Neowin News Feed for: Xbox360

New Xbox 360 gets autopsied, easy repairability

Brad Sams — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:05:56 +0000

Microsoft has released an updated Xbox 360 and the crew over at iFixit have done their duty, dismantling the new console so that we can get a look at what is under the hood. Read more...

Finally, Xbox Live can be cancelled online

Owen Williams — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:23:05 +0000

Finally! We can cancel our Xbox Live subscriptions that we accidentally signed up for without calling a support line. However, Microsoft won't let you go easy. Read more...

Large amount of Mass Effect 3 footage leaks, Bioware apologizes

Owen Williams — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:19:17 +0000

After a private beta of Mass Effect 3 appeared on the Xbox 360 fall preview last night, a user has released the first 15 minutes of footage online for all to see. Spoilers inside. Read more...

Rumour: EA already has the next Xbox?

Steve Donaghy — Fri, 06 May 2011 21:19:30 +0000

Develop is reporting that EA may already have access to the next generation console coming from Microsoft and has been tinkering with it for nearly a month. Rumours have been circulating for a while now that... Read more...

Netflix (finally) has Kinect support

Christopher White — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:37:42 +0000

When Kinect was first announced, one of the exciting features that was shown was the ability to control the Xbox without the need for a controller. Streaming ESPN3 through the dashboard, and being able to... Read more...

Microsoft offering users the chance to preview Xbox update

Brandon Boyce — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:41:27 +0000

Larry Hyrb also known as Xbox Live’s Major Nelson posted on his blog today that Microsoft is opening up their next system update to the public. Microsoft has created an application for for Xbox 360... Read more...

Microsoft gearing up for next generation Xbox

Christopher White — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 01:37:23 +0000

The Xbox 360 was released in late 2005 and the console is still running strong. Based on a couple of job postings on social networking site LinkedIn, it appears that work is now underway for... Read more...

Kinect outsells and has better attach rate than Playstation Move

Christopher White — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:29:32 +0000

There is no question that Microsoft has a hit on their hands with the Xbox 360 Kinect. Comparing numbers is difficult because companies confuse the issue with “shipped” numbers vs. “sold” numbers. The former are... Read more...

Microsoft's movie service grew 6% in 2010, thanks to Xbox 360

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 01:59:46 +0000

Microsoft's Internet movie service grew more than 6% in 2010, thanks to the successful Zune marketplace on the Xbox 360. Since the launch of the Zune Marketplace on the Xbox 360 in November 2009, the... Read more...

KinEmote application for Kinect allows users to control Boxee, XBMC

Christopher White — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 10:30:00 +0000

In the short time that Kinect has been available, we have seen some cool demos, heard about some potentially helpful applications, and have even seen some seedy uses for the new hardware. Now we... Read more...

Kinect sales now expected to hit 5 million by Christmas

Byron Hinson — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:27:13 +0000

It seems that Microsoft has now raised its sales target for their Xbox 360 motion control device Kinect. Originally the company said that they expected to sell three million devices by Christmas, but now they... Read more...

Xbox Live update available now

Owen Williams — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:13:12 +0000

It looks like Microsoft has made available the much anticipated update of the Xbox 360 dashboard, due to land on consoles around the world today. The update is now live on Microsoft's servers, and there's a... Read more...

Halo Reach: No co-op if you own a Xbox 360 Slim 4GB

Owen Williams — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 01:04:37 +0000

NukeZilla reports that owners of the new 4GB slim Xbox consoles aren't able to play co-op in Halo: Reach which was released today. According to the site, the new Xbox Consoles just don't have the... Read more...

Microsoft Kinect shipped to testers

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:46:47 +0000

Lucky Xbox 360 testers have received a wonderful little email in their inbox today, telling them that they will soon be receiving a “limited audience” beta hardware version of Microsoft Kinect. The motion detection device connects... Read more...

New Xbox 360 dashboard on the horizon? [Update]

Brandon Boyce — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:13:14 +0000

Aside from a few updates, the Xbox 360 dashboard hasn't really changed much for a couple of years now. That is all likely to change if the leaked screen shots and rumors are true. A... Read more...

