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Gaming-360.com has gone Live!

Scott — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 07:37:25 +0000

Ok guys, the new domain and new site is all gone Live and Gaming 360 will now operate through that. At the moment theres a few bugs and glitches and we’ll be putting up the new theme when its ready, but we will now continue posting through that.

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Iwata hints at Revolution controller

Scott — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 01:34:20 +0000

While we still know next to nothing on Nintendo’s next generation console except that its small and has a cool blue light thingy on the disk tray, many are starving for information on the controller that the Revolution will be used as people believe the controller will revolutionise gaming.

“There are too many buttons and sticks on controllers for novice players, which is likely to discourage them from ever playing games at all,” he said to UK publication The Guardian. “We want the Revolution’s controller to be relevant to everybody and we really want people to feel like they want to touch and play with it.”

Nobody really knows what exactly Iwata is hinting at when he says that but we’ll make sure we bring you the latest on any developments.

Japan poll shows Low Interest

Scott — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 01:28:51 +0000

A recent poll in a Japanese news service among 1,000 gamers has shown that Japanese gamers arent too syked about the Xbox 360. The results showed some startling statistics, out of the 1000 Japanese gamers that where interviewed, only 2 percent of them picked the Xbox 360 as there most wanted next generation console, while the PS3 scooped up a massive 60% of the votes, while 1000 gamers doesnt represent the whole Japanese nation, it probally is a true reflection on how Japanese gamers will use there money come the launch of the next generation of consoles.

Other results shown in the survey showed that 71.2% of the Japanese gamers asked wanted RPGs, even with Microsoft signing on some great developers and publishers to bring Xbox 360 exclusive RPGs. That being said Sony are probally leading because of there long list of sequels and repetitive RPGs by developers such as Square Enix.

When will Japanese gamers learn? Seriously.

Black Xbox 360 Sighted

Scott — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:24:40 +0000

As the launch of the Xbox 360 dawns rumours of different coloured Xbox 360’s start to emerge on the net, although its just someones good Photoshop work, it does look very nice. I dont expect the Xbox 360 to launch in multiple colours, although it wouldnt surprise me if we where to see another colour after launch, although some would say why launch in multiple colours when you can have your own faceplate, any colour you like?

You can view the image here.

PlayStation 3 to drop Router function

Scott — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 19:41:07 +0000

Ken Kutaragi of Sony Computer Entertainment todays announced that Sony’s next generation console the PlayStation is too drop its router function. Speaking to Japanese publication Nikkei Electronics Kutaragi said that the original specification allowed the PlayStation 3 to be used as a home router due to its 3 ethernet ports.

However now that function has been dropped due to the cost of the console, making people wonder, What else will be dropped? With Sony’s console rumoured to be the most expensive too date it seems Sony are willing to remove any unnessicary hardware features. Wether this means that Sony have reduced the number of ports to just one is still to be seen as Sony are hinting that the ports maybe used for other purposes.

“Also, we want to be able to have a Gigabit port for an IP camera,” he revealed. “So one of the ports is an in, and two of them are through. It can be a server as well as a terminal.”

Site Updates

Scott — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 23:33:35 +0000

Hey guys, i just thought i’d update you guys with a few new things thats going on at Gaming 360, in the past 24 hours i’ve secured a host and the domain http://www.gaming-360.com aswell as a new writer for the site, the new writer PhogHawk is providing the hosting and domain so i am very greatful to this guy and hes signed on as a news writer so expect to read some stuff from him in the forthcoming weeks, having him on takes alot of weight off my shoulders meaning more news and articles will be posted.

As for the site updated, the new domain should be working within the next 12-48 hours so check that out, for now gaming 360 will continue to operate on blogsome.com until we’ve fully setup the new site on the new server with the new domain, and where trying to export the current set of posts to take them to the new site but we aint sure if thats possible as of yet but we’ll keep you updated.

Also if any of you guys have noticed, in the top right of the page theres a Paypal donate scheme, if you could kindly donate a few dollars or pounds it would go great towards the server and domain aswell as in helping securing more promotion for the site and its community to grow.

The Xbox 360 launch lineup according to Team Xbox

Scott — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 21:02:03 +0000

Team Xbox.com have posted up there views on the Xbox 360 launch lineup, a few of the different writers on the Team Xbox team basically tell us the most looked forward too game, the one they wanted on the launch the most that isnt, and the sleeper hit of the XBox 360 launch lineup.

The article is a good read and you can read it here.

Xbox Live Top 25

Scott — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 13:20:41 +0000

Major Nelson has posted up the last weeks top 25 played games on Xbox Live, Conker comes in at number 2 moving up 2 places from last week with the Battlefield 2 Modern Combat Demo at number 9.

1 Halo 2
2 Conker: Live and Reloaded
3 Tom Clancy`s Ghost Recon 2
4 Forza Motorsport
5 Rainbow Six: Black Arrow
6 Counter-Strike
7 Tom Clancy`s Splinter Cell CT
8 Rainbow Six 3
9 Battlefield 2: Modern Combat Demo
10 Madden NFL 2005
11 MVP Baseball 2005
12 ESPN NFL 2K5
13 Star Wars: Battlefront
14 MLB 2K5
15 ESPN NBA 2K5
16 Pro Evolution Soccer 4
17 Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
18 MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf
19 Project Gotham Racing 2
20 Midnight Club 3:DUB Edition
21 Doom 3
22 NBA Live 2005
23 FIFA 2005
24 Greg Hastings` Tournament Paintball
25 Dead or Alive Ultimate

Miyamoto talks Revolution

Scott — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 23:01:40 +0000

Speaking to Australia’s Sydney Morning, Herald Shigeru Miyamoto has discussed Nintendo’s next generation stratergie and speaks about the Revolution console. Miyamoto tells us that he doesnt believe fancy graphics are the way forward and that the Revolution’s controller will open the gateway to better gameplay experiences.

“I am not convinced realistic graphics alone make better games,” said Miyamoto.

The lack of Revolution and inparticular, lack of controller, left the audience at this years e3 very disapointed but Miyamoto emphasised how Nintendo is working on both hardware and software.

“We’re having a lot of small groups testing things, building software and hardware at the same time, so we’re busy,”

Miyamoto also told the paper that the Revolution will be a console the whole family will be able to play and enjoy and does not need to be the most powerful console for people to enjoy the playing experience, saying “an extremely powerful machine doesn’t equate to great game design” which suggests the Revolution will not be as powerful as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

When speaking about the Revolutions controller he said.

“Sitting in front of your monitor with a controller, there’s really nowhere to go from that paradigm, all you can do is make it prettier and faster,” he said. “What Nintendo wants to do is to open up that road, create something that goes beyond.”

Xbox 360 hit by shortages?

Scott — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 19:17:37 +0000

Reports emitting from retailers in the US are already suggesting that stocks of the Xbox 360 are critically hitting a low. Reports from sources close to the the big retailers in the US including Gamestop and EB Games claim that the stores are already exhausting there estimated early allocations when the console hits the shelves this Holiday season.

Microsoft will be gaining confidence over early reports that the Xbox 360 is in high demand months before release with Microsoft setting targets of selling 10 million consoles within the first 12-16 months, the question is, Can Microsoft feed the hunger that is demand for the Xbox 360?

When CVG contacted Microsoft for the official word of these rumours a Microsoft spokes person had this to say.

“Excitement for Xbox 360 is running high,” said a spokesperson, “and we’re working with our manufacturing partners to ensure we meet worldwide demand for Xbox 360 this Christmas.”