Xbox 360’s resident spokesman Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb wants you to know that the Xbox Live update preview program is now officially a go, with the first wave of registered participants getting automatically prompted to update upon sign-in (you should also receive an email, but apparently they’re behind on the notifications). More people are said to be getting the update “in the coming days,” so don’t lose hope yet — not that waiting for Twitter, Facebook, and Last.fm integration, and 1080p instant-on streaming should cause ultimate despair, but we digress. The only thing you don’t get is the Halo Waypoint preview, which doesn’t join the preview fun until next week.
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Xbox Live update preview program now rolling out originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Using a less than official memory unit with your Xbox 360? Then you’ll probably want to get your act together before diving into the upcoming
preview program for the latest
360 update, as it will apparently lock out any “unauthorized” memory units as it adds all those nifty Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm features. That word comes straight from none other than Xbox Live’s Major Neslon, who also warns anyone using said memory units that they’ll basically be flat out of luck if they update before backing things up to an official storage device and then go looking for their saved games — which, you know, would be a bit of a pain.
[Via Joystiq]
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Forthcoming Xbox 360 update locks out ‘unauthorized’ memory units originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Not that we haven’t seen pink Xbox 360 controllers before (including one from Microsoft itself), but this one just oozes class. Constructed by Flickr user 4apples for the lovely lady (ladies?) in his life, he took all the time one would expect a handsome young bloke to take by dissembling it, painting each piece in varying shades of pink and slapping it all back together. Have a look at the read link for the finished project, and naw, we won’t tell your special someone if you decide to follow suit and call it an original.
[Via technabob]
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Homemade pink Xbox 360 controller makes the ladies say ‘heyyy!’ originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Call it coincidence or call it fate, but precisely a week after Sony’s extra-capacious 250GB PlayStation 3 Slim hits the States for $349.99, Microsoft’s 250GB Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 bundle will arrive with a game and a pair of black wireless controllers for $399.99. Both Costco and Amazon have a November 10th ship date listed for the package, though oddly enough, neither site lists the machine as coming with a component cable. It’s standard def or bust, y’all.
[Thanks, Manoj]
Read - Costco’s listing
Read - Amazon’s listing
Update: It has been confirmed by Microsoft; check out the full release after the break.
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Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 bundle nabs November 10th release date originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Didn’t think Microsoft exec Aaron Greenberg could top himself after saying that Hulu on 360 was like “asking out a really hot chick on a date?” Well, think again, ’cause Greenberg recently sat down with GameInformer for a fairly wide ranging interview, and he took the opportunity to toss a few bombs in Sony’s direction. The biggest of those is that he’s “confident” that the Xbox 360 will “not only outsell PS3 for the full calendar year, but for this entire generation” — adding that it’s “similar to a game of baseball, it is not about just winning one inning, but instead being able to win the game by consistently delivering across all nine innings.” Greenberg also went on to say that Sony’s expected good showing in the September sales numbers is merely a “short term bump,” and that “it is not a real concern to us.” Hit up the link below for the complete interview, which also includes talk of the Zune HD, Xbox Live, and Microsoft’s plans for the holiday season.
[Via PC World]
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CE-Oh no he didn’t! Part LXIV: Microsoft’s Greenberg says Xbox will outsell PS3 for ‘entire generation’ originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Just as it did earlier this year, Microsoft has opened the preview program to let the most hardcore of Xbox 360 owners poke around the updated dashboard — presumably with access to all the 1080p instant-on streaming, Twitter, Facebook and Last.fm add-ons we’ve been expecting — ahead of its official release in order to shake out any remaining bugs. While worldwide console owners should scrape together console IDs, make & model of your TV, router and more in hopes of receiving an invite next week, a little more concrete news is in order for the UK, with the console launch of Sky TV nailed down for October 27. You’ll have to wait until then to find out exact pricing and channel line up availability, ’til then it’s a matter of finding out who on your friends list is most suited for the inevitable football viewing party.
[Via Joystiq & NeoGAF]
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Xbox 360 Dashboard Update… updates: Preview program reopened, Sky TV due Oct. 27 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We just got a pretty detailed look at Microsoft’s upcoming Dashboard update for the Xbox, which brings with it the Zune Video Marketplace and Last.fm music streaming, along with Facebook and Twitter social functionality. We were most impressed with Facebook, which includes a feature for spotting which of your Facebook friends have Xbox Live — a great way to grow that friends list and bring a bit of “synergy” to your life. Last.fm was a bit of a downer, since you can’t do anything else while listening to the music, but otherwise there weren’t many minuses to the presentation other than the lack of a firm release date. Check out Joystiq’s full impressions at the read link before, or watch the whole demo on mind-blowing video after the break.
Continue reading Xbox 360’s new Zune, Last.fm, Facebook and Twitter features detailed on video
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Xbox 360’s new Zune, Last.fm, Facebook and Twitter features detailed on video originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We already had
some indication that Microsoft’s new Wireless N adapter for the Xbox 360 would pack the same $100 MSRP as its predecessor, but it looks like a new GameStop listing has now all but confirmed it, and the other big remaining detail: a release date. Unless someone seriously got their wires crossed, it looks like the adapter will start shipping on November 3rd, which we presume is also the date that the MSRP of the previous generation WiFi adapter will officially drop (to $80, last we heard), ’cause GameStop sure isn’t going to be moving many of them at the $100 it’s asking right now.
[Via Joystiq]
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GameStop listing points to November 3rd launch, $100 price for 802.11n Xbox 360 adapter originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Hey, not all mods are outlandish and creepy. Some are just plain old… utilitarian. Acidmods got a request for a modded Xbox 360 controller that would move the X, Y, A, and B buttons and the right joystick. The fully functional finished product looks a little odd to the eyes, of course, but it’s also done so well that it looks like a stock unit. As you’ll see in the video after the break, the modded controller would take some getting used to for most of us, but it sure has character.
Continue reading Acidmods moves a few buttons and a joystick on Xbox 360 controller
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Acidmods moves a few buttons and a joystick on Xbox 360 controller originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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