Nyko Intercooler scorches Xbox 360 consoles?

We've seen our fair share of products that aren't exactly "as advertised," but it seems that Nyko's Intercooler might actually up the stakes by accomplishing the complete opposite of what it's intended to do.



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MS to offer Xbox Live Gold subscribers content first

Microsoft's director of programming, Larry Hryb, has revealed that the company plans to make non-paying users of the Xbox Live service wait longer to access game demos and trailers.

A new trailer for Gears of War launched on the service this week - but so far, it's only available to those who pay an annual or monthly fee for a Gold subscription. Silver account holders will have to wait "about a week", according to a post on Hryb's blog.

"This is going to happen more and more (Gold getting things before Silver), so you may want to think about upgrading if you want all the latest and greatest trailers, demos etc.," Hryb wrote.

More than 4 million gamers now use Xbox Live, and Microsoft expects that figure to hit 6 million by June. Over 70 million pieces of content, including demos and game and movie trailers, have been downloaded from Xbox Live Marketplace since its launch last November.

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First ever Halo 3 Scans, lots of new info

Finally, some Halo 3 news. Lots of it, actually. A Swedish magazine got all the information on Bungie’s third game in the Halo series and XboxPortugal was friendly enough to post them. After the jump is information on new weapons, multiplayer, bots, awesome sounding Legendary Edition and last but not least; the scans..

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Oblivion Sweeps Golden Joysticks

Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion was crowned “Game of the Year” earlier today, as it swept the board at this year’s 24th annual Golden Joystick Awards, announced in London.

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MS doing better than expected - CFO

"Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell has said that the company is doing 'better than we hoped' after the company's Entertainment and Devices division posted a 70 per cent rise in revenues.

During the three months ending September 30, Microsoft's overall revenues rose by 11 per cent to hit USD 10.81 billion (EUR 8.53 billion). Operating income was also up by 11 per cent at USD 4.47 billion (EUR 3.53 billion), and net quarterly income stood at USD 3.48 billion (EUR 2.75 billion) - the equivalent to USD 0.35 (EUR 0.28) per share."

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Jack Thompson Orders MK “Cease and Desist”

Florida lawyer Jack Thompson has requested Midway cease and desist distributing Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, in response to a user-created character being made in his image and posted on the internet.

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New Halo 3 scans are out!

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