September 2006 Archives
A Texas Massacre Gears of War Match Made in Hell
Nino Marchetti • September 29 2006 • comments
Now here is an interesting cross promotion. Microsoft Game Studios is teaming with New Line Cinema to offer a preview of the upcoming Xbox 360 title Gears of...Read more
Vivendi strengthens Xbox Live presence
Nino Marchetti • September 29 2006 • comments
Vivendi Games said yesterday they had acquired two development studios - Secret Lair Studios, located in Issaquah, Wash., and Studio Ch'in in Shanghai, China – to strengthen their...Read more
Microsoft details slew of Xbox 360 games at X06
Nino Marchetti • September 28 2006 • comments
Microsoft has posted a round up press release of all the titles talked about at X06 yesterday. It is quite a lengthy list, but gives a great idea...Read more
Next Splinter Cell title to be Xbox 360 exclusive
Nino Marchetti • September 28 2006 • comments
The next Splinter Cell title, which will be the installment after Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent, is going to be exclusive to the Xbox 360. This is...Read more
2K Games drops BioShock game details
Nino Marchetti • September 28 2006 • comments
2K Games, from the X06 show in Barcelona, said yesterday BioShock will be coming exclusively to the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows next spring and is being developed...Read more
PGR4 announced for Xbox 360 at X06
Nino Marchetti • September 28 2006 • comments
Another cool announcement out of X06 yesterday was Microsoft unveiling Project Gotham Racing 4 from Bizarre Creations as the latest addition to the high-selling racing franchise. Though few...Read more
Exclusive GTA:IV content for Xbox Live
Nino Marchetti • September 28 2006 • comments
Rockstar Games, in a continuation of news from X06 yesterday, said they will be providing Xbox 360 gamers with two exclusive download episodes of Grand Theft Auto IV...Read more
Microsoft preps Xbox 360 Halo real time strategy game
Nino Marchetti • September 27 2006 • comments
In addition to news about Peter Jackson collaborating with Microsoft on a new Halo game, it was announced today at X06 that a real time strategy game based...Read more
Microsoft signs up Peter Jackson for video games
Nino Marchetti • September 27 2006 • comments
And the X06 show fun just keeps coming. This time around, Microsoft is going Tinseltown with Hollywood director Peter Jackson and screenwriter Fran Walsh as the two will...Read more
Microsoft teams with Marvel, Cryptic for superhero MMO
Nino Marchetti • September 27 2006 • comments
Microsoft gave Marvel superhero lovers a new reason to rejoice today as it said Cryptic Studios, the developers of the MMO titles City of Heroes and City of...Read more
Microsoft: Xbox 360 HD DVD Player mid-November
Nino Marchetti • September 27 2006 • comments
Microsoft said today at the X06 game show in Barcelona, Spain, that an external HD DVD player will be available in North America, the U.K, France and Germany...Read more
Doom comes to Xbox Live Arcade
Nino Marchetti • September 27 2006 • comments
Get ready for a little Doom action on your Xbox 360 this evening as it was announced today the Xbox Live Arcade game of the week is the...Read more
2K Sports rebounds with NBA 2K7 for Xbox 360
Nino Marchetti • September 26 2006 • comments
2K Sports today said NBA 2K7 was available in retail outlets for various platforms including the Xbox 360. This game offers up a number of highlighted features including...Read more
Kameo Design Your Skin Contest winners revealed
Nino Marchetti • September 26 2006 • comments
Microsoft and Rare today unveiled the winners of the Kameo: Elements of Power Design Your Skin Contest, making the 11 winning entries available as a free download for...Read more
EA dribbles Xbox 360 court with NBA Live 07
Nino Marchetti • September 26 2006 • comments
EA today released NBA Live 07 for various platforms, including the Xbox 360. This game, which features NBA superstar Tracy McGrady of the Houston Rockets on its cover,...Read more
Microsoft releasing Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey HD trailers
Nino Marchetti • September 26 2006 • comments
Microsoft said they would be making available for free download off of the Xbox Live Marketplace HD trailers for the upcoming Xbox 360 titles Blue Dragon and Lost...Read more
Ubisoft details Assassin's Creed plot
Nino Marchetti • September 26 2006 • comments
Ubisoft today released details on the storyline for their upcoming next generation title Assassin’s Creed. From the press release: Our story follows a disgraced master Assassin (ALTAIR) who...Read more
Black Xbox 360 coming soon?
