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Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg Talks CES, Xbox 360 In ’09 And Beyond

We caught up with Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg, Director of Product Management for Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE, to chat about the console’s presence at CES, the year ahead and the number 17 million.


January 13, 2009
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So Who Won That Sony v Microsoft v Capcom Street Fighter Battle?

Most exciting thing about CES wasn’t the games on show. Wasn’t the TVs, wasn’t the phones, wasn’t even the virtual sex…thing. No, it was the epic Microsoft v Sony v Capcom Street Fighter IV battle!


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CES 09: Hands On With The Wii… Err, Eee Stick

ASUS hears your cries, PC gamers. They know you’re not content with keyboard and mouse controls, that you’re desperate to get your hands on a faux Wii-remote to control the seven games that support it.


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CES 09: Your Source For Wii Knock-offs

There’s a reason the Gaming Showcase at CES doesn’t light the gaming world on fire. It’s packed to its borders with subwoofer-filled seating designed for games and lame Chinese knock-offs, like the iSports.


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CES 09: The World’s Tiniest Video Game Guitar Controller

Like regular sized Guitar Hero and Rock Band guitar controllers, but far, far daintier, the USB ready Riff Rocker adds hand cramping as an extra difficulty modifier to your rhythm gaming.


January 12, 2009
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IPTV On The 360? It’s Still Up In The Air!

2007. CES. Microsoft get a few people excited with mention of an IPTV service for the 360. British Telecom will be the first to offer it. Years pass, however, and we hear nothing.


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The Joystick Is BACK, Yo

How we miss the humble joystick! Definitely our preferred control method, at least when it comes to X-Wing. Sadly, the peripheral has been on the wane in recent years…until Mad Catz went mad at CES.


January 11, 2009
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CES 09: Hands On With Mad Catz’s SFIV FightStick & FightPad

If a US$150 arcade stick is too rich for your blood, accessory maker Mad Catz has a few other options for the fighting game fan not content with the standard Xbox 360 or PS3 controller.


January 10, 2009
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CES 09: Hands On With Mad Catz’s Street Fighter IV Tournament Sticks

Get ready to change your opinion about Mad Catz. The third-party controller maker may have made one of the best arcade sticks to ever grace these shores, thanks to its Tournament Edition Arcade FightStick.


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CES 09: Activision CEO Dazzles CES Crowd With 2008 Line-up, Guitar Hero: Metallica

Good news. If you missed Activision Publishing president Mike Griffith’s CES talk this morning, you didn’t miss much. Outside of seeing double-bass pedals in action in Guitar Hero: Metallica, Griffith kept Activision’s 2009 plans quiet.