Xbox

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

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?


May 5, 2011
Xbox

Xbox Live Indie Games Hit With The Red Ring Of Death

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.


November 16, 2010
In Real Life

Xbox 360 Overheating? You Could Always Try This

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.


June 28, 2010
In Real Life

I Hope This Target Store Is Still Under Warranty

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


June 21, 2010
News

New Xbox 360 Warns You Of Possible Doom

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.


June 1, 2010
In Real Life

Life After People (And Their Xbox 360s)

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


March 15, 2010
In Real Life

A Real Xbox 360 Coffin

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.


December 15, 2009
In Real Life

The RROD Is A Monster Of A Problem

As seen on TeeFury.


December 7, 2009
In Real Life

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

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.


November 18, 2009
News

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

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.