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September 1st, 2007

Sid Meier Releasing Civilization: Revolution for Xbox 360

I’m sure it’s an interesting play off the name 360 and Sid Meier’s announced release Civilization: Revolution for the Xbox 360.
I believe the Civilization franchise is the best all-around strategy video game on the market today. I just don’t think I want to play it on my 360.
For me, a strategy game like this […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

March 15th, 2007

DirectX 10 Still Only Available for Vista?

Originally Microsoft planned to only have DirectX 10 available for machines running their new Vista operating system. However, with less than stellar sales of the new operating system and people not running to jump on purchasing the new software like it’s a PS3 or Xbox 360, have caused the possibility of DirectX 10 becoming available […]

By Jason Bean -- 5 comments

February 22nd, 2007

Microsoft Releases Wireless Receiver for Xbox Devices on a PC

Wish you could take your Xbox 360 devices and use them for your PC games? Now you can as Microsoft readies the release of a wireless receiver unit that allows:

Will work with future Xbox 360 Wireless Accessories.
Provides up to a 30-foot range for complete wireless freedom.
Use up to four Wireless Controllers and four Wireless Headsets […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments