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Halo 3 Goes Gold

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Netleague send words that Halo 3 has been released to manufacturing
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Xbox 360 Elite Launches in North America

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Sunday saw the release of a new iteration of Microsoft?s gaming console, the Xbox 360 Elite. The updated version of the Xbox 360 is dressed all in black, along with matching accessories, plus new features that are aimed at those with advanced high-definition televisions looking to enjoy downloadable multimedia.
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XCM XFPS 360: Console FPS played properly

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Console FPS games look good, but often have a control system quite different to that of the PC. If you like the wasd approach, then this little gadget could be the answer... an adapter from XCM that lets you connect regular keyboards and mice up to the XBox 360. See it in action on HEXUS.tv
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PlayStation 3 Losers Need to Get a Life

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The launch of the PS3 brought the losers out of the woodwork...In an inflammatory editorial, our forum moderator, Jim Lynch lashes out at Sony for a bungled launch and at the game consumers who played into their hands.

ExtremeTech
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Original Xbox Game Support December 2006 Update

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Original Xbox® game support enables your Xbox 360? video game console to play an array of games from your original Xbox video game console. A list of games that are currently backward compatible is available here and we will continue to add support for additional games over time.
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Sony PlayStation 3 Review

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After all the hype and speculation, Sony's next-generation PlayStation 3 console is finally here! In this article, we'll take an in-depth look at the PlayStation 3, going over its strengths and weakneses: how easy is it to add a HDD? What about the games? In addition, 3 FiringSquad Editors will chime in with their thoughts on the console so far. With nearly 7,000 words from front to back, you should have a pretty good grasp on the PS3 by the end of our review!
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Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express 1.0

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Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express is a revolutionary new toolset and technology which makes creating great video games for Windows-based PC?s and the Xbox 360 console (with an active XNA Creators Club subscription) easier than ever.
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Review: X360 USB - Team Xecuter's Universal USB Hacking Converter

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Imagine opening your 360 case and connecting your Hitachi DVD drive to your pc only to find out that your SATA chipset isn?t compatible with your Xbox 360 drive. You have spent countless hours rebooting your pc with slax, changing sata ports, fiddling with your bios settings only to finally accept the fact that it just won?t work.
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PS4 In 2010 Claims Sony

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A PS4 will be launched by Sony but not until at least 2010 claims the Vice President of Technology for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Paul Holman. What will happen between then and now is that Sony will introduce a series of firmware upgrades that will give the PS3 more media centre capability while allowing for the introduction of third party applications and hardware "Such as interactive controllers" similar to the Nintendo Wii he said SmartHouse
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Sony Debuts Download-to-Own Game Service

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Sony launched its own somewhat convoluted download-to-own gaming service on Tuesday, forcing PSP owners who want to play PlayStation games on their PSP handheld console to use the recently-released PS3.
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How to Copy HD-DVDs

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It's still too early to call the horse race on HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. One format may win or we may end up with two competing formats for the foreseeable future. I'm going with HD-DVD because I can connect an HD-DVD drive to my Xbox 360 and get great looking movies.
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Quiet Your Xbox 360 Guide

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The Xbox 360 is one of the noisier console systems on the market, and the biggest culprit is the loud whirring of the optical drive during gameplay. We crack an Xbox 360 open to see if we can reduce the noise with a few minor adjustments.
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PS3 Blu-Ray Movie Dumped, New PS3 firmware doesn't halt Dump Commands

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Yep you guessed it, just as the PS3 blu-ray game images have been managed to be dumped from Linux, the same can now be said for their movie counterparts. There was a few initial problems in dumping the blu-ray movies as the file system is UDF 2.5 but the stock PS3 Linux kernel supports v2.01 only.
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Nintendo Wii Review

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Nintendo throws its hat in the next-generation console ring with the release of the Wii. How does Nintendo's tiny console with the novel controller scheme match up against the heavyweights from Sony and Microsoft?

ArsTechnica
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Devhook Method coming to PS3?

