Hands On Xbox 360 @ Digital Media Thoughts

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The Xbox 360 was playing a high-definition WMV file off an MCE computer located elsewhere on the Microsoft campus, and I was impressed - the video started quickly, was responsive to commands from the Xbox wireless controller (yes, you can control your media with the remote). The demo was for Ghost Recon 3, and the graphics were jaw-dropping. What's most interesting here is that these first-gen games are largely single-threaded.

GTA PSP: New details emerge

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Despite Rockstar trying to ensure that everyone keeps mum about GTA Liberty City Stories, a few new details about the game have leaked out.

GamesRadar

Xbox 360 Accessories shown at Xbox Summit 2005

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Mockups for the Xbox hardware box were also shown. The box, in its current form, is white and nearly square. It lists the following included accessories: console, hard drive, wireless controller, headset and Ethernet cable.

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Xbox 360 Beta Kits

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We speak with a handful of developers on how they like Microsoft's advanced kits and what new tools mean for the future of the console.

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Xbox 360 Hard Drive Content Revealed

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Microsoft has submitted the media content of the Xbox 360 hard drive to the British Board of Film Classification for the organization to classify the age-rating.

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Resident Evil 5 coming to PS3 and 360

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Famitsu magazine has details on the next installment of the Resident Evil series. The big suprise here is the game wont be exclusive to Nintendo, and will be coming to both the PS3 and Xbox 360.

360 Hacker

PSPX Windows Emulator ScreenShots

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xwd has been working on getting a PSP emulator to work under windows. He has had some success in getting it to work with commercial PSP software as well as homebrew. He still has quite a few bugs to work out and is not sure whether he will ever actually release it, due to the piracy implications. Here are a few quotes from the dev and some screenshots of his work:

PSP Hacks

XBOX 360 Vs. PS3: An In Depth Look

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Everyone has seen an Xbox and a PS2 in action and we are all waiting to see which of the two next generation consoles for the two systems will have the edge when it comes to console gaming. We take an in depth look at the two systems.

TheTechZone

First Xbox 360 shots in the wild in the wild

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That smug smile Napoleon Dynamite here is wearing apparently got wiped off pretty quick when after posting some of the first live Xbox 360 shots in the wild, he apparently started begging the forum mods where he dropped them to take it down. His reason? His step dad started at MS as ?Regulatory Compliance Manager?, and he got ahold of a hardware test unit?we can only guess the rest.

Engadget

Xbox 360 Launch Date: November 4 2005?

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The Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system places you at the center of the experience. Available this holiday season, Xbox 360 ignites a new era of digital entertainment that is always connected, always personalized, and always in high definition.

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PGR3: Textured, not stirred

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This week, the debate moves on to Textures. Thanks to the extra grunt of the Xbox 360's ATI-designed Xenos GPU, the trackside eye candy is clothed in super-sharp 1024x1024 textures, rendered in astounding detail.

Bit-Tech