The modern gaming world offers variety of games to bring delight to the modern gaming lovers. In this regard, some of the digital games such as the Nintendo Wii, the Play Station portable and the Xbox 360 Console are occupied the best place in the world of home entertainment. As the modern people are showing great interest to play games from home on their computers, the different types are gaming consoles are introduced in the market to fascinate the modern tech-savvy gamers.

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You’ve played Xbox 360 games with the millions of gamers on Xbox LIVE. You’ve chatted, shared, and dominated in games of all kinds. But what if those millions could be playing your game? Better still – what if you were getting paid for it? Starting holiday 08, Xbox LIVE Community Games is your ticket to fame – and possibly fortune as millions of Xbox LIVE users now have the opportunity to view, buy, and play games that you create.

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Dell is throwing in the Xbox 360 Elite with the purchase of the top-of-the-line XPS entertainment notebook. The package costs $2,999 and includes the 17-inch XPS M1730 powered by a 2.5-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 processor. The machine ships with Microsoft's Windows Vista Premium and includes 4 GB of memory, two 200-GB hard drives, and Nvidia's SLI Dual GeForce 8700MGT graphics card with 512 MB of memory. The notebook also comes with support for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless technology.

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According to this story, Nintendo's Wii is now outselling the XBox 360 in the U.S. This news is not that earth-shattering: The Wii is a newer system and is billed as providing entertainment for the whole family, while the XBox was introduced a year before the Wii (and so to some will seem outdated) and is geared toward serious gamers. What surprised me more is the survey quoted within the news story.

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A Circuit City page which lists the new Xbox 360 60GB model states the following. "Upscaling DVD Player: With an HDMI cable (sold separately), watch your favorite DVDs in near high-definition using the upscaling capabilities of Xbox 360." They have slapped an August 8th release on the new box.

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Nintendo's Wii has overtaken Microsoft's Xbox 360 to become the best selling games console in the US. Market research firm NPD Group said that some 666,000 Wii consoles were sold in North America in June, bringing total US sales figures to 10.9 million since its release in November 2006. The latest figures mean that the Nintendo console is now outselling Microsoft's Xbox 360, which has been on sale a year longer.

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We got a bit lucky yesterday and had an exceedingly strange and funny interview that might have been titled the All-Star Xbox Executive Roundtable. It was the end of a long day of E3ing on Wednesday, and several Microsoft execs had been holed up in a downtown Los Angeles restaurant they had shut down for the day in order to escape the dirty masses on what remains of the E3 show floor.

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Nintendo Co. said U.S. retailers sold more than 666,000 of its Wii consoles last month, making the machine the overall leader among the new generation of video-game machines. Consumers have purchased almost 10.9 million of the players since Wii was introduced in November 2006, passing the total rung up by Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360, researcher NPD Group Inc. said today in an e-mailed statement.

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Microsoft Corp. this week showcased the sequel title Fable 2 for the Xbox 360 at the E3 Media & Business Summit in Los Angeles, CA. The latest build held a strong variety of in-game options, including weapon-based combat and spellcasting. The demo character had the option of two weapons, a sword and a shotgun. The game will automatically highlight nearby targets that will direct the character to attack.

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Microsoft is still making Xbox games for its target audience of 19-to-26-year-old males who like action games with strong graphics, but the company has broadened its entertainment role with other interactive media. The Xbox 360 doesn't just play standard games. It has interactive games in which players can create avatars to participate in the games, it plays television shows, music and films.

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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) have unveiled a partnership under which Netflix will stream movies directly to consumers through Microsoft's Internet-based Xbox Live service. Under the deal, customers who have an Xbox 360 console attached to their TVs and who subscribe to Microsoft's Xbox Live Gold service, and who are also Netflix subscribers, can download Netflix movies at no additional cost.

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Microsoft's XBOX 360 has been ruling the gaming console market in 2007. Sony's PlayStation 3 was literally panting. Hard pressed to catch up, Sony's PlayStation 3 has finally managed to overtake XBOX in US. But in last few months of 2008, PS 3 has left XBOX 360 behind. Games like Metal Gear Solid 4 and the Blu-ray support have helped PS 3 to lead.

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Microsoft has tripled the amount of storage on its Xbox 360 with a 60GB version which will sell at the current price of the 20GB model. The new unit will cost $349, while the 20GB will drop to $299 until stocks are depleted. "We know that consumers need more and more space to store the digital content Xbox 360 offers, and we are giving it to them at no extra charge," said Albert Penello, director of Xbox product management at Microsoft.

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Never mind the early August launch date of the Xbox 360 60GB model - you can place a pre-order with Amazon now for $349, and with guaranteed delivery when it ships, all you need to do is wait and look forward to the day it arrives in front of your doorstep patiently. Each purchase will come with the following :-
* Xbox 360 console
* 60GB detachable hard drive
* Wireless controller
* Xbox Live headset.

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It’s that time of year again E3 08 starts next week and Microsoft will have the hottest games and demos each day for Xbox Live members. This year Bringing Home E3 continues with daily content from the event and the best in content. So Monday you’ll want to take a few minutes to check out the extra content each day from E3 08 right from your own Xbox 360.

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