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  • Xbox turns 10 years old to celebrate console superiority.

    Xbox turns 10 years old to celebrate console superiority.

    Ten years ago on this date it all began, The Xbox was born and it brought mayhem to living rooms all over the world. The original black box with a PC processor and wires running awry was a direct competition to all existing brands out there. In 2005 the Xbox 360 was launched which is still one of the strongest selling consoles in the market, boosted by Microsoft’s release of the Kinect interface last year.

    There are already reports of the Xbox 720 in the loom ahead, Hopefully the console can live upto its name and deal with the strong beating its gonna get from the competition, namely Sony.

    [Microsoft, Xbox]

  • Microsoft confirms 3D compatibility in Halo, Xbox 360 Remake

    Microsoft confirms 3D compatibility in Halo, Xbox 360 Remake

    Microsoft has finally confirmed 3D gaming for XBox 360. This comes almost a year after Sony added 3D support to their PS3. Joystiq experienced a demo at Gamescom in Germany, and reports that it only works with the game’s updated graphics mode, and that the game’s producer claims the framerate will stay consistent even in 3D. While there are already a number of Xbox 360 games that support 3DTVs.

    Epic Games had also announced earlier this month the Gears of War 3 will also support 3D, but this is the first instance of game from Microsoft. Its good news for those already on the 3DTV bandwagon, but not too great for people who don’t want to loose their sight and hemorrhage their brains with excessive 3D.

    [Joystiq]

  • 100 Disc Changing Xbox 360

    100 Disc Changing Xbox 360

    How many times have you had to get off your beanbag to change the disc in your Xbox 360? Well those days are past. Ben Heck, self styled modder, tinkerer and designer, the creator of such wondrous mods as the PS3 laptop and the portable Ninetendo 64, has come out with another great mod. He’s taken an old 100 CD changer and combined it with an Xbox 360 creating a version of the console that can store 100 discs.

    As we get more and more used to downloading and viewing content, changing discs seems so yesterday. As we all know, progress breeds laziness, and if that’s true, this mod marks true progress.

    Unfortunately, not only is this mod not available for purchase, its also not yet completed. We can’t wait to see this thing in action.

  • Microsoft will launch a new Xbox at E3 2012

    Microsoft will launch a new Xbox at E3 2012

    According to a source close to BGR, Microsoft intends to unveil its next-generation Xbox console at E3 2012 next summer. The rumored console has been in development since 2006 and has been carefully kept under wraps.  Earlier it was speculated that the next revision will be called XBOX 720, But that really seems unlikely.

    With Kinect already doing better than expected, It makes sense for the Gaming department at Redmond to improve the hardware in the XBOX to bring on the next generation of Consoles which will be ready to handle next-gen Gaming.

    [via]

  • Microsoft releases SDK for Kinect for Windows

    Microsoft releases SDK for Kinect for Windows

     

    A huge number of developers rejoiced as Microsoft on Thursday announced the new SDK for Kinect on WIndows. What this means is that the already hacked and exploited Kinect will now bring a full Sdk to be used for gestures and computations while in an open framework officially supported by Microsoft themselves.

    This will also begin a new era of Gesture controlled PC games . If you want to download and develop using the SDK head on over to the link mentioned to kick-off.

    [Microsoft Blog]

  • Xbox 720 Coming in 2012?

    Xbox 720 Coming in 2012?

    Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has been around for many years. It’s successor, dubbed the Xbox 720 is rumored to be released during E3 in 2012. A high level source from Crytek, the makers of Crysis, claims that:

    [quote]Microsoft will announce the existence of a new Xbox within the next 12 months, hinting that an E3 2012 reveal is likely. [/quote]

    Although no console specs have been confirmed, DirectX 11 – which includes tessellation, multi-threaded rendering and compute shaders – which has had a hugely positive effect on visuals, will probably be included. The Crytek source also claimed that Microsoft was likely to launch the new Xbox 720 before Sony launched the PS4.

    Both Microsoft and Crytek have declined to comment on the matter.

     

  • Mass Effect 3 to hit your console in March 2012

    Mass Effect 3 to hit your console in March 2012

     

     

    Casey Hudson, the project lead for Mass Effect 3, announced that the game would be available on store shelves sometime in March 2012, during the MS keynote at E3. Ray Muzyka, BioWare’s chief executive officer, cited the fact that the game would use the new Kinect motion controllers. A small demo shows how players will be able control the squad using just their voices.

    Aah now we just want to play this game!

  • Windows Phone 7 “Mango Update” will add Facebook chat and Office 365 Integration

    Windows Phone 7 “Mango Update” will add Facebook chat and Office 365 Integration

    A few juicy details of the upcoming mango update have been seen. That include Facebook Chat and Office 365 (plus SkyDrive and SharePoint), a new games hub with Xbox Live integration (new “Automatic Sync” ). This is still unconfirmed news, but considering the showcase of the update at the Dev Conf. earlier  looks like this is highly likely.

     

    [Windows Phone Dev Podcast]

  • Microsoft confirms sale of 10 Million Kinects and 10 Million Games

    Microsoft confirms sale of 10 Million Kinects and 10 Million Games

    The homebrew hacked, popular Microsoft Kinect has sold in quantities over 10 million. Alon with that news they also sold in excess of 10 Million standalone titles, that 10 million more than the bundled games.

     

    Press Release

     

    Microsoft Announces 10 Million Kinect Sensors and more than 10 Million Kinect Games Sold to Date

    LONDON –9 March 2011

    Following one of the biggest launches in consumer electronics history, Kinect for Xbox 360 continued its momentum in 2011 reaching 10 million Kinect sensors sold worldwide to date. Not only were sensor sales an overwhelming success, but Kinect drove significant game sales with more than 10 million standalone Kinect games sold worldwide to date.

    Guinness World Records: Kinect for Xbox 360 is Fastest Selling Consumer Electronics Device

    In a nod to the recent sales success of Kinect, Guinness World Records has officially named Kinect for Xbox 360 the fastest selling consumer electronics device

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