tamper has finalized the official xboxmediacenter logo and these are the two main logos:
   
please download xbmc_official logo_package_v1.0 for more alternatives and usage-rules.

forum discussion: xbmc official logo finalized!

we are happy to announce the current xbmc cvs as 1.0 beta ready, thus our first official public bug bash has begun and we are now on a feature freeze. as the time has come when xboxmediacenter finally starting to reach maturity we also like to declare that the era of xboxmediaplayer is over. the king is dead, long live the king! it’s now time for xbmc to take the throne from its predecessor, so from today we officially do not support or develop xbmp any more; the xbmp forums will still be kept open but unmoderated, and development will only done on xbmc from now on. for those who missed it, xbmc/xboxmediacenter is our successor to xbmp/xboxmediaplayer, (yes both are/were developed by ourselves, the xbmp/xbmc-team), we have been working very hard on xbmc over the past 6 months and to show its readiness we have put together this xbmc vs. xbmp comparison chart. note that we are going to need your help during this bug bash period, now more than ever, only with your help can we get the first xbmc 1.0 release candidate ready in a matter of weeks. the feature freeze means that no new features will be implemented into xbmc until xbmc 1.0 final source code has been locked down.

more information: xbmc reaches 1.0 beta

the last submission date for our xbmc audio visualization competition has now passed and six valid entries was received. since we had ten prize positions all six entries are winners and will each be awarded with a final version of the xecuter-3 modchip courtesy of team-xecuter. know that we are still waiting for an exact e.t.a. of the x3 to be announced by team-xecuter, so the winners will be contacted now but only sent their prize once the x3 mod chips are ready for shipping. congratulations to all the winners and thank you very much for your work, we hope you will continue develop for xbmc. note that the tripex vis is not working yet in xbmc but we decided to award this a prize in the competition anyway, on side note to that we would love if there was directx/direct3d guru developer out there that could please help us get tripex to fully work in xbmc.

winners listed in no particular order:
fountain, by (and winner): nmrs
saville, by (and winner): nmrs
g-force, by (and winner): questor/fused
starburst, by (and winner): dinomight
boxalizer, by (and winner): mynci
tripex, by (and winner): ben marsh

forum discussion: xbmc visualization competition

team-ozxodus and xbox-gear.com has kindly donated 10 xenium modchips each to the xboxmediacenter project for us to run this skinning contest. the contest purpose is to get a more diverse amount of skins for xbmc and hopefully in turn this will also encourage more graphic artists to keep making unique skins for xbox media center. the competition kicks off right away and will end one month from now. skinners who already created skins for xbmc are of course also welcomed to enter the contest with their existing skins. all valid entries not infringing any copyrights, winners or not will be hosted for download by the xboxmediacenter project, however the top-20 entries (decided by the xboxmediacenter team) will each win one state-of-the-art xenium 4th generation xbox modchip courtesy of team-ozxodus and xbox-gear.com! on a side note www.xbox-gear.com would like everyone to know that they as a official xenium reseller offer competitive prices and worldwide shipping of their products.

non-skinners, please make a donation to help pay for the winners modchip shipping cost

more info: xbmc skinning contest rules and conditions