"Why It Rocked: If you can only have one title on the Xbox 360 in 2006, Gears of War is it. Yes, there were plenty of excellent games on the console. There were so many that we could only thing of one question that could settle the heated debate between games like Rainbow Six: Vegas and Oblivion: If you could have only one title on the Xbox 360, what would it be?

Gears of War sets the standard for graphics and sound on the Xbox 360, pure and simple. Gears looks so good that games that once scored in the 9s in graphics are now 8s. Thankfully, Epic's awesome third-person shooter is pretty fun as well, featuring a different take on the shooter genre that had every writer in the industry typing "stop and pop" ad nauseam. Although the single-player campaign is a bit short and the multiplayer options relatively slim, playing with a friend in the seamless cooperative mode or in the four-on-four team deathmatch will leave you white-knuckled and covered in a blissful sweat. And we haven't even started talking about Insane mode.

Runners-Up:  
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion & Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas"

Merry Christmas!

As you can see we have:
1) Re-launched xboxbrew.com
2) launched graphixbrew.com
3) launched wiibrew.com
4) launched ps3brew.com

So you will see that we have missing images in many places (or the logos that are temp). If you are good at graphics help us here!

Saved Games and the pack generator are almost ready to become a live feature on all sites. Please give us any feedback that you think will help us!

PALGN and Capcom have a really short essay contest. By answering "If you were going to be stuck by yourself on a planet for ever what would you take and why?" in 25 words or less you could win a copy of Lost Planet: Extreme Conditions.

Show your creativity and writing here.

According to Variety, Microsoft's Xbox Live is gaining on iTunes tail in terms of downloading, consequently beating other competitors to the punch. "Due to "Xbox 360's direct connection to a TV and the console's focus on HD content, Microsoft can deliver both. Though exact sales figures aren't available from any web site or studio, insiders agree that it's the most, and maybe only, positive story in digital movie downloads this year." Other downloading portals (such as Amazin Unbox and CinemaNow) face problems that make it difficult "for consumers to burn downloads onto DVD (save for a few titles on CinemaNow), and it's tricky for all but the most tech-savvy to watch downloads on a tv."

Microsoft Announced that it would extend the 360's 90 day North American warranty to be a full year. This is a retro active change so everyone who has purchased a 360 prior to this also gets the extension! For those of you had to all ready shell out some cash to get yours repaired you will get automatic reimbursement. 

This is a smart move by Microsoft. Not only does it make current owner happy, but removes some doubts for those planning to buy it in this christmas season. Its good to see a company taking responsibility for its hardware