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A producer at Bethesda has blogged about how Microsoft messed up their marketing communications messages when promoting ODST which led to reviewers talking about the pricing of the game a whole lot more. Time and time again MS were dithering between whether ODST was a full new game or an 'expansion...

<strong>PRESS RELEASE: Stretch Your Entertainment Dollar with Special Offer from Xbox 360</strong> $50 Rebate Offered with the Purchase of Xbox 360 Elite through Oct. 5 Beginning today through Oct. 5, when you purchase an Xbox 360 Elite for $299, Xbox 360 will put $50 back into your pocket...

<strong>PRESS RELEASE: HALO Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe</strong> Foreword by Frank O'Connor ‘I can still remember the first time I really experienced Halo…it was stepping out of the crashed escape pod and into a world that would consume my professional and...

Mark your calendars folks, October 15th marks the day of the ugliest official Xbox 360 controller yet to be released. The black and red controller will be on sale for $69.99 at GaemStop and looks snake-like scary. <center><img src="http://www.maxconsole.net/content_img/360conss.jpg"...

Microsoft has confirmed that a new Xbox 360 wireless adapter is on the way. Moreover, an Italian Xbox advert has also revealed that the device will be making its way over to Europe as well. <blockquote>The device was previously spied in an FCC filing stateside, while an Italian Xbox advert also...

Microsoft is so intent on proving that developers love it, the company is hosting a panel at TGS featuring the aforementioned Inafune, Sega's Toshihiro Nagoshi and Konami's Hideo Kojima

The sheer online pull of Halo is still there! Latest figures displayed at Bungie.net reveal that in the most recent 24 hour period, nearly 910k Halo 3 ODST players were online! However, Halo 3 is still in the lead with nearly 1.4 million players online in the past 24 hours.

<strong>PRESS RELEASE: TriForce Releases Final Version Of 1:1 Scale 'Gears of War 2' Lancer Assault Rifle Replic</strong>a Sculpting Done By Erick Sosa, And Paint Work By Paul Komoda (September 23, 2009 New York, NY) - TriForce Sales, LLC announced today that it has finalized work on its 1:1...

<strong>PRESS RELEASE: TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL CONVICTIONTM TO STREET ON FEBRUARY 26th 2010</strong> LONDON, UK - September 24th – Today, Ubisoft® announced that Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction™, the most highly awarded Xbox360 game of E3® 2009, will street on February 26th...

<strong>PRESS RELEASE: Xbox 360s "Project Natal" Awakens Imagination of Global Video-Game Industry</strong> World's top publishers pledge support for "Project Natal," helping pioneer a new category of controller-free games and entertainment. TOKYO - 24 September 2009 - Xbox 360 today...

As part of the press release for the $50 Xbox 360 rebate, MS also stated the following bit of important news: "as announced earlier this year, the Xbox 360 you buy today will work with “Project Natal” and controller-free gaming in the future."

Just a quick note that the demos of Forza 3 and Brutal Legend are now available to download from Xbox LIVE.

Young Welsh Rugby forward Ian Evans has not played competitive rugby for nearly a year after undergoing re constructive knee surgery. And in order to pass the time while he recovered he admitted to having a long ordeal with his Xbox console and give it a 'real hammering'. <blockquote> "It was...

It's taken a while to get out, but Bungie have been caught red handed playing PS3 exclusive Uncharted 2. When asked how they can play a PS3 exclusive, they responding by stating that they 'play everything'. So first Cliffy B, and now Bungie also have a passionate love for Uncharted. <center><img...

The president of Epic games has suggested that there will be no more Gears of War on current generation consoles. Rather the next time we will see a new version of Gears of War is when the next generation of consoles are out and about. <blockquote>Epic president says next Gears may not appear...

Young Welsh Rugby forward Ian Evans has not played competitive rugby for nearly a year after undergoing re constructive knee surgery. And in order to pass the time while he recovered he admitted to having a long ordeal with his Xbox console and give it a 'real hammering'. <blockquote> "It was...

Growing amounts of 360 owners are complaining that the new Halo 3: ODST is not working on their systems and the disc is essentially unreadable. It seems consoles of all years of manufacturing have suffered from the respective problem. <blockquote>Bungie's latest game, Halo 3: ODST, is causing...

MS has confirmed that a recent new 360 firmware update has been completed. This specific update adds no new features but has been conducted in order to prepare the system for the integration of social networking websites such as Twitter and FB.

Sky Magazine has reportedly confirmed that Sky TV will finally be available on the Xbox 360 from Mid October. The official site for the service is located at Sky.com/xbox360. <blockquote>Sky will finally be hitting the Xbox 360 in “mid-October.” That’s the word directly from Murdoch’s...

<strong>PRESS RELEASE: NEED FOR SPEED SHIFT CONSOLE DEMO AVAILABLE OCTOBER 1</strong> Taste the True Driver's Experience In This Year's Most Critically Acclaimed Racing Game GUILDFORD, UK – September 29, 2009 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that the console demo of the...