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Remember that limited edition Simpsons Xbox 360 Microsoft was giving out as prizes? You can buy them on eBay. Current price: $2550. [eBay via TVSquad] https://gizmodo.com/limited-edition-colorware-xbox-360-commissioned-for-sim-259405

Xbox 360 HD DVD Price Cut, Free Movies Added

Today at Comic Con, Microsoft announced that their Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on would drop $20 to $179. We guess they mean “at all retailers” because we’ve seen that price before. In addition, buyers between Aug. 1 and Sept. 30 will be able to pick five free movies—though out of a collection of just 15…

Unconfirmed: Retailer Says Xbox 360 Getting Price Cut August 8

This is all unconfirmed for now, but a retailer is saying the Xbox 360 will get a $50 price cut come August 8. We haven’t seen any pricing rumors since E3, where everyone thought the 360 was going to lower its price to match the PS3’s “price cut,” but that didn’t happen. Peter Moore told…

Ten 300 Xbox 360s Given Away at Comic-Con

If you’re lucky enough to head down to Comic-Con tomorrow, you’ll get a chance to both see a special screening of 300 and enter in a giveaway to win your own 300-inspired Xbox 360. As you can see above, it’s matte black—which probably means it’s an Elite—and has Frank Miller-styled blood spatter and a profile…

Xbox 360 Sales Down an Unexpected 61% Thanks to Wii, PS3, Faulty Hardware

In the Microsoft Earnings statement last week, the Entertainment and Devices Division revealed that they had a loss of $1.16 billion thanks to flagging Xbox sales. Instead of shipping 1.8 million Xbox 360s like they did in the fourth quarter of 2006, they shipped 700,000, which is a dramatic fall-off this early into a console’s…

Rock Band Pricing Revealed?

Just after we had a first look at the new drums from the upcoming game Rock Band, Amazon has priced the Xbox 360 bundle (so keep in mind, this isn’t necessarily final). For $200, you get the game, a mic, wired guitar and drumset. And hearts everywhere are broken. Most players will probably already own…

Xbox 360 Messenger Kit, First Review

Gamespot just nabbed a review with the Xbox 360 Messenger Kit. It’s essentially a QWERTY keyboard add-on for the 360’s controllers, offering better support for Xbox Live’s MSN Messenger update. Here are their impressions of the product, in brief. https://gizmodo.com/xbox-360-chatpad-pricing-and-ship-date-revealed-276942 – “…snaps on with a satisfying click…” – “The keys provide adequate, clicky feedback and…

Microsoft gets a second class action suit on Xbox 360 disc scratching, this time from California. [kotaku] http://kotaku.com/gaming/scratched/microsoft-gets-another-class-action-suit-280485.php

CinemaNow Extends Video Download Service to Xbox 360s

Unsatisfied with the selection on Xbox 360’s Marketplace for movies? CinemaNow, the PC movie download and rental store, has updated their Media Manager software to allow rented or purchased movies to be viewed on the Xbox 360. Over 7,000 of them. Now when you buy or rent one a flick, your Vista or XP machine…

Guitar Hero for Mini Mes

If your manhood is less than 2cm; (yeah, I went metric on you), chances are your hand span is not too great either. Help is not far, Frodo, as XFPS have entered the niche market with their super-tiny Guitar Hero controllers. Not only could this possibly be the cutest accessory to date that didn’t have…

Peter Moore on the Limited Edition Halo 3 Xbox 360 Console

Remember that tepid reaction to the limited edition Halo 3 Xbox 360 announcement at Microsoft’s press conference on Tuesday? We had an interview with Peter Moore earlier today, and Moore blames the reaction on himself and his “showmanship” as a presenter. Moore also says he’s not worried about the reaction of the crowd, and will…

Hands-on With Nyko’s E3 Accessories

In addition to having the fantastic Wii Party Station, Nyko also had a bunch of other accessories for all three consoles. First, a wireless Xbox 360 Guitar Hero guitar, which is still in the prototype stage and may not even make it to market. Their guitar may hit a whole three months sooner than the…

Further Playstation 3 Price Cut Predicted

Capcom, the developer behind multiple treasured video game series such as Street Fighter and Resident Evil, is forecasting yet another substantial price cut for Sony’s Playstation 3. Said Capcom Chief Financial Officer Kazuhiko Abe to reporters: “…the price has been cut once and it is likely to be cut again towards the end of the…

Liveblogging the Hell Outta E3

We have more stuff coming up from E3, but in case you’ve missed our live coverage of the Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo press events, here’s a quick recap of the most important things: Microsoft • Microsoft’s big Halo-themed Xbox 360 announcement came not with a bang, but a whimper. • Still, that case does look…

The Worst Way to Launch a Console. Ever.

This is Peter Moore making the world debut announcement of the Halo 3 Xbox 360. Note the silence. Listen for the laughter. Groan as Moore tries to save it with an ill-timed “thank you.” This Halo 3 Xbox 360 could have been revealed so much better, but instead it was just thrown out at the…

Pink and Blue Xbox Controllers?

Pink and blue Xbox wireless controllers. Coming October for $50. Europe and Japan get light blue. Great. What’s next, matching wireless pacifiers?

Halo Themed Xbox 360

That green Xbox we saw earlier today with matching controllers, and Halo art all around. Launching with the game. It’s got gold trim. And a whooole lot of Halo accessories (below). It has an HDMI port (yay) but only a 20GB HDD (only the elite has the 120, which redefines it as the HD movie…

Fourth Xbox 360 Configuration Coming Up?

There’s a big keynote coming up tonight at E3, and snoops from the Gamerscore Blog caught a shot of the rehearsals for that presentation. Well, well, looky there: There’s a fourth Xbox on stage. Wait a minute, we thought there were only three configurations on sale. Let’s see, we have the Core, the Premium, and…

Analyst: Xbox 360 Price Cuts Imminent

Microsoft is holding their E3 press conference tonight. What should we expect? Well, according to overpaid palmreaders analysts, Xbox 360 price cuts are in the works. You didn’t think Papa Microsoft would let Sony go unanswered, did you? Basically, $50-70 price cuts are expected on all three Xbox 360 models. Wedbush Morgan-analyst Michael Pachter predicts…

Xbox 360’s Falcon 65nm CPU is Coming

Xbox’s cooler-running chips, which we would have liked to have seen in the Xbox 360 Elite, were rumored for fall. Now Dean Takahashi, the journalist with the best Microsoft Xbox access around, is lending credibility to that unconfirmed fact and reporting on the internal codename: Falcon. Kind of sexy. [mercurynews] https://gizmodo.com/an-xbox-360-elite-2-0-wish-list-for-home-theater-geeks-254361