DCEmu Homebrew Emulation & Theme Park News
Xbox 360 News
by Published on November 2nd, 2012 22:19- Categories:
- Xbox 360 News
The release of Halo 4 next Tuesday is “set to make entertainment history”, according to Microsoft.
It cites sources saying that the game’s release could be “the biggest entertainment event of 2012”.
Over 10,000 retailers across 40 countries will open their doors at midnight on Monday night to welcome the release of the new Xbox 360 shooter, which is likely the final appearance from the Master Chief on Microsoft’s current hardware.
Major launch events are planned in 30 cities including London, Paris, Tokyo, Sydney, Berlin, Seattle, Tokyo, Toronto, Singapore and Hong Kong.
London’s event “will host a spectacular stunt” on the River Thames between Greenwich Peninsula and Tower Bridge. Punters are invited to head over to the Design Museum in Butlers Wharf (London SE1 2YD) “no later than” 7:30pm.
Around 350 midnight openings are expected to take place across the UK, with GAME’s flagship Stratford store hosting the official launch event. Developers from 343 Industries and The Gadget Show’s Jason Bradbury will be in attendance and prizes will be on offer – as well as a life-sized replica Warthog.
A free bus will offer transit from the Design Museum to GAME Stratford, though spaces are limited and will be offered on a first come first served basis.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/micro...f-2012/0105717 ...by Published on November 2nd, 2012 01:18- Categories:
- Xbox 360 News
New from Amazon UK:
Buy an Xbox 360 Console and Get an Xbox LIVE Membership for Free, as well as a Selected Game for £20
Please note, we often refresh our bundle so titles may vary from time to time. You pay the promotional price as indicated at checkout.
Get Started: Select one of the Xbox 360 consoles shown below by ticking the box to the left of the console. You may now add any or all of the following to create your bundle:
- Free Xbox LIVE 12 Month Gold Membership: You can add the Xbox LIVE 12 Month Gold Membership (Terms and Conditions) to your order, for free. The promotional price of the selected items will be applied to your total order value at checkout.
- £20 game: You can add one of the games below for £20. The promotional price of the selected game will be applied to your total order value at checkout. View selected game for £20 terms and conditions.
- Important: Click the "Add to Basket" button on the right of the page to add all your selected items to your basket.
- Bonus Free Three-Month Subscription to LOVEFiLM: As a bonus, you will automatically receive a free three-month subscription to LOVEFiLM. After you have purchased your console, you will receive an email with a code and instructions about how to redeem the offer on the LOVEFiLM website. Learn more.
- http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.h...pf_rd_i=300703
by Published on October 31st, 2012 23:11- Categories:
- Xbox 360 News
Nintendo will be launching Wii U in just a few weeks, and Mario and Co. no doubt would like Wii owners to make the jump to their new platform, but Microsoft sees it playing out differently this holiday. With blockbusters like Halo 4 and a $50 price cut on holiday bundles, Matt Barlow, general manager of product marketing for Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business, believes Xbox 360 will have the edge in the HD console battle."I think this holiday season is an amazing jump off for all those people who may have been interested in the Wii and now want to be interested in high definition gaming," he told GamesIndustry International last week. "I can't think of a better console for them to choose than one that has the most games available, the highest rated games available, than the Xbox 360 platform.""And when you look at the alternative experiences that we're going to bring with SmartGlass, the entertainment providers that we're bringing on board, with sports and music and movies and TV, and then if you think about those preeminent best selling blockbuster games that they're going to want to play - Halo, Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed, Forza, Nike+ Kinect Fitness - they either play first or they play best on Xbox 360 and nowhere else.""We've only scratched the surface...Kinect is going to be something that everyone's going to want to own"Matt Barlow"Like I said, jump off is great and we like the way we're positioned to pick those customers up. They really should consider an Xbox 360 if they're looking for the best high definition gaming and entertainment platform."Barlow was speaking as part of an interview about how Microsoft is positioning the Xbox 360 business going into yet another holiday season, nearing the end of its lifecycle. He noted that Kinect, which he said has now sold 20 million units, will continue to play a large role and he believes it's actually beginning to resonate with the core audience."When you look at the way core has adapted to Kinect, the things that they're valuing with it - the voice control stuff is really starting to catch on. When I look at some of the stuff we've done with Skyrim, some of the integration we have with Skyrim, some of the work with FIFA...voice integration has been unbelievable. If you look at some of the reviews we have on Mass Effect 3 and some of the people who play through using some of the voice control capabilities as well in that game. We're starting to strike the right chords in the core audience," he said.http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...s-this-holiday ...by Published on October 31st, 2012 23:08- Categories:
- PS3 News,
- PC News,
- Xbox 360 News
Internal company reviews at EA has predicted a far better response to Medal of Honor: Warfighter than the game eventually received.
