Tag: XBOX 360

'PewPewPewPewPewPewPewPewPew' is a 2-D side-scrolling blaster game that should seem familiar to anyone who lived through the 8-bit and 16-bit eras. This soon-to-be Xbox Live title is a little different though; instead of using a controller, two players man microphones, one controlling thrust by blowing and the other firing lasers by -- you guessed it -- going "pew, pew, pew." ...

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Some time ago, Sony colorfully burst onto the console peripheral scene with its geeky, indispensable sci-fi raygun, but envious Wii and Xbox 360 owners will soon gain access to their own fantasy accoutrement. Performance Designed Products aims to enliven legions of sci-fi deprived gamers with vibrant 'Tron Legacy' controllers for all three major systems. The sleek controllers apparently adhere to ...

Assaulted by a major sensory overload, we felt like we saw so much (and missed even more) at this year's E3. With everyone justly excited about 'Zelda' and 'Halo: Reach', a couple lesser hyped titles caught our eye as we perused the aisles. Here's a list of some hidden gems we unearthed, hopefully giving you a leg up on gameplay, before one of these might go on to win Game of the Year. ...

Microsoft just announced that ESPN3 will be exclusively available to Xbox 360 owners who have an Xbox LIVE Gold membership. ESPN3, which used to be called ESPN360, will broadcast 3,500 live sporting events this year straight to gamers' 360s. At the announcement, SportsCenter anchors Trey Wingo and Josh Elliott demonstrated how users can access instant replays, highlights, polls and more on the ...

We've barely settled in here in Los Angeles for this year's 2010 Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3), and Microsoft's motion-sensing "use your body as a controller" Project Natal tech has already been redubbed 'Kinect.' Just hours before Microsoft's Sunday night event, USA Today's Game Hunters blog revealed the system's new official name and a list of early titles. Kinect creative director ...

Share Although still in the early stages, 2010 is already developing into a monumental year for video games. 'Heavy Rain,' 'Dante's Inferno,' 'God of War 3,' 'StarCraft 2,' 'BioShock 2' and the (long overdue) next incarnation of 'Zelda' for Wii represent just a small portion of highly anticipated titles. New copies of those mega-hyped games will cost $50 to $60, though, so gamers may be ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... The Google and Apple conflict is apparently inspiring an odd couple to form a seemingly unnatural pairing. According to Business Week, Apple may actually drop Google as its default iPhone search engine and replace it with Microsoft's Bing. [From: Engadget] Xbox 360 owners are about to receive a rocking new addition to their ...

Every year, parents pray that, when it comes time to watch their brood open the Chrismukahh gifts, they'll get the right reaction: that look of joy and wonder as it slowly dawns on the tykes that they've gotten what they pined for all year. When that happens, the result is a Kodak moment. When it happens in the extreme, the result can be a viral video, like those featuring the brother and ...

It's a good thing we don't get tired of hearing about dumb criminals, because the stories keep on coming. In the latest, a 22-year-old Bronx man was completely owned by an Xbox 360 (with a little help from its former owner, too). According to the New York Post, an unnamed kid whose console had been recently stolen noticed his Xbox Live ID become active while he was playing an online game on ...

Despite the spectacular bling, the hardcore tats, and the intimidating, unflinching glares, hip-hop stars can geek out just like the rest of us. In its most recent focus on 'Celebrity Nerds,' Engadget discovered that Lil' Wayne, in an interview with Gamertag Radio, revealed a little tidbit that will make him the envy of Xbox owners everywhere. During the gathering, the star admitted to owning a ...

It's official; people are playing video games more than ever before. Whether that's a good thing is an argument that will probably never end, but when the President speaks, people tend to listen. While speaking to the NAACP recently, President Barack Obama said it's high time we got to "putting away the Xbox." According to Game Politics, the remark was meant to encourage parents to become more ...

The 'Tony Hawk' franchise of skateboard games is one of the most popular and longest-running series of games in history. Lately, though, after ten iterations, it's become one of the most stale. That all changes with 'Tony Hawk Ride,' the upcoming release due this October that replaces all those fiddly button combos with a wireless skateboard that looks -- and more importantly -- acts like the ...

Our friends over at Engadget obsessively cover everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics, which is why we've decided to compile a daily roundup of their top stuff (or, at least, what we think is tops). For more details on any of these stories, click on the Engadget links. Meet Probo, the Huggable, Trauma(tic) Robot Probo (pictured above) is a huggable Belgian robot designed to comfort ...

Having trouble with your Xbox 360? Well, join the club. Plenty of people have tossed their consoles, figuring them for dead. But what they probably didn't know is that they could have gotten their favorite toy repaired or replaced, for cheap or for free. From a post by our friends at Geeksugar, we learned how easy it can be to get back on the gaming horse. First off, if you've encountered the ...