Xbox

Does The New Xbox 360 Dashboard Look Familiar To You?

This spring, the Xbox 360 gets a sexy new dashboard update, giving the service a look and feel that should be incredibly familiar to both Windows Phone 7 owners and folks that have gotten a peek at Windows 8.


October 27, 2009
In Real Life

Surprise Football Game Pops Up On Xbox Live

Move over Madden. There’s a new football game on my Xbox 360. And it stars Avatars. Oh, and I don’t know how it got there.


October 20, 2009

A Second Hands-On Opinion Of The Xbox 360′s Instant-Streaming

I, with my 955kbps downstream Internet connection, reported earlier today that the November-scheduled offering of instant-streaming 1080p wasn’t working on my sluggish connection. But a man with a 25mbps-downstream connection has a different take: “Incredible.”


Xbox 360 Update Hands-on: Last.FM In Action

The final part of our Xbox 360 November dashboard update saves the best for last, without intending the pun. Here’s Last.FM in action on my 360, injecting a bit of Zelda and MF Doom into my system.


Xbox 360 Preview Hands-On: The Stuff That Didn’t Work

Instant streaming in 1080p? Microsoft did warn that its new Zune video marketplace might not allow for streaming for people with slower (slow-ish?) connections. This is my low-point in my three-part preview of the 360′s new dashboard.


Xbox 360 Update Hands-On: Facebook And Twitter

Microsoft provided Kotaku with an early version of the November Xbox 360 dashboard update. I just tested Twitter and Facebook on my 360. Watch.


July 25, 2009
News

Microsoft: Most Studios Support Netflix Party Viewing

The ability to watch movies as a group online using Netflix and avatars is not supported by all of the movies on the service, Microsoft confirmed to Kotaku today.


Xbox 360 Avatar Marketplace: Giant Cotton Swabs To Steampunk Goggles

Avatars, long the ignored, under-dressed face of the Xbox 360, are getting an overhaul. But it will cost you. New clothing and props from popular games including The Secret of Monkey Island and Halo will be hitting the 360 next month.


Netflix Party Play In Action

The update to Xbox 360′s Netflix, which came as a separate download, deals with many of the issues that the streaming service had, but introduces a couple of new one.


Hands On With Xbox 360′s New Dashboard

This morning Microsoft sent the much-anticipated Xbox 360 dashboard update to a group of game writers to check out before it hits officially on Aug. 11.