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If you wouldn’t mind looking up from that avatar creation screen for a second — yes, we’re aware of how much that t-shirt selection means about you as a person — you might notice that your Xbox 360 is dead. At least, a few hapless souls on the Xbox forums seem to think NXE is [...]

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Filed under: Displays, Gaming, HDTV, Home Entertainment
If you skipped Walmart’s pre-Black Friday festivities pat yourself on the back, as — despite its lawyers hard work C&Ding unauthorized early ad postings into oblivion — CNNMoney reveals the “doorbuster” highlights probably not worth getting trampled for this year. Between 5-10 a.m. the day after Thanksgiving the already-discounted [...]

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It looks like Microsoft is really trying to keep up with digital media and have opened their very own online store. As you might have guessed, it’s aptly named, Microsoft Store, and they are selling just about everything Microsoft.

This online locale is where the company is selling things like Office, Windows and their branded peripherals [...]

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Filed under: Home Entertainment

Well, well — what have we here? As Microsoft’s Xbox 360 skyrockets up the list of most wanted movie set-top-boxes and units like the Roku Netflix Player hold the promise of incorporating HD downloads in the near future, along comes the flagging Blockbuster to put up a mild fight. In a move [...]

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Hello Bitheads, I would like to take a moment of my time to add something to today’s gaming update. There is some sad news today that many people may not know about, and it should get some attention. A Canadian boy was found dead due to an Xbox/Call of Duty 4-related incident. There was a [...]

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Filed under: Gaming

At first glance, this Xbox 360 controller mod doesn’t look as hardcore as some others we’ve seen, but its minimalism disguises its epicness. The modder took the controller apart and rebuilt it without the four face buttons or the direction pad, then placed a couple extra switches on the back that perform [...]

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Filed under: Gaming

You’ve already been given the skinny on Microsoft’s New Xbox Experience — you know, that stupendous, sure-to-be-life-altering dashboard update that’ll hit 360 owners on November 19th — but one aspect that still hasn’t been adequately addressed is the difference in load times between the DVD and HDD. If you’re staring blankly ahead with [...]

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Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
We keep waiting for “wireless” contact charging pads to blow our minds and revolutionize the way we use gadgets, but perhaps we’re just being idiot optimists. Or perhaps not. We’re seeing great possibilities with this latest implementation of WildCharger’s tech, the TouchCharge Kit from Psyclone for Xbox 360 controllers. The kit includes [...]

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Missed the Fallout 3 Midnight Launch Event at Bethesda Softworks’ hometown Best Buy? So did we. Luckily, Bethesda Softworks did take some pictures of the event to share.

See the Best Buy Midnight Launch pictures here.

Who showed up representing Bethesda Softworks and Bethesda Game Studios? From the press release:
“At the Best Buy in Rockville, MD, which [...]

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Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment

It’s something you can’t get on the Roku. Nor on LG’s BD300. Nor on Samsung’s P2500 / P2550 Blu-ray players. Nor through Netflix’s own “Watch Instantly” portal. It’s high-def Netflix streaming, and it’s coming first to Microsoft’s Xbox 360. Just in case you glossed over this massively huge tidbit when digesting [...]

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