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by Richard on March 20, 2007
Games For Windows Live, the new service that integrates Xbox Live functionality with Windows PC games, is set to launch May 8th, alongside a port of the classic Xbox title halo 2. Major Nelson lays ou...
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by Richard on March 7, 2007
At long last Microsoft has revealed the pricing structure for Live for Windows -- the new Windows Vista service that will bring Xbox Live-esque functionality to your Vista PC -- and I can't say it...
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by Richard on February 12, 2007
MacLive is a new open-source app for the Mac that enables Growl notifications for your xbox live account. Very cool! The interface could use some work but it does what it says fairly well -- you can e...
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by Richard on February 7, 2007
Microsoft just announced on the Gamerscore Blog that they're launching a pilot program for rewarding gamers for increasing their Gamerscore:Xbox 360 is teaming up with Old spice to bring the firs...
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by Richard on February 2, 2007
Microsoft, by way of the Gamerscore blog, has made public their new Gamerscore policy:
1. All regular disc-based games MUST have 1,000 Gamerscore in the base game. This means that any consumer who buy...
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by Richard on January 31, 2007
From the I-Can't-Believe-No-One-Had-Done-This-Yet department comes this custom Xbox Live achievement generator. Have fun with it while you can, because after you've seen five or six hundred o...
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by Richard on January 10, 2007
Be sure to sign onto Xbox Live today and download yourself not one, but two new Gears of War multiplayer maps. The price? A respectable free.
Gamespy says:
The two maps are named raven Down and Old B...
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by Richard on January 2, 2007
Major Nelson revealed some interesting most played/most downloaded lists on his blog recently. Here's a peek:
2006 Top Xbox 360 Titles (UU's)
1 Gears of War
2 Hexic HD
3 Call of Duty 2
No su...
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by Richard on December 23, 2006
Game|Life points us to this interesting NeoGAF thread wherein a particularly investigative forumer has discovered that a number of Xbox Live paid downloads are exactly the same size - 108KB each.
Wh...
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by anthony on December 10, 2006
Straight from Major Nelson's blog, it's the Xbox Live Activity List! If you were to combine the lists below, Gears of War would be the most played Xbox Live title.
Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (...
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by anthony on December 3, 2006
Straight from Major Nelson's blog, it's the Xbox Live Activity list for the week of 11/27.
Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (UU's)
1 Gears of War
2 Call Of Duty 3
3 Small Arms
4 LOST PLANET Onli...
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by anthony on October 31, 2006
Saint's Row multiplayer had some serious issues, most notably....an absurd amount of lag.
Actually, over this weekend I met some random guy who was telling me about "Protect The pimp" m...
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by anthony on October 17, 2006
That's right!
Lumines Live releases tomorrow!
Talk about coming out of nowhere, but that's great.
It'll be online around 1:00AM PST
Thanks, Xbox360Fanboy
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by anthony on October 16, 2006
Are you one of those people who are all too competitive? Do you not have enough time to pop 100,000 bricks in Astropop? What, you can't afford to buy all the latest 360 games just to have a bigg...
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by anthony on October 14, 2006
Not really news, but Microsoft has a page up about the Xbox Live/ Xbox dot com downtime. It's kinda fun to read.
The best part, Microsoft actually recommends what you should do during the downtim...
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by anthony on October 14, 2006
Xbox Live will be down on October 17th for some reason. Major Nelson has stated that this is not the fall dashboard update, but they will be adding some "cool stuff."
You guess is as good a...
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by anthony on October 14, 2006
The Phantasy Star Universe (PSU) demo is on Xbox Live right now. This is the open beta of the upcoming 360 MMO, and will only be playable until October 18th at Midnight.
No word yet on whether the p...
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by anthony on September 23, 2006
Straight from Major Nelson's blog....
Xbox 360 Top Games
1 Saints Row
2 Call of Duty 2
3 Madden NFL 07
4 Test Drive Unlimited
5 Ghost Recon 3
6 DEAD RISING
7 Oblivion
8 BFMC
9 Texas Hold 'em...
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by anthony on September 20, 2006
Microsoft has let the content flow....
Straight from Major Nelson's blog...
Here is a list of the content for today, the kick off day of 'Bringing it Home'.
The items with a * are only ...
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by anthony on September 10, 2006
This one comes courtesy of Xbox360Fanboy...
Europeans get the shaft when it comes to gaming.... Look no further than last week when Sony announced that they won't be getting PS3 until 2007. Well,...
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by anthony on September 6, 2006
Do you want to win an Xbox Vision Camera?
Of course you do!
Are you good at Call of Duty 2?
Of course you are!
Here's how you win your camera:
SquadXP is running a Call of Duty 2 contest and ...
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by anthony on September 6, 2006
SquadXP has done a brilliant review of the Xbox Vision Camera for the Xbox 360.
Check out the high resolution video review with the following link:
SquadXP's Vision Review
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by anthony on August 27, 2006
Straight from Major Nelson's Blog....
Xbox 360 Top Live Games
1 Call of Duty 2
2 Madden NFL 07
3 Texas Hold 'em
4 Ghost Recon 3
5 DEAD RISING
6 Chromehounds
7 Oblivion
8 BFMC
9 final ...
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by anthony on August 19, 2006
Gamespot has a great preview of the Xbox Live Camera
It's a video, so no reading required
I can't embed it on the site so you'll have to click over to Gamespot via the link below, but it...
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by anthony on August 19, 2006
Gamerscorechart.com tracks your Gamer score! It's a cool way to visualize your Xbox activity over time. So, go over, enter in your Xbox Live Tag....and then come back in a week or so and check out...
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by anthony on August 15, 2006
A few quick facts regarding Xbox Live straight from MS themselves....
- Over 80 percent of Xbox Live members download content from Xbox Live Marketplace.
- Almost 70 percent of Xbox Live members down...
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by anthony on July 12, 2006
Available now.
You can either get each vehicle individually for 60 pts ($.75) or buy the pack as a whole for 400 pts ($5.00)
* BMW M6 (2006)
* BMW Z8 (2001)
* BMW M3 CSL (2003)
* BMW MINI COOP...
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by anthony on July 12, 2006
The newest and cheapest bit of Oblivion will hit the marketplace on Thursday.
Called "The Vile Lair" and retailing for a paltry $1.89, the pack will contain:
* A multilevel lair for murde...
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by anthony on July 11, 2006
Here's something I've always wanted to know:
Why isn't the Xbox Live Marketplace a global marketplace? Why is it that Japan, Germany, Italy get different things than the USA or Canada?
I...
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by anthony on July 11, 2006
One of the most anticipated upcoming Xbox 360 games is Lost Planet. If you haven't checked out the demo on the marketplace I highly recommend it.
It's a third person shooter that takes pla...
