Game Reactor Magazine leaks Xbox 360 deets

Not that it's going to matter much in a few hours (you are going to tune in, aren't you?) but there was yet another major leak on the Xbox 360 from Scandi rag Game Reactor Magazine, with a load of new details:

• European release one week after the US

• Japanese release in December

• It'll be out in less than 6 months (i.e. before November)

• Halo 3 slated for 2005 release

• The two types of Xbox Live appear to be correct

• The X button is used for Xbox Live and displays your controller number

• [Translated] "You will be able to transfer stuff from an iPod."

• USB-recharging of the controller batteries

• Release titles include: Perfect Dark Zero, PGR3, and Kameo

Click on to peep the scans, and a bunch of verrrry nice Ghost Recon screencaps!

[Thanks, Brandon!]

[Brandon @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

no problem ;)

Im thinking we are going to learn less and less new info tonight on MTV.

[Michael McGuire @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

Halo 3 set for 2005 release? Why don't I believe that?

I know it was rumored that a sort of Halo 2.5 would be released as additional content on the hard drive, but that it would just be Halo 2 with updated textures/graphics? Perhaps that is what this is referring to?

[Brandon @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

here is the detailed list I sent in that says a lot of the same stuff we already know

First info for you guys:
*It will be released in europe 7 days after USA
*December release in Japan
*Its released in less than six months
*Release games: Perfect Dark Zero, PGR3 and Kameo

More to come. I got the final specs, but I Dont know if its OK to post it here? The magazine is out so.

Oh you guys... the controllers look PERFECT! And so does the console!

**EDIT**
More info:
*10-16 game titles at the release. 40 games after half a year.
*The Xbox Silver thingy is correct, it will be there, and free.
*You will be able to transfer stuff from an ipod.
*You will see TV thru your Xbox.
*It can stand up and lie down.
*When you watch DVD, some stuff in the console will automaticly shut down - so its more quiet.
*You load the batteries on the controllers up via USB-cable on Xbox. You can also use simple batteries.
*The round thingy on the controller = "The ring of light". Its actually a screen, which says if there are any updates on Xbox Live. Downl. content and such. It also says which controllers there are in your hands, which number.
*Rallisport Challenge 3 will be on Xbox 360.
*The Darkness from swedish Starbreeze (Riddick).
*Peter Moore confirms Halo 3. Release this year.

I'll wrote Ghost Recon 3-info soon. Now I'll write down Peter Moore and J Allard interview.

Allard says:
*There will be face plates, to change. There will be one in colfiber (+spelling).
*By preventing piracy they will push more and more on Xbox Live.

Peter Moore says:
(strange) *THIS time we will have more than 1 million users. Does that mean that there wont be any transfer of the Xbox 1 users? Or that there wasnt over 1 million on Xbox 1?
*Nothing new about Square, nothing to be announced @ E3. But he will be surprised if there are NO Square-game on Xbox 360.

Going for Ghost Recon 3 now. There is alot of info, and I posted the most important over. I RESERVE myself for missunderstandings, cause I'm not THAT good in danish. Just ask me and I will tell you more about it.

Ghost Recon 3:
Okey, first of all. THIS ONE LOOKS HOT. Hot. HOT. HOT. GR 360 oh man you guys.

Oh man.

*Just some info about the story, bla bla. The PC-version is developed by the Deathrow-developers, so that the Red Storm Ent. cant concentrate on the Xb 360 and Xbox-version.

________

The looks:
*Xbox 360 looks just like the leaked pictures. Its not grey like on Our Colony, its white. But it can be changed.
*The controller seems to have 2 rear buttons and 2 triggers, not sure.
*A, B, C, Y, Back, Start.
*There is a picture of "Burning Sky". Seems like you can shut down the Xbox via the controller, by pushing "X" at that screen.
*The Xbox itself has wireless network thingy installed.
*Webcam in 1280-resolution.
*You can put pictures from a digital camera in it
*It supports, the machine:
16:9
720p
1080i
5.1 Dolby Digital
Custom Soundtracks of course
20 gb of harddrive, can be upgraded
Memory card, at least 64 mb
3 USB Ports
*Morrowind Oblivion will be released this year.
*About NBA 2k6, they saw a demo of it.
"Lebron James jumped up, and when he touched the grand all of the body shook. All the muscles moved realistic, EVERYTHING on the body.
*Nothing special about PGR3.
*Gears of War to be the best looking game, for a long long time.
*Dimitri, Peter Molyneux latest game, COULD be released on Xbox 360. Rumours.
*Call Of Duty 2 on Xbox 360, as we already knew.
*The Ghost Recon 3-article is actually wroten by this TXB-dude who went to Big Blue Box to play Fable. I am really really sorry I dont remember your name.

