Looks like Rainbow Six Vegas is going to be in need of a patch and soon since people are cheating their way to Elite status at an epic rate. Boosting is always unfortunatley a part of online gaming, but players have figured it out very quickly in Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and are playing like 1 minute matches to gain 400 experience points. I can only hope that Ubisoft figures out a quick patch for this since we will have a lot of non legit Elites running around. The only saving grace is that rank does not really mean much except that you get to unlock some gear for your character faster and get some achievements. Still stinks though if you are a legit Elite and then see all these other guys boost their way up to you.
Benjamin “Ben Heck” Heckendorn has done it, he has made an Xbox 360 Elite into a functioning laptop. The laptop is complete with an HDMI to DVI connection, IR sensor, built in keyboard and even a camera. Here he shows off by playing a bit of Halo 3 on his contraption, I have to say this is pretty cool to see. I wonder if he will try to make a Wii and a PS3 version?
Thanks to Scuba’s great post yesterday, I was able to snag a Falcon Elite to replace my 8th broken one. Hopefully this new system will be good to go and I won’t have to replace it.
First impressions: it’s deadly quiet. Much quieter than my old Zephyr Elite. It’s on par with my PS3 and Wii to be honest. The power brick is lighter and has a cheaper plastic connector that goes into the 360. Previous power bricks had 2 buttons to secure the cable into the console and were heavier with some metal in there. This one doesn’t have that.
Thanks to my handy dandy XSATA, I was able to backup everything off my old hard drive and I’m in the process of restoring to the new console. Like I say to everyone, backup backup backup. It will save your life one day.
Our good friend SpaceGhost has brought us a couple extra Loot Ninja faceplates. One was by request in order to match my new Halo colored Xbox 360 and the other a variant of the original one he worked up for drunk panda’s Elite. He will be working on the green one a bit more, but I think these are awesome. What do you guys think? We may throw the extra white one up as a contest prize in the near future.
If you havent seen our buddy Spaceghost’s work, check it out here.
After just over 5 months, my Xbox 360 Elite has kicked the bucket. I get disk read errors on every disk I put in the tray, whether it’s a game, movie, or audio disk. Good times.
This marks my 6th Xbox 360 to die since launch day. Yes, my 6th. F’ing ridiculous.
I know some people are going to jump all over this in comments saying I treat it badly or whatever, but that is far from the case. My Xbox 360 has it’s own shelf in the entertainment center, with full ventilation from the front and rear. The power brick also sits on the shelf fully ventilated. The console is never moved when playing (in fact, it’s only moved a tiny bit once a week to dust). The console is kept perfectly clean, as are my other systems. I haven’t had any problems with my PS3 (save long install times) or my Wii. Never had problems with my PS2, Xbox, or Gamecube before that.
I guess I’ll be making a trip to Best Buy this afternoon to get this thing swapped out. Maybe #7 will be a lot luckier than the first 6 consoles I’ve gone through. At least I didn’t get the red ring of death again this time.
Microsoft sent out a press release today to let us know that new Xbox 360 bundles are coming for the Holiday season. Forza 2 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance will be packed in with all Pro and Elite consoles. Sorry Core buyers, no love for you. And no love for the Halo 3 Special Edition either.
This is a pretty good bundle for those looking to pick up a 360 (or replace a broken one).
I recently took a trip to my local Best Buy in the hopes to find a 60 Gb PS3, both because of the $100 price drop and the fact that I wanted to watch 300 in Blu-Ray. So I stroll on into the mecca of all thigns electronic and make my way to the video games sectiona nd what od I see:
– Xbox 360 Elite boxes lying around and lots of Premium 360 and games with Halo 3 Pre-order boxes everywhere
– Still no Wii’s but lots of games and peripherals
– Lots of 60 Gb PS3’s on the shelf, but no peripherals or games (20 Gb has gone extinct)
Seems that Best Buy has had a huge influx of people purchsaing PS3’s isnce the price break and as of this week’s flyer they will begin to carry the 80 Gb version this week at $599. Looks like I will need to act fast and grab a 60 Gb PS3 before they run out, even if I don’t get any software for it.
Trying to find 300 in Blu-Ray is turning out to be quite the task as well and games for the PS3 were limited to Pirates of the Carribean and Need for Speed Carbon, not exactly the first games I want to throw in my PS3, the games and Blu-Ray sections for PS3 were patheticaclly empty and I think a huge sign for the success the price break has had on their business. Looks like I will get my PS3 this week and just rock out some PSN games for the time being.
As you may or may not yet know, the Xbox 360 Premium consoles in the US will all be shipping with an HDMI port soon. So if you don’t want to spend the money on the Elite, you’ll have a chance to get true digital 1080p from the Xbox 360 with the newer Premiums.
The guys over at Joystiq dug a little deeper and found out a very easy way to tell what consoles will have the coveted HDMI port. Just check the side of the box for the “HDMI port” text. Supposedly all consoles manufactured after July 1st will have HDMI.
I’ve been using HDMI out on my Xbox 360 Elite and I have to say it gives a much cleaner and vibrant picture on my HDTV than component. For the record, I have a Samsung 50″ 1080p DLP set.
Joystiq dug a little deeper and found the code name Zephyr on the label, which indicates the new Premiums have the same motherboard and new heat sink as the Elite’s (remember Zephyr is the code-name for the Elite motherboard). This also shows these new Premiums do NOT have the 65nm chips, codenamed Falcon. I guess we’ll have to wait a bit longer for those smaller, cooler chips.
In an effort to boost stability, Microsoft has been putting in an additional heat sink on the graphics chip of refurbished Xbox 360’s as of late. Now, that added heat sink is in all new Xbox 360 Elite models being shipped. Ben Heck, modder extrordonaire, took apart his newly purchased Elite to find the change.
This is good news for people thinking about buying an Xbox 360 right now, as the stability problems have been widely publicized.
I’m going to take Ben’s word on this one. I’m not about to void the warranty on my Elite and see if I have the new heat sinks.
With E3 hanging in the balance and coming up quickly what predictions do you have for this coming event?
I am thinking a big one will be the announcement from Microsoft that all of their Xbox 360 skus will get a price cut, thanks to their new chipset code named “falcon”, which looks to run cooler and pack all of the same punch for the a lower cost. Look for a pricing similar to this:
elite – $399
premium – $349
core – $249
mystery machine to be announced – my guess would be something either between the elite and premium or just something balls out with all the bells and whistles for $499.
What do you think?
I recently took a trip to my local Best Buy in the hopes to find a 60 Gb PS3, both because of the $100 price drop and the fact that I wanted to watch 300 in Blu-Ray. So I stroll on into the mecca of all thigns electronic and make my way to the video games sectiona nd what od I see:
With E3 hanging in the balance and coming up quickly what predictions do you have for this coming event?
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