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Maximus 360 Firmware Toolbox v4.6  (via Xbox Scene) - Maximus released 360 Firmware Toolbox(info (http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox360-tools/360FirmwareToolbox.php )) v4.6 - a graphical tool to handle several common dvd-drive firmware tasks. iXtreme v1.4 is added including for Hitachi-LG v78 and v79 (only with passkey for now) drives. | |
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How to fix broken Rock Band drums (via The Gamer Gene) - After two weeks of solid rocking, the yellow drum pad on OXM’s Rock Band drum kit was toast. Despite EA’s generous replacement policy, they decided to take matters into their own hands. If you’ve got the prerequisite skills with a soldering iron, this step-by-step guide looks like a much better solution than waiting for a [. | |
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  The Top Ten Hottest Women In Tech (via Top 49 men) -- Here is a list of the top ten hottest women in the Tech industry today. What was once an industry for geeks and nerds, has become very cool in recent times and here's the proof. | |
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Get your XBox 360 to play m4v files.. (via LazyGamer) - OK so everyone’s been raving about how the fall update has added divx playback to the 360 which is all good and well but then there’s the folks out there that use iTunes. Apparently, when you download/subscribe to vidcasts through iTunes, some of them are in mp4 format (the extension is actually m4v). | |
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Fix or prevent a broken Rock Band drum pedal (via Joystiq) - Filed under: Hacks, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Peripherals After shredding open that giant box in the corner, unearthing an entire rock band of peripherals, and gathering a motley crüe crew to rock alongside, you had your first experience with Harmonix's Rock Band. | |
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New iXtreme firmware 1.4 - Not for Hitachi 78/79 Yet (via Xbox 360 Hacks) - A new release of ixtreme firmware, for all versions of drive (except v78/79 hitachi, which maximus will release shortly).. Features: Disc jitter fix new for V1.4 And, as always, you are modifying your console *at your own risk*. If you make a backup of your game and play it on xbox live, you always run the risk [. | |
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How to Tell if a 360 has the new Falcon Chip (via 360 HQ) - It is not news that the Xbox 360 has some serious tech issues and it breaks a lot more than it should. Fine. MS has changed the chip configuration and there are some benefits to see if the Xbox 360 you are about to buy is the right one. Here is how: All you need to do is look at the UPC symbol and see the 175W, which is the wattage for the newer power supply. | |
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PES 2008 Tips and Tricks Magazine (via N4G.com) -- Free official emagazine features tips with videos, plus details and video for Wii version of PES 2008. Available in English, French, German, Italian. | |
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Japanese Adult Video Actress Gets Game Blog Sex (via Kotaku) - We've known for a while that, among other things, Japanese adult video actress Ann Namba was really into games. Her gamer cred: She owns a PS3, an Xbox 360, a PS2, a PSP, a Wii (which she bought in NYC on launch day) and a DS (which she waited in line for.) She seems to truly be into games, among other things. | |
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Lo-fi fix for broken Rock Band kick pedal (via The Gamer Gene) - It’s 10:30pm, you’ve got two mates on the way over to play Rock Band, and you’ve nearly snapped your kick pedal in half thanks to the kick fills in Faith No More’s Epic on Expert. If, like me, you’re a little more McGhetto than McGuyver, you’ll scout around the house and find the dregs of [. | |
12 months ago | |
 EA reveals release date, screenshot for Tiberium FPS (via QJ) - Can't get enough of Command and Conquer? Not to worry, as Electronic Arts has recently announced the development of a new Command and Conquer game dubbed Tiberium (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) Don't expect it to be an RTS though, as this one will be more of a tactical first person shooter instead. | |
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COD4 Online Tips (via N4G.com) -- Some great COD4 tips to improve your performance on Call of Duty 4 Online. | |
12 months ago | |
Editorial: The High Cost of Rock Band Peripheral Replacement (via Gaming Today) - I have to admit, I love Rock Band. Getting your friends together in a room and rocking out to whatever the “audience” happens to pick is great fun. I’ve spent entirely too much time playing it lately. Perhaps that’s why I was rewarded last night with the horrifying sound of a broken bass pedal on my drum kit. | |
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Rock Band PS3 patch adds Guitar Hero III Les Paul support (via The Gamer Gene) - Harmonix employee Sean Baptiste has announced a patch for the PlayStation 3 version of Rock Band in a post on the Rock Band forums. While the post only mentions “guitar controller compatibility,” Shacknews has confirmed with EA that the patch will add support for the Guitar Hero III Les Paul controller. | |
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Rock Band guitar news, unlock all songs code, OMG (via The Xbox Domain) -- I picked up the special edition of Rock Band this past weekend and wow this game is great when you have some drinks in you. But, you don’t want to hear about my drinking escapades, you want hear about what EA is giving to those who had broken guitars. Readers of Dtoid and Kotaku have | |
1 year ago | |
Xbox 360 D-pad Fix (via UFighterX) -- Want to improve the sluggish D-pad on the Xbox 360 controller? Check out the UFighterX.com D-Pad mod that will have you moving in all directions in no time. | |
13 months ago | |
