Xbox 360

Impressions With Xbox 360’s Guitar Hero 3 Wireless Guitar

Erik over at IGN Gear got his hands on the upcoming Xbox 360 wireless guitar and has mostly good things to say about it. The controller is shaped like a Les Paul and looks quite similar to the old PS2 controllers. The buttons themselves have been moved around and made to look more like the…

Tech News Jason Chen

Xbox 360 Firmware Hackers Release New Version, Bypasses Ban Checks

The latest shots in the Microsoft vs. Xbox 360 console hacker war have been fired, and this time it’s Microsoft who took one in the chest. After banning a bunch of Xbox 360s with modded firmware DVD drives earlier this month, the company’s ban checks have just been defeated by a new version of the…

Tech News Jason Chen

U.S. Army Future Combat System: Like Battlefield 2142, But in Real Life

It’s Memorial Day, so CNET got into the act by putting together a rundown of some of the Army’s Future Combat System, which “envisions a family of high-tech gear including sensors, aerial drones, and manned and unmanned ground vehicles, all fully networked and linked to individual soldiers” that will ultimately help save lives. The system’s…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

The Ultimate Xbox 360 Racing Setup

Just bought an Xbox 360 racing wheel after the price drop last week? Well take a look at this setup reader Robert’s friend gave himself for his birthday and drool. https://gizmodo.com/xbox-360-racing-wheel-gets-price-drop-129-263653 Not only does it have a leather racing chair, the Xbox 360 racing wheel and 5.1 surround speakers, he somehow got the display to…

Tech News Jason Chen

Xbox 360 Racing Wheel Gets Price Drop: $129

Hey folks, just a quick note to let you know that the Xbox 360 Racing Wheel just got a price drop to $129. And if you’re curious as to whether it’s worth it (hell yes), hit up our review from before. https://gizmodo.com/xbox-360-wireless-wheel-hands-on-verdict-driving-2-0-217504 Product Page

Tech News Jason Chen

Activision Confirms Wireless Guitars for Guitar Hero III

Guitar Hero fans, rejoice! It looks like with Guitar Hero III, you won’t have to worry anymore about rocking out so hard that you yank the controller out of your system. Activision has announced that Guitar Hero III will finally (thankfully) feature wireless guitars for all systems. https://gizmodo.com/x-keys-usb-extender-lets-you-rock-out-from-150-feet-260995 The Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3 versions…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

$100 off the Platinum (Not Elite) Xbox 360

With the Xbox 360 Elite making a lot of hubbub lately, Geeks.com decided to clear out their older, platinum Xbox 360s by offering them for $100 off. You get all of the regular goods including the 20GB hard drive, wireless controller, headset and component/Ethernet/power cables. Just enter the coupon GEEKBOX2 in the red secret savings…

Tech News Travis Hudson

The Infinite Video Format War is Coming

Click to view Blu-Ray will dominate the industry in three years. Or maybe it will be HD DVD. The general consensus is that whoever wins doesn’t really get a lasting victory, since they’re both in the last physical video format ever. That sentiment has largely been the consensus of the press and leaders in the…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Hands-On Gallery: Colorware Makes Xbox 360 Elites Obsolete

Click to viewIf you’re one of the few who wanted an Xbox 360 Elite more for the color than for the HDMI or the 120GB hard drive, then you’re in luck. For around $99, you can get your own black (or blue or green or red or orange or whatever color you want) Xbox 360…

Reviews Jason Chen

X-Keys USB Extender Lets You Rock Out From 150 Feet

If your Guitar Hero 2 controller keeps getting yanked because you’re rocking out from way across the room, check out the X-keys USB extender as demonstrated in the above video. The extender uses Cat 5 Ethernet cable in order to extend your USB experience up to 150 feet, which may cause signal degradation in normal…

Tech News Jason Chen

AdWatch: Xbox 360 Elite Commercial Runs Out of Bullet Points

Usually, when you’re making an ad for a new product you have on the market, you make a bullet-pointed list of ways that it improves on the previous generation. In this case, all Microsoft could come up with was HDMI, a 120GB drive, and that it’s black. They even said pointed out that it was…

Tech News Jason Chen

Xbox 360 HD DVD Gets a Software Update Today

The next time you boot up your Xbox 360 to watch an HD DVD movie, the machine will ask whether you want to update your HD DVD playback software or not. You’ll want to answer yes, since, you know, improvements are great. The complete list is after the jump, but the important bits are 1080p…