Nino Marchetti • September 25 2006 • comments
Is there a black Xbox 360 in the future for Microsoft? A Best Buy banner ad which has been running on a GameSpot page related to coverage of...Read more
Future folds Xbox magazines together
Nino Marchetti • September 25 2006 • comments
Future Publishing, known for their video game magazines, is merging their UK based “Offical Xbox Magazine” with their newer Xbox 360 publication as they realize it no longer...Read more
Xbox 360 to play cricket in India
Nino Marchetti • September 25 2006 • comments
Microsoft said today they have formally launched the Xbox 360 into the Indian gaming market, including the announcement of a new game based on the popular sport of...Read more
Rockstar producing next gen crime noir thriller
Nino Marchetti • September 25 2006 • comments
Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive Software are set to bring to next generation consoles L.A. Noire, an interactive detective story set in the noir period of the late...Read more
Xbox 360 Game Releases: Week of September 25, 2006
Nino Marchetti • September 25 2006 • comments
Four new Xbox 360 games are creeping out onto store shelves this week, including two NBA related titles. The new games include NBA 2K7 from 2K Sports, NBA...Read more
Sony responds to Xbox 360's 1080p
Charles Starrett • September 21 2006 • comments
Dave Karraker, a senior director for SCEA, has responded to Microsoft's plan for 1080p output for both games and HD-DVD movies. The response is below: "It's unfortunate that...Read more
Xbox 360 to output 1080p with patch
Charles Starrett • September 20 2006 • comments
In addition to the other announcements made today at TGS 2006, Microsoft revealed that the Xbox 360 will receive a patch this fall that will enable it to...Read more
360 HD-DVD details, more from TGS
Charles Starrett • September 20 2006 • comments
At a press event before the Tokyo Game Show 2006, Microsoft revealed a slew of details regarding the upcoming HD-DVD drive, Xbox Live Arcade, and upcoming game releases....Read more
Xbox 360 to get HD-DVD games with DVD games?
Charles Starrett • September 19 2006 • comments
Microsoft is considering making "enhanced" HD-DVD games that make use of the upcoming 360 add-on, claims one Dutch employee. The employee said that "they are gonna pack a...Read more
No internal HD DVD Xbox 360 drive says MSFT guy
Nino Marchetti • September 15 2006 • comments
Is Microsoft doing an internal HD DVD drive for the Xbox 360 or not? Despite reports which have surfaced which talk about this being a distinct possibility in...Read more
A limerick away from a chocolate Xbox 360 controller
Nino Marchetti • September 14 2006 • comments
Want to win a chocolate Xbox 360 controller replica made of milk chocolate and M&Ms? The game blog Joystiq is running a contest right now to find the...Read more
NBA 2K7 demo released, game features discussed
Nino Marchetti • September 14 2006 • comments
2K Sports said yesterday their upcoming Xbox 360 hoops game NBA 2K7 will offer up unique new features designed to enhance gameplay. These items include “Signature Style” player...Read more
Kameo Power Pack available for 400 MP
Nino Marchetti • September 14 2006 • comments
The Kameo: Elements of Power Power Pack is now apparently available on Xbox Live Marketplace in all regions for 400 Microsoft points. This new downloadable game pack includes...Read more
Nyko ships Xbox 360 USB hub/card reader
Nino Marchetti • September 13 2006 • comments
Nyko said yesterday they had shipped to retail the Multi Reader 360 for the Xbox 360. This multi-functional device serves as a USB hub for the next generation...Read more
New Battlefield: Bad Company screenshots
Nino Marchetti • September 13 2006 • comments
EA today released some new screenshots for their recently announced Battlefield: Bad Company Xbox 360 title. We of course have picked out three of the best for your...Read more
Scramble takes off onto Xbox Live Arcade
Nino Marchetti • September 13 2006 • comments
Scramble has finally arrived on Xbox Live Arcade today according to Microsoft. The classic arcade game from Konami has been given a next generation touch up, sporting brand...Read more
Call of Duty 2 tops one million sold
Nino Marchetti • September 13 2006 • comments
Activision said this week sales of their WWII shooter Call of Duty 2 had reached over one million units alone in the United States. The title is currently...Read more
Xbox 360 to sport internal HD DVD drive?