Surreal64 XXX Beta 5 - Nintendo 64 Emulator for Xbox (via DCEmu) -- Freakdave has released a new version of Surreal64 XXX Beta 5, a Nintendo64 emulator for Xbox. Heres whats new: * Changed: All controllers are now enabled by default (see FAQ) * Fixed: Some texture filters were missing for 6.11 * Fixed: Display filters were not initialized on startup for 6.11 *... | |
13 months ago | |
Realtime Worlds To Talk MMOs at GDC (via Squad XP) - GDC executive director Jamil Moledina's updated his Director's Cut blog with a bit more news about the upcoming Game Developers Conference, cluing us into to the fact that Dave Jones, of Lemmings, GTA and Crackdown fame, will be spilling some beans about his latest project: An MMO. | |
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 US Army Sponsors Halo 3 Tournament to Help Recruitment? (via Gemaga) - A press release from Microsoft's game came out today with the following title: Microsoft and U.S. Army Present First Ever "Halo 3" Championship Tournament on Xbox LIVE. When you read a little further this paragraph appears: "To further ensure that players are trained to the top of their games, the Army is also hosting a Destination Experience blade on Xbox LIVE. | |
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Bioshock Audio Diary Locations Movies Available for Download (via Loot Ninja) -- Some new Bioshock content went live today on Xbox Live. There are 6 videos, all free and in HD that will show you the locations of all the audio diaries located throughout Rapture. Just in case you played the game and did not listen to these, well, they are super creepy and often add good | |
12 months ago | |
Xbox 360 Dashboard fall update: Video playback details (via QJ) - Only a few more days before the the fall update for the Xbox 360 Dashboard. One of the highlights that the update offers is support for Mpeg-4 formats, and now more info has been released about the new video playback capabilities of the Xbox 360.Here are but some clarifications in details about the new functionalities of the Fall / Winter update as supplied by the Xbox Development Team:What exactly does the Xbox 360 support for AVI?File Extensions: . | |
1 year ago | |
Problem Recovering GamerTags (via Xbox Forums) -- Users on the Xbox forums are unable to recover their gamertags from Xbox live. Errors with the codes 80150003:0 and 80007065B:0 are showing up. There has been no official response from Microsoft. | |
12 months ago | |
Format USB HDD for Xbox 360 to watch your DivX/XviD Movies (via 360 HQ) - With the most recent dashboard update Microsoft has included DivX and XviD .avi file support on the xbox 360 but most of us here on 360-HQ.Com have still been wondering what's the best way to store all our media. Sure, we tested our DivX and XviD files from DVD/CDR and usb sticks but we are thinking more long term here. | |
13 months ago | |
Wii's 2008 Release Schedule (via 360 Monster) - Nintendo haven't had many top titles this year but they're looking towards the future with a release schedule of 2008. January sees the release of: bull; PDC World Championship Darts 2008 (Oxygen Games), 11th January 2008 bull; Wii Chess (Nintendo), 18th January 2008 bull; Zack and WikiT: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure (Capcom / Nintendo), 18th January 2008 bull; Donkey Kong Jet Race (Nintendo), 25th January 2008 bull; Hamster Heroes (Data Design Interactive) bull; Kawas. | |
13 months ago | |
PS3 Having Double XP Weekend On COD4 To Try And Boost Numbers Playing Online ! (via Playstation. 3) - We're kicking off a double XP weekend exclusively on the PS3 starting on Friday and lasting till Monday morning. Play at anytime starting at 10 am (PST) through Monday at 10 am (PST) and you'll earn double the XP in every gametype. Rank up higher, unlock more all weekend long! This is a special limited time deal, so get in there and rank up while the double XP lasts, as come Monday morning it's back to normal XP. | |
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World of Warcraft Patch 2.4 Details Surface (via Gaming Today) - The folks over at Blizzard are constantly updating their cash cow, World of Warcraft. So, I’ll admit to be being less than surprised at the news another major patch is in the works. However, one thing you have to give them is that they put in a pretty strong amount of content with every patch. | |
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Get the Fall ‘07 Update & DivX/XviD Codec On XB360 If Banned or No Live (via Xbox 360 Hacks) - First, you need the $SYSTEMUPDATE file. Click here to begin downloading the update folder. Save it as “$SystemUpdate_.zip” anywhere on your computer. Burn it on a CD, or DVD with the content on the ROOT of the disc, power on Xbox360, place disk in tray, power off, then: Power on the Xbox 360 console. | |
13 months ago | |
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock PC Patch v1.1 Lovin' (via Gaming Today) - Yep, it looks like PC owners of Guitar Hero III are getting some update love thanks to the guys over at Aspyr (who, by the way, did an impressive job porting GH3 to the PC). This update seems to offer a handful of bug fixes, graphical tweaks, and minor feature additions. | |
12 months ago | |
 Halo 3 does not Natively Render at 720p Resolution (via ClassAction Connect) - A team of class action attorneys has launched an investigation into complaints that Halo 3 was falsely marketed as a high definition product, but does not actually render native high definition resolutions. These complaints are that, although Halo 3 was advertised as having a 720p resolution (720 pixels), it natively renders at 640p (640 pixels) and is simply scaled up to 720p. | |
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Rock Band gets European release date? (via The Gamer Gene) - RewiredMind have reportedly spoken to an EA insider who confirmed that Rock Band will be released in the UK and Europe for the PS3, PS2 and Xbox 360 on March 6, 2008. No details regarding the price, or an Australian release date were mentioned. If there’s truth to the rumour, importing the game will suddenly look [. | |
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