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more about #xbox360 more comments → Cash907Censored: Just looked it up, and for me, the 360 deal starts at 12pm PST. Does Amazon offer different deals for different buyers based on their timezone? #xbox more » OCEntertainment: Before I jump on this, anyone got any advice for just how badly the lack of hard drive affects gameplay? I've been eying a 360 for a while and I doubt... more » Bigbadbikernerd: I got the X Box deal at Wal-Mart about 25 minutes ago. Just walked in and got one. No waiting. My friend showed up 5 minutes later and picked one u... more » Cash907Censored: I guess they finally wised up the fact that people were using the ol' hairdryer-on-the-warranty-seal trick to repair their boxes themselves without vo... more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Is that the Eye of Thundera or a RRoD?? #xbox360thundercats more » Xeno: N is great but no one should buy this. I bought the Netgear wnhde111 wireless N bridge kit for $85 on ebay. This gives 2 devices that can be used as a... more » OMG! Ponies!: Another sad example of Microsoft copying from Apple - this time, stealing the "why build it in when we can charge separately for the parts" strategy. ... more » Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Why bother with CG-animated movie if we could get THE REAL THING: [xspblog.com] #xbox360thundercats more » Dr. H. F. Danger: Using the Sword of Omens voids the warranty. #xbox360thundercats more » Kaiser-Machead: Let's hope Microsoft supports it when it gets the Red Eye of Thundera. #xbox360thundercats more » -
#dealzmodo
Dealzmodo: $100 Xbox 360 at Amazon, More Electronics Deals All Day Long
Remember that Walmart ad featuring a $100 Xbox? Well, Amazon is matching the offer, so you can skip the crowds. There'll be other electronics deals running all day starting at 9 a.m. EST. Update: More » -
#blockquote
Microsoft Confirms Improved Xbox 360 Warranty Seal
In an email exchange earlier today, Microsoft indirectly admitted that Xbox 360s are receiving an updated tamper-resistant warranty sticker. From the company: More » -
#xbox360
Xbox 360 Wireless N Adapter Resurfaces for a Little Less
Gamestop never released that new Xbox 360 wireless n dongle on 11/3 for $100. Meanwhile, Costco just listed the product for $88 with a November 10th ship date...right before pulling the page. Tracking this thing has become unnecessarily difficult. [Engadget] -
#mods
Sweet ThunderCats Xbox 360 Makes Me Bummed the Movie is on Hold
I'm a sucker for great paintwork, and this airbrushed 360 from largomods reminds me how much I loved the ThunderCats as a kid. Too bad WB put the CG-animated movie (directed by Jerry O'Flaherty from Gears of War) on hold. More » -
#xbox360
New Xbox 360 Warranty Stickers Better Guarantee Chastity?
Apparently, Microsoft is slapping a new style of void-if-removed warranty stickers on Xbox 360s that are sent in for repair. Why? With no facts to back us up, we must call upon our favorite pastime: crazy-eyed speculation. More » -
#xbox360
Official Microsoft Policy: If You a Buy a Used Xbox 360 That's Banned From Xbox Live, You're Just Screwed
Major Nelson, updating us on a periodic Xbox Live purge—banhammering cheaters, pirates and other folks of ill-repute, though not 12-year-olds—reminds us of Microsoft's official policy that if you buy a used Xbox 360 that's been banned, you're screwed. More » -
#dealzmodo
Walmart Selling $200 Xbox 360 This Weekend with Free $100 Gift Card
The leaks were real. This weekend, Walmart is kicking off pre-Black Friday deals, including a $199 Xbox 360 Arcade that comes with a free $100 gift card, effectively dropping the price to $100. Other deals are just as good: More » -
#rumor
Xbox 360 With Free $100 Gift Card Deal Might Be Hitting Walmart This Weekend
A Kotaku tipster supposedly took a screenshot of a Walmart computer displaying a deal that throws in a free $100 gift card with purchase of the $200 Xbox 360 Arcade system. It also shows a Sony Blu-ray player for $149. More » -
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#conceptcars
Toyota's Tacoma ATG: Gull-Wing Doors, and Four 24-inch LCDs with Xbox 360s
Jalopnik is all over this week's SEMA car show in Vegas, where Toyota and Microsoft are parading their crazy Tacoma All-Terrain Gamer concept. Four Xbox 360 Elites hooked-up to four swing-out 24-inch Samsung LCDs? Check. Energy drink dispenser? You betcha. More » -
#humor
Wii Xbox 360 to Make Shooters More Accessible to Non-Gamers
Like Wii Music before it, Nintendo's upcoming Wii Xbox 360 takes something that once required skill to be good at and lowers the bar for entry. Finally, your mom can kick ass at Call of Duty! More » -