**THATS IT** I think
I'll read thru it again and see what I've missed. I'll try to answer your questions by reading this article.

Just some final stuff:
*Something Microsoft Vision will be on Xbox 360. You will see TV on your Xbox. AND at the same time Play DVDs AND surf on the internet. At the same time?!?! wtf?
While all this you can get invites to games, friend requests, mail. MS is hoping that 50% of the 360-owners will buy Live. Right now, ~8% uses it.
*In the middle of a game, by pushing a button you will get directly to the dashboard.

Oh, and finally and most important: J Allards game of the Xbox 360 is "Fisher Price Nuclear Plant".

Oh, and of course: Thousand thanks to the magnificant (+spelling) danish magazine Gamereactor which I took the info from. They rock, and so does Nexus1000. Mostly because he is pretty. And he has Britney as an avatar. In black hair.

**EDIT again*
The final specs, I guess its OK now cause some of it has already been posted without TXB-guys deleting:

CPU:
3 x IBM Power PC 3.2 ghz

Graphics:
Specially build ATI 500 mhz
10 mb of embedded RAM
512 mb GDDR3 RAM

Polygon capacity:
500 mill/sec

Shade capacity:
48 billions shaderoperations/sec

Harddrive: 20 gb, can be upgraded
12x Dual Layer DVD
Memory Card, 64 mb+

3 USB-ports, 1 back 2 front
2 some kind of ports, dont know what it means

Ethernet-port
Preparded for Wi-fi 802.11
Prepared for webcamera (1280 resolution)

DVD-laser:
DVD-video, DVD-rom, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-rom, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, Mp3 CD, JPEG Photo-CD

Streaming:
From Windows XP PC, pics and movies from digital camera which you then cand send via Xbox Live to others.

ALL, read ALL games support:
16:9, 720p, 1080i, 5.1 Dolby Digital, custom soundtracks.

[Brandon @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

here is the detailed list I sent in that says a lot of the same stuff we already know

First info for you guys:
*It will be released in europe 7 days after USA
*December release in Japan
*Its released in less than six months
*Release games: Perfect Dark Zero, PGR3 and Kameo

More to come. I got the final specs, but I Dont know if its OK to post it here? The magazine is out so.

Oh you guys... the controllers look PERFECT! And so does the console!

**EDIT**
More info:
*10-16 game titles at the release. 40 games after half a year.
*The Xbox Silver thingy is correct, it will be there, and free.
*You will be able to transfer stuff from an ipod.
*You will see TV thru your Xbox.
*It can stand up and lie down.
*When you watch DVD, some stuff in the console will automaticly shut down - so its more quiet.
*You load the batteries on the controllers up via USB-cable on Xbox. You can also use simple batteries.
*The round thingy on the controller = "The ring of light". Its actually a screen, which says if there are any updates on Xbox Live. Downl. content and such. It also says which controllers there are in your hands, which number.
*Rallisport Challenge 3 will be on Xbox 360.
*The Darkness from swedish Starbreeze (Riddick).
*Peter Moore confirms Halo 3. Release this year.

I'll wrote Ghost Recon 3-info soon. Now I'll write down Peter Moore and J Allard interview.

Allard says:
*There will be face plates, to change. There will be one in colfiber (+spelling).
*By preventing piracy they will push more and more on Xbox Live.

Peter Moore says:
(strange) *THIS time we will have more than 1 million users. Does that mean that there wont be any transfer of the Xbox 1 users? Or that there wasnt over 1 million on Xbox 1?
*Nothing new about Square, nothing to be announced @ E3. But he will be surprised if there are NO Square-game on Xbox 360.

Going for Ghost Recon 3 now. There is alot of info, and I posted the most important over. I RESERVE myself for missunderstandings, cause I'm not THAT good in danish. Just ask me and I will tell you more about it.

Ghost Recon 3:
Okey, first of all. THIS ONE LOOKS HOT. Hot. HOT. HOT. GR 360 oh man you guys.

Oh man.

*Just some info about the story, bla bla. The PC-version is developed by the Deathrow-developers, so that the Red Storm Ent. cant concentrate on the Xb 360 and Xbox-version.

