When any Xbox 360 breaks, the user is likely going to call Microsoft and will have to send it in for repair.  Things do not go so well if you have custom artwork and signatures from the gaming community on your Xbox 360.  Though one owner was assured nothing would happen to the artwork; it came back fully erased.
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Just as Microsoft had a special edition of the Xbox 360 for the release of Halo 3, Sony is preparing a special edition PS3 to go along with the release of Metal Gear Solid 4.
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3D Realms was behind the original Prey but the project has shifted over to Radar Group for Prey 2.  It was a little disconcerting to hear some say that it was not doing anything else but Prey 2.  That is not the case and in addition to Prey 2 for the PC and Xbox 360 platforms it has some additional titles in the works as well.
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The original Prey was far from the best first person shooter but neither was it the worst.  It’s been about two years since Prey was released and the developer behind Prey 2 currently has no other projects on its plate.
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After several rumors that reported the Xbox 360 would get a Blu-Ray drive eventually, Microsoft is trying to put that notion to rest.  HD-DVD lost the high-def disc format war to Blu-Ray and the HD-DVD drive for the Xbox 360 has been discontinued; existing stock will be sold until the drives are gone.  The company has now said it is going to focus on digital downloads and Xbox live.
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One of the best first person shooters/adventure game for the PC and Xbox 360 will be getting a sequel that’s not really a sequel at all.  BioShock let us experience the underwater city of Rapture after it had fallen where splicers, little sisters and Big Daddy’s were running amok; it told us how the story ended.  What was rapture like before all that happened?  The sequel will tell us.
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It seems we can put to rest the rumors about the Xbox 360 price cut; it has already begun in Europe.  A Dutch retailer is advertising what I presume to be the Xbox 360 arcade system for €199.
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This is another story that keeps circulating around in various incarnations but there’s a new twist to it; this time.  Come next week, Microsoft may be cutting the price in Europe on the Xbox 360 so much so that the Arcade system will cost less than the Wii.
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Microsoft played the HD-DVD field with Toshiba and lost.  There have been lots of rumors that Microsoft would adopt Blu-Ray for the Xbox 360; while that is still not certain, it just got a little more concrete poured in it.  The CEO of the company, Steve Ballmer announced at the MIX08 conference that his company will indeed be working with Blu-Ray.
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If you still haven’t purchased a Xbox 360 but were thinking about it, you might want to hold off just a little bit longer.  It seems that it’s almost “official” that Microsoft will be replacing the 20GB Xbox 360 with a 60GB version.  The possibility of a Blu-Ray drive is not out of the question either.
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