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Square Enix CEO’s 360 Just Shot Itself In The Foot

12:00PM May 6, 2011 | Owen Good

Remember 2008? Good Lord, was it nearly three years ago, at E3, that Square Enix announced Final Fantasy XIII would have an Xbox 360 release, utterly horrifying fanboys of game, publisher and PS3 alike? More »


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Xbox Live Indie Games Hit With The Red Ring Of Death

12:00PM May 5, 2011 | Owen Good

Need proof that Xbox Live Indie Games are reviewed and approved by the community, and not Microsoft? How about a recently released platformer that plays on the console’s eternally embarrassing hardware failure. More »


In Real Life

Xbox 360 Overheating? You Could Always Try This

6:30PM November 16, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

The Xbox 360′s famous Red Ring Of Death was usually caused by overheating inside the console. We’ve seen many backyard solutions claiming to fix this, but none as elaborate – or possibly effective – as this. More »


In Real Life

I Hope This Target Store Is Still Under Warranty

9:30PM June 28, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

Because, y’know, things break. Thanks Tim! More »


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New Xbox 360 Warns You Of Possible Doom

5:00PM June 21, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

The new smaller Xbox 360 will not flash the “Red Ring of Death” — the iconic symbol of catastrophic system failure. It’s new warning mark is the “red eye”. Sounds… ominous. More »


In Real Life

Life After People (And Their Xbox 360s)

9:30PM June 1, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

Spotted near the post-apocalyptic wasteland that is reader Bretspot’s train station. More »


In Real Life

A Real Xbox 360 Coffin

9:00PM March 15, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

When Xbox 360 conked out in the past, folks would send their Xbox 360s to Microsoft in cardboard boxes affectionately called “coffins”. Here is a real honest-to-goodness Xbox coffin. More »


In Real Life

The RROD Is A Monster Of A Problem

12:00AM December 15, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

As seen on TeeFury.


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So, Now We’re Leaking Cooling Fan Footage. Mkay.

10:30AM December 7, 2009 | Owen Good

Not only that, for $US50 you can make your Xbox 360 sound about three times as loud. Here is “leaked R&D” video of ZooZen’s “Overcase,” which turns your Xbox 360 into a stereo tuner from 1982. More »


News

Report: 60% Of Britain’s Xbox 360s Have Died

11:00PM November 18, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Following in the wake of Game Informer’s armchair survey earlier in the year – which found that 54.2% of American Xbox 360s had broken down – CNET have done a similar study for the British market. With similar results. More »