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Microsoft trademarks streamlined Xbox 360 DLC purchasing system
Mar 17th
Nothing derails the excitement of playing games online with your friends quite like finding out that you don’t have a certain piece of DLC required to join their game. The USPTO recently approved a Microsoft patent application (filed way back in August 2008) for a system that would enable users to seamlessly purchase and download game add-ons from the Xbox Live Marketplace when alerted by an in-game prompt, provided the content was required for a particular online game they attempted to launch.
The process would allow you to make purchases without being forced out of a game lobby you might be sharing with friends — though, really, what kind of “friends” wouldn’t warn you about your game’s newfound incompatibility before inviting you in? Read more ...
Xbox 360 ‘Valhalla’ motherboard leaked on Chinese forum?
Mar 17th
Been to the gym lately? If not, then let this be your new motivation. What we’re looking at here is a purportedly forthcoming Xbox 360 motherboard redesign that takes aim at slimming down the portly figure of Microsoft’s console. Sure, there’s a small chance that this diet could be the work of a scarily talented console modder, but it’d still be a near-impossible task to work in what appears to be a CPU / GPU combo chip (pictured after the break) under that greatly reduced heatsink. Note that there’s also an extra SATA port at the top left corner. Perhaps this is the “Valhalla” revision Read more ...
Xbox 360 Laptop Mod Available on eBay For $2k [Gaming]
Mar 17th
Leaked Photo of Supposed (New and Slim) Xbox 360 Motherboard [Gaming]
Mar 17th
Xb1 Emulator Hacked
Mar 16th
News via
http://x360.gx-mod.com/modules/news/…p?storyid=2570
dstruktiv released a hacked version of the Xbox 1 emulator for Xbox 360.
This modified version appears he Xorloser by, the Xbox 1 emulator lets you run any XBE from your Xbox 360 (this includes the Xbox 1 but also the hundreds of homebrew applications and available on Xbox 1 ).
Features:
- Remove the XBE signature verification (can therefore run unsigned code)
- Remove hash checking (allows to launch XBE modified)
- Remove the check from the region
- Remove the check media Read more ...
