Today Microsoft's Major Nelson has announced that XBox LIVE is being discontinued for Original XBox consoles and games as of April 15, 2010.

To quote: I wanted to let you know that on April 15, 2010 Microsoft will discontinue Xbox LIVE service for original Xbox consoles and games, including Xbox 1 games playable on Xbox 360.

Our first step in this process will be to...

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Square Enix has confirmed to VG247 (linked above) that the XBox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII will ship on three DVDs in March, 2010.

The news comes after it was US retailer Gamefly listed the RPG at three discs overnight.

To quote: “Yes the game is on three DVDs for the 360,” a Square rep told us.

It was also confirmed to us that you’re not...

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Today C4E has released iXtreme Lite Touch (LT) alongside JungleFlasher v0.1.70 for Microsoft's XBox 360 console.

Download: iXtreme Lite Touch (LT) / JungleFlasher v0.1.70

From the NFO File: After a long development and testing process we give you the first official release of the iXtreme LT

• Supports all Liteon Drives (74850, 83850V1, 83850V2, 93450)
• Totally re-written...

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This weekend Team XeDEV released their new homebrew XBox 360 dashboard dubbed XeXMenu v1.0 (formerly Xexloader) with FTP support and more.

Download: XeXMenu v1.0 / XeXMenu v1.0 [Mirror]

To quote: You might be wondering why it's XeDEV who are releasing this.. Since some people left the team, they don't want to retain the "freexex" name anymore. Also changed the name to XeXMenu (this is...

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According to Capcom's VP of strategic planning and business development Christian Svensson, Capcom is working on a hardcore Project Natal game based on an old franchise.

Outside of tech demonstrations and modifications of several existing Xbox 360 games, we haven't seen what Project Natal is capable of.

Microsoft is keeping those games under wraps, however, G4TV caught up...

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Xbox Product Management Senior Director David Hufford believes that Natal will give new life to the Xbox 360, and that there is no need to launch a new console.

To quote from a recent interview with Guardian.co.uk: "I think it's important to say that the Xbox 360 is the console of the long future for us.

There is no need to launch a new console, because we're able to give this...

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To compliment the previously released SNES360, today Yoshihiro has released a Genesis emulator PC port dubbed Genesis360 Alpha for the XBox 360.

Download: XBox 360 Genesis360 Alpha Emulator / XBox 360 Genesis360 Alpha Emulator [Mirror]

To quote from the ReadMe File: Quick and simple Port from PC to XDK to let you see what can be done without an official devkit. 100% Coded on Retail :=) No Need for donations at all

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Recently old XBox 360 XDK's have been hitting the China market, in case any 360 Devs were interested in grabbing one.

After Microsoft released the new XNA, all XBox developers are entitled to get a free upgrade from their old one.

Where do the old ones go? Microsoft will pass them along to labs to destroy them before being thrown away.

The labs,...

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Today GamesIndustry.biz (linked above) reports that Microsoft is opting for an XBox 360 software solution after dropping the internal hardware chip in Natal in an effort to reduce costs of the device.

The load previously handled by the chip now falls on one of the main three Xenon processors, but while taking a "percentage" of performance away from the system, most games...

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Below is a Project Natal video, courtesy of MixxedbaggDotCom via YouTube, for XBox 360 from Microsoft's presentation at CES 2010 dubbed Concept to Reality.

It showcases Project Natal as a ground-breaking technology, where the body replaces ordinary controls.

During Microsoft's financial analyst briefing, President of Entertainment and Devices Division Robbie Bach was asked to...

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