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Unboxing The Halo: Reach Legendary Edition

The fine folks at UK online retailer ShopTo.net give us our first in-depth look at the innards of incredibly large Halo: Reach Legendary Edition, nearly breaking it in the process. Don’t you hate it when you decide against ordering the ultra-expensive special edition of a game and then see a video like this and begin…

By Mike Fahey Published September 9, 2010

Kinect’s Object Scanning Isn’t For Now, It’s For Later

Despite being one of the cooler elements of Kinect’s original E3 2009 reveal, the ability to “scan” real world objects and use them in games won’t make the peripheral’s launch. But that doesn’t mean the tech is forgotten about. Speaking with Eurogamer, Microsoft’s Kudo Tsunoda has said that while we won’t be seeing any games…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 9, 2010

Microsoft, You Need A New Mascot In Japan

Despite the failure of the Xbox brand in Japan, Microsoft is on the right track with Sanrokumaru, the console’s mascot in the region. He can throw a baseball, he can fix giant robots, but while he’s amusing us, he’s obviously not doing a good enough job in Japan. Because his job is to sell consoles,…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 8, 2010

A Video Tour Of A Halo Fan’s ‘UNSC Man Cave’

One man is taking the impending launch of Halo: Reach very, very seriously, building a high tech, Halo-themed hovel full of cheaply acquired home theater equipment and shelves stuffed with female repellent. This is the “UNSC Man Cave.” In addition to a 150″ projector screen, a 7.1 surround sound system and custom artwork all over…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 8, 2010

Xbox Live Gamer Suspended For Living In Fort Gay

When banned 26-year-old Xbox Live gamer called Xbox support to explain that his town of Fort Gay, West Virginia, was a real place and not a homosexual reference, he was threatened with account cancellation. An unemployed factory worker who enjoys first-person shooters, Josh Moore found himself temporarily suspended from Xbox Live last week due to…

By Mike Fahey Published September 8, 2010

Halo: Reach Deliver Hope The Extended Cut

Late last month we got our first look at the Halo: Reach Deliver Hope live action flick, packed with a minute or so of explosions and flying Spartans. Today we get a look at the extended mix. In this new cut of the Deliver Hope video we get two-and-a-half minutes of future warfare, but still…

By Brian Crecente Published September 8, 2010

Yes, Kinect Is Getting A Brain Training Game

In 2005, Nintendo published Nintendo DS game “Brain Age” in Japan, a title that claimed it could train players’ brains. In 2010, Microsoft’s Kinect is getting its own brain game. Called “New Brain Training: Answer With Your Body”, the game has players do things liks swat balloons in order and play Pac-Man with their hands.…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 8, 2010

New Xbox 360 Bundle Includes Kinect, 250GB Hard Drive

Microsoft has tonight officially revealed a new Xbox 360 hardware bundle, almost a month to the day it was inadvertently leaked via some packaging shots The bundle includes a 250GB Xbox 360 S console, the Kinect motion-control camera and a copy of Kinect Adventures. You get all that for $399 (or £300 if you’re in…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 8, 2010

Japan Finally Getting Final Fantasy XIII On The Xbox 360

Back in 2008, Japanese game company Square Enix revealed that role-playing game Final Fantasy XIII was coming to the Xbox 360 — everywhere except Japan. That has changed. The game was originally thought to be a PS3 exclusive. Last winter, it was released as a PlayStation 3 exclusive. In August 2008, Microsoft Taiwan’s Grace Chou…

By Brian Ashcraft Published September 8, 2010

Microsoft’s Games Platform Strategy Man Moves To Amazon

A potential gaming push by Amazon.com gets a big boost, as Microsoft’s director of game platform strategy Andre Vrignaud takes on a new role with the online retailer, and he’s “very intrigued about what Amazon is looking to do.” Vrignaud revealed his change of occupation in an entry on his personal blog on Friday, hinting…

By Mike Fahey Published September 7, 2010

The Countdown To Halo: Reach Invasion Week Begins

Halo: Reach is only a week away, and Microsoft is counting down the days with previews, themes, and other downloadable goodies, leading up to the Halo: Reach Invasion Week on Xbox Live. Halo: Reach is Microsoft’s biggest game of the year, and it’s setting aside a full two weeks to help fans celebrate the game’s…

By Mike Fahey Published September 7, 2010

Fable III Screens: Mills & Boon For The Xbox 360

Get a load of these guys! They’re in this video game, but were it not for the giant FABLE III watermarks, we could have told you they were part of Fabio: The Game and you’d be none the wiser.

By Luke Plunkett Published September 4, 2010

Don’t Buy The New Crackdown 2 Add-on (Yet)

Crackdown 2 players who downloaded the newly released Toy Box add-on for the Xbox 360 game are finding their games on lockdown. Reports from readers and the official Xbox support forums indicate today’s DLC is a bit broken. Crackdown 2 players are reporting that the Xbox 360 game will freeze up when attempting to load.…

By Michael McWhertor Published September 2, 2010

A Fairy, An Astronaut And A Spartan Walk Into A Bar…

Taken at a Halo: Reach press event in Sydney yesterday.

By Luke Plunkett Published September 2, 2010

Report: Kinect Will Only Understand Americans, Brits, Japanese & Mexicans

Oh dear. It’s not just Spaniards who won’t be able to control Kinect with their voices when the peripheral launches. It’s everyone who doesn’t live in the US, Mexico or United Kingdom. Eurogamer has confirmed with Microsoft that when Kinect is released in November, no languages from mainland Europe will be supported. So if you’re…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 1, 2010

Report: Kinect Doesn’t Speak Spanish (It Speaks Mexican) [Update]

According to the Spanish press, Microsoft’s motion-sensing camera Kinect will not speak Spanish. It will only speak “Mexican”. At a press event in Bilbao, Spain last week, reports say Microsoft revealed that when the peripheral ships worldwide in November, it will only ship with the capability to understand three spoken languages: English, Japanese and “Mexican”.…

By Luke Plunkett Published September 1, 2010

Welp, Someone Done Tried To Sell Their Kinect Beta Already

Microsoft had to figure this was going to happen: Someone put their Kinect beta hardware and their console for sale on eBay, hoping to get $1,200 for it. It was rather quickly de-listed, however. I haven’t seen the entire EULA for this hardware beta but something tells me Microsoft probably forbids selling the unit and…

By Owen Good Published August 31, 2010

Microsoft Reveals New 360 Controller With Transforming D-Pad

The Xbox 360 controller gets a little more fighter friendly later this year, with a new version featuring a transforming d-pad and monochrome buttons hitting stores on November 9. So what’s a transforming d-pad? As Major Nelson demonstrates in the video below, users can change the new Xbox 360 controller’s directional pad from a flat…

By Mike Fahey Published August 31, 2010

A Fistful of Zombies: Gunplay in Dead Rising 2: Case 0

A lot of people loved killing zombies in the original Dead Rising. But almost just as many hated using guns to do so. Why? The controls. That was one of the big things that Canadian developers Blue Castle worked on with Capcom while developing Dead Rising 2: Creating solid shooter controls for the sequel. How…

By Brian Crecente Published August 31, 2010

Microsoft Promises More, Bigger Games For PC Owners

Microsoft’s two most recent PC game reveals were welcome, sure, but they were also catered towards a certain end of the market: the end that is cool with playing browser games. But what about the PC gamers that hardware companies would call “enthusiasts”? Is there a game coming for them, something for them to double-check…

By Luke Plunkett Published August 31, 2010