Xbox 360 Wireless Controller Black

I just got a new black xbox wireless controller and i opened it, put the batteries in and when i turn my xbox on and tried to turn on the controller, it just blinks and blinks it wont blink to first player and it wont respond. Do you know whats going on or how to fix it?

A: If you are using a rechargeable battery pack, this may be the problem. Some older packs don't work in newer controllers.

If you are just using regular AA's then you will need to sync the controller to the 360. Press the small white button next to the memory card slots on the 360 and the even smaller white button on top of the controller maybe an inch from the left bumper(LB) button. This should make the controller and the 360 find each other.

Xbox 360 Year in Review 2009 IGN

Another year has passed and it's time for reflection. This past set of 12 months has been an interesting dozen indeed. A global recession was the backdrop to everything and videogames were no exception. As always, the industry charged on and provided us with some wonderful pieces of entertainment. Here you'll find IGN's look back at the year that was. We'll outline the top rated games, the biggest events, and even train our expert eyes on 2010 to give you a glimpse of what's just over the horizon.

The Xbox 360 is in a state of transition. Early on in its life, Microsoft felt compelled to prove its worth to the core gamer. The company succeeded and millions and millions of gamers came together on Xbox Live to shoot each other in the virtual face more times than its healthy to think about. Gears of War, Halo and Call of Duty led the charge while those of us that like to game by ourselves a bit also snatched up the best role-playing games of this generation.

That was then.

While we were having fun, Nintendo was changing the industry. The Wii's motion controls and the Nintendo DS's touch pad invited new players to the game. Microsoft was paying attention. Try as it might with games like Scene It?, You're in the Movies, and Viva Pinata, Microsoft could not bring this new gaming segment into the fold.

And so even as this year saw the Xbox 360 library dominated by traditionally core games like Modern Warfare 2, Halo 3: ODST, Borderlands, and FIFA 10, no serious gamer could ignore what Microsoft did at the Electronic Entertainment Expo this past summer. Project Natal, a motion sensing camera, was unveiled as a direct competitor to the Wii. Facebook and Twitter were announced as coming to the Xbox 360 dashboard.

While the Wii charged along as the market leader, despite sales that didn't match its past success, the PlayStation 3 effectively relaunched itself through a redesign and a big price cut. Both began or continued to outsell Microsoft's Xbox 360. Microsoft countered with matching price cuts and some AAA games, and once again topped the PS3 in November, but it doesn't seem much of a stretch to say that Microsoft used this year to prepare for the future. Games came out -- some of them quite good -- and others were announced. Many, however, were delayed to avoid the recession. 2010 will be the year where the console wars come to a head.

The Xbox 360 is in a funny place right now. Its core business, the people who identify themselves as gamers, is doing extraordinarily well. Microsoft is now trying to hold onto those customers and avoid losing them to the surging PlayStation 3 while at the same time bring in all of those new players that first picked up a controller with the Wii. The coming year should be an interesting one indeed.

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