________

The looks:
*Xbox 360 looks just like the leaked pictures. Its not grey like on Our Colony, its white. But it can be changed.
*The controller seems to have 2 rear buttons and 2 triggers, not sure.
*A, B, C, Y, Back, Start.
*There is a picture of "Burning Sky". Seems like you can shut down the Xbox via the controller, by pushing "X" at that screen.
*The Xbox itself has wireless network thingy installed.
*Webcam in 1280-resolution.
*You can put pictures from a digital camera in it
*It supports, the machine:
16:9
720p
1080i
5.1 Dolby Digital
Custom Soundtracks of course
20 gb of harddrive, can be upgraded
Memory card, at least 64 mb
3 USB Ports
*Morrowind Oblivion will be released this year.
*About NBA 2k6, they saw a demo of it.
"Lebron James jumped up, and when he touched the grand all of the body shook. All the muscles moved realistic, EVERYTHING on the body.
*Nothing special about PGR3.
*Gears of War to be the best looking game, for a long long time.
*Dimitri, Peter Molyneux latest game, COULD be released on Xbox 360. Rumours.
*Call Of Duty 2 on Xbox 360, as we already knew.
*The Ghost Recon 3-article is actually wroten by this TXB-dude who went to Big Blue Box to play Fable. I am really really sorry I dont remember your name.

**THATS IT** I think
I'll read thru it again and see what I've missed. I'll try to answer your questions by reading this article.

Just some final stuff:
*Something Microsoft Vision will be on Xbox 360. You will see TV on your Xbox. AND at the same time Play DVDs AND surf on the internet. At the same time?!?! wtf?
While all this you can get invites to games, friend requests, mail. MS is hoping that 50% of the 360-owners will buy Live. Right now, ~8% uses it.
*In the middle of a game, by pushing a button you will get directly to the dashboard.

Oh, and finally and most important: J Allards game of the Xbox 360 is "Fisher Price Nuclear Plant".

Oh, and of course: Thousand thanks to the magnificant (+spelling) danish magazine Gamereactor which I took the info from. They rock, and so does Nexus1000. Mostly because he is pretty. And he has Britney as an avatar. In black hair.

**EDIT again*
The final specs, I guess its OK now cause some of it has already been posted without TXB-guys deleting:

CPU:
3 x IBM Power PC 3.2 ghz

Graphics:
Specially build ATI 500 mhz
10 mb of embedded RAM
512 mb GDDR3 RAM

Polygon capacity:
500 mill/sec

Shade capacity:
48 billions shaderoperations/sec

Harddrive: 20 gb, can be upgraded
12x Dual Layer DVD
Memory Card, 64 mb+

3 USB-ports, 1 back 2 front
2 some kind of ports, dont know what it means

Ethernet-port
Preparded for Wi-fi 802.11
Prepared for webcamera (1280 resolution)

DVD-laser:
DVD-video, DVD-rom, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-rom, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, Mp3 CD, JPEG Photo-CD

Streaming:
From Windows XP PC, pics and movies from digital camera which you then cand send via Xbox Live to others.

ALL, read ALL games support:
16:9, 720p, 1080i, 5.1 Dolby Digital, custom soundtracks.

[Cory Kowalik @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

This is exciting! I'm going to be geting the Premium Version. The only down side was what about all the kids that would have goten one for last christmas. They were sold out in more than one large city...

[adam monroe @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

HOORAY!!! i'm a fanatic but the bad thing about this is.....there is a big storm where I am in Raleigh, North Carolina. and I can't watch te MTV unveiling of this revolutionary item...ALL BECAUSE OF DIRECT TV DAMN YOU DIREVT TV DAMN YOOUUUUUUU!!!! anyways if anyone can tape it and send it to me via e-mail, IM transfer or anything else possible, e-mail me at [e-mail]

[Cory Kowalik @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

check bittorrent site. it will probably show up there

[Ian @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

My only question is who's taking preorders? This thing looks sweet!

[Saint @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

Umm.....anyone notice the missing white and black buttons? Have those become the second set of triggers or something?

[Brandon @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

here are links to the full rez pics in-case u can read that language

www.cmd.tech.nhl.nl/users/rooij100/images/360/1.jpg
www.cmd.tech.nhl.nl/users/rooij100/images/360/2.jpg
www.cmd.tech.nhl.nl/users/rooij100/images/360/3.jpg
www.cmd.tech.nhl.nl/users/rooij100/images/360/4.jpg

[Kendall @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

wow thats is crazy specs!

[hello @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

i don't understand how the ipod, which is an apple product be compatible with microsoft's xbox360? anyone have something to say about this?

[Tom @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

All games are in high def? Pretty cool.

[gmrc @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

please explain more about the 360 button on the controller.

