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Xbox, Vista, Playstation, iTunes, Wii spawn mutant 5-headed baby, dub it “The New Xbox Experience”

July 17, 2008July 25, 2009 Danny X Microsoft, Xbox 36012 Comments

One of the things launched at E3 this week is a brand new dashboard for the XBOX 360, so far dubbed “The New XBOX experience”. Not a great deal is known about it, and precious few (if any) have had actual hands-on experience with it, but if Larry Hryb (XBOX’s very own “Major Nelson”) is to be believed, it’s gonna be, like, totally rad. One look at the new interface and I beg to differ. The UI appears to add nothing new to the gaming universe, and appears in fact…

E3 starts today with Microsoft keynote – Canadians left out in the cold again

July 15, 2008July 25, 2009 drsquid E3 2008, Microsoft, Xbox 3604 Comments

Today Microsoft made many exciting Xbox 360 announcements, some of the highlights were release dates high anticipated games, Final Fantasy XIII coming to 360 and ‘Xbox Live Primetime’, an online game-show channel accessed through Live. They are also completely revamping the consoles interface, with a totally new dashboard and Nintendo Mii-like avatars, but as per usual there was a kick in the nuts to Canadian gamers, with the announcement that Xbox would now support Netflix Standard Definition on-demand programming (HD in the future). Netflix is only available in the USA,…

GTA IV Release

April 29, 2008July 25, 2009 Doug Groves Microsoft, PS3, Sony, Xbox 3602 Comments

Grand Theft Auto IV could possibly beat Halo 3’s record smashing one day media cash cow extravaganza, especially when GTA IV has been released on both the PS3 and the Xbox 360 on the same day. Halo 3 took in $300 million in one day, and GTA IV is estimated to top $400 million. Some pretty cool pics from the Toronto GTA IV pre-release event. Post photo courtesy of wv on flickr, who’s got a couple of more cool pics to boot.

Halo 3 “Believe” behind the scenes

September 24, 2007July 25, 2009 Doug Groves Halo, Microsoft, Xbox 3600 comment

If you haven’t been paying attention, what is probably the most anticipated video game of the year launches in less than 24 hours. Microsoft has been gearing up the marketing blitz for Halo 3 for the Xbox 360. The “Believe” campaign is interesting in that they opted to built a real world diorama depicting a massive battle. In the spot, a camera pans through this frozen battle, complete with explosions. The work that Method Studios put into the building of the set is phenomenal, which included building a complete CG…