Articles tagged with 'xbox 360'

New Xbox 360 controller with 'transforming' D-pad officially unveiled

Tuesday, 31 August 2010 Steven De Klerk

Remember that rumour about a new Xbox 360 controller with an improved D-pad? Well, it's totally true. Microsoft has officially announced that a new Xbox 360 wireless controller with "transforming" D-pad will start shipping to US retailers on 9 November ...

Rumour: New Xbox 360 controller with improved D-pad launching this Holiday [Update: Confirmed]

Tuesday, 31 August 2010 Henry Dowling

According to a "trusted source" over on Joystiq, Microsoft is set to launch a new Xbox 360 controller featuring an improved D-pad sometime this Holiday ...

PayPal console integration on its way?

Friday, 27 August 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

PayPal has been available to US Xbox LIVE subscribers for some time already, but the payment service is currently only supported on Xbox.com. This might be set to change, however. According to a report on the Forbes blog, PayPal could be heading for a complete console integration ...

Microsoft to improve Xbox LIVE chat sound quality

Friday, 27 August 2010 Steven De Klerk

Xbox Live Studios Jerry Johnson has confirmed that Microsoft is looking to significantly improve the sound quality over Xbox LIVE with the next console update, according to a Eurogamer ...

New Xbox 360 S 250GB hard drive to be sold separately

Friday, 30 July 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

Since the recent announcement of the 4 GB Xbox 360 S model, it's been a matter of some speculation whether buyers would be able to invest in a 250 GB hard drive add-on at a later stage. Well, I say "some speculation", because it was never so much a matter of "Is it going to be available?" and more like, "How much is it going to be?" ...

Xbox LIVE Arcade pulls in over $46 million in first half of 2010 [Report]

Thursday, 29 July 2010 Henry Dowling

Research firm FADE (Forecasting & Analyzing Digital Entertainment) has revealed that Microsoft's Xbox LIVE Arcade service managed to rake in over $46 million in the first half of this year. If things go according to analysts' forecasts, 2010 could prove to be the biggest earning year yet for XBLA ...

New Xbox 360 S 4GB console announced for South Africa [Update]

Tuesday, 20 July 2010 Steven De Klerk

Microsoft SA has announced that a new Xbox 360 S 4GB console is set to ship to South Africa on 20 August for R2,399.99 ...

Kinect pricing and bundle officially announced [Update: SA pricing]

Tuesday, 20 July 2010 Steven De Klerk

After much speculation and rumour, Microsoft has finally revealed the pricing on their upcoming motion controller Kinect. Bundled with Kinect Adventures, Kinect is set to retail for $149.99 in the US or £129.99 on the other side of the pond, with games such as Kinectimals, Kinect Sports, Kinect Joy Ride and Dance Central retailing for $49.99 or £39.99 ...

Powercare now accepting online Xbox 360 repair claims

Friday, 16 July 2010 Henry Dowling

Even the most fervent anti-Microsoft activists must admit that things are looking a lot better these days when it comes to Xbox 360 hardware failures, but let's not kid ourselves, it still happens. When it does, Powercare are the people we run to for help in SA, and things have gotten a bit easier thanks to their new website ...

New Xbox 360 dashboard screens leaked [Rumour]

Thursday, 15 July 2010 Henry Dowling

It's safe to assume that when Kinect launches this November there will be some sort of Xbox 360 dashboard update to accommodate the new features, and if leaked images from French site Logic Sunrise are legitimate, we already have a fairly good idea of what that will entail ...