Microsoft Enviroment video reveals datacenter server numbers - Xbox LIVE?
(via DCEmu) -- Have you ever wondered how Microsoft provide those services for you? XBOX LIVE for instance surely must need more horsepower than a general website would need, wouldnt it? :) It's probably safe to bet that all of Microsoft's online operations doesn't run off a single server in the basement of...

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Is the Xbox Portable Just a Pipe Dream?
(via DCEmu) -- At this point, it seems unlikely that we'll be seeing an Xbox Portable any time soon. Even so, we can go ahead and pursue this pipedream, just for the sake our own imagination and curiosity. What form factor would be the most appropriate for an Xbox Portable? Some combination of the Nintendo DS...

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Cineplex big screens available to Xbox gamers
(via DCEmu) -- Cineplex Entertainment is renting out downtime at its theatres to video gamers looking to play their Xbox 360 titles on a giant screen. Beginning on Friday, gamers will be able to book two-hour sessions at 29 Cineplex theatres across the country for $179 plus taxes. Up to 12 people will...

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What Happened to the Xbox 360Â’s IPTV?
(via DCEmu) -- Gamers first heard of the intriguing service that the Xbox 360 was going to offer all the way back in January 2007. At the time it was seen as a first for consoles and a very innovative step forward in the home console market but now Playstation have their own method for delivering television to...

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Final Fantasy XIII demo could be two hours long
(via DCEmu) - A recent issue of Famitsu revealed a startling fact about the upcoming demo for Final Fantasy XIII -- the playable preview will apparently last longer than the film that it is packaged with, Final Fantasy: Advent Children Complete. For those of you keeping score at home -- the original Advent had a.

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Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise to allow four player co-op garden editing over Xbox
(via DCEmu) -- The obsession began as most obsessions do -- with a simple observation. Perhaps it was the perfectly arranged row of tulips, or the masterfully grown monkeynut trees. Perhaps it was the stunning flock of Chewnicorn that resided in that breathtaking place. One is never sure of how or why these...

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Akuma smacking evil back into Street Fighter IV
(via DCEmu) - We're not exactly sure if it was supposed to be a secret, considering we've seen his ginger likeness in media for the game before, but Capcom recently revealed a few Street Fighter IV screenshots featuring the series' crimson-haired big bad, Akuma. Apparently, he only rears his nefarious head when.

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