Category: Microsoft

Jan 18 2011

Square-Enix announces Final Fantasy XIII-2

Square-Enix has confirmed that they are working on Final Fantasy XIII-2 for the Xbox 360 and PS3 and is scheduled to come out in the winter of 2012. Continue reading

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Jan 07 2011

Avatar Kinect

During Steve Ballmer’s pre-show keynote address, he demonstrated the features of Avatar Kinect. The most important of which was the fact that Kinect sensors will now be able to track facial expressions. The video was actually quite impressive and shows the life-like features of the avatars. Avatar Kinect will also feature “conference rooms” where users can choose between 15 different settings to hold conversations with their friends. Pretty cool overall and best of all, it will be free for Xbox Gold members!

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Jan 06 2011

CES Begins!

Today is the start of the Consumer Electronics Show 2011 (CES). For anyone interested in technology, the next 4 days will certainly be exciting ones. CES is a technology based trade show that started in 1967 and is held annually in Las Vegas. It has been the event where many major breakthroughs were announced and is one of the best events to get a peek at what is to come this year. Technologies like the VCR, NES, Blu-ray, and OLED were all first shown at CES. Continue reading

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Jan 06 2011

Kinect causes XBox 360 to RRoD

It seems that the new motion control add on for the XBox 360 causes some of the older models to RRoD. There doesn’t seem to be a specific thing with Kinect that seems to trigger the older models to RRoD, and it may even be caused by the extended hours used when playing Kinect or the extra horsepower that it uses that pushes it over the edge and causing massive overheating.

(via Gaming Bolt)

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Jan 06 2011

Staff Picks For Most Anticipated Games of 2011

2011 is an exciting year for video games with amazing titles slated for this year like Gears of Wars 3, Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and Marvel vs Capcom 3 coming out this year. Here are our staff picks for our most anticipated games for the year. Find out what games the staff here are looking forward to this year after the jump!

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