Toshiba Samsung DVD Drive and Warning Sticker
Xbox-Scene :: Sunday, March 19, 2006
Two brands of DVD drives have been found in the Xbox 360 so far. There’s the Hitachi-LG GDR-3120L and in some newer manufactured consoles people have found Toshiba-Samsung TS-H943 drives (which are reported to be much quieter). Llamma.com posted a nice picture where both drives, with open tray, are placed next to eachother so you can easily find out which drive you have without opening your Xbox 360 case (just compare the shape of the DVD tray).
Xbox 360 Launch Logistics Disclosed
Xbox-Scene :: Sunday, March 19, 2006
BAX Global Inc., an international freight transportation and supply chain management company, revealed today the complex logistics required for the worldwide launch of the Xbox 360.
Nearly 90 dedicated 747 air charters were executed by BAX Global throughout the world for the Xbox 360 launch and between mid-October 2005 and early February 2006 BAX Global has operated 87 charter flights on B747 airplanes to transport Xbox 360 systems from Hong Kong to the U.S. and Europe. Within North America., BAX Global operated 69 flights on B747 airplanes from Hong Kong to its dedicated hub in Toledo, Ohio. In Europe, the company operated 18 B747 from Hong Kong to Cologne. For Japan, a combination of commercial air capacity and ocean freight was used.
The Godfather Gone Gold
Gamer’s Hell :: Sunday, March 19, 2006
The Godfather, the game revealed by Warren Jensen at Bear-Stearns 17th Annual Media, Entertainment and Information Conference, was approved for manufacturing and is due to ship in Europe on March 24th and in North America on March 21st. The game will also be available for the Xbox 360 and PSP later in 2006. “In the role of a young man just entering the Corleone family, you create your own mob character and work your way to the top. For the first time ever, you will go beyond the films and book to actually step into the living world of The Godfather fiction throughout 1940s New York City. You will work your way up the mob ranks your own way, choosing just how much force to use as you rise to power”.
Xbox 360 Launch in Taipei
OCModshop :: Sunday, March 19, 2006
The launch party for the XBOX360 was on tonight in downtown Taipei around the Taipei 101 building, next to the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi department store. Based on what I saw, I’m guessing it went somewhat better than the Japan launch, but may have been somewhat muted due to the fact that the 360 has been available from gobs of game shops already, due to the fact that Taiwan imports most of their games from Japan anyway.
More About Asian Launch and Asian Game Price ($43 shipped) Worth Import?
Xbox-Scene :: Sunday, March 19, 2006
>> We already reported about the Xbox 360 launch in Taiwan earlier. Here are some extra pictures posted on the Team Xbox GamerScore Blog of the March 16th launch in Singapore, Hong Kong and more from Taiwan:
* Singapore invited MTV VJ Denise Keller and all sorts of gamers to an event at the Red Dot Gallery. Before that, they went to the IT Show, from the 9-12. About 23k folks stepped up and got to play 360.
Maximum Football
Strategy Informer :: Sunday, March 19, 2006
Description: The first official update for Maximum-Football has been released and is available from our Games section. This update includes fixes to the most common issues reported in the initial release and also includes a few gameplay improvements. A full list of changes is included in the v1.095 update installer.
The Sims 2: Family Fun Stuff
Strategy Informer :: Sunday, March 19, 2006
Description: This is the first trailer for The Sims 2: Family Fun Stuff. It shows some of the items that will be included in this expansion pack!
Black & White 2 Demo
Strategy Informer :: Sunday, March 19, 2006
Description: The Demo starts on Land 3 of the main game, and will guide you through the finer points of town building and how to complete lands. In the retail version of ‘Black & White® 2’, there are a total of 9 action packed Lands.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Countdown Video #4
Gamer’s Hell :: Sunday, March 19, 2006
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Countdown Video #4
The Xbox Team about the Xbox360 Development Environment
Xbox-Scene :: Sunday, March 19, 2006
By now, you have probably seen many interviews in the gaming press that laud the environment Xbox development kits provide for building games: many studios such as id software now use it as their primary development environment for their next generation projects.
Microsoft brings a lot to the table in the area of software engineering. The standard development environment at Microsoft has evolved since Visual Studio was started, to the point where it is relatively easy to retarget the environment to another platform. The Xbox development environment resembles the Windows environment pretty closely. We start with Visual Studio and add custom things such as our own compiler, build tools, debugger plugins, etc. A lot of our separate content tools also provide integration into Visual Studio as well as other build systems to provide our developers with the flexibility they need to make games. In fact, this has been so critical to our success, the XNA initiative is ramping up to make developers’ lives even easier.
MC360 Skin W.I.P update
Xbox-Scene :: Sunday, March 19, 2006
- Most Accurate Xbox 360 Interface Emulator available anywhere.
- Fully Customizable interface, themes, backgrounds, userimages
- New Built in Tools for more control over files and media.
- Fully animated backgrounds, buttons and effects
- Realistic 360 Sound effects throughout skin
- Features Boot Sequence which mimicks the real 360 startup
- Has userfriendly control over all settings, no need to edit XML’s.
- Will be maintained to meet the T3CH releases of XBMC.
- Supports PAL/NTSC, Widescreen, 720p and 1080i.
- No feature from default XBMC dash, pm3, will be left out. (including weather )
