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December 31, 2005
CoolIT Systems Inc.has announced plans to show off a liquid-cooled Xbox 360 in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show from Jan. 4 – 8, 2006.
The Microsoft Xbox 360 has been the topic of much discussion since its release on Nov. 22, 2005. Aside from its limited supply, many headlines have been about problems related to the excessive thermal output of Microsoft’s latest gaming console product.
To provide gaming consumers with a high performance option, CoolIT Systems touts the retrofit product that will transform the stock forced air cooling system with a state-of-the-art liquid-chilled system that employs the exclusive MTEC technology pioneered by CoolIT Systems.
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December 27, 2005
Dead or Alive 4 for Xbox 360 will be released tommorrow for the lucky few xbox 360 owners. The new game takes advantage of the superior technology of Xbox 360, to redefine 3D fighter games.
Go wild with a new fighting system, larger tournament groups, detailed scoreboards and more. Form clans, or just enter the lobby areas to talk with other DOA fans. Best of all, the fighting system allows even more mastery and strategy of your favorite character -- including the most complex DOA countering system yet!
$59 at amazon
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December 23, 2005
Sean Alexander has posted a how to on his blog on how you could score an Xbox 360. via SeanAlexander
Microsoft has announced the Xbox Live Diamond Card. Well, here's what you're in for:
* Your own card: Did you sign up for a digital gamer card on Xbox.com? Of course you did. Now, how about a real, live, flash-it-to-your-friends card personalized with your gamertag? Ask no more! The Xbox Live Diamond Card is here.
* That's not all: The card does much more. Xbox Live has partnered with your favorite stores, restaurants, and other retailers across the country for discounts and promotions exclusively for Xbox Live Diamond Card program members.*
* It gets even better: Xbox Live isn't going to sit still, either. We'll continue to bring you new partners and more opportunities to use your Diamond Card.
* The best part: The Xbox Live Diamond Card is free! It's our big thank you to our most loyal Xbox Live subscribers.
"Best Buy was getting a new shippment of Xbox 360's. So people started to camp out of the store the night before, hoping to grab one in the morning. Anyway, these teenagers thought it was funny to drive by and show off their Xbox 360 to everyone in line. They drove by like 5 times untill the 6th time, they accidentally drop the console. My buddy grabs it and runs away... via Technie Diva
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Gaming stores in the US are taking orders for the Xbox 360 release of 2006, Halo 3. Some stores are already displaying banners and assorted goodies with Halo 3 logos, inscribed ‘Coming 2006 – Reserve yours today.’
This whole pre-order thing is going a little to far, Microsoft has been mute on the Halo 3 launch. The only hint the company gave was when Bill Gates said that the PS3 would ‘walk right into’ Halo 3 upon its release.
So that could be Spring or it Could be November 2006. Knowing Microsoft that will probably be November.
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December 22, 2005
Now that the Xbox 360 has bombed ( I kid), Internet gaming gossips are speculating on the release date of the PlayStation 3 following an announcement in the US Playstation Magazine stating that Unreal Tournament 2007 would be available on the PS3 when it launches spring of 2006. I have heard spring so many times I am starting to believe it, at the every least Japan should have the Playstation 3 spring 2006.
And chances are, we should have the PS3 in America in time for thanks giving 2006.
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December 19, 2005
Japanese carmaker, Nissan is showing off a new six-speed manual, rear-wheel drive sports car that will come with a built-in Xbox gaming system and driver-integrated cockpit. According to Gadget Buzz no word on whether this Xbox system is based on the new Xbox 360 platform or how it works. I imagine if the Xbox 360 takes off like say the iPod this concept car could be paving the way for that Xbox 360 option on new cars.
via Gadget Buzz. Image Cnet
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December 17, 2005
If a report in Japan's Jiji News service is to be believed, Microsoft has entered final stages with Toshiba and other HD-DVD backers on the development of an HD-DVD capable Xbox 360. The company is looking into the possibility of releasing the updated version of the hardware next year reports IGN
Previously, Microsoft Japan representatives have suggested that HD-DVD will be a part of the Xbox 360's future, albeit for movie playback only.
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A group of crackers called Team PI Coder says it has discovered the basic workings of Microsoft's Xbox 360 file system reports BBC. The information has helped the group dig out the raw data from the console for 13 Xbox 360 games.
The data is said to be similar to current generation Xbox games.
"Once you get past the protections and down to the raw bits on the disc, it's just the standard xboxdvdfs, however the offset and layer breakpoint are different," the group wrote in release notes.
In response Microsoft said its console had several security systems in place that would prevent pirated games being played on it.
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December 10, 2005
Microsoft has launched its Xbox 360 games console in Japan to what seems like a more subdued response than it received in Europe and North America reports BBC.
Surveys by Gaming Fan-sites, leading up to the Japanese launch, showed Japanese gamers pulling for the Sony Playstation 3, even though its a year away from release. Microsoft hopes to overcome Sony and Nintendo by being the first to release its next-generation console.
Queues formed for its main launch event in Tokyo but early sales were reported to be slower than at other launches.
Japan's games market is traditionally dominated by Sony and Nintendo.
The country is the biggest market for console games, after the US.
Microsoft is selling only the premium Xbox 360 package in Japan. It is priced at 37,900 yen and includes a removable hard drive that lets owners play games written for the first Xbox.
Microsoft is expected to easily surpass that number with its new console, which will have the market all to itself for several months while Sony and Nintendo ready their next-generation PlayStation 3 and Revolution consoles for launch next year.
Microsoft is working with some of Japan's top game developers, such as Hironobu Sakaguchi, who created the role-playing game series ``Final Fantasy,'' and Tetsuya Mizuguchi, who made the ``Sega Rally'' racing game series, to develop software for its 360.
Microsoft in October said the first shipments of Xbox 360 sold in Japan will come with a trial version of Square Enix Co.'s ``Final Fantasy XI.'' Games in the Final Fantasy series were the best-selling in Japan in 2003, 2001 and No. 2 in 2000 and 1999, according to Enterbrain.
``They've done better with the software lineup this time, but it's not spicy enough,'' said Yuuta Sakurai, a video game analyst at Nomura Securities Co. ``I still think they are lacking that killer software'' that will attract users away from PlayStation.
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December 8, 2005
To celebrate the release of Microsoft's new gaming system, the Xbox 360, Paris-based concept shop Colette enlisted Karl Lagerfeld and a few other local designers to put their own twist on the gadget. Sonia Rykiel's interpretations sport stripe-adorned figures ripped from the Rykiel Homme runway. Andrée Putman, credited with conceiving and designing the first boutique hotel, encases hers in sleek chrome, and Irina Volkonski and DJ Pedro Winter contributed pink polka-dotted and chartreuse-sequined versions, respectively.
The units are on display at Colette through Sunday, Dec. 11, after which they'll be available for purchase (prices: Andre, €350; Lagerfeld, €1,000; Putman, €1,000; Rykiel
Via Men.Style
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