The rumored Xbox 360 Slim is touted to be announced at E3 that year, where it will be smaller in size compared to the current behemoth while sporting a new black color scheme alongside Project Natal capability. It seems that there are plus whispers of a couple of Xbox 360 Natal bundles, but we guess we will need to wait until June for an official word from the folks at Microsoft instead.

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If you’re still addicted to Xbox Live on your old Xbox, you’d better enjoy it while you can, as Microsoft will be turning off the service for the original Xbox tonight, as was mentioned some date back. The move will pave the way for improvements for folks who are in the Xbox 360, as old limitations where your friends lists are capped at 100 citizens can be ditched. Of course, such a move would leave behind many owners of the original Xbox, but that’s the cost of moving forward. Will you miss the Xbox Live service on your Xbox, or are you substance to keep playing offline games on your aging console?

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Apparently the iPad isn’t the only device that the folks by at CrystalRoc are willing to bling with Swarovski crystals as the company has taken the day to offer the same treatment for Microsoft’s Xbox 360. According to the blog post, that shiny Xbox will be used for one of Microsoft’s PR campaign. It took by 70 hours to finish, and more than 11,520 individual Swarovski crystals, though it doesn’t seem like it’ll be put up for sale.

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The folks by at Computer Choppers have given Microsoft’s Xbox 360 the gold treatment, as can be seen on their website. whether just being beautified with 24k gold isn’t abundant for you, you can add a variety of plating and custom jewelry. While there isn’t any price listed at the moment, you can be certain that it’ll cost a pretty penny.

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Microsoft has just launched its Game Room virtual arcade for Xbox 360, although to a rather inauspicious start as there were already niggling problems experienced by users on the first day itself, which includes hiccups when loading games. Of course, it seems as though those issues were resolved later, but next again we are certain there are still some digital gremlins left running around to wreak havoc. Hopefully all will be resolved soon – good luck, Microsoft!

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In a recent talk at the University of Washington, it seems that Steve Ballmer might have indirectly hinted at some new Xbox design factors in the future. According to the transcript of the Q&A session, he mentioned:

“For that big screen device … there’s no diversity. You get precisely the Xboxes that we build for you. We may have more anatomy factors in the future that are designed for various price points and options, but we think it’s going to [be] critical.”

With that in mind, you can start imagining different style factors, though there isn’t any concrete knowledge on how a new Xbox might look like. Of course, most users would want the device to be slimmed down, possibly like the PS3 slim, though some are hoping that there might be Project Natal hardware built into the console itself, and whether that were the case, we’re certain most of you wouldn’t mind the Xbox getting a tad bigger to accommodate that.

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Microsoft just announced that they will no longer be offering Xbox Live services on the original Xbox from April 15th onwards. that means that from that day onwards, all of the original Xbox games – as well as those that see action on the Xbox 360 as well as by the Xbox Originals service, will no longer be able to have a lease of life online. One of the main reasons would be Microsoft evolving their Xbox Live service which could no longer manufacture allowances for games on Microsoft’s first console.

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Datel Design & Development, the manufacturer of Max Memory cards for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console, has filed a complaint against Microsoft, accusing it of violating antitrust law. The company isn’t happy that Microsoft released a software update earlier that month that stops gamers from storing details on unlicensed memory cards. Datel Design and Development is seeking unspecified damages, and you can check out the (PDF) documents online.

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If there were about 1 million angry gamers who might want to sue you, most folks would be running and screaming for their mommy, but not Microsoft. Despite the possibility of facing a class-action lawsuit, a Redmond spokesperson has stressed that Microsoft is well within its legal rights to ban users from the Xbox Live as modifying an Xbox 360 is apparently a violation of the Xbox Live Terms of Use. Regardless of whether it’s legally right or wrong, Microsoft isn’t scoring any brownie points with gamers at the moment. Check out the details of the lawsuit here.

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