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  While Microsoft was all about Kinect at the E3, it pulled out a new Xbox 360 console at the expo. The new Xbox 360 is known as Xbox 360 250GB Elite and as you would’ve guessed it comes with 250GB of storage. But wait, storage is not the only thing upgraded here. The new [...]

  What the world knew as Microsoft’s Project Natal will now be known as Kinect. At the E3 gaming expo, Microsoft unveiled the new name, which they reckon is more marketable than the former name. Other than that, we’re still looking at the same peripheral in a more polished design that has a RGB camera, [...]

  Microsoft will reveal Project Natal’s price and availability details at the E3 Premiere in couple of weeks but if you want an estimation about how much you’ll be shelling out when it comes to the market, Edge Online claims to have got it from their trustworthy source. Provided its true, the standalone Project Natal [...]

  Microsoft’s been vague when it comes to the launch date of Project Natal but thanks to a MS marketing manager for Entertainment & Devices in Saudi Arabia, we know the release month now. According to the executive, the exact date is still unknown but we’ll “definitely” see Xbox 360’s Project Natal sometime in October. [...]

  If you’re wary to format your flash drive manually to expand storage for the Xbox 360, SanDisk is now shipping their pre-configured flash drives. Just plug it in and you’re all set to save all your game saves, map packs, downloads etc. on the flash drive. The SanDisk flash drives comes in capacities of [...]

  Microsoft will sell a new Xbox 360 pack for Japanese gamers. The Xbox 360 Elite Value Pack comes with the regular Elite console contents like the 120GB console, wireless controller, Composite AV cable but also includes two games and a headset. The games bundled will be Bayonetta and Forza Motorsport 3. Microsoft will release [...]

  A picture of a new Xbox 360 motherboard sparked the 360 Slim rumors and now if we were to believe Michael Pachter, analyst at Wedbush Morgan, we might have the slimmer version by end of this year. “It is far more likely that we will see a slim version of the Xbox 360 with [...]

  We do know that Xbox 360 is pretty much capable to run 3D games but it seems, for the first time we’ll see the 3D games in action on the Xbox 360. As per Xbox 360 India’s official twitter account, the games will be shown at TechED India 2010 in Bangalore that begins from [...]

  Today is April 6 and as promised, Microsoft has rolled out the Xbox 360 software update over Xbox LIVE. In the next few hours, users logging into Xbox LIVE will be prompted to update their console firmware that will bring the much needed USB support. After the update, users will be able to hook [...]

  PrimeSense today announced that Microsoft will use their “3D-sensing” technology for Xbox 360′s Project Natal. The Israel-based organization provided a reference design of its PrimeSensor and MS’ hardware engineering team customized it as per Project Natal’s requirement. Project Natal as we know is Microsoft’s answer to Wii’s motion-sensing controller that with the help of [...]

  It’s official. Microsoft will be rolling out a system update starting April 6 that will bring USB flash support to Xbox 360. The drive will be able to store gamer profiles, saves, demos etc. Users will be able to use any flash or USB HDD having more than 1GB of space. However, as we [...]

  Microsoft sent out invites of the world premiere of Project Natal to media. The premiere will happen at E3 in June where journalists will get an hands-on experience and will be later followed by a press conference, where we can expect the exact release date and the pricing. For the uninitiated, Project Natal is [...]

  Xbox 360’s 250GB add-on HDD is on sale in Japan since last month and despite the initial plans of not launching the drive elsewhere, Microsoft has made it available in the US. The drive will give users double the storage from the current maxed 120GB HDD option for $129.99. The previous high capacity HDD, [...]

  Microsoft is on its way to add one of the most requested features in Xbox 360. The 2010 software update will give Xbox 360 USB storage support, which means users will then be able to download and run Arcade games, DLC, save games directly off the USB storage device. Although a good news for [...]

  The image you’re looking above is supposedly of a motherboard belonging to an updated version of Xbox 360. The updated part is apparently Xbox 360’s smaller and slimmer form factor and a single chip housing both the CPU and the GPU. This image surfaced from a Chinese source so we can’t reckon the legitimacy [...]