Microsoft has announced that there will be an online multiplayer beta for the much anticipated Halo 3, via Xbox Live. This beta is scheduled to launch Spring 2007, with the full game to be released “sometime” in 2007. Halo 3 has been the subject to a lot of rumors and speculation about the upcoming sequel to the Xbox flagship title. There will also be a commercial aired on Monday Night Football, ESPN, on December 4th, 2006. This will be a... 

It appears that the Fall update for 360 users will well for just about everyone. About 1% of 360 users that updated with this new Fall update have been left with a pretty paper weight. It’s rumored that these consoles that have failed when the new update has been applied were possibly modified. Although this is just a rumor, it may be a message from Microsoft for users to quit messing with the hardware. Microsoft states that they are committed to fixing... 

Xbox 360 users will be getting a nice treat tomorrow. Microsoft will start pushing out the new dashboard update via Xbox Live. The most notable updates will be the addition of 1080p and HD DVD add-on support.It has also been confirmed that existing Xbox 360 games can be upscaled to 1080p. A slew of other features have been added as well. You can check out the full update here: LINKY LINK  Read More →

The Xbox 360 is about to be joined by the other two big hitters in the console world. With the PS3 and Wii releases a mere weeks away, Microsoft is enjoying it’s place at the top. For the week of the 15th thru the 21st, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent for the Xbox 360 has taken the top spot at Best Buy. Second place went to Capcom’s Dead Rising, which continues to see sale a number worthy of the game itself, and as an Xbox 360 exclusive.... 

Xbox 360 users will be able to test out there skateboarding prowess today as Activision gives users a gift. They have announced that a free demo for Tony Hawk’s Project 8 is scheduled to hit Xbox Live Marketplace today. The demo will let gamers try out some of Project 8’s new features; Nail the Trick gives skaters precise control over their characters’ feet in order to flip the board, Next up is “Filmer”, which challenges players... 

Milestones come, and they go. Well, this one keeps going, and going, and… ok, you get the idea. Microsofts highly regarding Xbox Live service has surpassed 4 million users. Xbox Live has been a major selling point for both of its’ consoles. Some other noteable statistics for the Live service are; 70+ million pieces of content downloaded in Xbox Live Marketplace’s first 11 months. Over 12 million Xbox Live Arcade downloads in that same... 

The demo for Ubisofts new release for the Splinter Cell franchise is available on XBLive now. The file weighed in at more than 700MB in size and gives users a taste of the game’s multiplayer action. Users will get two mods; a cooperative mode that sees gamers try to hack files and computer-controlled bots try and stop them; and a multiplayer mode that places acrobatic spies versus gun weilding mercs in a game of cat and mouse. The demo release hasn’t... 

You can now buy cheats for Tiger Woods 2007 via XBLive. Instead of playing the game to reward yourself with the goodies you’d normally unlock, you can unlock golfers, courses, and other add-ons for a mere 200 points ($2.50) each. For example, you can shell out 200 points for the Maxed-Out Player add-on, which will set their created golfers’ stats to 110% across the board. The more expensive Pro Shop add-on (300 points, or $3.75) will unlock all... 

According to Sega, the Xbox Live Marketplace is now has a downloadable beta test of the Xbox 360 version’s online multiplayer mode that will be available until Sunday, October 15th. In the beta test, players will be able to create their characters and play the game with up to five others. Only Xbox Live Gold subscribers will be able to participate, and there is a cap on how many people can be playing the game at any given time. The beta test period will... 

Microsoft annouced that its’ Xbox Live service will be down for maintenance on October 17th. The down-time should last around 24 hours and will also affect Xbox.com. Microsoft states that this is not the fall dashboard update, rather a scheduled maitenance. However, Microsoft did state that they will be adding something “cool”, but did not specify what that content would be. Consequently, this outage will be on the same day that Splinter...