Lil Wayne Rocks the Modded Xbox

October 10, 2009

Let’s be honest, how many of us didn’t have a modded original Xbox? I wasn’t pirating games, but Xbox Media Center was more than enough reason to solder some shit into your console. During an interview with GamertagRadio, Lil Wayne dropped knowledge that he’s on board with the modders, saying that he has an “Xbox that has every game from A-Z, Atari, Nintendo, pong, movies & even porn.”  For all the goods and more, check out their video interview below.

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Amazon Cutting Xbox Live prices and Other Bonus Offers.

September 1, 2009

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Amazon cut the price of the 12-month Xbox Live Gold subscription cards to $41.99, a 16% savings. Also, they cut the 3-month subscription cards to $15.99, a 20% savings

Amazon is also offering a free bonus Xbox Live 12-Month + 1-Month Gold Card Free with purchase of the Elite SKU. They are also concurrently offering a free game with the purchase of the Pro SKU

And finally, a buy 2 get 1 free promotion on all Xbox Platinum Hits games.

[via PunchJump]

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Microsoft Halting Original Xbox Support Monday

March 1, 2009

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According to Microsoft’s support site, starting Monday, if your original Xbox is out of warranty, you’re shit out of luck. They’re no longer offering service for the console.

On March 2, 2009, service repairs for Original Xbox video game systems for which the Warranty has expired will no longer be available. Any other technical support, documents, and content, however, will continue to be available to all our customers. Although Microsoft is ending repair services for the Original Xbox, an upgrade program and support will be maintained for Original Xbox consoles that are still under Warranty.

How many people actually have an original Xbox under warranty anyway? Considering the short warranty period, you would have needed to buy one fairly recently. Who’s still buying this thing?

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GameStop Won’t Accept Xbox Trade-ins Starting February

January 4, 2009

As first reported on by Destructoid, I can confirm that GameStop will no longer be accepting original Xbox trade-ins for games, systems, and accessories starting February 9th. While in the store yesterday to pick up a few things, there was a hand-written sign on the counter and the store manager confirmed the policy when asked. They were waiting for the corporate issued printed up signs, but wanted to get the word out as soon as possible.

Since no games have been made for the system in about three years, I’d say the demand is pretty dead, so this isn’t all that surprising. If you still have some original Xbox stuff hanging around that you wanted to get rid of, do it now or try to sell on eBay or something of the sort.

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Madden 09 Coming to the Xbox… Yeah, That Xbox

July 30, 2008

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I can only ask why? EA has decided it’s worth their while to ship Madden 09 for the original Xbox. Seriously, why?

There hasn’t been a title shipped for the original Xbox is a damn long time. Microsoft gave up on the console pretty much when the 360 shipped. Apparently there’s still enough people who haven’t upgraded that EA sees fit to release their flagship title on the super old platform.

I bet this sells about 100 copies. Yeah, just 100. There can’t be that many people who still use their original Xbox for anything other than pirated games and Xbox Media Center.

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Ninja Gaiden 2 Hides Xbox Prototype

June 2, 2008

One of the craziest prototypes for the original Xbox was a giant shiny silver X with a green button in the middle. Yeah, who’s going to put that in their TV stand? Thing needs a table of it’s own. Anyway, it looks Team Ninja is paying homage to the humble beginnings of Microsoft’s foray into the console world. Pretty cool, although this video shows how annoying the camera can be.

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Burnout 3 Coming to Xbox Originals Next Monday

January 10, 2008

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The awesome lineup that is Xbox Originals is expanding once again. Thanks to a heads up from Gamerscoreblog, Burnout 3 will be available for download on January 14th at 2AM Pacific for 1200 points. Here are some of the details:

Burnout® 3: Takedown rewrites the rules of the road. Arcade racing is now driven by a new mantra: Aggressive Racing Required. Racing gamers and adrenaline junkies are invited behind the wheel to experience unprecedented speed and action. Use your car to battle your way to the front of the pack. Take down rivals and trigger spectacular crashes.

Risk and reward: Earn boost by taking risks and battling your competitors through oncoming traffic, near-misses, tailgating, jumps, and drifting.

Crash mode: Cause wanton destruction in a mode dedicated to crashing. Racers are challenged to crash into (and through) busy intersections, creating carnage and as much damage as possible. Unlock new rewards and more features!

Incredible depth: Maximize mayhem with 67 cars, 40 different races, and 100 crash junctions on three different continents.

Multiple race types: Scream through nine different race modes including: Single Race, Tournament, Lap Eliminator, Burning Lap, Road Rage, and more.

Awesome crash technology: Take advantage of sophisticated simulation modeling that recreates high-speed crashes with extreme detail. Use your car to take out opponents—you’ll continue controlling your vehicle even after crashing!

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Army of Two: Official Trailer

September 18, 2007

Some serious coop play could be headed our way this holiday season. Anxiously awaiting some gameplay footage.

HD Lovin baby.

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EA To Shut Down Servers for 2006 Sports Titles

August 3, 2007

EA Games LogoIn case you’re still living under a rock, in a bubble, or somewhere stuck in the past, EA Games will be shutting down their servers for their 2006 titles, not just those of the sport variety. That means it’s time for you to pony up the cash for one of their yearly updates or suffer without the non-sports titles online.

The September 1st shutdown will effect the following titles:

Arena Football, FIFA Soccer 06, FIFA World Cup 2006, Fight Night Round 3, Madden NFL 06, Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects, MVP 07 NCAA Baseball, NASCAR 06 Total Team Control, NBA Live 06, NCAA Football 2005, NCAA Football 2006, NCAA March Madness 2006, NFL Head Coach, NHL 06, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06

An additional shutdown on November 1st will cause the following titles to stop working online:

Burnout Revenge, Need for Speed Underground, Need for Speed Underground 2, Need for Speed Most Wanted.

The shutdown effects titles on the PC, PS2, PSP, Xbox, Xbox 360. So sell those titles off now before they’re only worth a few pennies.

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Evolution of Heavenly Sword

August 1, 2007

Did you know Heavenly Sword was once destined for the original Xbox as an exclusive? My have the times have changed. From the early stages in 2003 until now, the game has come a very long way.

Check out the video to see where it all began and thank the good Lord it ended up how it looks today. The gameplay of the early trailers doesn’t look too terribly fun.

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