Don't listen to reviews... they're probably wrong anyway According to an interview with Square Enix, FFXIII developers recently released (on CVG.com) explains they try not to listen to game critics too much. Producer Yoshinori Kitase explained that many critics view the first half of the game to be 'too liner' but ignores the criticism explaining that FFXIII is attempting to tell a story and a liner narrative is the best way to draw gamers into the world. Makes sense when you ...

Get rid of any thoughts of a 'next-gen', it's not going happen! CES has already provided us with a Natal release date and the new Games Room social gaming network for Live, but Microsoft has been quick to shoot down any talk of a new generation of consoles. Speaking at CES, senior director of Xbox product management, David Hufford had this to say about the 360 2: "I think it's important to say that the Xbox 360 is the console of the long future ...

2.2 million users is the most that have ever been logged onto Xbox Live simultaneously, Microsoft announced at CES. That's pretty impressive, out of 39 million Xboxes sold.

Holiday 2010, it's time  to get off the sofa and wave your arms! This years CES is underway and Microsoft's Robbie Bach has finally confirmed a release date for its ambitious motion controller. Project Natal will finally launch during 2010's 'holiday season', which means we could see it released anytime between October, November, or December as in the US 'holiday' also encompasses Thanks Giving. Launching in the tail end of 2010 also means that Natal could come packaged with a number of games, ...

X360 wishes you a happy holiday and wants to know how you'd rate the year that was 2009 As  2009 comes to a close it's time to take a look back over the year and come to lots of arbitrary and probably useless conclusions. But we'll discuss it nonetheless because at the beginning of last year we had a very different perception of the videogames industry than we do right now. For one thing, we thought 2009 would top 2008, it didn't. ...

Xbox Live has become the new stomping ground of Dan Maher - you may know him as MrPointyHead of Inside Xbox fame. We managed to get an interview with him and, for your reading pleasure, is the transcript below... X360: How do you see your role in the Xbox Live community? Increasingly consequential. I think I now have a team in place that allows me to produce the content I’d dreamed of creating when I first got the job. Back then, it was ...

Hello X360 fans, As a fortnight has passed the NEW X360 Podcast is live. Thanks to the internet it's a day late, but dammit, at least it's here now. To download it, simply go to the iTunes Store, search for X360 and subscribe or click HERE. If you'd like to leave feedback, good or bad, then click HERE. Please enjoy!

As another fortnight comes to a close, X360 is proud to bring you the very latest X360 Podcast. Featuring Simon 'The Killer Miller', Samuel 'Hitman' Roberts, Dave 'McDuck' Shaw and David 'Ow My Eye' Lynch, download it now to hear the latest on Assassin's Creed II, Modern Warfare 2 as well as in-depth opinion on Brutal Legend, Forza Motorsport 3 and, oh, so much more! To download it please go to the iTunes Music Store, search for X360 and subscribe or click ...

After a ridiculously long delay, a new (and very special) episode of the X360 has gone live. We would like to say sorry for the wait but can promise you that we will return to our fortnightly schedule as of now! To listen, go to the iTunes Music Store, search for X360 and subscribe or simple click HERE.

For all intents and purposes, DJ Hero is a good game. Forget what you may think regarding the 'exploitation' of the guitar side of things. Activision's 'development' of the brand is seemingly an entertaining and, if nothing else, interesting extension of the lucrative franchise. As such, it has received a special edition. Those who have decided that the estimated £108 RRP just isn't enough can spend more on a yet to be priced carrying case that turns into a DJ stand. You'll ...

Yeah, that got your attention! So it appears that Battlefield 1943 has already left mountains of dead in its wake, totalling some five million on just its first day of release. Talking purely from personal experience, this isn't much of a surprise, seeing as it's possible to blow up just by driving into the see. Just ask any member of team X360, they all saw it. As issue 48 currently attests, its perfect scissors/paper/stone levels of balance ensure on ...

That's right sport fans, the latest edition of the X360 podcast has gone live. Please head on over to the iTunes Music Store, search for X360 and subscribe, click HERE or head on over to NowGamer.com. If you need further reason to download it, this man is on it:

Two weeks have gone past which means another episode of the X360 Podcast has gone live. Head on over to the iTunes Music Store, search for X360 and then subscribe OR hit this link: CLICK HERE TO LISTEN NOW! Need another reason? This man is on it:

At GDC, Blizzard's Rob Pardo stated that the company has been chatting to Microsoft about the next iteration of the Xbox, implying that the next-gen technical specifications of the console may match the requirements needed to run World of Warcraft effectively. In terms of planning ahead, it's an ingenious move by Microsoft. Still, with console MMOs unproven, the impact of having this cultural phenomenon on an Xbox platform remains to be seen. What we can say, though, is that there's no harm in trying. With over ...

After toppling The Covenant level of Halo 3 for the 60th time, recently, when myself and a friend tried to make one Scarab destroy the other, I decided that I'd exhausted the game. Instead of venturing into the legion of online options, however, I delved into 2002's (2001 if you're American) Halo: Combat Evolved again. Up until about two or three years ago, I'd found it to be a fairly ageless title – the level of visual detail is great for a last-gen game, the ...