News Tagged: xbox 360

NPD announced the hardware sales for October 2009. As you'd expect it, Nintendo's Wii console holds first spot, followed immediately by the company's handheld gaming platform the Nintendo DS. Meanwhile both PS3 and Xbox 360 sales dropped when compared to sales in the previous month (September). Here's how the numbers breakdown: Wii – 506.9K DS – 457.6K PS3 – 320.6K Xbox 360 – 249.7K PSP – 174.6K PS2 – 117.8K Source.

Microsoft announced that anywhere between an estimated 600,000 and 1 million players using Xbox Live will be cut off from the service because they have "modified their game consoles or played games that were illegally downloaded from file-sharing sites, according to the company...

Believe it or not, 2lions' Xbox 360 (which RROD'd recently) has been revived to full operational status. So, 2lions is a satisfied man right now, ready to dive into upcoming releases such as Dragon Age, Modern Warfare 2, etc. (yes, he does play something other than WoW - in fact, he's been out of the WoW machine for some time...

Peter Molyneux and Lionhead Studios revealed that Microsoft's motion-sensing Natal peripheral, will be one of their priorities when developing Fable III. That's right, the game will support 'Project Natal' in, well, a certain way. We still don't know how...

There's going to be a new PlayStation 3 with a 250GB hard drive available Stateside as of November 3. Going for $349.99. Next to the bigger HDD, this particular model is gonna be the same as the 120GB PlayStation 3, which costs $299.99. "The PS3 platform is poised for a tremendous holiday season," says Scott Steinberg, vice president of product marketing for Sony US...

Microsoft and Lionhead Studios are re-releasing Fable II via Xbox Live (thanks VE3D). This re-release has been divided into five parts, with the first episode being free of charge. Of course, the subsequent episodes won't be free - that's just Microsoft's way of getting you to buy the remaining episodes (which I'm sure a lot of gamers will do). You can learn more on Microsoft's official Xbox web site.

MS unveils the first round of video game publishers that are going to support the company's Natal technology (again, the news arrives via TGS '09): Activision Blizzard Bethesda Capcom Disney Interactive Electronic Arts Konami MTV Games Namco Bandai Sega Square Enix THQ Ubisoft Good, I was looking for an excuse to smash up all of my living room furniture.

We normally don't post any news on Sundays (it's a holy day and all... well, okay, that has nothing to do with it), but I've just finished writing our review of the Xbox 360 shooter, Halo 3: ODST and have uploaded the article, so I'm sure you'd be interested in giving it a look...

Microsoft's the official word that the Xbox 360 console received a much-rumored price reduction. The Elite edition of the console is now $299, which is 100 bucks lower than before. The Pro will be dropped to $250 until it is phased out. Here's the full story on the 360 models: - Xbox 360 Elite: $399...

BioWare (quite unexpectedly) unleashed new downloadable content for the Xbox 360 edition of Mass Effect. Here's the word: Content: Pinnacle Station Price: 400 Microsoft Points Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions Dash Text: [ESRB: M (Mature) BLOOD,LANGUAGE,PARTIAL NUDITY,SEXUAL THEMES,VIOLENCE] (Select this for the English-language version of this module...

Okay Fable fans, it looks like Peter Molyneux and the good people at Lionhead Studios are already preparing the third installment in the popular RPG series. "We started to think about Fable III halfway through Fable II," says art lead John McCormack...

Ubisoft recently confirmed that the company is making a strong effort to battle software piracy. Although they refused to elaborate on the matter, Ubi did say they are working on a new anti-piracy tool that should be ready by the end of 2009...

According to Microsoft's financial results for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009, the company is showing overall declines in revenue, operating and net income which also goes for their Entertainment and Devices Division. Xbox 360 and PC game revenues fell $161 million...

The extremely popular PC game Plants vs. Zombies is reportedly on its way to Xbox Live Arcade. No info regarding a release date yet, but we expect to learn that soon. Here are the main features of the game: Play five game modes: Adventure...

NPD released the chart for the best-selling console games during 2009 (so far anyway). Yeah, I don't think we need to be reminded what the damn-near constant PC top-seller is, right? PlayStation 3: 1. Killzone 2 2. Resident Evil 5 3...