Complete 2007 Fall Dashboard Update features list!

This news is genuine, unlike the other list released a few months ago, for this is on Xbox.com, all the features I previously mentioned are in here, as well as a few others that look pretty cool.  The complete list is at: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/systemupdates/default.htm

A mere trickle of news...

Sorry, I should have mentioned this in yesterdays blog, but Ubisoft is putting its long-running Chessmaster series onto the Xbox Live Arcade, rejoice for many chess fans, including me!  This may prove to be a worthy purchase.

Thanks for reading!
-Seb-

More leaked information about the 2007 Fall Dashboard update!

According to Oxm.co.uk, the 2007 Fall Dadhboard Update will also offer a Personal Prifile section, and yes, FINALLY... The ability to remove arcade game demos from your played games list!!!! Finally!!!  More information at: http://tinyurl.com/2gbw9v

New backwards-compatible titles!

72 more original Xbox titles are now able to be played in high-definition 720p or 1080i on the Xbox 360.  The complete list of new games made backwards-compatible is here:

2006 Fifa World Cup Germany
25 to Life
AMF Bowling 2004
Apex
Arena Football
Armed and Dangerous
Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance
Batman Rise of Sin Tzu
Bionicle
Blade II
Blinx: The Timesweeper
Blitz The League
Blood Omen 2
Blowout
Breakdown
Burnout 2: Point of Impact
Cabelas Dangerous Hunts 2
Championship Manager 2006
Colin Mcrae Rally 2005
Crime Life: Gang Wars
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2
Dungeons& Dragons Heroes
ESPN College Hoops 2k5
ESPN NFL 2k5
Fantastic 4
FIFA 06 Soccer
Fight Night: Round 3
Final Fight: Streetwise
Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone
Freedom Fighters
Freestyle Street Soccer
Future Tactics: The Uprising
Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee
Godzilla Save the Earth
Goldeneye Rogue Agent
Greg Hastings Tournament Paintball Max'd
High Heat MLB 2004
Hunter: The Reckoning
Indiana Jones And The Emperors Tomb
MLB Slugfest Loaded
MVP Baseball 2003
MVP Baseball 2004
Nascar Thunder 2002
Nascar Thunder 2003
NBA 2k3
NBA Ballers
NBA Inside Drive 2002
NBA Street V3
NCAA College Basketball 2k3
NCAA March Madness 2005
NCAA March Madness 2006
NFL 2k2
NFL 2k3
NHL 2005
NHL 2K3
NHL Hitz Pro
Nightcaster: Defeat The Darkness
NTRA Breeders Cup: World Thoroughbred Championships
Playboy The Mansion
RLH Hunt or be Hunted
Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown
Rocky
Rugby 2006
Shattered Union
Shrek Super Party
Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter
Starsky & Hutch
Syberia II
Techmo Classic Arcade
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Test Drive
The Bard's Tale
The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
The Guy Game
The Lord Of The Rings: The Third Age
Thousand Land
Thrillville
Tom and Jerry in War of the Whiskers
Turok: Evolution
Van Helsing
WarPath
Worms 3D
Zathura


I can't believe it!  Finally I can play Rugby 06 on the Xbox 360!!! This is great, so what are you waiting for?  Just insert the game into the Xbox 360!
P.S.  Worms 3D is s***!

Thanks for reading and enjoy your gaming
-Seb-

Another boring day...

No interesting news about the Xbox 360 in the last few days, other than the free Halo 3 song avalible to download for FREE for Guitar Hero III on the Xbox Live Marketplace!

Thanks and happy gaming!
-Seb-

Nothing much...

Very little news has been splashed around in the past 24 hours in the world of the Xbox 360.  However, I did manage to stumble upon some interesting news, not directly linked to the Xbox 360.

Trend Micro has launched anti-virus software for the Playstation 3, the free download (only until April 2008) has many features such as blocking of malicious web pages on the consoles in-built internet browser, as well as parental controls, which can filter out innapropriate content.  More can be read at http://tinyurl.com/23pfxo

Also a study conducted by Nemertes Research shows that "Consumer demand for bandwidth could see the internet running out of capacity as early as 2010."
They predict "A drastic slowdown as the network struggles to cope with the amount of data being carried on it."  Now guys, stop downloading those HD movies on the Xbox Live Marketplace, or on the other hand, go on a download spree, make the most of the time you have!  More information on this article can be found at http://tinyurl.com/234a5d.

Cheers and happy gaming!
-Seb-

Worst Achievment ever!

According to oxm.co.uk, the worst ever achievment made is located in the game Turok.  The description reads as follows: "Kill at least 1 creature, 1 enemy, 1 teammate, and yourself in the same round of a public match."  What are they trying to do, encourage team killing and suiciding?  No wonder all the people
who play Turok have such low rep!  More information at http://tinyurl.com/36c7jm

Thanks for reading and enjoy your gaming!
-Seb-

Xbox 360 is two!

