Loading ...Yesterday, Major Nelson released a video of creating an avatar for the New Xbox Experience(XNE). For those who don’t know the XNE is the total revamp of the Xbox 360 Dashboard that is expected to be released with the fall update. It really is very different and adds a big new feature, avatars. These are very similar to Mii’s for the Wii and avatars for Playstation Home. It seems as if Microsoft wanted to get in the game. Just watch the video above to see the entirely new interface for yourself.
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Yesterday, Major Nelson released a video of creating an avatar for the New Xbox Experience(XNE). For those who don’t know the XNE is the total revamp of the Xbox 360 Dashboard that is expected to be released with the fall update. It really is very different and adds a big new feature, avatars. These are very similar to Mii’s for the Wii and avatars for Playstation Home. It seems as if Microsoft wanted to get in the game. Just watch the video above to see the entirely new interface for yourself.
Lots of looking ahead to GDC in the news this week, and just in case you have been living under a rock on a video gameless planet somewhere out in the traverse, TWiR is here to fill you in on the biggest (earth) gaming stories that you missed. Strap yourselves in folks, as the GDC excitement factor was kicked up a notch This Week in Rotpod.
- Story of the Week: Surfer Girl Predicts Gears 2 Announcment at GDC
- Ender’s Game Becomes a (Virtual) Reality
- GT5 Prologue Hitting North America
Rumor: Halo Wars Hitting PC with Cross Platform Multiplayer- Um, Halo Wars not Hitting PC with Cross Platform Multiplayer
- GTA IV Wanted Posters Hit NYC
- Cheaper Asus Eee Desktop
- CryEngine 2 Running on Consoles at GDC
- Vivendi Makes $1.5 billion in 2005 Thanks to Blizzard
- Valve’s ‘Steamworks’ Brings Social Gaming Platform to PC
- Playstation Home Being Revamped for Spring ‘08
- Rock Band March DLC Leaked
- Mercs 2 & Bad Company Delayed
- New PS3 SKU Almost Confirmed
- More Portal Definitely Coming
- Rock Band Announced for Wii
- All the SSBB Final Smashes Revealed [Spoiler]
- TF2 Crank That Soulja Boy Parody
Lots of stuff happened this week, and just in case you missed it, TWIR is here to deliver all of the best of it to you in one big ball of gaming related links. From the DMC 4 demo to SSBM Kiosk videos, here is This Week in Rotpod.
- Big Daddy Figurine Replacement Finally Starts
- Shiek Announced for SSBB
- Activision Dethrones EA as Top Publisher of 2007
- Microsoft Repays Live Users with Undertow
Age of Conan Release Date Announced- Age of Conan Delayed
- Oblivion PSP Shows Signs of Life
- December 2007 NPDs
- 3 New Characters Accidentally Confirmed for Brawl
- Infinity Ward on PC Game Pirating
- COD4 Becomes Most Played Game on Xbox Live
- DMC4 Demo Hits XBL and PSN
- 10 Million WoW Players…Damn
- Team Fortress 2 Update Rolling In
- GTAIV Release Date Announced
- Xbox Team Makes a Profit
- Force Unleashed Showcase Video
- This Week in Brawl
- New SSBB Subspace Emissary Video
- SSBB Demo Kiosk Footage Galore
- Radeon HD X3870 X2 Released by ATI
How many times can a Beta signup go sour? Well, I’m not exactly sure; I haven’t been counting the COD4 beta opportunities that have gone out the window due to server issues. Well, at least were in now! Here are the important stories from this week: (gotta get this done and jump back in the beta!)
- Wii Finally Tops Xbox 360 In Overall Sales
- SSMB Roster Revealed?
