Duke Nukem Forever Dated and Confirmed for Consoles… Not!

The Dallas Business Journal shaked the gaming community today by claiming with a bold headline that it knew the release date and platforms Duke Nukem Forever will launch. The publication reported:
“We’re really excited about bringing classic Duke to the 360,” said Miller during an interview with the DBJ. “We’re talking to Microsoft about getting a […]

2007 Game of the Year Critics Poll

The judges of the Game Critics Awards are honored to announce the first annual Game of the Year awards. Considering games across all platforms, released commercially in North America between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007, the judges have voted to decide on the best of the best for the […]

Microsoft says 360 Elite is just so hot right now, no SKU changes planned

Naturally curious as to why Xbox 360 Elites are so difficult to find, we went straight to the source — and Microsoft tells us that demand is simply outstripping supply on the 360 Elite right now, and that no model lineup changes are planned at this time — especially since the Elite is their […]

Did SKATE Outsell Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground?

Have you wondered how well SKATE did against Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground? Well thanks to a 3rd quarter earnings statement from Electronic Arts, we now know - SKATE outsold Tony Hawk’s by a massive 2:1 (or nearly)!

CHESSMASTER LIVE AVAILABLE NOW ON XBOX LIVE ARCADE

Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announced the release of Chessmaster LIVE on the Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.
Chessmaster LIVE features:

Hundreds of AI opponents to play in ELO-ranked matches

Voice-chat and LIVE Vision capabilities for head-to-head matches

Worldwide Hardware Chart for Week Ending January 26th, 2008

VGChartz reports the worldwide chart for Week Ending January 26th, 2008, is as follows:
Total:
DSL: 429,727
Wii: 354,359
PSP: 186,922
PS3: 146,742
360: 128,878
PS2: 115,625

SAW Video Game Coming 2009

Brash Entertainment today released the first update for their upcoming video game which will be based on the SAW movie franchise.

Microsoft Talks Xbox 360 Live And Server Strain

A week ago, Microsoft unveiled their program to make good to all the Xbox 360 gamers who were affected by the Xbox Live glitches since season.Meanwhile, the company is talking more about just what went wrong during the tumultuous period.
“We had the biggest concurrent day we’ve ever had on Live. We had more people than […]

Sitting Down with Microsoft’s Jeff Bell

Near the end of CES 2008, 1UP was given the chance to have some one-on-one time with none other than Microsoft executive Jeff Bell (he’s their Corporate Vice President of Global Marketing for Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business, to be exact). The gaming community was first introduced to Mr. Bell at Microsoft’s Electronic Entertainment Expo conference […]

Is the Xbox 360 worth Buying?

 
In a recent article a source who has worked on the Xbox 360 project for many years has shed some light on a lot of the problems and faults that are surrounding the 360. Unfortunately for the owners the article brought shame to their beloved consoles and proved that most of the faults could have […]