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Rapper Ice-T Unboxes a Limited Edition Gears of War 3 Xbox 360, a Limited Edition Life-size Lancer Replica and the Game Itself.

Ice-T, who is known as the Original Gangsta and Griffin in Gears of War 3, took time out of his busy schedule of Law and Order & his reality show "Ice-T Loves Coco" to show the world his early copy of Gears of War 3 as well as the other sweet swag he got before everyone else.
Seen here on Youtube, Ice-T shows his love of gaming and then begins by showing the his life-size C.O.G. lancer replica which [...]

Free Avatar Goods for Bandwidth!
So are you like me? You want to add a little style and pizzaz to your things but don't got the cash for it? Or in this case of your XBOX LIVE avataar, points? I mean while I do want a evil scientist lab coat for my fat little avatar, I don't really want to fork over ten bucks for it. Well looks like our prayers been answered. Now you can exchange your time and bandwidth for stuff for your avatar!

Microsoft needs help in testing the Xbox Live network, so they set [...]

Bold statement, but certainly an interesting notion. This past weekend, Rovio (the makers of games like the crazily popular Angry Birds) CEO Peter Vesterbacka went so far as to announce his belief that console games are dying and will soon become extinct in the modern world of gaming.
Vesterbacka made this declaration at a panel moderated by Venture Beat at this last weekends South by Southwest Interactive in Texas, stating that the idea of paying $50 for a game was essentially nonsensical and would not be lasting much longer. Yes, Angry Birds has been downloaded over 100 million times according to [...]

Hirai to favored be next CEO of Sony.

The man who basically made a internet meme of himself at E3 back in 2006(you don't remember? here's a hint: "Riiiiiiiiidge Raceeeeeeeeeeeer!"), Kaz Hiraiis likely to be the next in line for Sony CEO, replacing Ken Kutaragi. Seen here on this Joystiq article, it's being reported that a corporate realignment will have Mr. Hirai be named as an "executive deputy president". In addition to the realignment, he will be heading up Sony's consumer products unit, one of two core post-realignment groups for the corporation.
Hirai won't take his office at Sony until the first [...]

Personal blogger story of Red Ring
Over winter break I went out of town for about two weeks, and while I was gone I figured that would be the perfect time for maintenance to come in and work on a few things around my apartment. When I returned home I was shocked to see my Xbox completely unplugged and knocked over on its side. At first I just blew it off, and plugged everything back in, didn't thinking twice about it, I turned my Xbox on only to find out it had red ringed! I was furious!
Such a terrible welcome home [...]

The Latest Rumors about Kinect!

On Monday, Microsoft combated rumors of a dwindling Kinect supply for the holiday season. Gossip was swirling about a potential retail drought, but Gamestop's SVP of Merchandising and Marketing Bob McKenzie announced that this has not been a problem.
McKenzie told IGN that the Kinect has exceeded their initial sales expectations but that Microsoft was sending out good and timely replenishing shipments to the stores.
According to McKenzie, this weekend brought in massive sales for the Kinect. However, he said very few stores are out of stock regardless and that Microsoft is doing quite well keeping up with [...]

XBOX 360 Console NEWS: Chevy and others advertise by XBOX
The forces of Sprint, T-Mobile, and Chevrolet in using the Kinect from Microsoft in order to advertiseÂÂto gamers in a new way. When Kinect Joy Ride comes out later this year, Chevrolet will use the technology of the Kinect in order to have gamers test-drive vehicles in-game. In addition you can unlock other Chevy products such was the Cruze, Camaro, and the Corvette.

Sprint will be using Kinect by sponsoring the launch of Kinect Adventures by co-branding the experience on X-Box live and also holding a contest where people can get their [...]

<h1>Console News - A PC with a Builty in XBOX 360</h1>
As of September 7, PC customization company Origins PC announced of their newest model "The Big O" which combines both a high powered PC with an Xbox 360. The Big O model will come with a Xbox 360 'slim' model which can be played while the PC is running its normal tasks and processes. The PC portion of the model will feature the latest gaming specs that today's requirements. These specs include a 4.0GHz Intel Core i7 930 Processor, a liquid cooled Rampage III Extreme Motherboard, a dual NVIDIA GTX [...]