Xbox 360

Rock Band USB Hub Makes Guitar Hero III Dongle Look Like Wireless Wonderland

If you weren’t a fan of the PS3’s Guitar Hero III donglage, you’re probably going to shoot yourself in the face over the USB hub for the Xbox 360 version of Rock Band. It requires external power, so it comes with a power block that you have to plug in (obviously). Not totally unexpected, given…

Looks like the only rhythm game Red Octane cares about anymore is Guitar Hero, as they’ve categorically denied making new dance pads for the 360—or any other system: “There are no immediate plans to create new dance pads outside of the current products available.” [Kotaku] http://kotaku.com/gaming/ddumps/red-octane-has-no-plans-for-xbox-360-ddr-pads-316220.php

We knew Microsoft is developing IPTV for the Xbox 360, but why do IPTV options appear on this guy’s console that’s fresh from Microsoft? Is IPTV around the corner? [kotaku]

Some Retailers Selling Xbox 360 Pro Bundle

Wow, with no official announcement, the Xbox 360 Pro Bundle is already on sale at (at least) one Best Buy and apparently GameStops around the US. The $350 pack gets you a standard Xbox 360 Premium along with the excellent racing game Forza 2 and so-so action game Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Essentially, you get the…

No Price Cut For Wii

Reporters learned a valuable lesson in economics when they asked Nintendo president Satoru Iwata if there would soon be a price cut for the $250 Wii, to match recent cuts for the competing PS3 and Xbox 360. The answer? Hells no! “We’re still focusing on how to meet booming demand,” Iwata said Friday. “We’re absolutely…

Xbox 360 Plushie Version 2 For Sale

Deviantart Artist Kickass-peanut just made version 2 of the Xbox 360 plushie, this time with a wireless controller and a built-in hard drive! You like it? You can actually bid for it on eBay, with the starting price of 35£ ($70). From the looks of it it’s quite large, so you’ll be able to use…

Microsoft Earnings Report: Everything’s Growing, Lots of Money, Hurray

It turned out to be a damn good quarter for Microsoft, pulling in $13.76 billion in revenue—a 27 percent jump over the same quarter last year—for a net income of $4.29 billion, making it “the fastest revenue growth of any first quarter since 1999” with double digit growth in every division. (Halo 3 was mentioned…

Netflix Considering Distributing Movies Via Consoles, HD Disc Players and Set-Top Boxes

During its mostly positive Q3 earnings call, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings dropped word that “in terms of enabling the viewing of online content on the television screen, we are exploring a variety of options, including Internet connected, high definition DVD players, internet connected game consoles, and dedicated internet set tops, with a variety of partners,…

Xbox 360 Arcade is Official

Microsoft’s long rumored Xbox 360 Arcade is now official. It’s everything we knew before: $279, wireless controller, HDMI, and five arcade games (Pac-Man Championship Edition, Uno, Luxor 2, Boom Boom Rocket and Feeding Frenzy). No hard drive, but there’s an included a flash memory storage unit to save your arcade games on. It’s a logical…

Dealzmodo: Free Heroes HD DVD With Xbox 360 HD DVD Player

Best Buy has an Xbox 360 HD DVD deal coming up next week that lets you get the HD DVD addon as well as a free Heroes Season 1 HD DVD box set for just $179. The ad says the Heroes pack is a $99.99 value, but you can pick it up online for just…

Rumor: Xbox 360 Upgrade Coming With Bundled HD DVD and Larger Hard Drive

Toshiba insiders report that Microsoft’s developing a new Xbox 360 with a “new” HD DVD drive (unclear if it’s on-board) and a larger hard drive, possibly for any IPTV or DVR efforts coming soon. Also, there’s been features thrown around that are unlikely to make it into the final product, such as dual HDTV tuners…

Plugging Your PS3 Into a Surge Protector Doesn’t Void Your Warranty

A PlayStation forum poster claims that a Sony customer service rep told him his broken PS3’s warranty was voided because he plugged the console into a surge protector and not a wall socket, and that he’d have to pay $150 to fix it. When reached for comment, Sony said this wasn’t the case and that…

Contest: Win a Xbox 360 + HD DVD Player

The Xbox 360 is finishing up its second year on the market, which means this is the perfect time to get in on all the great titles coming out this holiday season courtesy of Gizmodo. From Mass Effect to Lost Odyssey to PGR4 to Halo, it’s hard to beat the amount of games on 360.…

Rock Band Accessory Bundle: That’s All You Can Get

If you were hoping you could save some cash on that $169 Rock Band package by buying only what you need or want, we’ve got some bad news. The accessories won’t be sold separately until early 2008. Until then, even if you have two guitars from Guitar Hero, you’ll have to pony up for the…

Xbox 360 Arcade Coming Soon, to Match Core System’s Price

The rumored Xbox 360 Arcade system looks to be inches away from becoming a reality, according to this fuzzy image snapped at an unnamed retail store. The details, as we have them, are thus: a hard-drive-free Xbox 360 that comes packaged with a 256MB memory card (to satisfy developers like Rockstar, who want to require…

Xbox 360 Racing Wheels Not That Broken, Return Boxes Coming In

The Xbox 360 Racing Wheel Retrofit program that Microsoft instituted back in August is well underway, with people getting letters like the one above that we personally received. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-starts-xbox-360-racing-wheel-retrofit-program-292687 If you signed up for a “retrofit”, you’ll be eventually sent a shipping container that you can shove your wheel for Microsoft to repair and ship…

Sony PS3 Getting IPTV, Beats Microsoft to the Punch

After all of Microsoft’s big talk about IPTV at last year’s CES, it will be dark horse Sony PS3 that rolls out an IPTV service first. Because according to The Korea Times, Korea’s big telecom operator KT will provide its HD Mega TV service to PS3s starting this November (better late than never). Since Mega…

Xbox 360 HD DVD Promo Extended, More Movies Added

The summer Xbox 360 HD DVD promotion that offered you five free HD DVD movies of your choosing (out of a pile of their choosing) has been extended to February 28, meaning you can still get in on this free film deal if you’re planning on going high def for Christmas. Bettter yet, they’ve added…

Lightning Round: Nyko Charge Station 360 Dual Port Xbox 360 Controller Chargers

The Gadget: Nyko’s Charge Station 360, which has been around for a while, but is just the thing that new Xbox 360 owners (who got in during Halo fever) need to keep two controller battery packs charged simultaneously. Plus, it even comes with two free battery packs; which cost $12 each when sold separately. The…

Rock Band Pricing and Shipping Details Announced

Rest your beating hearts and collect your pennies, the official pricing and dates for the Rock Band game have been announced. Both the PS3 and the Xbox 360 versions will be priced at $169.99 and will ship on November 23rd 2007. The price shall net you a guitar, a microphone and a drum kit, which…