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From theage.com.au (http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/faulty-xbox-yarn-is-nixed/2008/01/30/1201369215112.html ):[QUOTE]Retailer EB Games has hosed down reports suggesting that a spate of hardware defects with Xbox 360 video game consoles were straining its relationship with Microsoft.A chat transcript published on the popular gaming blog Kotaku purportedly showed a high-ranking EB Games employee saying the retailer had $10 million worth of defective Xbox […]

A new firmware enhancement for the VAD6038 Xbox360 DVD-ROM drive and a new Xbox Backup Creator(info (http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox360-tools/XboxBackupCreator.php )) to support it..XBC 2.8 Build 275:-Added support for BenQ VAD6038 0800 firmware(Note: This has had limited testing, be cautious)The 0800 Release is a firmware replacment for the BenQ VAD6038 drive to allow you to backup your own […]

Dean Takahashi already talked about Xbox360 Project Helium (see here (http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox1data/sep/EEulukFEuVVKVybjKh.php )) before, now 8bitjoystick (who also had a source that announced the Bungie split and one who revealed details about the RRoD problem (http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox1data/sep/EkppZZZVEVkfxYkLmL.php ) last week) wrote an article (http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/digitaljoystick/archives/130081.asp?source=rss ) about it:[QUOTE]I have a quick little note about something that very few […]

From gamasutra.com (http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=17106 ):[QUOTE]Microsoft has announced the results of its second quarter, showing Xbox 360 and PC hardware and game sales up $115 million over the year prior, as the company sees overall sales of $16.37 billion and operating profits of $6.48 billion.The overall results are a 30 percent rise in sales and 87 percent […]

From next-gen.biz (http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8835&Itemid=2 ):[QUOTE]The Xbox 360 will continue to outpace the Wii in terms of software attach rate, GameStop management told Janco Partners analyst Mike Hickey.”Management expects the Wii software attach rate (roughly 5 according to NPD) should continue to be at a discount to the 360 (8.8 attach according to NPD),” Hickey wrote in […]

From joystiq.com (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/22/ihalostats-halo-3-stats-for-your-iphone/ ):[QUOTE]Cause when you’re on the go and you just need to know what your total ranked kills are in Halo 3, you don’t want to futz around Bungie.net on your gimped mobile browser. Nope, you can bust out your iPhone, load up www.ihalostats.com and lust over the number porn that Bungie’s collecting […]

Online petitions are usually pretty useless, certainly for these type of things that are mostly decided by big multi-nationals and not by the consumer. But it’s still interesting to see if the HD DVD format is really ‘people’s choice’:[QUOTE]So please, sign this petition, and lets get as many votes as we can so we can […]

From kotaku.com (http://kotaku.com/348187/ea-calls-fox-out-on-insulting-mass-effect-inaccuracies ):[QUOTE]Electronic Arts, likely sick of having their recently-acquired role-playing franchise Mass Effect dragged through the mud on national television, has requested that Fox News Channel correct their error-plagued segment on the game.In the letter, which cites Kotaku, Jeff Brown, EA’s vice president of communications, asks Teri VanHorn, producer of the Live Desk […]

From arstechnica.com (http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2008/01/23/free-game-for-xbox-live-downtime-xbox-live-crashes ):[QUOTE]Today was supposed to be the day that Microsoft released the free download of the Xbox Live Arcade original Undertow to make up for those days of system downtime and instability Xbox Live users suffered through over the holidays. Which makes today the perfect time for the system to come crashing to […]

Here’s a video from an Xbox1 modder who collected 1500 original Xbox1 HDD over the years. As those 8/10GB drives aren’t too useful he decided to play a domino game with ‘em…News-Source: kotaku.com (http://kotaku.com/347782/watch-1500-xbox-hard-drives-fall-down-like-dominoes )Read More… [Source: Xbox-Scene News]