The rumours have become truth

A while back there have been many rumours and speculation about the potential release of an restyled Xbox 360 console formerly named stingray.

From today the beautifully restyled Xbox 360 has started shipping to retailers, a 4 gb console will cost you as low as $199.00 (around R2025.00)
while a 250 gb model will come in at $299.00 (around R3035.00), also the same price for a kinect included model.
Good news for all current console users who have  your gold account membership still running to the end of the year, Xbox live has 2 free games for download per month starting starting from 1 June.
For E3 fable 3 has been made available for free download.

The redesigned console does not only fetch a nice price it has also has a new sleek design, being slimmer and more silent with a chrome design to give it a modern look.
The console looks great however there ia one downside to the black gloss, which is that it has become a fingerprint magnet.
If that will be a problem for the average console owner will still remain to be seen, but you may want to invest in a cleaning cloth if you will be transporting the console frequently.

Along with the new design comes the removal of all exterior buttons such as power and the eject button, these have both been replaced with touch technology where you slide your finger to power on or off and eject the tray.
Touch technology is not something that is very new as it has been used on the PS3, its still pretty damn cool to have.

It is still fitted with standard wired connection for online play if you are old school like that, or if you prefer Wi-Fi the console comes with internal 802.11n Wi-Fi taking away the removable dongle.

Just as the removal of exterior buttons and Wi-Fi dongle, memory units have bocome a thing of the past with the use of USB storage taking up to 16gb per flashdrive in any of the consoles 5 USB ports.

Will you be purchasing one of the restyled 360 consoles or will you be getting the Xbox one, when it releases this November at a price tag of $499.00 (around R5079.00)
Let me know in the comments down below!

Project spark revealed for Xbox one

With Today's Microsoft press conference at E3 a new game was revealed, named Project Spark for Xbox one and windows 8.

It's a fantasy action title like no other, everything from enviroment to enemy can be created by the player  using voice control with kinect and touch through smartglass.
Project spark encourages player creativity to design their own games with virtual endless possiblity.

As players in the world are fighting goblins another player can jump in, in realtime and change the landscape or even create new enemies, creating new hazards or possibly creating something helpful.

This game might be the Xbox one's 3D equivalent to Sony's littlebig panet, with an emphasis on sharing as enviroments can be shared,  downloaded and later remixed.

There is no confirmed release date yet but i will definitely be keeping an eye on this one.