#xbox360
Xbox 360 Bundle With Star Trek and Transformers 2 Movies
The Xbox 360 may or may not be getting that Blu-ray drive, but a new marketing strategy bundles the console with Star Trek or Transformers 2. More » -
#rants
Hey Microsoft: We Need Aliases for Xbox Live Gamertags
I love Xbox Live, I really do. But man, how am I supposed to keep track of what usernames my friends are using? We need aliases, and we've needed them for a while. More » -
#gaming
Xbox Cufflinks Allow You To Subtly Ruin Any Formal Occasion
These Xbox cufflinks are the perfect way to inappropriately inject your nerdiness into otherwise classy situations. Because your daughter's wedding just won't be the same without everyone knowing you're a gamer. [Etsy via Technabob] -
#xbox
Oil-Cooled Xbox Hints at How Microsoft Should Have Engineered the 360
Taking a cue from classic PC modding, one gamer dunked his original Xbox in a fishtank full of mineral oil (minus the DVD/hard drives). And it runs 10 degrees cooler than before! More » -
#ballmerinterview
Ballmer Talks Natal, Says Blu-ray Add-On for Xbox Coming
In the first segment of our exclusive Steve Ballmer interview series, the Microsoft CEO and I talk about Natal, the blurring of console generations, and the surprising assertion that "you'll be able to get" Blu-ray add-on drives for Xbox 360. More » -
#xbox
Microsoft Soft-Launching Xbox Live Rewards Program
Kotaku reports that a number of their readers have received invites to an "exclusive pilot rewards program" for Xbox Live. More » -
#idiocy
When You Try to Get a Cheap Xbox 360 HDD, It Can Only End in Tears
I refuse to pay $160 for a 120GB Xbox 360 HDD. But I need one, as my 20GB model is filling up. So I decided to order a cheap one from a shady Hong Kong website. What a mistake. More » -
#broken
Next Xbox Live Update Breaks 'Unauthorized' Memory Cards
A new Xbox update coming to some of as as soon as this week will block the use of "unauthorized" memory cards. That means you should copy any important data to your hard drive before the update hits. It also means that we're likely to see more "authorized" third party memory units on the way. [Major Nelson via Gamers Reports via Kotaku] -
#roundups
This Week's Gaming Stories You Cannot Miss
Mass Effect 2 has a release date. Tim Schafer's rock masterpiece Brutal Legend is out, right along with Uncharted 2—one of the best PS3 titles to date. If Man's existence gets any better than this, we're missing something critical. More » -
#xbox360
Rumor: ATI Locked in for Next-Gen Xbox Graphics?
Nothing is official, but Fudzilla's sources suggest Microsoft liked the Xbox 360's Xenos graphics enough to stay with ATI for its next console, possibly slated for 2012. Given the lead-time, it may even be a 28-nanometer chip. [Fudzilla via CrunchGear] -
#xbox
The Girlfriend Controller (That You Secretly Want)
This is how you show you care: By meticulously hand-painting a controller for your girlfriend. Or, that's how you get her to play videogames. Or you want a pink controller, and you say it's for your girlfriend. [Flickr via Technablog] -
#broken
Insanity: Xbox 360 'Repaired' 3 Times, Returns Each Time With Red Ring
Andy Phifer, like many of us, faced a glowing red ring on his nonfunctional Xbox 360. Facing an RRoD warranty technicality, he sent Microsoft $100 to make necessary repairs. Things didn't go so well. Here's his story: UPDATE More » -
#xbox
Project Natal Is Gonna Be Priced Like a Console
How much is Project Natal going to cost? Microsoft's still working it out, but Robbie Bach says at the very green roundtable I'm sitting at that it'll follow a price curve "like anything else," meaning, in English, it'll start at a more expensive point and get cheaper as it goes on. In other words, Microsoft's thinking about it more as a 32X-type add-on versus some tack-on motion controller. More » -
#ripoffs
Xbox 360 Wireless N Adapter Coming 11/3, Costing an Absurd $100
Want to get your Xbox 360 online using the fastest wireless protocol possible? Get ready to pony up an unconscionable $100 on 11/3, according to GameStop. Seriously, Microsoft? [Gamestop via Joystiq] -
#gaming
Blue Blood 360 Controller Modkit Looks Surprisingly Tasteful
For $30, console mod company XCM will sell you this Blue Blood Xbox 360 controller kit. It includes a new blue shell and D-pad along with a series of glowing LED buttons. Can techno-kitsch be beautiful? Apparently. [TotalConsole via technabob] -
#remote
This No-Name HTPC Remote Has a Keyboard, Can Work With Game Consoles?
