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April 29 What my Xbox 360 has to sayThere is now a new website were even your Xbox 360 can get into the blogging trend.
I recently set up my xbox to blog for me but it will take about 2 days for it to get enough info to write about me/it.
If you have a gamertag and want to check it out go to 360voice.com and sign up for it.
BTW I'm hoping that this last post will lead me out of hibernation. Ive been taking java in school and its been keeping me busy, also eager to leave my monitor somtimes  .January 04 Bill Gates Announces a External HD DVD drive for the 360!Highlighting key consumer products such as Xbox 360™ and offering the first broad demonstration of the consumer features of Windows Vista™, Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates showed how the company is delivering on its vision for a digital lifestyle where devices, services and applications work together seamlessly. In his 10th annual keynote address at the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Gates demonstrated how Microsoft® Windows Vista, Xbox 360, new mobile devices and the emerging wave of software-based services will deliver more connected and richly personalized experiences for consumers.
My Opinion: Well for all of you HDTV users its some really good news and if you don't have a HDTV sounds like it would be a good idea to get one (Im in the croud without one).
December 22 XBOX LIVE Diamond Card!Calling all Xbox Live gamers! You're about to experience a whole new level in entertainment. Yes, we're talking about the launch of Xbox 360, but we're also talking about the brand new—and free—Xbox Live Diamond Card, an unprecedented merger of your entertainment activities, online and off. Never heard of it? 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.* Go here to check out some of the retailers: Xbox Live Diamond Retailers 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. The Details Who's partnering with Xbox Live to bring you special Diamond card offers? How about Ticketmaster, Cambridge Soundworks, Timberland, McDonald's, and hundreds more? Thought that would get your attention. Important! In order to send you your card, Xbox Live needs your current mailing address. Make sure you update your profile with your current information. SIGN UP FOR YOU XBOX LIVE DIAMOND CARD! (only valid if you have a XBOX LIVE gamertag or gamer card)
December 19 Xbox 360 to Be Able to IM Mobile PhonesJason Langridge, Enterprise Mobility Solution Specialist at Microsoft UK division, has revealed that the software giant is working on a new feature that will allow Xbox 360 users to send instant messages using the MSN Messenger infrastructure, thereby reaching any device running the program, including cell phones. "So on my device I sign in with my MSN account and it sets up Hotmail," explained Mr. Langridge to the BBC. "There is no service fee and you can do MSN messaging chats." The alerts would be sent by Xbox 360 users over the Internet via Xbox Live and be received by a cell phone over the air as an instant message. "It just pops up saying 'Dinky Dave wants to play Project Gotham Racing' with you," said Langridge. "You can see the integration that we are building with the xbox 360, with phones and with PCs," he said. When will it be ready? Langridge could not say when the new Xbox 360 feature will go live, but added: "It is six months or so. It is very, very near." Hey when the origenxbox360.com thing was going on did microsoft say that they had no plans for MSN intergration? Heh oh well whatever floats their boat! December 18 What I think about the Xbox 360 and my gamesI have been a little slow on updates so I finally got around to it.
Lets just say I've been enjoying my 360, just to knock some questions out I'd like to say the my XBOX 360 has had no defects. It hasn't burned my perfect dark zero because Ive played it more the 10 hours (which I have) and it has not visibly scratched it. The main reason why idiots complain about circular scratches on their CDs is because of human error.
The things that I'm enjoying is the Marketplace, the Xbox Live Arcade, Neon, and well pretty much every thing else! So far on the Marketplace I've downloaded around 10 trailers which would include PGR3, COD2, Lost planet (recently anounced game title). But the other trailers are movie trailers, they have the X-men 3 teaser and also the Mission Impossible: lll trailer.
Another thing that stood out was Xbox live arcade. You can play the game before you decided to purchase it. Ive downloaded most of the game trials but have only purchased 2 of them. The games that I've bought were Geometry wars and Smash TV. (Here is some info about some of the arcade games) The great thing is that its somthing that the whole family can enjoy (yea sounds odd). This I'm dead serious about there has been times were my parents and I have sat down and played geomety wars. Each game varies in price, most games are 400pts (around 5$) and 800pts (around 10$) but there is one that is 1200pts (around 15$). Most of the games are worth their value (exept for the pricey pool game).