How can it tell you status updates? It's a screen?!? How?

Does it change colour? Does it always glow?

thanks!

[will @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

But will the dvd player output movies in progressive scan this time?

[Tom @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

I imagine it's like a macro that toggles a status page on/off.

[Devon @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

Umm, a couple of things, it says that the 20gB hd can be upgraded....instead of it saying "hard drives extra start at20gB), so does this finally mean that even the most "stripped down" xbox 360 with come with a hard drive? if so...SWEET. also, if it can play tv through it, and there was speculation about the buttons on the dvd remote, can it act as a dvr?
-thanks

[Desert @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

An HD-DVD drive would have made this the ultimate, at least until the Nintendo console comes out.

[Stee @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

Does anyone know if there going to make it just high def, or will it be 480 aswell? Cause everywhere I read it doesnt mention anything about 480, all about the high def

[Bomar @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

No doubt it's a trojan horse to get a Microsoft high def surround sound pay-per-view platform into everyone's living room.

[Urban @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

does it make me coffee?

[Sean @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

One, The "Xbox 360" shouldn't come out for a least 2 more years, but Microsoft is stupid like that, and is bringing it out way too soon, (my opinion). And two, I have heard more about it being called the "Xenon" than the "Xbox 360"...

[The dude @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

omg..ghost recon 3 looks amazing!!

[Monmin @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

Brandon, you say it can stream pics and movies from a digital camera. I assume that it will also stream music? Please tell me it does. That way I don't need to buy a serperate device to stream my music.

[bae924 @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

Yes, coffee would be nice

[udfuigf @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

Sean: you heard they are calling it the xenon? wow welcome to fucking 2004.

all these pictures and stuff must be false.

any info on the ipod compatibility?

[OK @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

Sean,
Xenon was the internal code name for the console, XBOX 360 is the official name.

Also, the reason why MS is bringing this out this year is to get a jump on Sony. MS is a strong #2 in the console market, and by releasing early (and before the holiday season) people are going to buy the latest console, rather than a PS2.

[Eric Pobirs @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

The iPod will probably be seen as a generic USB drive and only the non-DRMed stuff will be useful i.e. MP3 files.

[Dee @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

Honestly, I was worried about the 360. Not any more. The specs look great. This will put a lot of pressure on Sony and Nintendo which is good for the consumer. In a year or so, there will be 3 great systems out there and a ton of high-quality games to play on them. All those Slashdot geeks are calling it the end of gaming, when in reality it is an exciting step forward.

[akbar @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

iPod compatability? Doesn't Bill Gates hate the iPod? WhyTF would he want his system to work with it?

[navynuke @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

but how much will this thing cost??????????????????????

[Steven @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

That's hilarious. The xbox supporting the iPod. After Gate's comments today about how the iPod's time is almost up. Yeah, right, Bill.

[Carl @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

I somehow doubt the iPod line.... From coming for a box that didnt even read burnt CD-Rs, ... anyway... My xbox still crashes a good 3 times more than my PS2 has... and they are the same age... O well... I'm not getting it till Halo 3 seeing as its looking like PS3 will be the powerhouse with its cell chip technology this go round...

[Ben Furfie @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

Sean, business works in that way, not the way you want it to.

Microsoft have to be out before Sony if they are to have a chance at either matching or beating Sony's userbase.

Don't like it? Tough, we live in a capitalist world.

[MacPanda @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

Sean the Xenon is the name for the Dev Kits which are modified Apple G5's.

[Tom @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

Steven, supporting the iPod isn't hilarious; it's smart. Gates wants you to load your
iPod from your xbox. You won't need iTunes, and you certainly won't need a Mac.
He's supporting the iPod so he can cut off Jobs' air supply. He'll be happy to
subsidize your song collection just to make sure that the xbox, and not the mac mini, is
the content store in your living room.

[Carl @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

EDIT TO MY ABOVE POST: I HAD (ok just pretend I'm using caps from now on... because I truly am thurougly pissed)..Ahem... I had somehow forgotten how terrible my xbox is... for all those who keep saying how much xbox is better... I own 5 ps2s... and suffice to say I have had their share of problems... the 3 that still work include 2 i bought just days after the release... and run perfectly... no hiccups of any sort... the 3rd i aquirec sometime later.. and even though I used it for testing out some of PS2s capabilities and basically get a greater understanding of how it works... it still works fine... Now... the point of all this is...

