It’s getting ever closer, and as always, Microsoft offer a huge selection of 360 peripherals and accessories. We take a glimpse at them all and tell you which ones are essential, and which ones can be skipped.Wireless Controller — EssentialThe XBOX 360 premium pack comes bundled with a wireless controller, of which works from a range of 30 metres.

For those that would rather try before they buy you will be spoilt for choice as more and more game rental sites popup over the net offering you the chance to rent titles in your own time without the dark cloud of late fees hanging over your head.Two UK based game rental sites have announced that from the 2nd December they will be offering Xbox360 launch titles for rental these are: Postbox Games Ltdwww.postboxgames.comDirect 360 Page: http://www.postboxgames.com/xbox-360-c-98.html The 15 games to be had on launch day will be Amped 3, Call of Duty 2, Condemned: Criminal Origins, FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup, GUN, Kameo: Elements of Power, Perfect Dark Zero, Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie, Madden NFL 06, NBA Live 06, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Project Gotham Racing 3, Quake 4, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 06 and Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.Membership comes in three easy packages:- For only £9.99 a month the bronze membership plan entitles you to have one game out at a time for as long as you want.- For only £14.99 a month the silver membership plan entitles you to have two games out at a time for as long as you want.- For only £19.99 a month the gold membership plan entitles you to have three games out at a time for as long as you want.SwapGamehttp://www.swapgame.comDirect 360 Page: http://www.swapgame.com/Console.asp?id=190139Among the titles available on SwapGame are Call of Duty® 2, Kameo, Project Gotham Racing® 3, Perfect Dark ZeroTM and Need for SpeedTM: Most Wanted.SwapGame members can play every Xbox 360 game available from only £9.99 per month.

Monday 28th November, [fumbles through calendar] ok, that’s four days away till THE big day.

It's the week of the EU launch, and we thought it would be nice to give you readers some great content for the week running up to the biggest console launch of the century! Let's go through each day and explain what you'll be seeing on 360M:Tuesday 29th November: UK360 Tour ReportAnthony will be covering the last day of the UK 360 hour tour that finished in London just yesterday.Now Online: Click here to read the articleWednesday 30th November:Xbox 360 Accessories guideRuss (me) will be taking an in-depth look at ALL the Xbox 360 accessories available and let you know which ones are absolute essentials, which ones are luxuries, and which ones are simply gimmicks.Now Online: Click here to read the articleThursday 1st December:Exclusive Amped 3 Screenshots and ReviewGareth will be reviewing one of the highly anticipated launch titles, Amped 3, as well as supplying us with some exclusive screenshots of the game. Definitely going to be a good day!Friday 2nd December:LAUNCH DAY!As long as everything goes well, most of us will have an Xbox 360 by Friday morning, along with one or two nice launch titles. We'll be giving you all an in-depth look at the console, and will try and cover as many launch title reviews as humanly possible throughout the day, to give you an idea of what's hot, and what's not.It's going to be a busy week for us all, but we're sure that the content we provide you readers will be top notch, informative and interesting to read (as always). Stay turned throughout the week.

Since I now have my Xbox 360, I decided to take things a step farther and try to find some way to get Windows Media Edition 2005 on my computer.

On November 22, 2005, Microsoft released the long awaited XBox 360, the next generation of its popular XBox gaming console.

Kotaku's community speak out about their experiences with the Xbox360's backward compatibility. Jordan Lund went through his collection of Xbox titles and tested them on his Xbox 360.

The guys over at Kotaku recently received an email from an insider ‘mole’ who claimed he was a beta tester for the Xbox 360.

1UP has allegedly found evidence of a wholly owned Sony subsidiary, Koyeo, actually encouraging its employees to smear Microsoft's Xbox 360 by spreading ridiculous rumors about faulty and overheating units.According to 1UP, "Project Light Flame" has seen Koyeo pay its third party employees to actually motivate abusive views about the console.

Originally Written By:Sebastian Kemezys

Originally Written By:Sebastian Kemezys