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16-hour Xbox outage even stopped physical games from working — company blames licensing issue for incident that prohibited gaming across three generations of console (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-28 | by Luke James | tags: xbox, microsoft, xbox 360

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Xbox was down for hours, and users even had trouble playing disc-based games (engadget.com)

2026-07-27 | by Kris Holt | tags: xbox series x, xbox one, xbox 360

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Xbox is down, and users are even having trouble playing disc-based games (engadget.com)

2026-07-27 | by Kris Holt | tags: xbox series x, xbox series s, xbox one

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Microsoft shipped a native Xbox 360 emulator with its new backwards-compatible releases on PC — modders quickly got 360 games running with minor tweaks (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-25 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: xbox 360, microsoft, xbox series x|s

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Xbox is testing support for longer gamertags (engadget.com)

2026-06-25 | by Mariella Moon | get Xbox Gamertag Extension Kit → | tags: xbox, gamertags, microsoft

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Cancelled Xbox 360 version of GoldenEye 007 gets recompiled for PC — ‘No emulator, the game runs as a real native executable,’ insists dev (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-15 | by Mark Tyson | get GoldenEye 007 PC Edition → | tags: goldeneye 007, xbox 360, recompilation

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This new Xbox 360 emulator runs surprisingly well on Android, but you should hold off (androidauthority.com)

2026-06-01 | get Xbox 360 Emulator for Android → | tags: xbox 360, x360 mobile, android authority

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Modern Blu-ray drives can now rip GameCube, Wii, and Xbox 360 games to PC (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-26 | by Aaron Klotz | get GameCube & Wii Emulator Kit → | tags: blu-ray drives, omnidrive, gamecube

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Modern Blu-ray drives can now rip GameCube, Wii, and Xbox 360 games to PC — third-party OmniDrive firmware unlocks game rips from physical media on select players (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-26 | by Aaron Klotz | get GameCube & Wii Ripper Kit → | tags: blu-ray drives, omnidrive, gamecube

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Triangle Tessellation with Clamped Parallelograms (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-19 | get Tessellation Puzzle Set → | tags: dx11, tessellation, pixar reyes

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HDD Firmware Hacking (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-14 | by Ryan Miceli | get HDD Firmware Repair Kit → | tags: hdd firmware, xbox 360, jtag

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A fresh Xbox 360 emulator for Android just broke cover in a new demo (androidauthority.com)

2026-04-27 | get Xbox 360 Emulator for Android → | tags: xbox 360, x360 mobile, ayin odin 3

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Delisted Xbox 360 games briefly reappear on the Xbox Store — Microsoft prepares backward compatibility revival (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-05 | by Luke James | get Xbox 360 Game Collection → | tags: xbox 360, backward compatibility, microsoft

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Xbox 360 devkit bought for $5 at car boot sale came with 2007 beta build of GTA IV with unreleased assets — Version includes cut ferry system, zombies, and more (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-30 | by Hassam Nasir | get Xbox 360 Dev Kit → | tags: xbox 360, gta iv, gtaforums

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GameStop Designates Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii U as Retro Consoles (cnet.com)

2026-03-17 | by See Full Bio | get Retro Gaming Console Kit → | tags: xbox 360, playstation 3, wii u

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Finding a CPU Design Bug in the Xbox 360 (2018) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-13 | by View All Posts Brucedawson | tags: xbox 360, ibm powerpc, meltdown spectre

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Finding a CPU Design Bug in the Xbox 360 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-13 | by View All Posts Brucedawson | tags: xbox 360, ibm, meltdown