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Wii New Virtual Console Games
Downloads Wii New Virtual Console Games is a handy widget displays the most recent Wii Virtual Console releases. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
[July 31, 2007, 9:54]
Murky Future For Online Console Games
News The report released Monday predicts that subscription revenue from online console games will total $250m annually by 2006, compared with $1.5bn for online PC games. Pidgeon predicted console makers will buy up more software developers and strike...
[December 18, 2001, 14:26]
Microsoft Games Console Linked To AMD
News The latest round of rumours surrounding Microsoft's "X-Box" have revealed that the dark-horse gaming console will run on AMD's Athlon processor, with graphics technology from GigaPixel and a version of Windows.
[February 22, 2000, 15:10]
GamePadz
Downloads It is used for managing, browsing, and expanding your collection of console video games. GamePadz is a console game manager with automatic game data updates. Version 0.5.4 has added 25 Xbox games to database, added My Notes feature to save your...
[February 21, 2006, 19:31]
Xbox Price To Drop Tonight
News Microsoft is to announce a price cut on Monday night for its Xbox games console, though analysts say the cut will not be enough to take market share from Sony's PlayStation 2. Microsoft Australia confirmed on Sunday the timing of an announcement...
[March 29, 2004, 11:55]
Microsoft Announces Game Development Standard
News Microsoft announced a new set of development standards and tools on Wednesday intended to cover both PC games and titles for the company's Xbox console. If you're really going to merge PC games and console games, there's going to have to be a...
[March 25, 2004, 10:00]
Xbox Tools Are Delayed
News Key developer tools for Microsoft's Xbox games console have been delayed, adding to concerns about the platform's launch plans. At the recent Tokyo Games Show the US software giant found it necessary to deny rumours about delays, affirming the...
[April 4, 2001, 10:06]
PlayStation 2 Taps Into Grid Computing
News Butterfly.net, an IBM-backed company using supercomputing technology to run online games, is set to announce on Thursday that it will begin supporting Sony's PlayStation 2 console. Makers of console games have to figure out how to offer compelling...
[February 27, 2003, 8:26]
Xbox Will Use Seagate Hard Drives
News Seagate has been chosen to supply hard drives for Xbox, Microsoft's forthcoming video games console. Xbox, which is timetabled for an Autumn 2001 release, will be Microsoft's first games console. In a press release Tuesday Seagate announced that...
[November 8, 2000, 15:31]
Xbox Could Be Another UK Rip-off
News When Microsoft launches its Xbox games console in the UK, next spring, it is likely to be priced higher than the costs justify, according to the Consumer Association. Details of the eagerly awaited console were released at the E3 trade show in Los...
[May 17, 2001, 15:08]
Xbox Hackers Attempt To Blackmail Microsoft
News A group of Xbox-security researchers say they have found a way to run Linux on the Xbox games console without a mod chip and will go public with the technique if Microsoft won't talk to them about releasing an official Linux boot loader.
[June 27, 2003, 15:27]
Hackers Release Xbox Tool Despite Microsoft Threats
News A group of Xbox hackers called "Free-X" claim to have broken all security measures on the games console without any hardware modifications whatsoever, prompting Microsoft to threaten a legal attack against its members.
[July 4, 2003, 9:00]
Opinion: X-Box Dumps AMD
News The decision to put an Intel processor in Microsoft's X-Box games console was always on the cards, despite strong rumours that AMD might get a look in. When they're thinking about which games console to buy, they wants names they are familiar with...
[March 10, 2000, 14:41]
Sony To Make Handheld Game Device
News The electronics giant, whose PlayStation2 games console has outsold rivals from Microsoft and Nintendo 3-to-1, announced plans on Tuesday for a handheld game player. The $199, or about £127, PlayStation2 Online Pack will bundle a console with a...
[May 14, 2003, 7:54]
Dell May Diversify Into Console Market
News Dell may be looking at the games console market as a way to help it to diversify. At the Dell European Innovation event in Marbella, Spain, Vakharia was asked if the company had plans for a games console.
[February 1, 2007, 15:59]
Xbox Game Support Updates
Downloads Xbox game support enables your Xbox 360 video game console to play an array of games from your original Xbox video game console. A list of games that are currently backward compatible is available here and we will continue to add support for...
[August 21, 2007, 13:47]
Black-market Tool For Xbox Mod Squad
News Another "mod chip" that allows Microsoft's Xbox video game console to play copied games has entered the market, despite renewed legal efforts to thwart such chips. Once installed, they bypass security measures built into the machine, allowing the...
[August 8, 2002, 13:55]
Microsoft To Encourage Multi-region Xbox Games
News Forthcoming games for Microsoft's Xbox console will have regional codes, but the software giant will urge software publishers to make them work in all territories. In the interview, Allard also talked about developments in the Xbox controllers, and...
[January 12, 2001, 14:48]
Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express 1.0 Refresh
Downloads XNA Game Studio Express enables hobbyists, academics, and small, independent game developers to easily create video games for Windows and the Xbox 360 console using optimized cross-platform gaming libraries based on .NET.
[August 18, 2007, 12:41]
XNA Game Studio
Downloads XNA Game Studio Express enables hobbyists, academics, and small, independent game developers to easily create video games for Windows and the Xbox 360 console using new, optimized cross-platform gaming libraries based on .NET.
[December 18, 2007, 9:00]
