Amid recent criticisms that Xbox 360 has an astonishingly high failure rate compared to competing game consoles, Microsoft has volunteered to extend its warranty. Effective today, the coverage for Xbox 360 has been extended to a full three years worldwide. The new warranty is extended to existing Xbox 360 customers as well as any new ...

A rumor is going around that Sony will drop the price on its PlayStation3 in the next week. CB Games documents some of the sources of the rumor that may have started with a Circuit City add for $499 on the 15th of July. To squelch the rumors Sony President Ryoji Chubachi made an official statement that Sony has no plans to drop the price ...

According to a games site called Ripten.com retailers suggest a staggering failure rate among Xbox 360s. According to the report 33% of Xbox 360s fail. A quote from someone identified only as Matthiew G - a former “Associate” says that other console systems including PS3 (and presumably Wii) have a marginal failure rate of less than one ...

Are you a gamer just wishing you could attend this year’s E3? Sorry about that, it can’t be helped really, someone has to stay home. But it’ll come as a poor consolation that Microsoft will present the recently neutered event through Xbox Live in HD. Great! The ban booth babes and NOW they bring in the HD cameras.   If you’ve got an ...

PricewaterhouseCoopers released a report predicting the video games market will surpass music in the US, UK and Australia. In its report PwC says videogames are a big growth segment of the consumer electronics market. The report cites that video game spending grew 14.3% in ’06 that’s $31.6 billion dollars spent by gamers.   The report ...

A poster advertising the latest in the Burnout series of “crash mode” driving sims was ruled irresponsible by the Advertising Standards. The ASA claims 37 complaints were received over the ad poster showing a smashed up car and a burning tire. A choice quote on the poster seemed to cause the controversy:       “Inner ...

Two game consoles, two unique philosophies in carving a place in the market. One company was heavy, powerful and the one to beat. The other was nimble and free of expectations to try new innovations.   Sony was going to take the next gen console game market with brute force. The result for Sony was a high powered machine with every ...

Ever since XCM announced it would build a new HDMI cable for vanilla Xbox 360 word hit the web - then slightly contorted, as words often do. Confusion started when some stories referred to XCM’s new cable as a 1080P. This insinuates that 1080P video is not possible without the HDMI format. This is technically not correct.   We ...

XCM is a manufacturer of aftermarket cables and cases that just announced it’s making an Xbox 360 HDMI cable. This will knock the wind out of Xbox 360 Elite or the so called “black” Xbox 360. Its primary advantage was HDMI.   Video-philes will look to the new HDMI capabilities for enhanced video quality over the component cable ...

Ken Kutaragi worked his last day Sony Computer Entertainment yesterday and so ends an era in video gaming. It wouldn’t be hyperbole to call Mr. Kutaragi an historic figure in the video games industry. He created the PlayStation for Sony but since being replaced as President of SCEI he announced his intention to retire back in April. Kutaragi ...