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Xbox 360 Elite System

Introducing Xbox 360 Elite, the premier Xbox 360 console package that includes a massive 120GB hard drive, a HDMI port, and high definition cable, all wrapped up with a premium black finish. Xbox 360 Elite also includes a black wireless controller and black Xbox LIVE headset. Xbox 360 Elite has enough space for a whole library of Xbox LIVE Arcade games as well as downloadable high-definition TV shows, movies, music, and all the other content available from Xbox LIVE Marketplace. * Xbox 360 Elite console: The console is equipped with a premium black finish and an HDMI port and like all Xbox 360 systems, comes with three powerful core processors, 16:9 cinematic aspect ratio, anti-aliasing for smooth textures, full surround sound, HDMI cable and DVD playback with upscaling capabilities right out of the box.

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Xbox 360 Spring Update Improves VGA Image Quality

Although the new Windows Live Messenger integration and improved Achievements system are the more widely advertised new features of the Spring Update, a little known new feature has crept its way into the latest Dashboard version improved image quality when using the Xbox 360 VGA output. A long-standing complaint of the VGA output on the Xbox 360 is its washed out picture quality, where colors on the screen would not appear as bright and vibrant as compared to running the console to the TV using component cables. The culprit for this problem is the difference between how HDTV and PC displays interpret black levels. A correctly calibrated HDTV typically expects a black level to be at 7.5 IRE (with anything below that to be blacker than black), while a PC display has its black set to zero.

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Chronicles of Riddick Getting Remade for PS3, Xbox 360

According to various sources online, developer Starbreeze has decided that for its first foray into the online world, they will start with something they are familiar with. So, instead of an all-new game, Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 will be getting a remake of the original Xbox (and eventually PC) game The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay.

Acting as a sort of prequel to the movies Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick, Escape from Butcher Bay is a first-person shooter that tasks players with helping the titular Riddick escape from a series of prisons, along the way developing his somewhat vague background hinted at in the films. However, unlike the films, the video game was actually well received.

For its return, Starbreeze is doing more than just giving players an overhaul in the graphics (which, at the time, were actually quite good), they will also be adding an online multiplayer mode and a chunk of new content to the single player campaign, namely a large portion that will reportedly take place on a ship called Dark Athena.

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Black Box Cancelled

We heard that Black Box is no more, with the Orange Box the only one to be available this year. The Orange Box will ship for the PC, PLAYSTATION 3 and Xbox 360 this fall and includes all the content of The Black Box (Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2), plus the original Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One.

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The Black Box and The Orange Box include:

Half-Life 2: Episode Two: the second installment in Valve's episodic trilogy advances the award-winning story, leading the player to new locations outside of City 17.

Portal: a pioneering type of single player action game that rewrites the rules for how players approach and manipulate their environment much like how Half-Life 2's Gravity Gun reinvented the way gamers interact with objects in the game.

Team Fortress 2: an all-new version of the legendary title that spawned team based multiplayer action games. The game is daring new art style features the most advanced graphics of any Source-based game released to date.

Gabe Newell, co-founder of Valve says, In less than 18 months, we've shipped 10 new products to retail outlets with EA Partners. The Black Box and The Orange Box represent an innovative approach to publishing multiple products, on multiple platforms and we know through our knowledge that no organization in the industry is better prepared to successfully launch new product types on multiple platforms than EA Partners."

David DeMartini, VP & GM, EA Partners commented,Valve is one of the world's premiere independent developers and EA Partners is delighted to help them bring the revolutionary action games in The Orange Box and The Black Box to market as their publishing partner.

The Black Box and The Orange Box are scheduled to release for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in the autumn of 2007.

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Midway Posts 19.8 Million Quarterly Loss - Posted by Kyle on ...

Chicago's premier publisher, Midway Games, today announced that the company saw a decline in net losses from 2006 to 2007. The 2007 first quarter net loss was $19.8 million...compared with a 2006 first quarter net loss of $22.6 million, their press release reads. The company posted net revenues of $11.1 million for the 2007 first quarter, compared to 2006 first quarter net revenues of $15.4 million and ahead of prior guidance of approximately $7 million. The PlayStation 2 accounted for 35.8% of net revenue in the quarter, compared to 15.1% for Nintendo Wii, 12.1% for Nintendo DS and 7.2% for Xbox 360.

David Zucker, president and chief executive officer of Midway concluded, "We are very excited by the strong response of gamers and the press alike to the launch of The Lord of the Rings Online, and we are encouraged by the early excitement we are seeing for such front-line titles as Mortal Kombat: Armageddon for the Wii, Stranglehold, BlackSite: Area 51, The Wheelman, Unreal Tournament III and Hour of Victory.

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Xbox 360 Elite's beauty is mostly skin deep

Microsoft's latest gaming console offering is a study in the adage that beauty is only skin deep.

The Xbox 360 Elite ($479.99) is essentially an Xbox 360 painted black with chromed-out accents, a larger hard drive and a high-definition HDMI out port.

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The console's larger hard drive is a nice addition to Microsoft's console. The drive, a whopping 120 gigabytes bigger than the previous Xbox 360 and twice the size of the drive inside the PlayStation 3, is quickly becoming a requirement for anyone who makes use of the Xbox 360's video download service.

But Microsoft has already launched a replacement drive for those who wanted to level up their storage capacity it hit stores at the same time as the Elite 360, and cost $179.99.

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