A handy little piece of kit that's only really worth it is you abuse MSN on your 360

The Xbox360 is by far the most enjoyable and most rewarding gaming machine I have come across. It uses minimal power, switches off automatically after 1 hour of inactivity and has heat sensitive buttons like an elevator. And what's more, it's from Microsoft!

Microsoft Xbox 360 is the successor of Xbox video game console and competes well with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii. It is great for playing games and comes integrated with Xbox Live service that allows players to compete online, download arcade games, game demos, trailers, TV shows, music...

When we first saw its face in a Italian ad, more than one Engadget editor called its bluff: "The top half doesn't line up with the bottom," some said, "that's got to be Photoshopped.

Whisper quiet; Energy efficient; Integrated 802.11n WiFi

Generates more heat; Still uses proprietary HDD system; No hi-def playback out of the box

As the first next-gen console to hit the market (a full year before the Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation 3 ), Microsoft's Xbox 360 used its head start to build up a superior lineup of exclusive games and superior features.

Microsoft has revealed its new console, the Xbox 360. As can be seen from the picture opposite, the console is smaller, curvy and more stylish than the console before it, with the addition of being able to stand vertically or horizontally.

Unless you've been living in a Buddhist Temple in the mountains of Tibet for the past few months you will be well aware that the Xbox 360 has launched in the UK. Although there has been a massive amount of coverage and speculation in the technology press regarding the 360, the general marketing has...

Three years after the first shots were fired in Console War VI, Xbox 360 is winning the fight with the only weapons that really count: the deepest game library around and the most fulfilling online experience via Xbox Live.

Multiplayer matchmaking fills your social void with 12 million friends; Streams media from your PC

Premium Xbox Live account costs 50 clams a year; Clunky UI is terrible for navigating long lists of media

Will you ever grow up? If this question sounds familiar to you, you're not alone. Do you need someone to blame for never growing up? How about video games? This time we can all lay the blame on Bill Gates and his second generation video gaming console, the Xbox 360.

Introduction As a hard-core gamer for over 30 years and a programmer to boot, both in the arcade and on PC and consoles over multiple platforms, I can say with authority that the true test of any new game system or technology is how much better it is then anything else that's come before it.