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xbox 360 price cut a done deal

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Xbox 360 Premium Box and Accessories

Just moments ago, Microsoft announced that the price on the Xbox 360 product line has dropped across the board. This confirms all of the earlier reports that have been rumored for quite a while now…

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August 6th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

halo 3 co-op mode supports up to 4 players

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Halo 3 Co-op Screenshot

Bungie today confirmed that Halo 3 will not only support online cooperative play, but that it will support up to four simultaneous players in the same game.

The game will support up to four players in Campaign mode on either Xbox Live or System Link, helping you to get through the toughest battles in the game with the assistance of your online buddies…

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July 31st, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

xbox 360 price cut this month

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Circuit City Xbox 360 Price Cut

There’s been a ton of speculation about a price cut for the Xbox 360 over the last few weeks. With all sorts of scans of forthcoming retail ads starting to pop up the last couple of days, it’s looking more and more definitive.
There have been a number of preliminary circulars floating around the Interweb, but this one looks like the most revealing one yet…

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July 31st, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

xbox 360 racing wheel: new model coming?

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Xbox Wireless Racing Wheel WRW01

I was digging through the FCC archives this weekend and came across something interesting. It looks like the Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel is getting some sort of an update…

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July 29th, 2007 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

xbox 360 price cut coming?

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Xbox 360 Price

While we didn’t get any price changes at the recent E3 expo, there’s a brand new rumor flying around tonight that the Xbox 360 will get a price cut in just a couple of weeks. According to an anonymous tipster over at Xbox-Scene, at least some part of the Xbox 360 product line will be getting a price reduction on August 8th…

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July 24th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

rock band price and release date

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Rock Band Logo

It looks like the full version of the highly-anticipated interactive music game Rock Band now has a price and release date.

I was over on Amazon earlier today and came across this product listing:

Listing a November 20th release date, the $199 “Rock Band Collection” for the Xbox 360 and PS3 looks like it’s a complete set that includes the game and all of the instruments…

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July 22nd, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

original xbox 360 design prototypes surface

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Original Xbox 360 Design Prototype 1

Chiaki Murata’s Xbox 360 design is now commonplace in living rooms around the world. But back in 2003, the system was still just in the conceptual stages. Now, the Japanese industrial designer has released some great images of a couple of his original design concepts that didn’t make it.

I’ve never seen a picture of this first prototype, but I actually like it…

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July 14th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

gray xbox 360 coming soon?

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Xbox 360 Grey

There’s an image circulating around the web this morning showing what looks suspiciously like a GRAY Xbox 360 model.

Notice the console on the far left is decidedly darker in appearance than the white models in the middle. The photo was snapped by the guys over at Gamerscore Blog, who managed to sneak a peak at Microsoft’s press conference venue for this week’s E3 event…

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July 10th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

xbox 360 warranty extended to 3 years for 3 red rings

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three red rings of doom xbox 360

In response to all the recent buzz about the high failure rate of their Xbox 360 console, Microsoft today announced that they will be extending the manufacturer’s warranty on many consoles to three years.

If your console suffers from three flashing red lights on the “ring of light,” you’re covered…

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July 5th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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