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Xbox Originals Gets Grabbed By The Ghoulies Next Week

You know why the call them Xbox Originals? Because you can’t call ’em Xbox Classics. Case in point, Rare’s first Xbox title, Grabbed By The Ghoulies is your next Xbox Original. Oh, I kid, Rare! The UK developer’s debut game under the ownership of Microsoft will drop on the Xbox Live Marketplace next Tuesday, February…

By Michael McWhertor Published February 13, 2009

Dead Space Was Developed For Xbox

EA’s horror title Dead Space has had a long gestation period. The game was originally slated for the original Xbox. The above clip was shown during a presentation called “Creating Horror and Immersion with the Art of Dead Space” that was given by the game’s art director Ian Milham at this year’s Animex game and…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 13, 2009

No More Xbox Support For Japan

Starting March 3, Microsoft Japan will no longer service first generation original Xbox consoles (not Xbox 360s). This includes Xboxes that are under warranty as well as out-of-warranty consoles. Microsoft Japan, however, is offering an upgrade to those owners with still-under-warranty first generation Xbox consoles in need of repair: Swap that busted console for an…

By Brian Ashcraft Published February 9, 2009

Xbox Helped Drone Pilot Be All He Could Be

A guy went from high school dropout to drone pilot instructor in the Army – not a position most 19-year-old enlisteds hold, by the way – thanks in part to his video game skills. In an interview, P.W. Singer, a former defense policy adviser to the Obama campaign, and the author of “Wired for War,”…

By Owen Good Published February 7, 2009

Xbox Murder Ringleader Seeks Retrial

Troy Victorino, the ringleader behind the Florida Xbox murders, says that the trial that ended in a death sentence for him wasn’t fair. His attorney Tuesday told the Florida Superme Court that Victorino should have been tried separately from co-defendants, who blamed the now 32-year-old, for their involvement. Victorino was convicted in 2006 on six…

By Brian Crecente Published February 4, 2009

“Bulk Of” Microsoft’s 1400 Job Cuts To Strike Entertainment Division

According to sources speaking with ZDNet’s resident Microsoft blogger, Mary-Jo Foley, “the bulk of [Microsoft’s] immediate 1,400-person cuts” are going to fall on the Entertainment & Devices Group. Which includes the Xbox team. We were told the same thing earlier today, and when contacted Microsoft PR issued the following statement: “This is a company-wide action,…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 23, 2009

Obama Takes Office, Video Game Analogies Start To Flow

The Obama campaign, fresh off an inauguration, just ran face first into federally-mandated technological obsolescence and what better way to express their frustrations than with a video game analogy? “It is kind of like going from an Xbox to an Atari,” Obama spokesman Bill Burton said of his new digs. Can you imagine how blown…

By Brian Crecente Published January 22, 2009

Lights, Camera, Stoked Screens

This latest batch of screenshots from Destineer’s Stoked highlight what goes on behind the camera and in the editing booth once you’ve finished carving your name in the side of a mountain. The whole point of Stoked is to get yourself fame points in order to appear in snowboarding films and magazines, and these screenshots…

By Mike Fahey Published January 19, 2009

Tired of “Mortal Kombat Killer”? How About “Xbox Taco Assailant”

Law enforcement near Orlando, Fla., have in custody a 19-year-old who refused to stop playing games to join his family for dinner and threw a taco at his mother after she unplugged his Xbox. Intrepid and indispensible local news resource WOFL-TV of Orlando reports that alleged Xbox Taco Assailant Zachary Moir is in the Volusia…

By Owen Good Published January 18, 2009

January Lips DLC Finds That Lovin’ Feelin’

With nine new songs from the likes of Fallout Boy, The Pussycat Dolls, and The Righteous Brothers due out in January, the Lips song catalog should exceed 70 songs by month’s end. Nine new songs are headed to Lips this month, beginning on January 16th when we’ll finally be able to recreate the bar scene…

By Mike Fahey Published January 15, 2009

A Buyer’s Guide To A Console Generation Past

Times are tough, money is tight, and new consoles & games are expensive. But older consoles and games? Much cheaper, and just as good! Think back to the years between, oh, around 2000-2006. A lucky few among you would have owned all three gaming consoles, but for the majority, a lot of great systems, and…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 14, 2009

A Control Pad For Those Who Roll Twenties

Or have “Magic Happens” stickers on their bumper. Either or. I have neither, but might still pick one of these up, if only to scare small children and sensitive house guests with. It’s called the “Dragon”, and while it doesn’t breathe fire, it does have eyes that light up. But that’s not the best part.…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 14, 2009

Fable II’s Knothole Island Brings Good Things To Life

Without spoiling more than I already have, a post over on the Fable II dev blog indicates that players disappointed by their particular ending can find solace at Knothole Island’s mysterious resurrection shrine. Before you continue on, I warn you….this post could very well ruin the ending of Fable II for you, but it wouldn’t…

By Mike Fahey Published January 12, 2009

Robbie Bach: Next Xbox Still Quite A Ways Away

After the first-generation came and went in a relative blink of an eye, Microsoft’s Robbie Bach says that the company isn’t in quite as much of a hurry to upgrade the Xbox 360. Speaking to The Mercury News, Bach explains that in today’s economy especially, persuading consumers to upgrade is becoming more and more difficult,…

By Mike Fahey Published January 12, 2009

Government Agent Leaks Xbox Game Proposal Online

A government agent has accidentally leaked several gigs of personal, business and government files all over the internet, including business papers, possible insider schemes, horrid poems, pictures of ‘girlfriends,’ and an Xbox game proposal. Earlier this month, the Japanese bureaucrat opened several well-known trojans that are often embedded in files found in filesharing programs Winny…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 9, 2009

There Are 25 Million Copies Of Halo In The Wild

Yup, more from Robbie Bach’s supporting role during yesterday’s Microsoft CES keynote. While rappin’, he announced that since the release of the first Halo, over 25 million games in the series have been sold. That’s across all three games across both platforms, so we’re looking at an average of five million sales for each. Impressive!…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 8, 2009

CES 09: XBLA Doritos Game Downloaded Almost 1 Millon Times

Advergaming is huge. At least that’s the takeaway from Microsoft’s John Kroese, who revealed that the Mike Borland and Ninja Bee developed Doritos’ Dash of Destruction racked up almost a million downloads in December. Kroese, General Manager in the Entertainment & Devices Advertising Business Group at Microsoft said that the Xbox Live Arcade freebie was…

By Michael McWhertor Published January 7, 2009

Xbox’s Best Euro Christmas Ever

Gather round for a rousing bout of back slapping and carousing as the Xbox brand celebrates its best European Christmas season in six years, with 100% growth over last December. The press release is filled with quotes, specifically from the likes of Xbox’s Regional Vice President of Interactive Entertainment Chris Lewis, who could go on…

By Mike Fahey Published January 5, 2009

These Were The Most-Played Games Over Xbox Live In 2008

Don’t you go thinking just because it’s January we’re done with the “best of 2008” lists. Because we are so not. Latest comes courtesy of Microsoft’s Larry Hryb, and charts the years top Xbox Live games. First, we have the twenty most popular full-price games. Note the two games whose demos made the cut, but…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2009

Gamestop Not Accepting Xboxes Feb. 9

We got tipped by an anonymous Gamestop employee that the chain won’t accept original Xbox games, consoles and accessories as of Feb. 9. Looks like this is officially it for the console. Says our tipster: “The Marketing kit for this coming Sunday has a sign that says Gamestop will no longer be accepting Xbox games,…

By Owen Good Published January 4, 2009