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  • Xbox 360's Xtival weekend returns

    Xbox 360's Xtival weekend returns

    Free Xbox Live Gold membership for 3 days 19 November 2009 17:33 GMT

    Microsoft has announced that its Xbox festival - Xtival - will be returning in late November. Running across 27 to 29 November - Friday, Saturday, and Sunday - the festival is a celebration of gaming, movies and music that takes place on Xbox Live.

    For the duration...

  • Best Video Games 2009 nominations. Gaming, Xbox 360, PS3, Nintendo Wii, PC games, Sony, Activision, Warner Bros, EA, Pocket-lint Awards, Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009 0

    Best Video Games 2009 nominations

    And the nominees are... 16 November 2009 15:22 GMT

    Here are the nominations for Best Video Game in The Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009.

    The following products were chosen because we feel they represent the best video games on sale in the last 12 months that are available in the UK.

    The nominations...

  • Best Software, Service, or App 2009 nominations

    Best Software, Service, or App 2009 nominations

    And the nominees are... 16 November 2009 14:00 GMT

    Here are the nominations for Best Software, Service, or App in The Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009.

    The following products were chosen because we feel they represent the best software, service or app on sale in the last 12 months that are available in...

  • Banned Xbox 360s flood e-commerce sites

    Banned Xbox 360s flood e-commerce sites

    Gamers rush to offload consoles 13 November 2009 9:58 GMT

    If you're thinking about picking up a second-hand Xbox 360 in the next couple of months, be very careful. As a result of the mass banning of about 3% of the console's userbase from Xbox Live, many unlucky gamers are attempting to offload their consoles through eBay, Gumtree...

  • Microsoft reveals 10 million Xbox 360s sold in EMEA

    Microsoft reveals 10 million Xbox 360s sold in EMEA

    In 4 years 13 November 2009 9:14 GMT

    Microsoft has announced that the Xbox 360 has hit the 10 million consoles sale mark across Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 4 years.

    Reaching that milestone means that Xbox 360 is the only console to achieve year-on-year growth across the region this year,...

  • Xbox 360 social update dated

    Xbox 360 social update dated

    Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm and Zune Video dropping within days 12 November 2009 18:40 GMT

    Microsoft has confirmed that it will be releasing its latest Xbox 360 update on the 17 November to all LIVE members.

    The new update, which was first announced in June, will bring with it Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm and Zune video to the console.

    The Facebook...

  • Modern Warfare 2 breaking US records too

    Modern Warfare 2 breaking US records too

    Rakes in $310 million for Activision 12 November 2009 16:31 GMT

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, not content with annihilating UK video game sales records, has done the same trick across the Atlantic, by shifting 4.7 million copies in the United Kingdom and North America combined.

    That firmly puts it at the top of the chart...

  • Modern Warfare 2 smashes UK games records

    Modern Warfare 2 smashes UK games records

    GTA IV, what GTA IV? 11 November 2009 19:23 GMT

    Activision's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2 has smashed the previous record set by Grand Theft Auto IV for opening weekend sales for a video game.

    Modern Warfare 2 sold an estimated 1.23 million units in its first day on sale, grossing Activision, the games...

  • Project Natal to cost less than £50

    Project Natal to cost less than £50

    Xbox add-on info emerges from closed-door Microsoft meetings 11 November 2009 14:24 GMT

    Details have emerged regarding Microsoft's closely guarded Project Natal motion gaming add-on for its Xbox 360 games console.

    While all we previously really knew was that the system would hit the shelves during 2010, games site MCV has heard from industry...

  • Microsoft cuts off Xbox 360 hackers

    Microsoft cuts off Xbox 360 hackers

    Upto 600,000 may have been affected 11 November 2009 11:41 GMT

    It's believed that up to 600,000 gamers may have been cut off from Microsoft's Xbox Live online gaming service because they're running modded consoles that can play pirated games.

    Microsoft has confirmed that "a small percentage" of Xbox's 20 million users had...

  • Microsoft Xbox 360 wireless n adapter goes on sale in US

    Microsoft Xbox 360 wireless n adapter goes on sale in US

    Amazon puts it up for sale 10 November 2009 21:43 GMT

    We've seen the Xbox Wireless n adaptor on sale in the UK, but now Microsoft has officially confirmed the launch of the Xbox 360 wireless n adapter in the US. 

    Available on Amazon.com for $90, the new adapter promises faster connectivity over a wireless n network....

  • Xbox Wireless-n adaptor on sale now?

    Xbox Wireless-n adaptor on sale now?

    802.11n Wi-Fi peripheral spotted in Asda 9 November 2009 12:24 GMT

    Remember the 802.11n Wi-Fi adaptor for the Xbox 360, which appeared in an FCC filing in the States back in September? Well, it appears that it's real and it's on shelves in Asda, if the above picture from Engadget is accurate.

    The pic puts the price at £50, slightly...

  • COMMENT: Why are game-inspired films so terrible?

    Why are game-inspired films so terrible?

    COMMENT: Will the torture never end? 6 November 2009 17:38 GMT

    The Prince of Persia film trailer has just hit the intertubes and with it our hearts both flutter and sink at the same time as we realise that it's going to be terrible. It may sound premature but anyone who knows anything about either games, films or ideally both, will...

