Wednesday, February 18, 2009


Relive Thousands of Classic Arcade Games
X-Arcade™ is a line of bulletproof industrial quality arcade game controllers and arcade machines that inject the ultimate arcade game experience into your PC, MAC™ or game console.With your X-Arcade™ Joystick, you can reverse time and play the classics like Ms. Pac-Man™, Space Invaders™, Robotron™, Galaga™, Donkey Kong™ and Street Fighter™.Install your X-Arcade™and instantly relive those adrenaline-pumped moments in the arcade, battering the joystick, pounding the buttons, grinding your teeth, and tasting the thrill as you make your mark as the arcade game’s top scorer. Your X-Arcade™ Joystick arrives stuffed with all the hardware and software you need to play thousands of classic arcade games on your PC.
The Ultimate Arcade Gaming Experience
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Relive Thousands of Classic Arcade Games
X-Arcade™ is a line of bulletproof industrial quality arcade game controllers and arcade machines that inject the ultimate arcade game experience into your PC, MAC™ or game console.With your X-Arcade™ Joystick, you can reverse time and play the classics like Ms. Pac-Man™, Space Invaders™, Robotron™, Galaga™, Donkey Kong™ and Street Fighter™.Install your X-Arcade™and instantly relive those adrenaline-pumped moments in the arcade, battering the joystick, pounding the buttons, grinding your teeth, and tasting the thrill as you make your mark as the arcade game’s top scorer. Your X-Arcade™ Joystick arrives stuffed with all the hardware and software you need to play thousands of classic arcade games on your PC.
The only thing missing is a place to drop in your quarters.
Of course, the experience of playing all your current games will be a totally new rush! With the right adapter your X-Arcade™ will work with virtually any PC, Mac™, Xbox™, Playstation 1, 2 or 3™, Wii™ Gamecube™ and even Dreamcast™.
Built like a friggin’ tank!
Flimsy plastic is swell for Tupperware and skirt hangers but shouldn’t you be demanding MORE from your joystick?
Since the genesis of gaming, gamers have paid premium dollars only to get lackluster, poorly designed cheapo plastic game pads, joysticks, and keyboards in return. But that was yesterday…Every molecule of your X-Arcade™ is constructed with industrial grade materials, no dollar store plastic. It literally feels like an arcade game machine.And each X-Arcade™ Joystick is meticulously engineered and designed to endure the roughest rides. In other words, you don’t have to treat your X-Arcade™ like a delicate newborn baby girl.
MIR-12 unearths Russian conspiracy

After reporting on the MIR-12 agent being shot and killed, it looks like the rabbit hole goes deeper than we originally thought. MIR-12 has released some new, incredible footage - this changes everything...
3 on 3 NHL Arcade Review

Posted February 15th 2009 in Reviews, by FireFly
EA Sports, under their more casual light-hearted banner called EA Sports Freestyle, has released 3 on 3 NHL Arcade - a frustrating title that leaves you wanting to check your opponents right out of the ice rink...
NXE avatars get Lost and Damned with Biker Bundle

Posted February 17th 2009 in News, by Denouncer
Celebrate the release of the first DLC pack for GTA IV, The Lost and Damned, by dressing your avatar up in an assortment of biker clothing.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

New Xbox Experience

Further information: New Xbox Experience
At E3 2008, at Microsoft's Show, Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg and Marc Whitten announced the new look Xbox 360 called the "New Xbox Experience". The idea of the update was to make navigation of the console easier. The GUI uses the Twist UI (used in Windows Media Center, Zune). The original "Blade" interface is still used in the new Xbox Guide. The new guide allows you to do everything you could do from the Dashboard itself, whether it's ejecting a disk or browsing the Marketplace.
As well as a GUI update, the NXE provided many new features. Firstly, the update offers the ability to install games from disc to the hard drive, reducing load times and disc drive noise, however, the game's disc must remain in the system in order to run. A new Community system is also built in, allowing the creation of digitalised Avatars. These Avatars can then be used for multiple activities such as sharing photos or playing Arcade games like 1 vs. 100. The update was released on November 19, 2008.[38]
While previous system updates have been stored on internal memory, this was the first update to require a storage device. The update requires at least 128 MB free space on either a memory card or a hard drive.
Retail configurations

The Xbox 360 is available in three standard variants; the "Xbox 360 Arcade", the "Xbox 360", and the "Xbox 360 Elite".[11] A discontinued SKU, the "Xbox 360 Core", was replaced by the "Xbox 360 Arcade" in October 2007.[12] The 60 GB version of the Xbox 360 was released on August 1, 2008.

Xbox 360 Core
At launch, the Xbox 360 was available in two configurations: the "Xbox 360" package, priced at US$399 or GB£280 , and the "Xbox 360 Core", priced at US$299 and GB£199. The original shipment of the Xbox 360 version included a cut-down version of the Media Remote as a promotion. The Elite package was launched later at US$479.
The Xbox 360 Core (discontinued)[13] was an entry level Xbox 360. The "Core" is no longer produced, having been replaced by the Xbox 360 Arcade.[11] It was not originally available in Japan, but was later released on November 2, 2006.[14] The Core system came bundled with composite video cables, capable of only SDTV resolutions, but newer models with lot number 0728 or greater have an HDMI 1.2 output. The Core may output HD signals up to 1080p when connected to separately sold HDMI, Component, or VGA cables. It may also utilize a separately sold 20, 60 or 120 GB hard drive. Unlike all other SKUs, it shipped with a wired version of the Xbox 360 controller, instead of the wireless version found in other SKUs.