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Shack PSA: Blur Multiplayer Beta Open to All on Live

By Brian Leahy, Apr 06, 2010 11:20am PDT

Last week, Bizarre Creations revealed that the Blur multiplayer bet

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"wow, this game is fun and came out of nowhere for me. Played with some friends and its a blast"

- X-GOUKI see all 2 comments

Microsoft Giving 7 Days of Xbox Live to First Day MW2 DLC Purchasers

By Brian Leahy, Apr 05, 2010 12:20pm PDT

The release of the downloadable 'Stimulus Package' add-on for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 crippled Xbox Live for hours, keeping Xbox 360 gamers...

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"You still think M$ hasn't fucked their consumers either? LOL..."

- Slork see all 18 comments

Xbox Live Now Allows 'Gay' and Other Orientation Terms in Gamertags, Online Profiles

By Chris Faylor, Mar 05, 2010 8:09am PST

Four months after allowing Rockstar to launch "The Ballad of Gay Tony" (a downloadable add-on for Grand Theft Auto IV) on Xbox 360, Microsoft has...

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"Who says it has to be in the gamertag? You couldn't even list it in your profile under the ..."

- pinion120 see all 36 comments

Borderlands 'The Secret Armory of General Knoxx' DLC Release Date and Screenshots Revealed

By Jeff Mattas, Feb 22, 2010 3:20pm PST

Gearbox and 2K Games have revealed the release date and some new screenshots for the third batch of downloadable content for Borderlands, the...

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"Have you actually played any of the DLC, tard? Zombie island of Dr. Ned was awesome. I ..."

- matrixneo42 see all 37 comments

Xbox Live Mobile Coming with Windows Phone 7

By Chris Faylor, Feb 15, 2010 8:11am PST

Years after unveiling a "Live Anywhere" initiative to bring the online gaming service to mobile phones, Microsoft today unveiled that the platform...

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"Why would you ever care about XBL on your phone? Can anyone tell me why I would be in the ..."

- haysoos see all 48 comments

Xbox Live for Original Xbox Shutting Down

By Alice O'Connor, Feb 05, 2010 6:22am PST

Microsoft has announced it will "discontinue" Xbox Live for the original Xbox and its games on April 15, including Xbox Originals and Xbox games...

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"SOrry, second statement was what I was commenting on, just seems like common sense. PC with ..."

- haysoos see all 110 comments

Darksiders Xbox 360 Patch Arrives Tomorrow

By Jeff Mattas, Jan 26, 2010 3:40pm PST

Vigil Games' apocalyptic action-adventure, Darksiders, was released earlier this month to generally favorable reviews. Unfortunately, a significant...

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"While the tearing is indeed noticeable (didn't bother me that much tho) it was nice to have a ..."

- NuMMnUtZ see all 10 comments

2009's Top Xbox Live, GFW Live Titles Revealed

By Alice O'Connor, Jan 11, 2010 8:00am PST

Microsoft's Larry "Major Nelson" Hyrb has revealed the top Xbox Live and Games for Windows Live titles of 2009, as well as the best selling XBLA...

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"Yea its surprising any of these Rhythm games are still making this list, talk about a game that ..."

- agentboolen see all 20 comments

Microsoft 'Game Room' Virtual Arcade Announced for PC, Xbox 360

By Alice O'Connor, Jan 07, 2010 6:40am PST

Microsoft unveiled 'Game Room' yesterday at CES, a free virtual space for avatars to buy, play and display vintage arcade games, hitting Xbox Live...

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"As long as they have Bubble Bobble and Bomb Jack I will be good to go."

- Neural Imbalance see all 30 comments

Xbox LIVE Adds Parental Approval for Twitter, Facebook, and Last.FM Applications

By Jeff Mattas, Dec 09, 2009 6:20pm PST

A blog post by Larry Hyrb (a.k.a. Xbox LIVE's Major Nelson) reveals an Xbox LIVE update that makes good on the promise to quickly solve access for...

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Xbox Live Free Weekend Brings Online Multiplayer, Other Gold Perks to All

By Chris Faylor, Nov 18, 2009 4:20pm PST

Just in time to sample the Xbox 360's new social networking and music steaming functionality (not to mention 1 vs. 100: Season Two), Microsoft will...

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"Microsoft giving Europe -more-? =o Ah yes. Only two years left. Another omen."

- T-900 see all 4 comments

Xbox Live Sets New User Record

By Chris Faylor, Nov 12, 2009 1:34pm PST

Just two days after the debut of Modern Warfare 2, Microsoft's online console gaming service Xbox Live has hit a new record, with more than two...

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"There is an option in XBOX live to mute everyone but your friends. It is a magical option that ..."

- devo4u see all 59 comments

Xbox 360 Dashboard Update Due November 17

By Chris Faylor, Nov 12, 2009 11:41am PST

The "next wave of social entertainment" will hit Xbox 360 next Tuesday, Microsoft claims, as the company today dated the next Xbox 360 system...

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"I'm not really sure what you mean. People use Twitter and Facebook."

- rubicant see all 28 comments

1 vs. 100 Season 2 Kicks Off November 19

By Chris Faylor, Nov 09, 2009 9:30am PST

The second season of Microsoft's online quiz show 1 vs. 100 will kick off on Xbox Live next Thursday, November 19, and run for 14 weeks, the...

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"That was a bug; they were selecting people who had just joined, and, as such, had a 0.0 speed ..."

- Deathlove see all 12 comments

LIVE Tackles Access by Minors to Upcoming Social Networking Widgets

By Garnett Lee, Nov 06, 2009 4:57pm PST

In a post on his blog Xbox Live Director of Programming Larry "Major Nelson" Hyrb explained how Microsoft plans to handle access to Twitter,...

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"Some of the kids I hear playing FPS have additudes and mouths on them. Odbvously their parents ..."

- Bill32399 see all 12 comments