The Microsoft Xbox 360 is celebrating its second birthday on the 22nd of November (today)!  What the console has achieved this year is incredible, with cutting-edge games such as Bioshock, Halo 3 and Mass Effect.  New additions to the Xbox 360 family, a new arcade console, the new black, the Elite, plus all new Xbox 360 consoles come with a 65nm core, compared the the previous 90nm one.  And, if your new Xbox does crash, Microsoft has extended the RROD warranty to a whopping three years.  With the best online services available, and the biggest selection of games to enjoy there has never been a better time to immerse yourself in the world of money-making ********.

Xbox 360
Jump in!
-Seb-

Rainbow Six Vegas 2 announced!

The sequel to Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas has been confirmed by game developer Ubisoft, following the success of the original game.  More information on this title can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/2n5h9d

Halo 3 maps on the way!

Tipped the heroic map pack, this piece of DLC for Halo 3 will include three new maps, named Standoff, Rat's Nest and Foundry.  The pack will cost 800mp, yes 800mp, when 
it is released on the 11th of December, however will be made free in Spring 2008.  
More information about the new maps can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/yr4tqe, and some scrrenshots can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/yrc6h6.

I, personally am not going to spend $10 dollars on a few more maps, see you in Standoff in spring!

Thanks for reading and enjoy your gaming!
-Seb-

Xbox Live is five!

Sorry, this is particularily late new, but Xbox Live is celebrating its 5th anniversary!  Oh my god, how far Xbox Live has come in half of a decade.  If you hit the "Live is five!" advertisment on the marketplace (avalable in all Xbox Live enabled countries) you will find a few free goodies to download, my favorite being the Halo 2 theme.  There is also a video and a free them celebrating Xbox Lives fifth birthday.

Oh and by the way, Rocket Race in Halo 3 rocks!!!

Thanks for reading and happy gaming
-Seb-

Halo 3 still top of the Xbox Live charts

After about 1.5 months after its release, Halo 3 is still top of the Xbox
Live charts according to Major Nelsons blog, with Call of Duty 4:
Modern Warfare a close second. Gear of War which will very soon be experiencing its first birthday is all 
the way up in third.  
The addicting Guitar Hero III stands tall in fourth place.  
More information at: http://tinyurl.com/35vc6x

Thanks for reading and happy gaming!
Regards
-Seb-

Nothing much to blog about...

Well today, my Xbox 360 had some problems starting up Halo 3. I thought "That's weird, maybe the disc tray is broken." So I put the NFS Most Wanted disc into the console and it worked perfectly. So I restarted the console and re-inserted the Halo 3 disc and "Whoola!" It worked! This is funny because this is the very first problem I have experienced with my re-furb, with the exception of the odd freezing.

Tip: Make sure your console is horizontal, never had any problems that way!

Cheers and enjoy your gaming
-Seb-

More important information!

The Xbox original titles avalible after the 2007 Fall Dashboard Update have been confirmed to have NO gamerscore or Xbox Live play.  You heard right, 1200mp for a game consisting of absolutley no gamerscore points and lack of online play, other than the convenience of storing your games directly to the Xbox's hardrive one should consider buying the normal version from a store, for a possibly cheaper price.

It has also been announced by 2K that Bioshock will remain an Xbox 360 exclusive, following its sucess on the console.

Thanks for reading and happy gaming!
-Seb-

2007 Fall Dashboard Update Leaked!

From OXM:

The Fall update has been revealed to OXM from Microsoft and it's by far the best update the white console has received thus far, showering 360 owners with gaming classics and films on demand. Circle December 4th in your calendar people, this one is going to be big.

Why is it so good? In short - you'll be able to download Halo. In slightly less short - you can buy original Xbox classics and download them through Marketplace, such as Halo.

Thanks to the Elite and its monster HDD, Microsoft is introducing games it has published for Xbox to Marketplace, with the eventual plan to bring as much of the back catalogue across as possible. With games clocking in at 1200MP (roughly £10), they'll be a damn sight cheaper to download than they are to buy second hand.

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The initial list to download will be Halo, Fable, Fahrenheit, Crimson Skies: High Road To Revenge, Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath Of Cortex and Burnout 3. We're excited about all of those games. Except for Crash. Maybe.

In addition to that, films on demand will play a central role for European Xbox 360 owners too. Though not confirmed for the same December 4th date, signs are the films on demand service isn't too far away now. With studios such as Warner Bros potentially lined up for the service, we can look forward to films such as The Dark Knight, The Assassination of Jesse James and I Am Legend.

