consoles such as Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 (well, PC too). No launch date has been unveiled but I’m proud that some Swedish game developers will [...]
Gizmodo’s Adam Frucci is doing Japan and today he posted some nice photos from the big retro gaming store Super potato in Osaka. They have ridiculous amounts of retro games in store. Check them out. Osaka’s Super Potato is a Retro Gaming Mecca [Gizmodo]
Sony is having their Big Bang press conference tomorrow where they are expected to announce a new cheaper PS3 model. Apparently Microsoft is also having a cheaper package coming out in the near future – the Xbox 360 arcade. The package will replace the core package and will come with 5 games and a total [...]