The game, which came out in the UK last Friday (Friday October 26th) currently has a 57 per cent Metacritic average on PC, 56 per cent on PS3 and 51 per cent on Xbox 360.
CVG reports that EA’s Frank Gibeau stated on an investor call last night that the game "fell below expectations", adding: "We take product quality very seriously. We are not happy with how Warfighter has been received."
None of which dampened the game’s UK debut, however.Warfighter debuted at the top of the charts this week, although it failed to beat the week one sales of its predecessor.
That’s not stopped some of the wider criticism, though, with the publisher of Serious Sam 3 urging fans to tweet disparaging comments about EA’s game in return for free game downloads.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/ea-ex...ighter/0105525 ...by Published on October 31st, 2012 22:57- Categories:
- Xbox 360 News
The figure was revealed in the run-up to release of the latest game in the series, Halo 4, which launches next week. 343 Industries, the Washington studio which was handed development of Halo 4 after Activision acquired Bungie, has its work cut out if its first Halo game is to be the most successful in the series. Halo 3 brought in $170 million in day-one sales; Halo Reach, released in 2010, brought in more than $200 million....
http://www.edge-online.com/news/halo...for-microsoft/
by Published on October 29th, 2012 23:24- Categories:
- Xbox 360 News
The German arm of online retailer Amazon is listing a Premium Edition of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Priced at €60 (£48) on consoles and €50 (£40) on PC, it looks set to come with a range of goodies including a t-shirt, book and postcards.Skyrim took the Best RPG, Top Gaming Moment and Ultimate Game of the Yearawards at the Golden Joysticks last week. We gave the game a 9.5 in our Skyrim review.
http://www.amazon.de/Elder-Scrolls-S...309136&sr=1-74 ...by Published on October 29th, 2012 20:15- Categories:
- Xbox 360 News
Xbox’s official distributor Gem is offering 12 weeks of special promotions to independent retailers.
Running right through the Christmas period and into January, the Xbox 360 Blitz Campaign features a range of exclusive offers including ‘buy one get one frees’, spot prizes, free items with orders and a lot more.
The deals on offer will rotate between software, accessories and Xbox Live, followed by console and Kinect.
“Gem in partnership with Microsoft, want to build a programme of promotional activity that rewards the independent accounts for buying from the only approved Xbox distribution company,” said Gem’s divisional business manager Jon Sutherland.
“We feel Paul and his team have created a comprehensive plan to deliver a market leading promotional campaign to excite the independent channel and allow them to compete in what is an extremely competitive time for retail. Over the coming weeks we will focus on accessories, Xbox LIVE, first party software and of course the Xbox 360 and Kinect, we will also be looking to roll out an exclusive rewards programme to incentivise our Indies.
Paul Langley, Divisional Manager for Xbox adds: “Our customers have really felt the effects of the economic downturn over the past 12 months so it’s great to be able to give something back for their loyalty. The Gem Xbox campaign will offer exclusive promotions, giveaways and freebies on Xbox 360 consoles, software, accessories and Xbox LIVE over the next 2 months, none of which would be possible without the support of Microsoft”
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/gem-o...motion/0105398 ...by Published on October 29th, 2012 15:37- Categories:
- Xbox 360 News
You wanted more info…….
How about one version Unlocked DVD PCB running a new Live Play & Update safe and tested LT Ultimate fw from C4E for all slims including:
Liteon DG-16D4S 9504 (Tested & 100% Complete)
Liteon DG-16D4S 0272 (Tested & 100% Complete)
Liteon DG-16D4S 0225 (Tested & 100% Complete)
Liteon DG-16D4S 0401 (Tested & 100% Complete)
Liteon DG-16D4S 1071 (Tested & 100% Complete)
Liteon DG-16D5S 1175 (Tested & 100% Complete)
Liteon DG-16D5S 1532 (Tested & 100% Complete)
Hitachi DLN10N 0500 (Tested & 100% Complete)
Hitachi DLN10N 0502 (Tested & 100% Complete)
It also no longer matters if you had a previous full fw dump or not. DVD Key only required.
Now you know why we showed the fw name as LT Ultimate. Is this good enough for you ?
Here is a video demo of another world first – a Liteon DG-16D5S 1532 working with the new LT Ultimate Firmware and the new PCB Upgrade….
by Published on October 28th, 2012 00:45- Categories:
- Xbox 360 News
Make no mistake. Microsoft’s new operating system, tablet and music service doesn’t mean Xbox is out of the spotlight.
The platform holder hopes the raft of new hardware and software going live today (Friday, October 26th) has built bridges between the likes of Windows 8 and its console – and will transform the Xbox brand into a games service, not just a games device.