Tech News Jason Chen

Connect360 Updated: Let Your Mac Play With Your Xbox 360…Again

For those of you new to this application, it lets the Mac users out there get in on the music, photo and video streaming fun that Windows users have been experiencing on their Xbox 360’s for a while now. This latest update, v3.0, not only lets your Mac properly connect to a 360 that has…

Tech News Ben Longo

Wooden Midget Guitar and HDMI Cable for Non-Elites Coming to Xbox 360

Team Xtender just made an announcement today about two products coming in the next two months. The first is a half-sized Guitar Hero guitar that’s made out of wood and sized for midgets. They claim that it will be easier to carry around, but you’re not playing actual gigs with that thing. The second is…

Tech News Jason Chen

Xbox 360 Spring Update Fixes Washed Out VGA Display Problems

Remember all the problems people had with washed out colors on their Xbox 360 when using a VGA cable? Well, the Spring Update actually offers a fix to those problems, which came from different interpretations of black levels on HDTVs and PCs. Adjust the new settings in your display and you’ll be set. Xbox 360…

Tech News Jason Chen

Limited Edition Colorware Xbox 360 Commissioned for Simpsons Movie: Get Your Own

If you’re a fan of the Simpsons or Xbox 360, take a look at this limited edition Simpsons Movie console. There’s only 100 models being made, which are being given out as prizes in various competitions leading up to the movie’s release on July 27. However, we did get an insider tip that told us…

Tech News Jason Chen

Rumor: Music Downloads Coming to Xbox 360, have Zune Connections

This is a completely unconfirmed rumor for now, but it seems like someone with ties to Microsoft claims the Xbox 360 will get a music store of its very own. The process will be similar to the subscription model the Zune has, which is $15 a month to have access to the entire library of…

Tech News Jason Chen

Bestilt 360: Motion Sensing for Xbox 360 Now Ready to Rock, Roll, Pitch and Yaw

Remember the Xilt, the hack to Wiimotize your Xbox 360 controller? Well, this is not it. At least, it seems that while Xilt 360 is still coming soon, Total Console has released the Bestilt 360. Same concept: “simply” solder it to the bottom part of your Xbox 360 pad, activate it with a switch and…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Xbox 360 Spring Update Video FAQ

With great power comes great responsibility, and with added codec support comes a crapload of new questions. That’s why Microsoft’s Xbox team has released a FAQ detailing what you may or may not want to know about the newly supported codecs. Among the more interesting answers (as if knowing what setting to choose when re-encoding…

Tech News Jason Chen

Peter Moore Talks Xbox 360 Folding

Okay, he didn’t specifically talk about the same Folding that the PS3 does, but a similar research application. Moore told Mike Antonucci of The Mercury News: Then if we truly believe that we can in some way marshal the resources of a much larger installed base of Xbox 360 owners, with a processor that’s of…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Impressions With Xbox 360’s Guitar Hero 3 Wireless Guitar

Xbox 360 Firmware Hackers Release New Version, Bypasses Ban Checks

U.S. Army Future Combat System: Like Battlefield 2142, But in Real Life

The Ultimate Xbox 360 Racing Setup

Xbox 360 Racing Wheel Gets Price Drop: $129

Activision Confirms Wireless Guitars for Guitar Hero III

$100 off the Platinum (Not Elite) Xbox 360

The Infinite Video Format War is Coming

Hands-On Gallery: Colorware Makes Xbox 360 Elites Obsolete

X-Keys USB Extender Lets You Rock Out From 150 Feet

AdWatch: Xbox 360 Elite Commercial Runs Out of Bullet Points

Xbox 360 HD DVD Gets a Software Update Today

Connect360 Updated: Let Your Mac Play With Your Xbox 360…Again

Wooden Midget Guitar and HDMI Cable for Non-Elites Coming to Xbox 360

Xbox 360 Spring Update Fixes Washed Out VGA Display Problems

Limited Edition Colorware Xbox 360 Commissioned for Simpsons Movie: Get Your Own

Rumor: Music Downloads Coming to Xbox 360, have Zune Connections

Bestilt 360: Motion Sensing for Xbox 360 Now Ready to Rock, Roll, Pitch and Yaw

Xbox 360 Spring Update Video FAQ

Peter Moore Talks Xbox 360 Folding

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