- New MGS4 Screens
- PGR4 Set Back to October
- Midnight Club: LA Trailer Surfaces
- New MG4 Trailer
- Bioshock Xbox 360 vs. PC Comparison
- Rotpod Review: Bioshock
- 5 Song GH3 Demo Shipping With THPG
- PSM Gives Lair 5/10, Warhawk 6.5/10
- July NPDs: Xbox 360 On Top of PS3, Wii On Top of All
- The Most Biased/Unfair Comparison Video Ever: Oblivion vs. Two Worlds
- Manhunt 2 Shipping on Halloween
- Bioshock Widescreen Issue Fix on the Way
- Stranglehold Pushed Back –> And Again… (for PS3 and PC)
- Is Metroid Dread Almost Done?
- UT3 Getting PC Demo
- Google Phone Rumors Run Rampant
- Call of Duty 4 Beta Mess Cleared Up
- Playstation Phone
- Mass Effect Controversy
- Halo 3 Goes Gold For Real!
- White PS2 With SingStar Bundle
- New SSMB Control Details
- COD4 Box Art Revealed
- Everybody Who Signed Up Gets Into COD4 Beta
- Official Mario Galaxy Box Art Revealed
- Ali Says ‘Farewell’ to the 60GB PS3
- Awesome New GT5: Prologue Screens
- Mass Effect Releasing Nov. 20th
- Quake Wars Goes Gold
- Timeshift Demo Released Via XBLM
- Get Your Halo 3 Accessories and Messenger Kit Next Week!
- Stranglehold Goes Gold for the Xbox 360
- Gamespot Jumps on the Lair Hater Train, Gives It a 4.5/10
- Tekken 5 Online Play Available Via PSN
- New Eternal Sonata Gameplay Trailer
- SSMB Updates Run Wild
- 60GB PS3 Back For a Bit
- Gears of War Map Pack 2 Is Free as of Monday
Yeah, it’s that time again. Here are the big news stories we posted this week:
- Xbox 360’s Price Drops
- HMV Takes Pre-orders for MGS4 Xbox 360
- Oh Wait, HMV Says MGS4 Pre-orders Were Listed Due to a Screw Up
- New COD 4 Gameplay Video Reveals More Features
- Warhawk Pricing Revealed
- No Rumble for the Sixaxis (for now at least)
- Wii Firmware Update
- Microsoft Confirms HDMI Output for Xbox 360 Premium
- Timeshift Dated for PC and Xbox 360
- Stranglehold Demo Released (and it kicks ass!)
- Stranglehold PS3 Not Delayed
- Amazon Selling Xbox 360 Premium for $329.99
- Halo 3 Edition Xbox 360 Available for Pre-order
- Huge Mass Effect Preview
- Two New Halo 3 Weapons Revealed (spoiler: one of them is the flamethrower)
- What is Halo 3 Epsilon?
- Gmail Gets More Storage
- Xbox 360 Rock Band May Not Get Wireless Controllers
- Warhawk Uses PS3’s for Server Clusters
Editorials:
- Give Us a Straight Answer Microsoft! -Ravi Gogineni
- Nintendo
HatesLoves Metroid Prime 3: Corruption [Updated] – Ali Shah
It’s not quite midnight, but here is this weeks edition of TWIR:
- GTA IV Gets Delayed
- Xbox Support Website Launches
- Amazon.com Xbox 360 HD DVD Drive Sales Up 1000%
- Bizzare Says that PGR4 is not Constrained by DVD9
- Crysis Slated for November ‘07 Release
- Best Buy Ripping Gamers off for Xbox 360 Bundle?
- Epic Talks About Xbox 360 User Created Content Challenges
- Xbox 360 to Get 65nm Chips This Fall; 45nm for 2008-2009
- First Set of Forza 2 DLC Hits XBLM
- Fire Emblem’s Ike Confirmed as SSBB Character
- Bungie Details Halo 3 Cooperative Play
- More Xbox 360 Price Drop Evidence
- MGS4 Release Window and Multiplatform Possibilities Discussed
- Halo 3 Online Co-Op Confirmed
- PGR4 Track List Unveiled
- MGS4 Gameplay Video
- Lego Indiana Jones Announced
- FBI Searches Ted Stephen’s House
There is the important news that you may have missed this week! Don’t get too depressed about GTA IV, its not the end of the world… I guess.