If this $40 remote actually does what it says it does, then it might be one of the most useful HTPC remotes out there. It looks like a Motorola Q, but communicates over RF to its USB receiver. More » -
#gaming
Xbox 360 Holiday Bundles Keep Elite at $300, Jack Controllers to $60
Two new Xbox-360-related bundles are arriving for the upcoming holidays. And while the Elite will continue going for $300, the Xbox 360 controller bundle balloons the peripheral to $60. More » -
#iphone
I Double Dare You Not To Love This Xbox 360 iPhone Case
We dared you not to love rabbitrampage's Playstation iPhone case, but I think she completely outdid herself on this Xbox 360 version—hence the double dare. More » -
#xbox360
The 802.11n Xbox 360 Wireless Adapter Might Be $100
Ars has a mole that just told them the updated 802.11n wireless adapter will be $100, with the older G adapter dropping down to $80. Still too expensive, compared to the price of regular Wi-Fi adapters. [Ars via Kotaku] -
#rumors
Xbox 360 Elite Holiday Bundle: Pure and Lego Batman?
Ars Technica's freakishly-reliable mole says the $300 Elite will include both games after its $50 rebate ends on October 5. [Ars Technica via Kotaku] -
#xbox360elite
Get an Xbox 360 Elite for $250 if You're Willing to Deal with Mail-In Rebates
The Xbox 360 Elite recently got its price dropped to $300, which is pretty good, but $250? That's even better. Microsoft is offering a $50 mail-in rebate on all new Xbox 360 Elites through 10/5. [Rebate Page via Kotaku] -
#gaming
Microsoft: Any Xbox Bought Today Will Work with Project Natal Tomorrow
Just in case there was any lingering doubt (which there really shouldn't have been), Microsoft has reiterated that any Xbox 360 purchased today will be compatible with Project Natal when it's released "in the future." So keep buying those Xboxes, kids! [Maxconsole] -
#wireless
Microsoft Confirms Xbox 360's 802.11n Wireless Adapter
Microsoft confirmed to gaming blog Joystiq that they will release an 802.11n wireless adapter for Xbox 360. Looks like it'll accompany rather than replace the current adapter, though MS was tight-lipped on price or release date, saying only "soon." [Joystiq] -
#gaming
Xbox 360 Controller Mixes Black, Red and Black (and Red)
It doesn't look like Microsoft has formally announced any new two-tone controllers, but either way, Gamestop will begin selling this black and red version of the Xbox 360 wireless controller on October 15th. More » -
#nintendo
Next Generation Wii Coming With HD Graphics and New Controller in 2011
Leave it to Yoichi Wada—president of final fantasizer Square Enix, the biggest Japanese game house—to break the news about the next generation Nintendo Wii. All while predicting that Microsoft and Sony motion efforts won't be "truly successful."
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#forza3
Another 250GB 360 Bundle, This Time For Forza 3
Microsoft today have announced a second 250GB Xbox 360 bundle to go with the Modern Warfare pack from earlier in the week. [Kotaku] -
#xbox360
No, You Won't Be Able to Buy the Xbox's 250GB HDD Separately
Do you want the 250GB HDD that comes with the Modern Warfare 2 Xbox 360? You're gonna have to pony up for a new console, suckers. More » -
#xbox360
250GB XBox 360 Exists, Part of Modern Warfare 2 Bundle
We figured it was coming, but now there's confirmation that Microsoft is releasing a 250GB XBox 360. All we know so far is that it'll be shiny, black, and part of the Modern Warfare 2 bundle for $399. [Kotaku] -
#xbox360
Official Xbox 360 802.11n Wi-Fi Adapter Coming Soon
If you want to stream 1080p TV shows and movies from the Zune/video store this fall, your 360 needs to be hard wired to your router, or on an 802.11n network. Knowing this, Microsoft is readying an official 802.11n adapter. More » -
#gaming
The PS3 Slim Painted Just Like I Like It
For $450, Colorware will sell you a custom-painted PS3 Slim. And with the proper color scheme, the upgrade is almost tempting. [Colorware via ChipChick]
