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  1. chip

    Microsoft Xbox One Forum

    Welcome to the Microsoft Xbox One Forum: Microsoft Xbox One Console Microsoft Xbox One Video Games Microsoft Xbox One Accessories This dedicated forum is for all topics, discussions, support, and questions related to the Microsoft Xbox One video game system. For the Xbox 360 Forum or other...
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    The current state of gaming

    Technology and software are in two totally different places right now. I've been contemplating this every since 3d's rise and fall. At least 50 years we've flirted with 3d technology and its always been the technology's fault until this past effort. Expensive battery powered glasses aside, we...
  3. retro junkie

    I Got Me an XBOX 360?

    I saw two games that I wanted to play, Deathsmiles and Akai Katana, for Xbox 360. Then I saw someone selling an XBOX 360 arcade version for $30 free shipping on eBay. It has a 20gig hd and a couple memory cards, controller, and wiring. Everything should be here by next Tuesday, if not before...
  4. Mai Valentine

    Official E3 2011 Topic

    I wanted to preemptively start this topic, since we're getting close now. Main E3 conferences: Monday, June 6th: Microsoft - 9am Pacific, 12pm Eastern - Xbox.com stream here and Microsoft news center stream will be somewhere here.Gamespot stream for backup. And here is the GT E3 stuff...
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    Xbox 360 still selling well. 535,000 sold during February 2011. Thanks Kinect!

    Amongst all the NPD celebration, Microsoft arguably had the most reason to party: Xbox 360 sold 535,000 units in February of 2011, its biggest non-holiday month ever, up 27 percent over last year. "We attribute it to Kinect momentum, as well as getting stock back in. People who wanted one in...
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    Rumor Radar: Xbox 360 getting new IPTV servivces?

    According to "some reliable tipster types" speaking with ZDNet, Microsoft may be adding some new features to IPTV on the Xbox 360. The various tipsters specifically named "Orapa" -- a Botswanan city known for its enormous diamond mine -- as the codename for said project. Allegedly, Microsoft has...
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    Microsoft resurrects dead Gamertags

    Good news for any Xbox Live members that have ever wanted a dead user's name: Microsoft has "begun the process of making previously used and unavailable (dead) Xbox Live Gamertags available," according to Major Nelson. Previously, any lapsed Gamertags -- caused by changing a Gamertag or closing...
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    KinectHalo.com registed by Microsoft? What's going on here?

    As if the rumor of a remade Halo: Combat Evolved in the Halo: Reach engine weren't enough, now we've got a URL registered to Microsoft from back in June of 2010 for "KinectHalo.com." Gaming Reloaded spotted the site's Whois information, which pegs the unambiguous URL as one owned by Halo...
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    XBLM Deals & Releases from January 24th until Feb 2nd

    Week of January 24 – Dance Central: * Dance Central 4 song add-ons – 160 Microsoft Points for each song (33 percent off) * Janet Jackson "Control" * Sean Paul "Temperature" * Ne-Yo "Because of You" * Cameo "Word Up" Week of January 31 – Get Wet! * Hydro Thunder...
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    XBLM Sales going on as a countdown to 2011!

    Microsoft has launched its "Countdown to New Year's" promotion today on Xbox Live, which will see numerous pieces of Marketplace content discounted in the days leading up to the ball drop. The deals are highlighted by several XBLA games on sale now through December 31, including Super Meat Boy...
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    Xbox Live Black Friday deals!

    from Nov. 23–29 on XBL! Xbox Live Arcade * Madden NFL Arcade (400 Microsoft Points) * The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition (400 MSP) * 'Splosion Man (160 MSP) * Trials HD (400 MSP) * Portal: Still Alive (400 MSP) Xbox Originals * Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas...
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    November Xbox Live Marketplace schedule! Halo Reach Map Pack & CRAZY TAXI!

    Xbox LIVE Arcade * November 17: Alien Breed 3: Descent -- 800 Microsoft Points ($10) * November 24: Crazy Taxi -- 800 Microsoft Points ($10) Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week (Gold members only) on November 22: 50% off Hasbro Family Game Night titles * Connect 4X4 -- 400 Microsoft Points...
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    Reggie: Nintendo sees Apple as larger threat than Microsoft and Sony

    Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime wants to make sure you're not getting it twisted -- he's not competing with other game companies, but with the very concept of time itself. Speaking to Forbes recently, Fils-Aime explained that "It's all about time." Rather than just competing with...
  14. M

    Sept 14th until Sept 20th. HALO REACH GOODIES!

    A feast of XBLA games may be headed to Xbox Live Marketplace soon, but that's not all there is. First up, there are a lot of festivities planned for the launch of Halo: Reach. Microsoft is dubbing September 14-20 "Invasion Week," and plenty of Halo goodies will be available "including new gear...
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    Xbox Live Schedule of deals and releases! Dragon Age DLC discounts!!

    Today's content (links to Xbox.com) Mass Effect 2 - Firepower Pack: 160 MS Points ($2) BioShock 2 - The Protector Trials: 400 MS Points ($5) BlazBlue: Continuum Shift: "Makoto Nanaya" Playable Character: 560 MS Points ($7) Metro 2033 - Ranger Pack: 240 MS Points Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week...
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    Older Xbox 360 DLC has been discounted finally!

    * Mass Effect - Bring Down The Sky (80 Microsoft Points) <-- Hell yeah! * Project Gotham Racing 3 - Style Pack and various cars (Free - 60 Microsoft Points) <-- 5 years later :lol * Project Gotham Racing 4 - Premium Challenge Pack (80 Microsoft Points) * Lost Odyssey - Dungeon Pack...
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    Microsoft saw a "unprecendented demand" for the slim 360.

    Although Microsoft didn't provide specific sales figures (per usual), the company claims it's seeing "unprecedented demand" from retailers for its new Xbox 360 console. In a statement released yesterday following May's NPD results, Microsoft claimed a "significant sales spike" for its new Xbox...
  18. M

    The greatest battery problem ever, finally sloved by Microsoft.

    Hello ladies and gentlemen! Tell me have you ever had the problem of reloading batteries into your favorite television remote? Your favorite wireless video game controller or portable gaming device? Well no longer thanks to this new handy dandy and lastest product from MICROSOFT! I give you, the...
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    James "J" Allard, is leaving Microsoft after 19 years. Father of the Xbox/Zune

    Say. It. Ain't. So. Reports indicate that J Allard, a driving force behind the design of the Xbox (and the Zune) is leaving Microsoft, after his latest dream project was binned by the company. Having been the former pin-up boy of Microsoft's video game consoles, especially in the lead-up to the...
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    and so it begins...New Bungie Game Headed to PlayStation 3

    http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3179051 The newly announced publishing deal between Activision and Bungie has significant impact on both companies (and even Microsoft), but one company that hasn't been mentioned much is Sony. After years of Microsoft exclusivity, this deal finally means...
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