Does that sound like an awful lot of high-level Microsoft buzzwords? At first glance, yes, the claims feel a little hollow. This week, the firm pushed out an update to its 360 dashboard, adding features such as Internet Explorer, which it says ‘enhances’ its 70m-selling console.
Today’s Windows 8 launch adds a digital app store and Xbox-branded apps, plus SmartGlass functionality which ‘expands Xbox to hundreds of millions of devices’.
New and rebranded services like Xbox Music and Xbox Video, meanwhile, make more claims on that over-used Microsoft label ‘entertainment’.
“This is a big week for Microsoft,” Xbox Live product manager Pav Bhardwaj told MCV at briefings for the service this week. “From the Dashboard and IE for Xbox through to launch of Windows 8 and its apps, we’ve created a seamless bridge between a console, PC and smart device.”
Microsoft has made much of its ambitious plan to link up its platforms through its SmartGlass app, which was unveiled at E3 and provides either companion experiences for the things on your TV screen, or a portable screen to watch content on the go.
SMART THINKING
These are “not innovations for the sake of it” insisted Bhardwaj. The first examples of games content for SmartGlass are apps to support Dance Central and Forza from developers Harmonix and Turn 10, although other content is thin on the ground.
“You will see SmartGlass in games – it’s the same with Kinect, where we haven’t incorporated it into every experience. But if we can use SmartGlass to enhance the experience, we will. We announced a game called Ascend at E3, and we will be sharing more about that soon. Plus there are already other first-party and third-party apps in the works, although we have nothing specific to announce yet.”
But the biggest innovations, perhaps, are the deeper ones that look to fix issues around promoting and displaying digital content for games, movies and music.
On 360, new dashboard elements have been added around recommending games based on the other titles you have played or looked at, while another new features allows you to ‘pin’ links and stuff you’ll be interested in later to a list in the front end.
Microsoft’s also gone further into the tiled display interface – now common across Windows, Xbox
and Windows Mobile. There are more segments for promoted content, ads and recommendations.
An Xbox app on Windows 8, meanwhile, promotes PC games in the Windows Store, and even allows console owners to buy content remotely and have it sent to their unit at home.
MICROSOFT’S NEW TUNE
It’s actually clearest on Xbox Music, the new service that Microsoft isn’t afraid to say combines the best of rival services like Spotify (streaming), iTunes (digital sales) and Pandora (US-only recommendation and radio service). Demonstrations showcased the ability to buy content and stream it on a handheld device, and then resume play on the console. That’s easily done with music and its smaller filesizes over decent broadband, but these principles could shape all of Microsoft’s efforts to sell digital content and the games store specifically in a future era of faster internet.
“We’re operating across all kinds of platforms with these services, with the idea being that we will be wherever you are,” explained Bhardwaj. Although there is a bit of delay until SmartGlass arrives on non-Microsoft platforms like iOS and Android, the device-agnostic aspiration is clear.
Some quiet repositioning of the Xbox brand has deeper ramifications, too, as the console name goes from being something simply slapped on a piece of hardware to a label used by Microsoft to represent all of its games, music and video efforts, regardless of the device played on.
Sure, it has the potential to be misunderstood, and underestimated. Microsoft’s wont is to pack its messaging with plenty of buzzwords and innovative ideas, and little content to showcase them.
In fact, the announcements and activity this week could be Xbox’s most significant shift yet. While in a games sense very little has changed – there are no updates or changes to Games on Demand downloads, or the way that Arcade or Indie games are sold – the way device owners can access, buy and find out about content has been overhauled and expanded.
And maybe that’s better for the industry in the long term than rushing out that supposedly ‘overdue’ next-generation successor to the Xbox 360.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/xbox-...rosoft/0105307 ...by Published on October 27th, 2012 21:58- Categories:
- PS3 News,
- PC News,
- Xbox 360 News
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim took home the coveted Ultimate Game Of The Year award at the hmv GamesMaster Golden Joystick Awards 2012 at a ceremony in Westminster, London, this afternoon.Bethesda’s sprawling epic took home the biggest award of the day, and also won Ultimate Gaming Moment for the snowbound mountain ascent Throat Of The World. It was also the only game to win more than one award at this, the Joysticks’ 30th anniversary....
http://www.edge-online.com/news/skyr...k-awards-2012/- Search DCEmu
- Advert 3
News Categories
- Links of Interest
Sony Consoles News
- Nintendo Consoles News
- Sega Consoles News
- Apple & Android News
- Xbox Consoles News
- Open Source Consoles News
DCEmu News Archive
- Advert
- Retro Consoles News
- PC News
- Latest DCEmu News
- DCEmu Network Sites
-
Menu 
Forum Stats
- What is the DCEmu Homebrew & Gaming Network
Catherine: Full Body’s English translation for the Vita