Nino Marchetti • September 13 2006 • comments
Fresh off of the rumors of Xbox 360 HD DVD bundles being available soon comes a published report today in DigiTimes that Microsoft will eventually offer Xbox 360s...Read more
Xbox 360 turned into a laptop
Charles Starrett • September 12 2006 • comments
Hardware modification enthusiast Ben Heckendorn has created a fully-functional Xbox 360 laptop. Created in three months, the laptop features an integrated 17" 1280x720 LCD, keyboard, and liquid cooling,...Read more
Xbox 360 HD DVD bundles coming November?
Nino Marchetti • September 11 2006 • comments
Is there an Xbox 360 HD DVD bundle coming shortly? That seems to be the word at least over in the UK, according to retail sources passing along...Read more
Xbox 360 Game Releases: Week of September 11, 2006
Nino Marchetti • September 11 2006 • comments
It is double hockey game week on the Microsoft Xbox 360 platform as three new titles are due this week. Squaring off on the ice rink are NHL...Read more
First Xbox 360 fall Dashboard update images emerge
Nino Marchetti • September 8 2006 • comments
What looks to be the first public released screenshots of the Xbox 360 Autumn Dashboard update have surfaced on the Internet late today. A Web site called Maxconsole.net...Read more
Double Xbox 360 hockey demos hit Xbox Live
Nino Marchetti • September 8 2006 • comments
It looks to be Xbox 360 hockey game demo mania over at Xbox Live Marketplace as demos for the games NHL 07 and NHL 2K7 are now both...Read more
Sega patches Xbox 360 game Chromehounds
Nino Marchetti • September 8 2006 • comments
A patch for Chromehounds on the Xbox 360 is now finally completed from Sega and should be available. It addresses a number of critical issues, creating better network...Read more
Microsoft going Xbox 360 Core in Japan
Nino Marchetti • September 8 2006 • comments
The Xbox 360 is getting a price update in Japan come November, according to an announcement out this week from Microsoft and covered by IGN. Come the beginning...Read more
Viva Piñata mania starts tomorrow on FOX
Nino Marchetti • September 8 2006 • comments
It was announced today that the highly marketed entertainment property for kids called Viva Piñata is set to debut on 4Kids TV on FOX this Saturday, followed by...Read more
LOTR White Council images, BFME II patch
Nino Marchetti • September 6 2006 • comments
EA today released some new images for their upcoming Xbox 360 title The Lord of the Rings White Council. These images, shown below, were put out by the...Read more
New NBC content appears on Xbox Live
Nino Marchetti • September 5 2006 • comments
A wave of new video content from NBC is now available on Xbox Live, according to postings over at the blog belonging to Major Nelson. These new clips...Read more
Xbox 360 Game Releases: Week of September 5, 2006
Nino Marchetti • September 5 2006 • comments
There are two new games out this week on retail shelves for the Xbox 360. These include the Atari racer Test Drive Unlimited as well as the Microsoft...Read more
Circuit City charging for backwards compatibility
Nino Marchetti • September 1 2006 • comments
Circuit City is in the cross hair of irate gamers today because of a backwards compatibility service they are selling to Xbox 360 owners for $28.99. The service...Read more
Ubisoft readies Xbox 360 Assassins game
Nino Marchetti • September 1 2006 • comments
Ubisoft announced today a new version of one of their franchises was in development by their Montreal studio for the Xbox 360 from Microsoft. Assassin’s Creed will debut...Read more
Jessica Simpson Xbox Live Artist of the Month
Nino Marchetti • September 1 2006 • comments
The Xbox Live Artist of the Month for September is blonde bombshell Jessica Simpson. Her newest album, A Public Affair was released on August 29 and Xbox Live...Read more
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