There are some great extras and accessories out there that you can get for your Xbox 360 to expand functionality, improve your gaming experience or just to add style to your console. I've picked out what Ithink are 10 of the very best you can buy. If your a dedicated gamer who spends long hours with your beloved console you will love some of this cool stuff, and they also make great gifts to buy for avid gamers, and there are gadgets here to suit every price range. I hope you like them, feel free to leave a comment at the bottom of the page!

 If you ever play Xbox 360 racing games then I have absolutely no hesitation whatsoever in saying that my top accessory recommendation for you to get is a decent steering wheel and pedal set. It really does make a huge difference to how much fun you can have playing these games, as well as to how good you can get at them. They don't cost a huge amount either really, just a little more than the cost of a game for a good one, and the extra hours of play you get out of all your racing games means that they work out as being good value for money. This one is wireless, making it easy to pass around between players without geting tangled up, has F1 style paddle gear shifters, and gas and brake pedal which offer a realistic amount of resistance when you use them, as well as the kind of rumble and 'force feedback' that you would expect from something like this to make your driving experience even more exciting and realistic. Great fun and great value - my top pick.

This is the ultimate remote control for Xbox 360 gamers giving you complete control of up to 12 different devices including your console and tv from one remote. It works with HDTVs, DVD players audio home theater systems and anything else you care to use it with and has convenient Y, X, A, and B buttons and media center controls for your Xbox. It's not to difficult to set up, you just go through a menu sytem with the set up wizard and answer a few basic questions about what you want to use it for and its all done for you.

 Perhaps the ultimate accessory, as well asthe most expensive, for any games console is to get yourself a top quality gaming seat like this one from Playseats. If you have a racing wheel and pedals like the one described above and you combine them with one of these it gives you the ultimate home gaming experience with amazing realism for your racing / driving games that makes them very fun and exciting to play. Based on the design of real racing seats it comes with a reinforced steel frame for stability, comfortable cushions, enough possibility for adjustment so that it should fit any body size and shape, and it is foldable so that you can put it somemwhere out of the way when your not using it. The best thing about this model is that it will not only work with any Xbox 360 games and peripherals (wheels, pedals etc.), but if you are one of the many people who have more than one games console then you will be pleased to here that it will also work with any accessories that you have for playing on PC, Nintedo, GameCube, and PlayStation.

You may already have a set of wireless headphones that you use for your gaming, but if you can then it is worth getting a set which is specifically for gaming. The great feature of this headset is that it will automatically adjust the volume of Xbox live chat during noisy moments ofthe game so that you can still hear what people are saying clearly at all times. It also has 'microphone monitoring' so that you can hear your own voice along with the chat from other people. In addition to these specific gaming features you get bass boost and a stereo expander for a fuller sound, and a long battery life with automatic shutdown to make it last even longer. I don't know of any other headphones that can compete with this set for Xbox 360 gaming.

If your a big user of Xbox Live and enjoy getting involved in the onlinen gaming community and chating with your friends and making new ones, then this may well make your life a great deal easier. Instead of having to use your regular controller to type in text, which - lets face it - isn't the easiest or most comfortable thing in the world to do, you can use this thumbpad with dedicated keys for numbers and letters, which is both quicker and easier to do. It just attaches to your regular controller and your ready to go, and you also get a headset to go with it.

 Perhaps not one for the young bucks this, but if you are an old school gamer like me who used to go off to the arcade after school with your mates then this arcade style joy stick with Street Fighter 4 design will fill you with warm, nostalgic pleasure when you use it. Set out just like the old arcade games you can play just like you did in the old days, and it although the design is based on the Street Fighter game (one of the ones I used to play at the arcade which may be why I chose this design to feature here!) it does still work with any fighting game for the xbox as well as with most fighting games for the PC which support Xbox controllers. It connects via USB, looks great, and may well be my personal favorite.

 This is really a must have for hardcore gamers that like to put in long hours on their console without giving it a break. No more problems with your console overheating if you keep it one this coolling station with two built in fans. And it doesn't cost too much either.

 Comes with a rechargable battery pack included which will last for 25 hours of game play for every recharge, and you can get extra battery packs and recharge 2 at the same time. No more scrabbling around for batteries for your wireless controller or waiting ages for them to recharge with this handy little accessory.

 Give yourself plenty of memory space for multiplel saved games, download and save music and create custom playlists, download demos and trailers and store whatever photos and other media you want to save by expanding your console with this 20 gig hard drive. It also comes with a bunch of bonus high definition content, such as the puzzle game Hexic HD. 20GB should be morer than enough for most people.

It's not all about the game play you know! Give your console a bit of bling and add some color and style to it with a cool faceplate or skin. I've picked out some of my favorites from Amazon that you can check out below: