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XBOX squeezing out 1GB of space on “new” format discs

RustyG — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:00:18 +0000

Well it seems that the XBOX discs are getting stretched out to the brim. Microsoft wanted to start a new Preview Program for the XBOX 360 community and did it by way of a tweet from Larry Hryb aka @MajorNelson on Twitter.

The details seemed to be that the company wanted to try a new format of discs and for everyone that got in on the program, got a free “new” format disc of Halo: Reach. The new format seems be that the discs are currently capped at 6.8GB of data for the game side of things and the rest for DVD-Video and copyright side of things. With the new format, they will now be able to use 7.95GB of the dual-layer discs. This means more space for the game side of things, but what happens to the copyright side?? Who knows? It seems that this will be rolling out in the near future, but until the new program testers get the “new” formatted discs, we won’t know what the difference is. The original Halo: Reach maxed out at 6.6GB, so now with the extra gig of space, will there be any difference in polygon count or just more game-play features? We shall see…

via [Engadget]

XBOX 360 to be getting Hulu???

RustyG — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 01:00:54 +0000

Early beta builds of new Xbox 360 firmware look to have added streaming Hulu to the mix. Xbox already runs Facebook, Twitter and Netflix, this would be more over a nail in the coffin of traditional television. It also seems that the announcement may be just around the corner at E3 2010. It seems that Microsoft is trying to stay up-to-date with some of the new internet television boxes, with the likes of the Boxee Box, Apple TV, Popcorn Box and the soon to be Google TV. Will the Xbox become the main media center, or will it’s age begin to show??? We shall see..

via [Engadget] via [GearLive]

Halo Waypoint coming November 5th

RustyG — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:50:02 +0000

So Halo fans will be getting a new update on November 5th. A new way to access their Halo account information from Halo 3, Halo Wars and Halo 3:ODST. It will all be coming through XBOX Live on Waypoint. You will be able to access bonus content as well as your career info from all three games on this one spot! You can check out more information right now via the website…

via [XBOX.com]

XBOX 360 Elite Price Drop

RustyG — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:16:31 +0000

So a few days ago, Microsoft announced that the Xbox 360 elite’s price will drop by $100. Along the same lines, the Pro will drop by $50 and the Arcade will stay the same. There also will be some new packaging with the new price drop, that you will see in the weeks to come as the retail stores get their shipments in. This is right in line with the release of the sony PS3 Slim. This new announcement still keeps the Xbox cheaper than the PS3 and hopefully sell more units.

You can see some of the new packaging at Major Nelson’s Flickr account here.

via [Digg]