Films will cost less than a fiver and come in 720p resolution. You have 14 days to start watching a film once it has downloaded. Once you started watching a film, you have 24 hours to finish it. After that, the film deletes itself from your hard drive. It's essentially an online rental service, save the long walk in the miserable weather to Blockbusters. Excited? You should be. While TV on demand hasn't yet been examined in detail, films on demand should be enough to keep Xbox 360 owners happy at their console's slow evolution into a multimedia machine."

Unbeilievable! I am proud to own an Xbox 360!

Cheers and happy waiting!
-Seb-

A few more things...

IGN.com have released a new trailer for the upcoming EA game Need for Speed: ProStreet.  I personally think this game looks great.  The trailer can be viewed here: http://tinyurl.com/2v2a48.

New Arcade Releases!

Today we see two more Xbox LIve Arcade releases, those being 'Screwjumper' and 'Shreck N' Roll.'  Both games cost 800mp and can be downloaded from the Xbox Live Marketplace.  However, what is so amazing about 'Screwjumper' is that is the 100th title to be released in the Xbox Live Arcade.  More information about both of these games can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/25t4zv and here: http://tinyurl.com/ysxltf.

Everyone should have recieved a message from Xbox Live stating that "On Tuesday November 13th from 0000-0200 PT our engineering team will be performing server maintenance." The servers on Xbox.com will stop at 0000 PT and resume at 0100 PT, wheras the Xbox Live servers will be down between 0100 PT and 0200 PT. 

Thanks for reading and happy gaming!
-Seb-

New Assasins Creed Behind-The-Scenes Interview!

With Assasins Creed only days from release the hype surrounding the game has grown. X-Play talked with Jade Reymond and have a video of the interview here: http://tinyurl.com/2yvwym.

It's Official!

The Parental tool which can set limits to how much time your child can spend on the Xbox 360 will be released sometime in December, possibly part of the much-awaited 2007 Fall Update.
More information st  http://tinyurl.com/2n72k3.  

According to Major Nelsons blog, Halo 3 is still top of the Xbox Live gaming charts.  While Gears of War has to settle for second.  Newly-released Guitar Hero III stands tall in third place, and the very hyped up Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare sits at fourth. More information athttp://tinyurl.com/2nscm2

Thanks for reading and happy gaming!
Seb

Breaking News!

According to sarcasticgamer.com multi-platform games developer EA are about to sell of their longstanding NFL football franchise Madden.  EA marketing vice-president Josh Bettham said that "Making football videogames is hard. I mean, we try to put new rosters in every year, but other than that, we just don’t know what to do. I mean, we’ve already given up on boxing [Fight Night] why not just give up on this too?”

More information at http://tinyurl.com/2ybulo

This does not bother me much, as I am not a fan of NFL, however I know there are many of you who will possibly suffer greatly from this loss.  Personally I love the FIFA franchise and their latest game 'FIFA 08' was given a juicy 8.5/10 by Gamespot.

Also in the news is some upcoming DLC for Halo 3, including 4 new maps!  Sadly Sidewinder has been left out, as have all of the previous Halo 1 and 2 maps :-(.  The four new maps are named 'O.K" "Jodrell Bank," "Vandelay" and "Purple Reign"  It's cost and release date are TBA.  More information at 
http://tinyurl.com/yvwgub

Thanks for reading and enjoy your gaming!
Seb

Smackdown vs. Raw 2008

This game looks pretty cool, with a couple of new features:

"As a 360 owner you're in for a few additional treats as well. For the first time, you'll be able to rip music from your hard drive and put it in as your created superstar's entrance music in a simple, easy step in the creation of an entrance."

THAT sounds awsome!  I will look forward to getting it, and getting wasted on Xbox Live, while I'm at it my GT is CovertBike, add me if you want, but send me a message saying how you met me, thanks!  My account is currently a silver :-(( but I'm gonna upgrade back to gold very soon, as my exams are now over!  I will play Halo 3 alot and I look forward to playing you again! Sweet, sweet Xbox Live!

Happy Gaming, (and christmas shopping!)
Seb

2007: The greatest year of gaming... EVER

2007 has seen some great innovations in gaming.  The Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 are all competing for the Console King crown.  We have seen some of the greatest games ever made such as Halo 3, Bioshock, Call of Duty 4 and Fifa 08.  Plus we have Mass Effect and GTA IV coming our way! Not to mention the price drops!

Cheers and Happy Gaming,
Seb

Welcome!

Hi, and welcome to the Unofficial Xbox 360 News blog. This blog transmitted via RSS will cover game realeases and Xbox 360 news taken from various sources around the net, all in one easy one-stop-shop.

Happy Gaming
Seb