Massive Xbox 2 Giveaway

April 13, 2005 | Blackstaffer

There are rumors going around that Microsoft and Pepsi are planning to give away an Xbox 2 every ten minutes, 24 hours a day, for nine weeks straight. Some kind of under-the-cap promotion like Pepsi did with iTunes and Apple. … Read More

Xbox 2 To Be Unveiled on MTV

April 11, 2005 | Blackstaffer

[Update: a Penny Arcade comic about this] [Update: anticipation builds for the MTV debut] [Update: showtimes – 9:30pm in North America]

In this post I kind of joked that Microsoft would be changing their unveiling date of the Xbox 2 … Read More

Microsoft Lines Up Xbox 2 Supporters

April 11, 2005 | Blackstaffer

Microsoft has garnered the support of studios like EA, Vivendi, Ubisoft, and Rockstar for their next-generation, HD, Xbox 2.

These companies already support the Xbox, so I’m not sure this is such a great announcement, unless you’ve been looking for … Read More

Sony PS3 – Also Before E3, AND Before Microsoft

April 8, 2005 | Blackstaffer

FINALLY.

In one of those moves that says “yeah, like THAT’S coincidence”, Sony announced that it’s pre-E3 showing of the PS3 will happen at 15:00PST on 16may05 at the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City. This is a mere 3 … Read More

Briefly – PS3, Xbox 2

April 8, 2005 | Blackstaffer

Sony was to have a preview event for the PS3 sometime in March. Well, Sony kind of changed their minds, so no such event was held. Some are predicting doom and gloom, but I don’t think it’s such a big … Read More

Xbox 2: Before E3

April 8, 2005 | Blackstaffer

CNN Money says that Microsoft will be announcing the next Xbox (probably to be called the Xbox 360) several days before E3. Everyone is clamoring for details of the next Xbox, and all will be revealed soon.

Price and launch … Read More

Bill Gates on the Future and Xbox

April 6, 2005 | Blackstaffer

This may not exactly be late-breaking news, but I missed this the first time around so I thought I’d put up a link just in case you did too. Bill Gates gave an interview to News.com about the future of … Read More

Sony Cell Slideshow

March 28, 2005 | Blackstaffer

Even though this isn’t HD news per-se, the next generation PS3 will support HD, and will use the Cell processor. Sony has made slides available about the Cell.

Link: Sony

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