Tag Archive | "360"

The Zombie Island of Dr Ned Borderlands DLC, Reviewed [360]

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

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In recent years, popular media, gaming especially, has become saturated with zombies. Whether it is plant fighting zombies, Nazi zombies or clown zombies they all want one thing – you. Pandora it seems is another victim of zombie invasion and what better way to solve this problem than with bullets which thankfully there are lots of. [...]

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ESRB launches iPhone App to help parents’ holiday shopping

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

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The Entertainment Software Rating Board today released a new App for the iPhone and iPod touch. Targeted at parents, the App allows users to search the ESRB database for information on games while at the store, theoretically allowing them to make proper decisions about games for the children in their lives. In addition to showing a game’s [...]

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Mad Catz undercuts Microsoft, releases own 802.11n adapter

Monday, November 16, 2009

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Mad Catz, purveyor of cheaper accessories that do the same thing as first-party accessories (sometimes better!) has released its own wireless n adapter to compete with Microsoft’s own offering. Mad Catz’s Wireless-N Gaming Adapter is not only $20 cheaper than Microsoft’s but works on the PlayStation 3 as well. It even looks like a mini-360. The Wireless-N Gaming [...]

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Hardware Review: Xbox 360 Wireless N Adapter

Friday, November 13, 2009

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Despite having missed its November 3 launch date in most places, the Wireless N adapter for the Xbox 360 finally made its way to websites and a few brick-and-mortar retailers this week. Possibly the 10th, which was supposed to be its “real” launch date, but reports are iffy. As a recap, the adapter takes advantage of [...]

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Stuff they didn’t teach you in school: Hooking up a console

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

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We begin Nukoda’s tutorials with something so easy and so straight forward that we shouldn’t even have to bother with it: Hooking a game console into a TV. For those who grew up with TV peripheral devices, this is second nature. For the parents and other clueless individuals out there, this can prove to be the [...]

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Gamestop listing indicates 360 802.11n Adapter to cost $99.99, street date Nov. 3

Monday, October 5, 2009

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The Xbox 360 Wireless N adapter will go on sale Nov. 3 for $99.99, Gamestop’s website indicated today. Microsoft previously stated that the Wireless N adapter would be “another choice for consumers,” but did not indicate if the current 802.11g model would receive a price drop or if the N Adapter would just be heinously expensive. The [...]

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802.11n Adapter for 360 gets more evidence

Saturday, September 19, 2009

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After a surprise FCC declaration this week, an 802.11n adapter for the Xbox 360 has been spotted on the inside of the “Gears of War” Game of the Year box. The flyer seems to indicate that the 802.11a/b/g normal, white adapter will sell concurrently with the 802.11n version (clearly meant for the Elite model, given the [...]

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Xbox 360 Pro definitely out, Elite gets new white digs

Sunday, August 23, 2009

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The Xbox 360 Pro is dead, according to an image sent to Joystiq of the 120GB Xbox 360 Elite in a shiny white package at a reader’s local Wal-Mart. The back-of-box chart does not mention the Pro models, as previously indicated by the new 360 Arcade packaging. It’s apparently scanning at $399 for now, but all sources indicate [...]

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Game Informer poll finds Xbox 360 failure rate over 50 percent

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

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The failure rate for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 comes in at 54.6 percent, according a poll conducted by video game magazine Game Informer. The failure rate places it five times more likely to break than the Playstation 3, the next closest failure rate. The magazine surveyed nearly 5,000 readers for the survey. Though the 360s failure rate is [...]

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Microsoft shaking out the middle man? No more 360 Pro?

Thursday, August 6, 2009

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Gamestop employees have sent an image to Kotaku of the new Xbox 360 Arcade packaging, which lacks the 360 Pro as a product in the comparisons. According to the image, the Xbox 360 Pro is no longer listed among the 360 offerings on the Arcade box on the right, just Arcade and Elite. In June, Ars Technica [...]

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