Summer of Arcade games and release dates detailed

Jonathan Downin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:02:06 +0000

Microsoft has announced the details of the annual Summer of Arcade line-up. The weekly releases will start on July 21st, and the games will be available for 1200 Microsoft points ($15 US) a piece. Buying... Read more...

E3: Xbox 360 game round-up

Andrew Lyle — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:02:10 +0000

Microsoft's Xbox 360 E3 kicked off today with a couple of new games coming soon. Microsoft showed off demos for some next generation games coming later in this year and next. Call of Duty: Black-Ops... Read more...

Microsoft's project Natal to be called Kinect?

Andrew Lyle — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:34:04 +0000

Microsoft's project Natal may possibly be called “Kinect” when it launches later on this year. Microsoft filed for a patent on April 26, 2010, attempting to register the trademark “Kinect.” As Neowin reported back in... Read more...

Sega to bring Dreamcast games to the Xbox 360 and PS3

Brandon Boyce — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:32:16 +0000

In May we reported that Sega was set to lay off 73 workers and they were going to dedicate their entire San Francisco office to the production of downloadable games. Since then it seems they... Read more...

Natal to sell for $149, with a new name

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 26 May 2010 21:53:31 +0000

Natal will be hitting the store shelves in America for $149, and be bundled with Xbox360 Arcade for $299, according to edge-online. The source of the information even claims that project Natal will also... Read more...

Rock Band 3 may include a keyboard

Brandon Boyce — Wed, 26 May 2010 00:19:21 +0000

Xbox360 owners have the opportunity right now to download a two song demo of Green Day:Rock Band from the Xbox Live Marketplace. The demo contains two songs, Boulevard of Broken Dreams and Welcome to Paradise. When... Read more...

Red Dead Redemption has some quirks

Brandon Boyce — Wed, 19 May 2010 04:26:54 +0000

1UP is reporting some strange differences between the PS3 and the Xbox360 version of Red Dead Redemption. It's been known that there would be some exclusive content for PS3 owners but nothings been said for... Read more...

Facebook mobile gets an update

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:17:49 +0000

Facebook have once again updated their website design, this time making changes to the mobile browsing part of the website. The new layout better matches full desktop version of the website, but also improves... Read more...

Xbox360 sales hit 28 million worldwide, 8 million in Europe

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:04:00 +0000

Microsoft has released the figures for its console to date, topping the sales charts at 28 million units worldwide, in just over 3 years. Microsoft's Xbox360 is the best selling high definition console to date. Microsoft... Read more...

Xbox360 Hacked

Steven Parker — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 08:03:27 +0000

Thanks medion for this news posted in Back Page News on our forums... The hack is a modified firmware of the Xbox 360Hitachi-LG GDR-3120L DVD-ROM drive (the security in... Read more...

PowerUser.tv Ep 20: Printing Organs, Net Anonymity, Xbox360

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:20:48 +0000

This week the gang at PowerUser.tv discuss a biomedical breakthrough that allows doctors to print human organs, more privacy and anonymity slipping away on the Net thanks to the US Senate and chipmakers,... Read more...

PowerUser.tv Ep 19: Piracy, Security, XBox360 Lawsuit & More

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:08:51 +0000

This week the gang at PowerUser.tv discuss the "podcast" being inducted as this year's Word of the Year, the potential Sober worm attack to happen on January 5th, .EU domain names finally available (albeit in... Read more...

Microsoft Sued Over Xbox360

Joe Cashman — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 13:05:30 +0000

Microsoft are facing a lawsuit in America over their newly releasedconsole, the Xbox 360. Roberty Byers, from Chicago claims that the... Read more...

PowerUser.tv Ep 17: Mobile Music, Net TV, Xbox360 & More!

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 20:39:38 +0000

This week the gang at PowerUser.tv poo-poo overpriced cell phone music, celebrate the jailing of e-mail scammers (3 down, 50 million more to go), discuss why OS X will not be on the new $100... Read more...

Long Delays for THQ's XBOX360 Games

Joe Cashman — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 10:30:00 +0000

THQ has announced that their titles expected for the launch of the Xbox360 have had to be postponed till next year, these include racing game MotoGP 2006 and The Outfit. News of this will be... Read more...