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Gallery: ‘Modern Warfare 2’ Xbox 360 unboxing
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Limited edition ‘Modern Warfare 2’ Xbox 360 unboxing originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
A supposed leak from closed-door Microsoft meetings in the UK has made its way to MCV, who has all sorts of new details on Project Natal‘s launch next year. Rumor is that the device will be released worldwide in November 2010 (we’ve heard “late next year” before), with 5 million camera units ready for day one, included in solo and console-bundled SKUs. Word varies on the price, with some saying “under £50” (about $84 USD), while others say as low as £30, about $50 USD. Apparently Microsoft is aiming for “impulse buy” territory, and it makes sense to subsidize the unit and make that money back in games sales, like a regular console launch (which Microsoft sort of sees it as, in many ways). There are supposed to be 14 games readied for launch, but no specifics on which developers that’ve signed up for Natal work will be among those on launch day. It all sounds about right, though we of course won’t know for sure until Microsoft goes into tell-all mode, which we expect will be a decent ways down the road if they can’t even confirm a silly WiFi adapter for the holidays without months of hand-wringing.
[Via Gizmodo]
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Project Natal launching in November 2010, priced for ‘impulse buy’? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Microsoft’s releasing a Wireless N Networking Adapter for the Xbox 360? Get out of town! … Oh, wait, we’ve seen it. Constantly. For the last two months. Ah well, let’s just all be happy to see it finally appear on US store shelves, putting an end to this sordid saga and supporting 802.11a/b/g/n for a copper Lincoln under $100. As Joystiq reports, the old 802.11b/g model is slowly being shown the curb, with the current stock being discounted at $80 while supplies last.
[Via Joystiq]
Update: Check it — GameStop has it listed right now in stock. Huzzah!
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Xbox 360 Wireless N adapter is really real, out this week in US for $100 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Microsoft might be playing cat-and-mouse with the Xbox 360 802.11n adapter, but it looks like the jig is up in the UK — we just got this shot of it sitting on an ASDA store shelf. Still no word on Stateside availability, but surely we can’t all keep on like this forever, can we?
[Thanks, Daniel]
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Elusive Xbox 360 802.11n wireless adapter appears in the UK originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
You can’t keep a phoenix down and this Xbox 360 wireless n adapter seems to be a bird of similar feather. After discretely showing up on US retail sites and subsequently managing to drop off into internet obscurity, the 802.11n-compliant peripheral has returned to the scene via Costco’s site, this time with a November 10th shipping date and a more attractive than before $88 price tag. With only five days until the 10th, will this finally be the price and date that stick? Who knows — but at least this time we won’t have to wait long to find out.
[Thanks, WeakSasco]
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Xbox 360 802.11n adapter rebirths on Costco site, ships November 10th for $88 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It’s not quite a $99 Xbox 360, but if this apparent Walmart scan via Kotaku is to be believed, that $199 Arcade version is getting a $100 gift card promotion going into effect this Saturday. In real terms, that boils down to a $234 Xbox 360 Pro for first-time buyers, seeing as you’ll be needing that $135, 120GB hard drive, too. Also listed are a Sony Blu-ray player for $148 (we’re guessing the currently-MSRP’d $199 BDP-S360), and a $298 HP G60-519WM, which touts a 2.2GHz Intel Celeron, 15.6-inch HD display, Windows 7 Home Premium, 3GB RAM, and a 250GB HDD — not a bad followup at all for that Compaq CQ60. Some interesting spy shots from the Slick Deals forum seem to give credence to the scan, although we’re still playing wait-and-see — that $100 gift card with the Xbox 360 arcade is almost too good to be true, even if it is just a clever tactic to clear shelf space in the lead-up to Black Friday.
Update: Sure as the sun, an official ad has popped up on Yahoo’s front page. Screenshot after the break.
[Thanks, just4onepost]
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Continue reading Leaked Walmart ad reveals Xbox 360 Arcade with $100 gift card, $300 HP G60 laptop
Leaked Walmart ad reveals Xbox 360 Arcade with $100 gift card, $300 HP G60 laptop originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Today’s the day that a GameStop listing had Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Wireless N Networking Adapter going live for retail. So how’s that $100 worth of throughput treating you? What’s that… it’s not actually for sale? Indeed: the entry has been pulled from GameStop and a Google Shopping search reveals only a single Buy.com entry showing the adapter as “temporarily sold out.” That’s wishful thinking. While Microsoft has confirmed the adapters’ existence they have not officially announced a street date or price. We’ll let you know if that changes.
Update: Amazon.fr lists the adapter for 80 euro bucks with an expected November 20th ship. We’ll see.
[Thanks Adam and Tim Ashman for pre-modified photo]
Xbox 360 Wireless N adapter disappears from the internets originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Like Wii Music before it, Nintendo’s upcoming Wii Xbox 360 takes something that once required skill to be good at and lowers the bar for entry. Finally, your mom can kick ass at Call of Duty!
Written by me, directed and edited by Craig Rowin, makeup by Annamarie Tendler, starring Noah Plener, John Ward, Matt Fisher and myself, voiceover by Sam Reich.
This brouhaha isn’t officially on just yet, but MaxConsole has what it says is a letter from Datel’s UK distributors, which details the company’s response to Microsoft’s locking-out of unauthorized memory units in the upcoming (and currently previewed) Xbox 360 dashboard update. While it’s a bit short on specifics, Datel reportedly says that it is “aware of the changes that are required to remedy this problem and will shortly release a solution in readiness for this potential update.” In the meantime, it’s apparently telling retailers that they can send back the affected memory units if they like, and promises it will replace them with updated units in time for the dashboard update.
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Datel reportedly looking to ‘remedy’ Microsoft’s lock-out of unauthorized memory units originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Continue reading Microsoft temporarily suspends Sky Player for Xbox 360
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Microsoft temporarily suspends Sky Player for Xbox 360 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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