Tag: Xbox 360
How to get yourself banned on Xbox Live until the year 9999
Getting your Xbox Live account suspended for wrist-slapping behaviour for a few months is one thing, but getting yourself banned from the Xbox 360's online service until the year 9999 really takes some doing. That's what befell the son of…
Metro 2033 – Review
Name: Metro 2033 Genre: 1st Person Shooter Platform: Xbox 360 (reviewed), PC Price: £36.97 (Amazon) It's not that rare of an occurrence to pick up a newspaper and find a story about train or tube commuters forced to trek through…
Slim Xbox 360 with 250GB hard drive and Natal for under £200 by Xmas? So say analysts …
The rumours of a slimmed-down Xbox 360 hitting stores this year are hotting up again. But now analysts are predicting not only that the smaller console will arrive before Christmas, but that it'll come bundled with a 250GB hard drive…
Splinter Cell: Conviction – Review
Name: Splinter Cell: Conviction Genre: 3rd Person Stealth Action Adventure Platform: Xbox 360 (reviewed), PC Price: £37.00 (Amazon) If there is one thing cooler than a highly trained covert ops expert, it's a highly trained covert ops expert gone rouge….
Battery-friendly hardware-accelerated Flash on the way, but will it ever make it to the iPad?
Adobe Systems have announced that a release candidate version of their latest Flash plug-in is now available. Adobe claim that the 10.1 release candidate for Windows, Mac, and Linux will significantly reduce the amount of resources needed to power the…
USB memory support hits the Xbox 360
Here's a free little treat for Xbox 360 owners. Connect to Xbox Live today and you'll be greeted with an update that allows data to be saved to USB memory sticks. It'll let you back-up your saves and Arcade downloads…
Just Cause 2 – Review
Name: Just Cause 2 Genre: Sandbox/ Action adventure Platform: Xbox 360 (reviewed), PS3, PC Price: £34.93 (Amazon) There are plenty of games that attempt to make you feel like the star of your own action movie, but few have done…
Switzerland set to ban violent videogames
Here's some bad news for gamers living in Switzerland; a new law has just been passed in the country which will see any game given a PEGI 16+ or 18+ rating banned from sale. The new ruling states that any…
BAFTA Video Games Awards – Charlie Brooker rules out GamesMaster TV role
Charlie Brooker has ruled himself out of a role in the rumoured reboot of video game show GamesMaster. Tech Digest spoke to the Guardian columnist and Newswipe presenter at last night's BAFTA Video Games Award ceremony, where he presented the…
BAFTA Video Games Awards – Host Dara O' Briain on gaming and his love of Portal
Last night's BAFTA Video Games Awards were hosted by comedian and BBC Mock the Week chair Dara O' Briain. His second year in a row at the show, he waxed lyrical about his love of gaming, whilst joking about Call…