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Global Entertainment Phenomenon “Halo 3″ Recores More Than $300 Million In First-Week Sales Worldwide Xbox 360 Console Sales More Than Doubled; Nearly 3 Million Gamers Play Online Via Xbox LIVE
LONDON, 4th October 2007 — Interactive entertainment will never be the same, with the launch of one title that has changed the way the world thinks [...]

On September 17, 2007 while the rest of India was dreading those weekly Monday blues, we had an exciting event to attend. Microsoft India would be organizing a press event surrounding its much-awaited Xbox LIVE online gaming and entertainment network in the country. The event took place at Taj Lands End located in Bandra, Mumbai. [...]

Mohit Anand, Country Manager of Microsoft India, has announced the availability of Xbox 360 Elite in India. The highest SKU of Xbox 360 will retail for INR 35000 which is approx equivalent to 875 USD. Microsoft India has tied up with Indiatimes to sell Elite to all its customers.
On the side news, we have got [...]

Today, Microsoft announced extending it’s global Xbox 360 warranty coverage to three years, effective immediately.
The company said that any Xbox 360 customer who experiences a general hardware failure indicated by ‘three flashing red lights‘ will now be covered by a three-year warranty from the date of purchase.
A press release issued by Microsoft [...]

The Xbox 360 modders strike back against Xbox Live !!

In the latest game of cat and mouse, Xbox 360 firmware modders have developed a new drive software version that “defeats all current and some future Xbox Live detection attempts.”
This new release comes less than two weeks since Microsoft started banning Xbox 360 consoles that play [...]

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 now able to sniff out illegitimate copies of games
More than a year has passed since the release of the Xbox 360 DVD-ROM firmware hack to allow the play of backup games and bootleg copies. Those with hacked firmware had the ability to play copied games, mostly burned onto dual-layer DVD recordable discs, [...]

Starting tomorrow more than 6 million members of Xbox LIVE can instant message with people on PCs and mobile phones, one of the hundreds of enhancements coming with the Xbox 360 Spring Update Beginning May 9th, Xbox LIVE, the most interactive gaming and social network available, is once again expanding with the arrival of Windows [...]