Thursday, August 21, 2008

New Xbox 360 Controller Confirmed and Dated


"Microsoft confirmed that the new 360 controller will be released on October 24, but the news gets bad after that"

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Japan is totally sold out of Xbox 360s

Kotaku writes: "Remember when we thought the Xbox 360 was sold out at one Japanese store? That's not all. It's sold out across the whole damn country. Like, sold out sold out. It's so sold out that Microsoft Japan actually put out an official statement about the situation in The Land of the Rising Sun, apologizing for the lack of consoles. Since demand has eclipsed supply, Microsoft's supply has gone totally dry. The company is ramping up production, and the console will not be shipped to stores until next month."

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Bungie Teases Halo 3's Future

Could a full map editor be on its way to Halo?
After teasing a new game and hinting that there will be major changes to Halo 3 on it's community site on bungie.net.

In this video Bungie talks about working on a new project and then ends with the line "Wait a second, there is no way we're showing this yet." The video then zooms out to be what appears to be a full map editor. Is this what is on it's way to Halo 3?
Watch the video for yourself.






Xbox 360 Achievement Points Sold on Ebay?

While searching through ebay Den of Geek stumbled upon a strange find on Ebay, People selling 360 achievement points.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Xbox Live Free?

Rumour has it that Microsoft will be making Xbox Live Gold free for everyone, Instead of the current system where people have to pay for Xbox live. But why would Microsoft do this? Maybe to compete with the PS3's current "free internet."

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Xbox 360 Gears of War Lancer sales through the roof!


Advanced orders of the Gears of War 2 Lancer, which is a life-size weapon from the series, went through the roof upon availability on Amazon.

Initial sales increased 330 thousand percent on Friday night, the first day the Amazon product became available.

source: www.n4g.com

Friday, August 8, 2008

Help Write the Blog.

If you are an Xbox 360 fan and is interested in writing a blog you are free to write for this one. If you are interested you can email me at evanishockey@gmail.com. I am accepting anyone with decent writing skills so shoot if you think you are up to it.