Xbox 360 may soon be getting its own Blu-ray drive. Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology is reportedly under contract to manufacture the external drives for the console. According to a report from hardware publication X-Bit Labs, possible specs for the product are unavailable, but the report notes an unsourced rumor suggesting a $100-$150 price tag for the…
A popular free security tool for the Firefox browser has been upgraded to block one of the most dangerous and troubling security problems facing the Web today. NoScript is a small application that integrates into Firefox. It blocks scripts in programming languages such as javascript and Java from executing on untrusted Web pages. The scripts…
Netflix has begun to alert subscribers that a price increase is required for those who wish to rent Blu-ray movies. The surcharge is a result of the additional cost of the next generation format, which sometimes is double that of DVD. The good news is that the surcharge is only $1, and allows you unlimited…
Finally on Nov. 19, you can kiss that old Xbox experience goodbye as you welcome the shiny New Xbox Experience, and all the Avatars, group chatting and other new features it brings in tow. That’s worldwide, by the way. We’re hearing this and a lot more in our TGS 2008 Microsoft press briefing liveblog. Come…
In case you missed it, three new XBL Arcade games debuted today. We told you about MLB Stickball, of course. There is also a Tenchu game, a top down stealth-strategy type title, and a music game Beat N’ Groovy, which is a DDR clone. Tweet
Here’s a sweet sourcebook pickup that extends the standard collection of Items and Magic Items found in the D&D 4th Edition Players Handbook or the D&D 4th Edition Dungeon Master Guide. This D&D 4th Edition Adventure’s Vault [Amazon, Funagain] is perfect for anyone looking to find a larger selection of standard item types. It also…
NCsoft has promoted Tim Cain to Design Director for an unannounced MMO under development at Carbine Studios. Cain has 25 years of experience in the games industry. He’s probably best known for his work as a producer and designer of Fallout and Fallout 2 before leaving Interplay to become a co-founder of Troika. Even beyond…
Australian artist Ken Taylor created two posters for the Alamo Drafthouse’s screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which is part of the October horror film series. Rocky Horror has been playing weekly (every saturday at midnight) at the Alamo Village since 2004. The two poster set features Magenta and Riff Raff, and might be…
YouTube has announced that they will start selling games and music to grow revenue. This now Google-owned website will be setup so that visitors to YouTube.com can buy the songs from music videos they watch on the site by clicking on buttons that take them to Amazon Music or iTunes. Users will also be able…
IDW has provided Newsarama with an exclusive preview of this week’s Ghostbusters: The Other Side #1 by Keith Champagne and Tom Nguyen. The solicitation for the issue reads: Egon Spengler! Ray Stantz! Winston Zeddemore! Peter Venkman! The original Ghostbusters return in an all-new, four-part Ghostbusters story from IDW! Writer Keith Champagne (Green Lantern Corp, The…
