Xbox 360

Do-It-Yourself Water-Cooled Xbox 360 Kit

Lots of news regarding Xbox 360 water cooling recently. Now Koolance, a major player in the world of PC liquid cooling, has come out with a do-it-yourself Xbox 360 water cooling kit. Available in silver and black, the kit includes all the things you need to water-cool the Xbox 360, including the company’s Exos-LT cooling…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Jun 26

Bill Gates Intrigued By Xbox Mod Community

Now that he’s all set to retire, Billy G is throwing all the old rules out the window. The most current one: the company’s disdain for modders and console-backup-players. In an interview with Ars Technica, a MS employee recounts a story about a member of his team who brought his modded Xbox to show Bill…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 22

Rumor: Xbox 360 Gets $100 Price Drop This Xmas

Don’t believe everything you read, but the Xbox 360 may just be $100 cheaper by the time winter rolls around. This means you could possibly buy an Xbox 360 for half the price of a Playstation 3—quite a deal when you consider the Microsoft console is just as “next generation” as Sony’s, save for the…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 20

Homemade Water-Cooled Xbox 360

Some guys mod their cars with rims and spoilers and others mod their computers and game consoles so as to stand out, look cool, or just be an ostentatious know-it-all. A gentleman by the name of Dano2k0 set out to water-cool his Xbox 360 in addition to adding some extra lights just for kicks. As…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Jun 20

Details on Xbox 360 Dual Firmware Mod Released

We’re patiently waiting for the day when modchip makers announce that they’ve finally cracked Microsoft’s Xbox 360 wide open, but until that day comes we’ll just have to settle for baby steps. The DevilMod 360 is a dual firmware mod that allows users to have their Xbox 360’s optical drive run unofficial third-party firmware. Of…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Jun 14

Xbox 360 Compatibility Update

Our favorite next-generation console that you can currently buy in stores has gotten another backward compatibility update. Twenty one more original Xbox titles are added to the over 200 already working on the Xbox 360 today. Here they are: 4×4 EVO 2, Amped® 2, Bad Boys 2, Big Mutha Truckers, DOOM 3®, Dreamfall: The Longest…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 13

More Hacked Xbox 360 Firmware Expected Soon

It was only a few weeks ago that we brought you news of hackers (in the “searching for knowledge” sense) finding their way into the Xbox 360’s Samsung optical drive. Now it seems that that very same hacker is poised to release a similar firmware hack for the Hitachi optical drive for the Xbox 360.…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Jun 12

Xbox 360, iPod and Plasma TVs Are Going to Transform In The New Transformers Movie

According to a leaked script, three of our favorite consumer electronics are going to do a little “transforming” in the new Transformers live action movie courtesy of Michael Bay. The Xbox 360 game console, iPod music player, and plasma televisions are going shape-shift to become, well, we don’t know what yet. Maybe the Xbox 360…

Movies Jason Chen Jun 10

XBox 360 Cracked? Modchip Finally Here?

The Devil360 team has claimed that they’re ready to release a modchip for the Xbox360. What’s interesting is that it doesn’t rely on the DVD-Drive firmware hack that previous hackers have used to get their 360s to play backups. The team claims that they’re still busy working on these features: Try to protect it from…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 7

Xbox 360 Camera Release Date Announced: September 19th

Lieutenant Commander Nelson let flow the mango-kiwi juice of information on the Xbox Live Vision camera release date in his latest podcast. The firm, yet loving date: September 19th, 2006 AD. He didn’t say how much it would cost, but the Xbox 360 gesture recognition depends on two the Xbox Live Visions, so they shouldn’t…

Tech News Jason Chen May 30

No Motion Controller For Xbox 360

Bill “Big Guns” Gates told MTV that he’s not impressed with motion-sensing controllers, and didn’t think they would make it into the mainstream. “There’s room for innovation here, but moving that controller around — it’s something that’s not mainstream for most games,” he said. He recalled a Microsoft-made controller from several years ago that allowed…

Tech News Jason Chen May 30

Xbox 360 Outboard HD DVD Player Pics

Some fakey-looking 3D rendered graphics of the outboard HD DVD player for the Microsoft Xbox 360 have surfaced, where the outboard box, rumored to be available around the end of the year for about $100, nicely matches the Xbox 360’s svelte lines. Put this together with that HDMI cable we heard would be available by…