Most know that the Windows Media Player visualizers are not graphically pretty nor is the Xbox (1) visualizer. Those media player visualizers are nothing compared to neon, ive sat down and listen to music and played with the visualizer for over a couple of hours. Neon lets you control certain elements of the visualizer, you can use up to 4 controllers at the same time to move around (like one could control movement the other can control rotation).
Some of the other cool features that Im going to mention are being able to play music off of my computer (doesn't require Windows media center all you need is Windows media connect). You can also add you own personal backgrounds and customize your blades and your guide button. (I created a background for my 360 if you want to check it out). Personal chat is also nifty, I could be playing Perfect dark zero and a friend of mine could be playing Call of duty 2. All I would do is go under my friends list click on his name and send him a invite to Private chat.
This system itself looks awsome but Im sure I didn't need to tell you that.
 Well if you made it through thanks for reading, If you got a question leave a comment and I will try and answer it and if you have a Xbox 360 already send a friend request to suicide14! November 11 Official Backwards Compatibility ListXbox.com released the official BC list today, here are the games!
Oh yea check out this xbox 360 commercial (seems off topic but will eventually come together) October 24 I have played it!And I like it!!!
When I went to my local best buy I have discovered that there was a Xbox 360 kiosk set up! I played it for about 15 minutes and I didn't want to leave but my playing time was cut short by my mother. ANYWAYS
The controller was great! (Yes im a duke fan aka. The old big controller fan) My hands comformed to it perfectly and I only misplaced the start button once, the new shoulder buttons are wicked awsome.
The console looked great also but I didn't have time to just look and observe it because I felt rushed so I only played a couple of the demos. The guy before me was playing kameo I played it for a little bit (not a big platformer fan) and I never got the controls down but It look good and seemed worth while if you like platformers. After that I checked out Call of Duty 2, the graphics looked like the computers on high (Great graphics) and the controls felt just the same as the PC version, it wasn't slow like CoD: finest hour, the storyline will also be the exactly the same as CoD2 (pc version) so it wont suck!
And then! I was cut off and was forced to go home....
If you have any quick (semi easy questions) about what I observed with the system ASK THEM! October 13 Bizarre and Microsoft LIED!It's true, and we'll be the first to hold our hands up and admit "we were wrong".
There are a few rumours circulating the development community at the moment regarding the polygon count of the cars in PGR3. If you're not aware, the term "poly count" is a rough measure of detail which artists can use to describe (in loose terms) how detailed their 3d model is. The number refers to the amount of individual triangles which make up a car. In the past we've claimed that each car in PGR3 is made of about 80,000 polygons on average. To put this in perspective, we previously used about 10,000 per car in PGR2... that's an eight fold increase from our last game. Appropriately enough, some were sceptical about this number, especially given the enhanced shading and lighting we're incorporating into the game in addition to the increased number of polygons. So, I took it upon myself to head over to the car artists, and found out for myself exactly how many polys we were pushing per car. The results were surprising... therefore I'd like to take this opportunity to apologise to all gamers who were expecting 80,000 triangles in PGR3. I can conclusively reveal that in fact we do NOT have 80,000 polygons on average per car. ... It's actually closer to 96,000... Some cars have around 85,000 polygons, but many go as high as 105,000. The McLaren F1 LM (my favourite PGR3 car!) clocked in at over 100,000. Obviously these counts include the car interiors as well as the exteriors, but they don't include the extra geometry to display car damage, which can add between 10,000 and 20,000 more triangles per car. Of course, polygons aren't the only things which matter in the next generation. We're also using some advanced pixel shaders and other effects to achieve the most realistic look we can muster at this time. I'm putting together a short animation to give you more details about these shaders in the future... so watch this space. Sorry for any confusion!
