Tag: Xbox 360
Nintendo Wii's key strengths and weaknesses in the console war with PS3 and Xbox 360
Analysts may already be predicting that Wii will outsell its next-gen console competitors, but the battle hasn’t even started yet here in Europe: PS3 launches later this month.
10 ways to rationalise pre-ordering a PS3
Is that the winds of changed opinions blowing? Actually, that last sentence sounds like an unholy mash-up of Bob Dylan and The Scorpions, which would be hellish. But the point is this: since last week’s GDC show in San Francisco, the buzz around Sony’s PlayStation 3 has taken a turn for the better.
Is Microsoft's 150MB limit for Xbox Live Arcade games a bad idea?
Bigger is better. More is marvellous. Larger is lovely. This, at least, has been the attitude traditionally adopted by game developers, who as soon as they're given more processing power, better graphics and more spacious storage media, rush to make…
Microsoft triples Xbox Live Arcade game size limit
As the GDC 2007 conference gets underway in San Francisco, Microsoft has announced that it's tripling the game size limit for Xbox Live Arcade, from 50MB to 150MB. The company says it'll let developers do more with the service, while…
Microsoft aiming for simultaneous Vista and Xbox 360 software releases
Microsoft wants to strengthen the relationship between Vista PCs and the Xbox 360 games console by encouraging developers to release games titles for both platforms at the same time. Other intiatives include having games that are playable on both formats,…
Fancy a tilting Xbox 360 controller?
With all the hype around Nintendo's Wii-mote and the PS3's Sixaxis controller in recent months, poor old Xbox 360 owners would probably be feeling sorry for themselves if they weren't waggling their trigger thumbs to stumps playing Gears Of War….
Grr! Bill Gates comes out swinging for Xbox 360
Amid all the fuss around the Wii and PS3 launches, Xbox 360 has quietly continued to rack up sales in the background, boosted by new titles like Viva Pinata and Gears Of War. But Bill Gates chose a post-CES interview…
CES 2007: Everything you need to know about Bill Gates' CES keynote
Tonight’s star attraction in Vegas isn’t Elton John, Celine Dion or some odd looking feline (un)friendly illusionists. Nope it is the chair and chief software architect of Microsoft himself, Mr Bill Gates wowing the crowds at the CES keynote. Now…
CES 2007: our top ten predictions
CES 2007 kicks off in a matter of hours now. So to keep you amused before the deluge of proper news, here is a little speculation as to what our team of hacks will be grappling with over the next…
Microsoft launch XNA Game Studio Express, XNA Creators Club, and Dream-Build-Play game creation competition
We've reported on the XNA Game Studio Express before, and today Microsoft released this software that allows anyone to create their own Xbox 360 game using Windows XP. They've also launched the XNA Creators Club, and a global game…