Brain Hood

Christmas shopping days are finally not over, or maybe not. Just when you thought it was safe to go out and buy one of the hottest consoles on the market, only to discover that all the big sale hottest video games begin today. She like many other days before Christmas, shoppers are trapped in world “must have” for Xbox 360

KINECTS is just one of those who need to Xbox 360 this year. Xbox 360 and Wii Fit KINECTS give a run for their money, literally. "If you do not have the experience KINECTS yourself, you are missing one of the best features of video games in history.

The Kinect gives interactive gaming a whole new meaning with the ability to get in on the gaming action with no controllers and batteries required. The Xbox 360 Kinect is living up to their reputation for being one of the best interactive gaming consoles of the year and is listed as a Reviews of Electronics must have.

No controllers and batteries are compulsory to keep you in the game like duck, swim, dance, jump and move. It should be a disclaimer Kinect Xbox 360 that contains a huge sweating, and is not recommended for people with addictive personality. Kinect is an overview of Electronics. The Xbox 360 has dozens of games to choose from, but only 5 made it to our bestsellers of 2010.

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops
2. Assassin’s Creed- Brotherhood
3. Kinect Sports – for Xbox 360 Kinect
4. Halo Reach
5. Dance Central – for Xbox 360 Kinect

Sidhe, the largest and most successful game development company has announced the Rugby Challenge for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. The game is scheduled in between July and October in 2010, which should be fine in Rugby World Cup next year.

Perhaps the best news for local rugby fans is that the game will include licenses for the All Blacks, ITM Investec Super Cup Rugby and among others. It will support online multi player, and has a franchise mode over several years, extensive customization options and “dynamic, real-time feedback” from famous commentators.

Thankfully, Sidhe has a pedigree of sorts when it comes to football games; the team also developed Rugby League 3 for the Nintendo Wii, which was generally well received. In fact, most of the criticism leveled at that game tended to focus on the limitations of the platform it released on. You can read Game Console’s review of Rugby League 3 here.

“Following the success of sports video games, we are very proud to be taking on New Zealand’s national sport,” said Mario Wynands, Managing Director of Sidhe, “It’s an exciting time for rugby in both New Zealand and overseas and it is fantastic to be part of that.”

If you live in a house with several players, you may be pleased to know that Xbox Live Gold Family Pack is available now.

The kit allows users of the four 12-month subscription to Xbox Live Gold for $ 99.99, which is $ 20 less than the cost of two separate subscriptions. A single membership cost $ 59.99.

Several unique features are included. Thanks to the Family Centre, available on your dashboard or Xbox, users can manage their online preferences and affiliations. Users with children may be in a safe kid-friendly here and they can buy and gift Microsoft Points Microsoft Points for grants.

Monitor Xbox Live usage with activity reports on Xbox website. The Family Pack also lets users in on deals and discounts on family-friendly games, Microsoft Xbox Live’s programming director Larry Hryb, said in a blog post.

If a user already has Gold membership, Microsoft will allow him or her to convert it to a Gold Family Pack, and the credit from the existing membership will apply to the price of the bundle.

This comes one day before the release of Kinect, Microsoft’s add-on for Xbox 360 that allows players to operate the system hands-free. Kinect hits U.S. stores Thursday for $149.99, though Kinect bundles are also available, including an Xbox 360 250GB and a Kinect for $399.99 or an Xbox 360 4GB console, the Kinect sensor, and “Kinect Adventures” game for $299.

Today Microsoft also launched its fall dashboard update for , including the reconstruction of entire user interface.

The Xbox 360 hasn’t exactly had a smooth ride to this point, what with the dreaded Red Ring of Death hitting the system hard in its early days. But the console has now hit the 40-million -old milestone. And with the Natal motion control system due to be released by the 2010 holidays, the future is looking positive.

Microsoft entered the games hardware market in 2001 with the original Xbox. And the console did extremely well considering it was the company’s first attempt, managing to sell 24 million units, beating both the Sega Dreamcast and Nintendo GameCube to place second in its generation. It couldn’t compete with the Sony PS2, however, which ruled all with 140 million units sold.

This was enough to persuade Microsoft to carry on its efforts in the games industry, and the Xbox 360 arrived late in 2005. Within months, users started reporting fatal hardware errors, signified by the Red Ring of Death which appeared on the front of the unit. Microsoft eventually acted to appease customers extending the warranty of the console to three years, meaning a replacement can be sought when the RRoD occurs.

With that out of the way Microsoft has upped its game, constantly improving Xbox Live, and securing both Xbox 360 exclusives and former Playstation exclusives such as the latest game in the Final Fantasy series. And sales have remained steady and strong throughout.

Microsoft is now reporting that 40 million Xbox 360s have been sold worldwide, placing it second amongst home consoles, behind the Wii but ahead of the PS3. Sales do seem to have taken a slight dip of late, with the PS3 being the main beneficiary, but certainly in the U.S. at least, demand remains strong.

The next 12 months are all about motion control. The Wii has had such a system in place since launch, which has helped Nintendo sell the console to casual gamers around the world. But both the Xbox 360 and the PS3 are set to get their own motion control systems before the year is out.

Natal is the name of the Xbox 360’s entry, and is innovative due to the fact that a gamer’s whole body becomes the controller thanks to a 3D camera system. How this will work in practice remains to be seen but the theory looks exciting. And if it takes off then it could change the face of gaming forever.