IS THAT MY ****ING XBOX that i bought 3-4 months after release... has more issues than ALL OF MY PS2s PUT TOGETHER....

a. First and foremost the POS hard drive thats in their doesnt know how to make up its mind if its working or not... i should just replace it but i really shouldnt have to put up with this sorta crap...

b. the thing doesnt definitivly crash... it just slows down gameplay to a crawl then autosaves so it currupts ur file on the already POS hard drive

c. the other things... : it doesnt read CD-Rs... it wont let me play dvds until i go and buy the remote... which is absolute bull****.... when the remote was/is 20bucks... and is just one more POS to fail like the rest... so again...

DONT BUY IT UNTIL THEY FIX THAT SORTA CRAP!... I got mine like 4 months after its release... and its still as screwed up as i said... which is ridiculous when my 1st gen ps2 has ran smoothly... and if it failed... (read crashed), it didnt do any of this halfway inbetween business... it just froze and let you get on with rebooting...(which since i have experienced both... totally freezing is much more preductive than halfway dying and then after 5 mins of .01 fps (as in a frame every 10seconds or so...), then die...i would much prefer it just dying to begin with.. curse xbox to hell... let halo be on the powerhouse this time anyway....

FORGET THIS **************** UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY MAKE IT WORK


(I add this as I just decided "i think i want to go play some halo 2", and my xbox says "hell no you suck".... it is truly irritating since I dont want to spend the cash for another POS box...)

[Brandon @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

Just in, the xbox360 will tap into a satellite from space and scratch your nuts...

Just imagine... You have a massive itch, but your in the middle of a heated match of halo 3. What are you going to do? Well, Pressing the alpha button will send a laser beam made of money from outerspace, shooting into your crotch, and eliminating the itch and possibly some pubeys.
The Controller Look Perfect!

[z22 @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

Tom, theres no way the xbox will load the ipod.

[Brandon @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

Discovery channel will be featuring a "Battle Botesque" type of show that will feature the new xbox 360's transformer abillites against the biotransformer abillites of the PS3's Cell.
Bill Gates noted "I R Teh Ubber", after being questioned about the nutscratching capabilities of the xbox 360.
Who is da L337 P373?
The Controller Look Pefect

[uclatommy @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

I've heard that the 360 runs on 3 ibm power pc processors at 2.3 ghz. Thats amazing.. Its interesting that they chose to go with the same processors that run macs. Maybe someone will figure out a way to boot OSX off this thing. That would be sweet..

[James @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

it's 3.2ghz not 2.3

[uclatommy @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

Sorry, my mistake. I wonder what made them decide to go for power pc architecture rather than intel's x86..

[Carl @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

MY PS2 IS SO TOTALLY DA SHIT...MY MOMMY GOT ME 5 OF DEM AND DEY DON'T GO SLOW LIKE XBOX THEY JUST CRASH...TO THE EXTREME. I THINK I'M GOING TO RANT NOW...BLAH BLAH...PS2...PLAH, ME NO LIKEY XBOX... SINCE BEING A 7 YEAR OLD GYNECOLOGIST DOESN'T PAY TO GOOD I DON'T HAVE 20 BUCKS EITHER TO LAY DOWN ON A REMOTE. I LOVE MY PS2... I ALSO LOVE GOING TO XBOX RELATED FORUMS BECAUSE ITS TO HARD TO FIND PS3 RELATED ONES. the controller look perfect

[chris @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

backward compatible???

[g0d @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

I just saw the MTV special - it was rather underwhelming. We have most of the info already and the show itself was crappy - in the usual MTV manner.

[kingroach @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

dont bs.. its not even aired yet..

[jayson @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

Oh great! Another Ghost Recon game. I played both GR1 and GR2. I think that GR2, though graphically advanced, is a very poorly-made game. And I'm not the only one who thinks this way so read the reviews in Amazon to see for yourself. If GR3 follows the footsteps of GR2 then it's useless. As I've always said before, graphics do not make a game "good". I don't care if the XBox 360 has better graphics than my PS2, but I sure know that there is more divesity (and creativity) with games in my PS2. But if XBox 360 builds up thier game library (as Bill Gates promises), then I'll get one.

[kingroach @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

dont bs.. its not even aired yet..

[Jon Norman @ Dec 19th 2005 12:53AM]

The only thing missing from the 360 is a CDRW. I wish it had one so that you could upload all your music to it and periodically burn cd's to listen to in your car's cheap stereo.

Otherwise, the 360 is looking fantastic.
Im sure that with the 3+ giahertz of cpu it will have superior graphics but so far, the Ghost Recon 3 screenshots aren't too impressing with the exception of the use of shadow.
I'm itching for Counterstrike Source, and quake 4.