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Deadsoulasis (443 posts) of the MC forums says don't rub your eyes folks, a Devhook method on the PS3 is close. He says the PS3 game image files are similar to the PSP and has managed to get images of RR 7 and Resistance running off the HD.
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First Ever PS3 Blu-Ray Game Image Leaked to Web

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The console hacking group 'Paradox' has released 'the worlds first accessable PS3 rip'. Previously it was announced how a Blu-Ray game disc is rippable via running Linux on the PS3, it is possible that other 'groups' will begin to release PS3 game images online with the aim of helping potential hackers get to grips with the protection.

MaxConsole
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Sony Launches PSP 3.01 Firmware

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This software update may include security patches, new or revised settings and features and other items, which will change your current operating system. We encourage you to check this page from time to time for software updates and to always maintain your system to use the latest version of the system software.
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Sony Launches PSP 3.00 Firmware

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This software update may include security patches, new or revised settings and features and other items, which will change your current operating system. We encourage you to check this page from time to time for software updates and to always maintain your system to use the latest version of the system software.
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XBOX 360 vs. Playstation 3 - A Game Developer's Perspective

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As always with gaming consoles, we all have our favourites. Whether it's Nintendo, Sony, or Microsoft, everyone seems to have their own agenda for picking their favourite. Sometimes it's simply brand loyalty, sometimes it's because of a single game franchise.
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Freeware PS3 Video Converter Released

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Give it up for the Red Kawa, they have released a freeware video converter for the PS3. It will convert many of the popular file formats such as DivX into ones which are able to be played back by the PS3 operating system.

MaxConsole
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XboxMediaCenter (XBMC) 2.0.1

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Team-XBMC and The XBMC Project is proud to announce the release of XboxMediaCenter 2.0.1. XBox Media Center (XBMC) is an award winning, free and open source media player for the Xbox? game-console. XboxMediaCenter 2.0.1 point-release source code has now been set in our CVS, and all XBMC users are highly encouraged to upgrade to this version.
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Ridge Racer 7 on PS3 - Sucks (Graphics Wise)

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Dream Gamers conducted a graphical comparison between Xbox 360's Ridge Racer 6 and Ridge Racer 7 on the PS3. You'll never guess what their comparison shows, the PS3 version is lacking detail in certain areas!

MaxConsole
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Xbox 360 HD DVD Addon - Works on Windows XP/ Vista PC's

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360 Insider reports that the HD-DVD drive works fine with Vista. They hooked it up to a PC running Vista RTM, and what do you know, it recognized the drive and it installed without encountering any problem.
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PS3 Accepts Any Third-Party HDD & Test

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According to the PlayStation 3's included Safety and Support manual, the system will accept any 2.5" Serial ATA hard disc drive, and not only officially licensed Sony products. This opens up the possibility of installing a much larger drive than what the system comes with
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Review of XBOX 360 HD-DVD add-on

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They are looking to make the Xbox 360 the centerpiece of the living room and this little drive is another step in the right direction
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Microsoft Covering up a Huge Mistake?

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After the recent fall dash board update, many users are reporting non-functional 360's. This includes units that are overheating, locking up, graphical glitches (checker board patterns) and even system death after prolonged use. Microsoft is refusing to admit the update is the problem and are asking $140 for repairs, even though hundreds of people are having the issue after the update. See the link below for more details on this situation.

Xbox.com Forums
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Xbox Live Cues up TV, Movie Downloads

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Users of Microsoft's Xbox Live service will soon be able to download selected television shows and movies, the company announced Monday.
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PS3 Web Browser First Look

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Sony's been throwing a PS3 fest here in New York and Richard Blakeley, gave us a first hand look at the PS3's web browser interface. Typing URLs with the controller is somewhat clunky as you can see from the video itself (luckily you can plug in a USB keyboard), but otherwise it'll let you open up to 6 different browser windows simultaneously and then tile them (Expose style) so you can see them all at once.

Gizmodo
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Having an issue with the Xbox 360 Fall update ?

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An updated version of the Fall Update is now available on Xbox Live which has elminated issues relating to new or refurbished consoles failing after applying the Fall Update. Users who have already applied the Fall Update and are seeing an error message should call their local Xbox Support telephone number. If you already have the update, you will not be prompted for another update.

Major Nelson
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Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express Beta 2

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The XNA team is proud to announce the availability of the XNA Game Studio Express Beta 2, aimed at helping students and hobbyists build games for Windows and the Xbox 360. This release is targeted at Windows game development only, and contains several changes from the previous release.

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