Tech News Charlie White May 26

Major Xbox 360 Live Update Coming Next Friday

Kissin’ cousin Kotaku has uncovered some juicy news about the Xbox Live update we all knew was coming. The new features? Background downloading, fast forwarding and rewinding Marketplace videos, DVD playback improvements, booting up to dashboard (yay!), auto-away when idle, and integration with the Xbox camera addon. Plenty more details over at Kotaku, so go…

Tech News Jason Chen May 26

Nyko Xbox 360 Summer Accessories

In addition to the Intercooler and Gameface 360, Nyko has a few more interesting Xbox 360 accessories that are due out this summer. Get the scoop on them after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/nyko-xbox-360-intercooler-163790 Nyko has a USB hub/memory card coming this summer. It supports Smart Media, Compact Flash, Sony Memory Stick and Secure Digital. Also it…

Tech News Travis Hudson May 23

Xbox 360 Modchip Closer to Reality

Last week we mentioned that the firmware of the Samsung disc drive in the Xbox 360 was hacked—allowing you to play 1:1 backups of games but not run unauthorized code—but that it required not only a degree from MIT to get it working, but also resources that only a mad scientist would have access to.…

Tech News Gizloco May 22

Mac OS X Driver for Xbox 360 Controller

An enterprising Mac gamer (I thought they all dual booted to Windows?) created a USB driver for your Xbox 360 controllers to use on OS X. It’s released under GPL, so if there are any problems you can go ahead and fix them yourself. Most things work, but there are still some items yet to…

Tech News Jason Chen May 19

Xbox 360 Cracked, In a Roundabout Way

The age old battle between hackers and copy protection continues, this time with the hackers gaining a potentially huge victory over the Xbox 360. It appears that the firmware for the Toshiba-Samsung H943 DVD drive (one of two drives available in the Xbox 360) has been, as they say, hacked. In a nutshell, once the…

Tech News Gizloco May 16

Motorola X205 Gaming Headset

Based on the headsets worn by NFL coaches, the Motorola X205 Gaming Headset allows you to scream obscenities and racial epithets just like the pros. A soft mono ear-cup cushions your ear while the microphone is position-able for optimal voice coverage. Just make sure to mute it before asking for chocolate milk. Compatible with both…

Tech News Jason Chen May 15

Microsoft HDMI Cable Announced, Sorta

Lik-Sang, purveyor of all things accessory, has spilled the beans about the Xbox 360 HDMI Cable. After Microsoft’s HD DVD announcement at E3, people were wondering whether HD DVDs would be capable of playing at full resolution on analog component cables, since there was no HDMI cable available for the 360. Well, that particular question…

Tech News Jason Chen May 15

E306 Clips: Xbox 360 Gesture Recognition

GestPoint has some cool gesture recognition going on with two of the upcoming Xbox 360 Eye-Toy cameras. Using two instead of one, they can detect motion in 3d space, in a sort of Wii-controller like fashion. Using your finger or other body part, you can direct a sword or other objects on the screen up,…

Gadgets Jason Chen May 10

Do-It-Yourself Water-Cooled Xbox 360 Kit

Bill Gates Intrigued By Xbox Mod Community

Rumor: Xbox 360 Gets $100 Price Drop This Xmas

Homemade Water-Cooled Xbox 360

Details on Xbox 360 Dual Firmware Mod Released

Xbox 360 Compatibility Update

More Hacked Xbox 360 Firmware Expected Soon

Xbox 360, iPod and Plasma TVs Are Going to Transform In The New Transformers Movie

XBox 360 Cracked? Modchip Finally Here?

Xbox 360 Camera Release Date Announced: September 19th

No Motion Controller For Xbox 360

Xbox 360 Outboard HD DVD Player Pics

Major Xbox 360 Live Update Coming Next Friday

Nyko Xbox 360 Summer Accessories

Xbox 360 Modchip Closer to Reality

Mac OS X Driver for Xbox 360 Controller

Xbox 360 Cracked, In a Roundabout Way

Motorola X205 Gaming Headset

Microsoft HDMI Cable Announced, Sorta

E306 Clips: Xbox 360 Gesture Recognition

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