Posts Tagged ‘Xbox’
Written by Chip Loan on 02 March 2010
Microsoft has announced it’s new Xbox 360 Splinter Cell Conviction Special Edition Bundle. The package includes the standard edition of Splinter Cell Conviction, a 250 GB hard drive, as well as two wireless controllers. So It’s pretty much the same as the Modern Warfare 2 Bundle but not. For $399 all of this gaming nirvana [Continue]
Written by Chip Loan on 23 February 2010
Microsoft’s Xbox Live Deal of the Week is cutting the price on this classic Duke Nukem shooter, Duke Nukem 3D. Taking a whopping 50% off the price bringing it down from 800 Microsoft Point to 400 Microsoft Points which translates into only $5.00. Cheap. The deal only runs until Sunday so get your mitts on [Continue]
Written by Chip Loan on 22 February 2010
Avid gamer or not, chances are you’ve probably stumbled across this video already. It spread like herpes at a Lindsay Lohan sex party over the weekend. In the clip it appears that an Xbox Live moderator with the Gamertag “The Pro” (real whitty) passes out bans like flu vaccines at a nursing home. Get on [Continue]
Written by Chip Loan on 05 February 2010
Today will mark the day that Microsoft fully turned the page from their generation one consoles and passed the torch to the Xbox 360 and beyond. On April 15 they will discontinue the Xbox Live service for the original Xbox console and it’s games. A move that will effect hundreds of thousands if not millions [Continue]
Written by Chip Loan on 25 January 2010
According to an email being circulated by Microsoft it looks like Xbox Live’s Zune Marketplace will be down tonight January 25th, and possibly into tomorrow for some scheduled maintenance. The service will go down at 10:00 P.M. Pacific Time (1:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time for you east-coasters) and may be down for as long as [Continue]
Written by Chip Loan on 11 January 2010
Major Nelson has released Xbox Live’s top played and downloaded games of 2009. And not surprisingly it looks like Halo 3 was king of the hill. There are other tid bits of interesting info to gather from the list though. Modern Warfare 2, which had only been out for less than two months before the [Continue]
Written by Chip Loan on 11 January 2010
The next in a long line of glitches exploited in Modern Warfare 2 has been found. No it’s not the Javelin glitch, or the infinite care package glitch, or the bouncing claymore glitch. This ladies and gentlemen is the Ice Skating glitch. Instead of running at normal speeds, players zip across the screen as if [Continue]
Written by Chip Loan on 21 July 2009
Microsoft has announced the launch date of the previously announced Xbox Live updates. That is unless you blinked. If you did then you probably missed it. Earlier today on GamerScoreBlog Microsoft detailed some of the activities you can participate in if you’ll be attending this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. And then out of nowhere they [Continue]
Written by Chip Loan on 19 July 2009
In an interview with Kikizio (lucky bastards) Microsoft Corporate VP Shane Kim elaborated on Microsoft’s future business endeavours, and a hand-held port for the Xbox was mentioned. For Microsoft it’s not a matter of “if” they’ll dive into the portable gaming market, but “when”. “For us, it’s [Continue]
Written by Chip Loan on 21 June 2009
Leave it to Stephen Colbert to poke fun at one of Microsoft’s biggest announcements from this year’s E3 expo, Project Natal. Mr. Colbert you are a genius. Now where do I pre-order your X-Xbox sir? Check out the video below. The shenanigans start at around the 2:00 minute mark. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs [Continue]
Written by Chip Loan on 16 June 2009
Well the Xbox Live service went down at 12:00am PST and will be down for for up to 24 hours for scheduled maintenance. According to Xbox Live’s Major Nelson: “During this time Xbox Live and the ‘My Xbox’ section of Xbox.com will be unavailable, and the Xbox.com forums will be read-only. The rest of Xbox.com [Continue]
Written by Chip Loan on 18 May 2009
Have you ever thought to yourself ”Self, I really don’t like having all of this money in my pocket. How can I blow it on something ridiculous?” Well here’s your answer. The new Xbox show from Sole Junkie. They aren’t endorsed by Microsoft or Nike but it does have their logos all over them! The [Continue]
Written by Chip Loan on 17 April 2009
Wow Microsoft I know times are tough but you are giving away a KIA? A friggin’ KIA!? Yes that’s right. Major Nelson posted today details on Microsoft’s E3 giveaway extravaganza. It looks like you have to already have a valid Xbox Live account to enter but who doesn’t these days? And it even looks like they are giving [Continue]