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Three years after being unveiled at CES, Microsoft’s Mediaroom software is finally coming to Xbox 360 (in the form of Mediaroom 2.0) “later this year” thanks to AT&T’s U-verse service. But, that’s all the details we had. Until today, when we spoke with Xbox’s Aaron Greenberg as well as a Mediacenter spokesperson on the show floor who, between the two of them, managed to answer most of our questions.

First, we asked Greenberg to explain the three-year delay between the technology’s 2007 debut and this announcement. “Well, the technology that we showed [in 2007] was brand new and showing that it worked,” Greenberg said. “What we then did was we went out to the IPTV content providers and said, ‘Hey, now this is an option for you.’” And that option was, of course, to use the Xbox 360 to deliver IPTV content. Greenberg said, “So the technology works … the Xbox 360 can serve as a set-top box, be a DVR, and run Mediaroom.” But not so fast! We got a tour of the service and found a few disappointing shortcomings to that nominally appealing feature-set.

Continue reading Details, limitations of Xbox 360 Mediaroom 2.0 IPTV support

Details, limitations of Xbox 360 Mediaroom 2.0 IPTV support originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Capcom is showing off Mega Man 10 at CES. CES has possibly the highest concentration of video cameras of any location on Earth. You see where this is going.

After the break, we’ve embedded off-screen footage of the faux-retro downloadable game’s stadium stage, captured and written up in preview form by The Mega Man Network. Capcom didn’t allow the boss’s name to be released, so it’s just “the stadium stage” for now. The MM Network blogger managed to play, and record, the stage in both normal difficulty and the new Easy Mode, allowing us to see some of the differences. It’s especially notable in the goal post mid-boss area: in normal difficulty, there’s a spiked ball that constantly slams into Mega Man, but in Easy Mode that obstacle is absent, making the boss a fairly simple matter. At the end, the game announces that, like Mega Man 9, there will be DLC and a time attack mode.

Mega Man 10 will be available on Xbox 360, Wii, and PS3 as a download in March.

[Via GoNintendo]

Continue reading Mega Man 10 footage caught on tape

Mega Man 10 footage caught on tape originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Just like Capcom has done for Super Street Fighter IV, the publisher’s unloaded a healthy dose of new Lost Planet 2 media during CES 2010. In our gallery below, you’ll find we’ve tactically placed seven new screens to study, each with the requisite number of explosions and gigantic metal killing machines. Oh, and light bloom. There’s a lot of that.

If moving pictures are more your speed, head past the break to observe a group boss battle against Akrid X, courtesy of GameVideos.

Continue reading No light lost in these Lost Planet 2 screens

No light lost in these Lost Planet 2 screens originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Capcom’s brought its A game to CES 2010, unloading everything but the proverbial kitchen sink (and the full roster list) for Super Street Fighter IV. There’s some new fight sticks to look forward to, new screens and two new gameplay trailers — which have oddly low volume, for some reason — showing off those sweet new Ultra Combos.

You can check out the new screens in our gallery below, but you’ll have to jump past the break for the conclusion of this two-part combo of fresh gameplay clips. It’s totally worth it, we assure you.

Continue reading Here’s Muay Super Street Fighter IV media to Thai you over

Here’s Muay Super Street Fighter IV media to Thai you over originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Peripheral manufacturer Razer is dipping its shaved toes in the console market, announcing “preliminary approval” from Microsoft to produce an Xbox 360 controller and headset. The $50 wired Onza — that’s the controller — will have Razer Hyperesponse technology that’ll “give faster actuation and a crisp, tactile feel.” What’s that now? Oh, oh, we pressy the buttons and they make the things happen? Gotcha! Why not just say that? That’s what we want from a controller.

The Razer Chimaera headset, which will retail for $130, features 5.1 channel virtual surround sound. The headset also allows “multiple Razer base stations to be connected to create a direct, private communication channel for in-game team conversations” — or the rest of us can just start a party chat? Best part, though, the “circumaural design of the headset allows for optimum noise isolation for long-hours of comfortable gameplay.” Thus allowing gamers to totally tune out their parents, spouse, or crying and hungry child.

[Via GX]

Razer wants cut of Xbox 360 peripheral business originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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