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Sesame Street Kinect demo now on Xbox Live

By Steve Watts, Sep 27, 2011 11:15am PDT

A demo for Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster has gone up on the Xbox Live Marketplace.

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Microsoft reversing recent Xbox Live suspensions caused by software error

By Xav de Matos, Sep 23, 2011 5:00pm PDT

Microsoft's Stephen 'Stepto' Toulouse has announced that a number of recent bans that have been handed down to an unknown number of users is being reversed due to a software error.

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"they also gave free access to online multi-player for the foreseeable future."

- o.flaherty see all 6 comments

Xbox TV launching this 'Christmas'

By Jeff Mattas, Sep 16, 2011 2:15pm PDT

Microsoft's Steve Ballmer reiterated that Xbox TV is on-track to launch "for Christmas."

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"If this was available to Canuckistan Id be a happy Man-of-the-North. "

- Somberfire see all 5 comments

Xbox Live coming to Windows 8

By Jeff Mattas, Sep 13, 2011 5:30pm PDT

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 8 will included Xbox Live functionality.

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"it would be cool if it would mean you could play your x360 games on pc."

- Elsaispo see all 70 comments

Xbox Live partnering with Extra Life for charity

By Steve Watts, Sep 12, 2011 10:45am PDT

Microsoft is partnering with Extra Life for the "Gaming and Giving for Good" (G3) event, to take place October 1. The company will provide a free Gold weekend to give players plenty of options to occupy their marathon gaming sessions.

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"I don't believe Microsoft is donating directly, just giving a free Gold weekend and raising ..."

- SporkyReeve see all 3 comments

Xbox Live 'Holiday 2011' dashboard preview

By Xav de Matos, Sep 09, 2011 11:00am PDT

Microsoft shows off the new update to the Xbox 360 dashboard, which adds features like voice functionality for almost everything as well as changes the way it looks once again.

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"Can't wait for the big box in the middle to be an advertisement all the time. "

- cetra00 see all 17 comments

42 percent of US Xbox Live users watch one hour of video content per day

By Xav de Matos, Sep 09, 2011 10:30am PDT

According to Microsoft, video content demand is rising with 42 percent of Xbox Live 'Gold' users in the US watching an average of one hour of television and movies on their Xbox, per day.

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"This. We don't have another device for it at the moment besides maybe the Wii, but that only ..."

- TheNiXXeD see all 20 comments

Two-thirds of Xbox Live subscriptions bought at retail

By Steve Watts, Sep 02, 2011 9:45am PDT

Despite a bigger push for digital sales, retail is a major driving force making up more than 2/3 of Xbox Live subscriptions. That means Microsoft doesn't have plans to move away from the standard retail model for the time being.

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"The cards are cheaper and usually come with some kind of deal or bundle..."

- darthfusion see all 15 comments

Warhammer 40K: Space Marine to get free co-op DLC

By Andrew Yoon, Sep 02, 2011 6:00am PDT

Although Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine has yet to find release, publisher THQ has already announced downloadable content for the game. Thankfully, it's going to be free.

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"sometimes, when the core gameplay is fun in itself, and challenging enough that you can get good ..."

- barichnikov see all 19 comments

ESPN gets updated on Xbox 360 today

By Andrew Yoon, Aug 25, 2011 3:00pm PDT

Reminder: the ESPN app on Xbox 360 is being updated today. Microsoft released a new video today, highlighting all the new features.

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Xbox Live class action lawsuit spurred by 'unauthorized charges'

By Andrew Yoon, Aug 15, 2011 11:00am PDT

Microsoft is being sued by a man who claims he was charged twice for an Xbox Live membership.

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"Where is that? I'd like to do this but I just can't find it on the web pages."

- SilverSnake see all 47 comments

Madden and Driver demos hit Live and PSN

By Garnett Lee, Aug 09, 2011 3:20pm PDT

Madden NFL 12 and Driver San Francisco demos became available for download today on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network.

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"... Really? Wheelman? ... Nevermind ... not going to start something. How is a game based on a ..."

- socom8271 see all 5 comments

'Less than one percent' of Xbox Live users are 'bad apples'

By Andrew Yoon, Aug 03, 2011 4:30pm PDT

The head of Xbox Live's Policy and Enforcement team says that less than one percent of the community is made up of "bad apples."

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"I play Halo and rarely run into an idiot. I think this is one of the cases where the noise ..."

- spidlb see all 40 comments

ESPN on Xbox Live gets split-screen, Kinect support in August

By Andrew Yoon, Jul 27, 2011 2:15pm PDT

ESPN on Xbox Live is going to get a major update next month. Boasting a redesign, the ESPN app will be updated with a slew of new features.

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"Thank you both... was not sure how this worked, but that helps a lot. :)"

- xsikal see all 9 comments

YouTube, Bing and UFC coming to Xbox Live

By Xav de Matos, Jun 06, 2011 10:08am PDT

Microsoft has announced three new features coming to Xbox Live: YouTube, Bing search, and UFC media programming.

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"Speaking of Youtube, I hope the trend gets stronger of games having built-in features to upload ..."

- riptyde see all 17 comments