Microsoft Xbox News
News - Xbox 360 Revealed
Microsoft has officially revealed one of its worst-kept secrets: the next-generation game console dubbed Xbox 360.
News - Xbox Fire Hazard: Power cord recall
Microsoft has recalled 14.1 million power cables due to a fire hazard, following reported injuries and property damage caused by defective electrical components.
Interview - Peter Molyneux's Fable
Iconic game designer Peter Molyneux talks about his newest project: Fable. Molyneux says that the fantasy adventure role-playing game goes beyond black and white concepts of good and evil, and lets players explore the grey zones with their choices.
Xbox X03 Holiday 2003 Games Preview
Get the latest screenshots and information about new games for the Xbox for Holiday 2003.
EXCLUSIVE - News - Xbox Wireless Adapter MN-740 approved
Read the first details about Microsoft's unannounced Wi-Fi MN-740 wireless broadband adapter / access point for the Xbox games console.
2002
EXCLUSIVE - News - Unreal Championship goes gold after delays [Xbox Live]
Unreal Championship has been sent for replication and shipment following a last-minute bugfix that threatened to delay the game's availability until after the launch of Xbox Live.
Preview - Microsoft Xbox Dashboard
Can't wait to see what the Xbox's on-board software looks like? We have a sneak peek at the Xbox Dashboard interface!
News - Microsoft delays Xbox
Microsoft has mysteriously delayed the launch of its upcoming video game console by a week.
2001
Xbox parody
Two days after Bill Gates's Jan. 6 unveiling of the Xbox, the parodies of it have already begun. This interactive Flash movie is just one that we found. (Opens in new browser window).
Xbox unveiled
Bill Gates unveiled the Microsoft's Xbox at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 6, 2001. Official Xbox images are available here.
News - Xbox leaks continue: blueprint posted to Internet
Microsoft can't seem to keep anything a secret these days. Now a blueprint for the Xbox has surfaced, and Geartest.com has it for you.
Xbox design leaked
Unauthorized scans of Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine's February Xbox feature -- including photographs of the final Xbox and controller design -- were released on the Internet today.
The photos show a black box with a slightly domed top, inset with a bright green circle emblazoned with the Xbox logo. Controllers are similarly adorned, and resemble Sega's Dreamcast controllers.
Lawyers from Microsoft quickly had the images taken down in advance of the Xbox's official unveiling at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas later this week.
[Editors' note: As professional journalists, we find Microsoft's demands that the images be removed a disturbing form of press interference. In the interests of journalistic freedom, Geartest.com has made the Xbox images available here. We will not display the Electronic Gaming Monthly scans in their entirety so as not to violate that publication's copyright].
Microsoft recruiting Xbox testers
Microsoft wants a few good men... or women... or boys... or girls. The Redmond, Washington giant is looking for people to test new game hardware and software for both the PC and the Xbox, and they have set up a recruitment page on their site to do it.
Although there is no financial compensation, Microsoft emphatically promises players they will "Get free stuff!" and that "all individuals scheduled for a study will be given their choice of gratuity for participating." The exact nature of the gratuity is not specified, but the online application form is headed, "Play our new games and we'll give you FREE games!"
There is no word on whether applicants must sell their souls to Bill Gates for this privilege.
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