October 04 X05! 4th-5thIll keep this page updated on news from X05
[Update]
Microsoft Showcase Titles
The company reveals some of the hot X360 titles showing in Amsterdam.
by David Adams
October 4, 2005 - As X05 begins in Amsterdam, Microsoft has revealed a number of Xbox 360 titles which will be on display at the event.
From Microsoft Game Studios:
And X05 featured titles from other publishers:
Microsoft's Peter Moore commented on the list: "The biggest and the best names in publishing are committed to the success of Xbox 360, and looking at the titles we have announced tonight we are very excited. From exclusive titles to debuting the next installment of some of the world's best-loved franchises, Xbox 360 will redefine gaming and entertainment. The high-definition era of gaming starts now."
September 27 Origen unlockedThis is good news for the EUROPE gamers. Not good for US gamers though, Origenxbox360.com is a contest for gamers to go to a XBOX 360 event but is only open to people of Europe.
For more information check out Teamxbox here. September 16 Launch Date revealed!Sorry for the day late post, I found out this info yesterday morning but didn't have time to announce it.
The release date is November 22 (us), December 2 (uk)
Here is the OFFICIAL announcement!
So now we all pretty much have all the major info out (or so we know) about the 360!
Release: November 22
Price ($): 299$ core
399$ Premium
Xbox live: 50$ a year (same)
August 17 Xbox 360 price RevealedAt $299.99 U.S./€299.99/£209.99, the Xbox 360 Core System comes standard with what consumers need to jump right into next-generation games and media, and is fully expandable to the complete Xbox 360 experience:
For gamers who want the ultimate experience (and the best value) right out of the box, Microsoft will offer the $399.99 U.S./€399.99/£279.99 Xbox 360 console. This premium edition — distinguished by signature metallic detailing on the console itself — comes fully loaded for the ultimate gaming experience, with components and accessories that would cost more than $200 if sold separately:
Teamxbox.com LINK Here is IGN's Report Here is a good Comparison between the two The system will be 299$ with standard stuff (no 20gb hard drive) and then the 399$ big bundle pack that has alot of stuff and the 20gb hard drive (you save about 100$ going with this pack) August 16 Huge Xbox 360 Announcement, August 17Well who knows what it will be date, price, or somthing else. Who knows, just hope it is something HUGE.
Here is the page were they announced it.
August 02 Wal-mart leak Price and Date?The Inquirer and TotalVideogames claim that Wal-Mart employees apparently have leaked the launch date and price of the Xbox 360. According to these reports, the Xbox 360 will retail for $299 and the launch will be Friday, November 4th.
The rumored price sounds likely to be true since it is the same price of the original Xbox when it launched back on November 15th of 2001. However, the Nov. 4th date sounds a bit odd being that it takes place on a Friday; not typically strong “launch day” for retailers. Being that the first Xbox launched on the third Thursday of November and just before the Thanksgiving holiday, a date of November 10th or November 17th seems more likely for the Xbox 360 launch, but again, this is purely speculation. Teamxbox.com
This may or may not be true, it is not "Official" July 01 Xbox 360 Beta Dev Kits ArriveXbox 360 Beta Dev Kits Arrive
Following recent reports on the Internet, TeamXbox.com can indeed confirm that game publishers and developers have received the first development kits containing the IBM’s three-core PowerPC processor and the custom GPU developed by ATI.
All the developers that talked to TeamXbox.com confirmed that at the moment their programmers are studying the new hardware and putting the chips under heavy scrutiny. It should be only a matter of time until we can see what the Xbox 360 is truly capable of. We’ll have more on the Xbox 360 SDKs as it becomes available. Now we can really see what the first Generation of games will look like.... June 29 Analyst: Sony to Loose 1 Billion on the PlayStation 3Check out this article at TeamXbox.com HERE June 23 Todd Holmdahl gets interviewed by Team xboxTeam xbox's Interview with Todd Holmdahl Good read but some stuff may be confusing. June 19 IGN's game listI added IGN's xbox 360 game list wich has descriptions for pretty much all of the know games that are comming out. |
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