  • EA offer "Limited Edition" version of Bad Company 2 with unlocks

    EA offer "Limited Edition" version of Bad Company 2 with unlocks

    Achievements are over-rated 30 October 2009 15:12 GMT

    For those too impatient (or too rubbish) to get there themselves, EA is taking the unusual step of offering a video game complete with six special gameplay unlocks good to go from the first load of the game, rather than being dependent on achievement.

    Battlefield:...

  • Limited edition Puma trainers mark Forza 3 launch

    Limited edition Puma trainers mark Forza 3 launch

    Xbox team-up produces 324 pairs of the Speed Cat 2.9 FM3 29 October 2009 16:42 GMT

    Puma and Xbox have collaborated on some special edition shoes to celebrate the launch of Forza Motorsport 3.

    The new trainers come in the form of the Speed Cat 2.9 FM3s, said to be "inspired by the pace-setter of the racing game genre and based on a classic...

  • Sky Player on Xbox 360 goes for second time lucky

    Sky Player on Xbox 360 goes for second time lucky

    Delay forces service launch to be held back until Wednesday 28 October 2009 4:17 GMT

    Sky and Microsoft will attempt to launch the new Sky Player for Xbox 360 for a second time after the companies had to pull the service on the official launch day on Tuesday.

    "The service has been suspended due to an unforeseen technical issue". Sky said in a statement....

  • Bear Grylls to get own video game

    Bear Grylls to get own video game

    "Man vs. Wild" and "Deadliest Catch" getting console treatment 27 October 2009 12:13 GMT

    Brit Bear Grylls is soon to get his own big budget video game as Discovery has revealed a "Man vs. Wild" (aka "Born Survivor") title will soon go into production.

    Game publisher Crave will create the game, and is also confirmed to be working on turning another...

  • Sky Player arrives on Xbox 360

    Sky Player arrives on Xbox 360

    On-demand service now live 27 October 2009 11:38 GMT

    Ladies and gentlemen, Sky Player for Xbox 360 is finally here. The service, which allows you to access on-demand streams of Sky content and live broadcasting, has been long-trailed (see our coverage here, here, here and here), but has now arrived and should be accessible...

  • VIDEO: Sky Player for Xbox 360 walk-through. Gaming, Xbox 360, Sky, Microsoft, Sky Player, Video 0

    VIDEO: Sky Player for Xbox 360 walk-through

    8-minute video shows what you'll be getting 27 October 24 October 2009 5:32 GMT

    We've already seen Sky Player in Windows 7, but now you can see it on the Xbox 360 ahead of the official UK release on Tuesday 27 October. 

    The 8-minute video, sent to techtv101.com, details the channel selection process and what you can expect from the service...

  • Blu-ray not coming to Xbox 360... yet

    Blu-ray not coming to Xbox 360... yet

    Ballmer got it wrong 23 October 2009 9:30 GMT

    Kids, Steve Ballmer is lying to you. Yesterday we brought you the news, straight out of the man's mouth, that the Xbox 360 would be getting Blu-ray accessories. Today, Microsoft's PR team has swung into action to try and say they don't exist without explicitly saying...

  • Molyneux: Project Natal support for Fable 3

    Molyneux: Project Natal support for Fable 3

    Confirmed at BAFTA event 22 October 2009 16:18 GMT

    Gaming maestro Peter Molyneux has officially confirmed that the next version of Fable, Fable 3, for the Xbox 360 will be Project Natal enabled.

    "Fable 3 will have Natal support. Is that an announcement? #molyneux", Nicholas Lovell, founder of Gamesbrief, non-exec...

  • Blu-ray coming to Xbox 360

    Blu-ray coming to Xbox 360

    As an accessory, not in the drive 22 October 2009 10:43 GMT

    Steve Ballmer has told Gizmodo in an interview that soon you'll be able to watch Blu-ray movies on your Xbox 360.

    Microsoft's CEO made the admission when asked whether Blu-ray was coming to the console, and gave the surprising answer: "Well I don't know if we...

  • BBFC gives Modern Warfare 2 an 18 rating

    BBFC gives Modern Warfare 2 an 18 rating

    Highest ever age rating for Call of Duty title 20 October 2009 11:22 GMT

    The BBFC has insisted on an 18 rating for coming soon Call of Duty title Modern Warfare 2, although it has passed through the official hurdle with no cuts.

    It seems the rating ruling will not come as a surprise to the developers as promotional packaging has...

  • Xbox 360 update blocks unlicensed memory units

    Xbox 360 update blocks unlicensed memory units

    Watch out for your savegames 19 October 2009 11:24 GMT

    If you've got an unauthorised Xbox 360 memory unit, then you might want to think about getting an official one ASAP - the forthcoming software update for the console will render it inoperable.

    Xbox Live's Major Nelson posted on his blog that "one of the changes...

  • Xbox 360 Dashboard preview program reopens

    Xbox 360 Dashboard preview program reopens

    Get a first look at the new features 15 October 2009 11:11 GMT

    Microsoft has, just like earlier in the year, offered its users the chance to take a look at the forthcoming dashboard upgrade a little early in the hope of getting rid of any bugs that testers might not have spotted.

    The next version of the dashboard will have,...

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