Post Tagged with: "Xbox Live"

/ 10th Jan, 2012 4:04 pm

News! Diablo on Consoles, Play Reckoning and more.

Diablo 3 on consoles: As reported by Eurogamer, Diablo 3 is definitely being developed for the console market. This was confirmed in a tweet from Blizzard’s community manager Micah Whiple this morning. Xbox Phishing: Last week an unhappy Xbox owner fell victim to a phishing attack and lost hundreds of dollars even after Microsoft assured her that the account was [...]

/ 20th Dec, 2011 5:33 pm

TV on your Xbox. Also Half-Price LIVE Gold

Happy week-before-Christmas, all you lovely readers. We’ve been working with Microsoft recently, talking about the new dashboard content and we’re now part of the Xbox Live Ambassadors program, wooo! What does that mean? Basically, we still get to talk about whatever we want, however we want to but they’ll send us some nice content and sometimes link to us from [...]

/ 7th Dec, 2011 4:37 pm

Dashboards and Metaphors

So, I don’t normally write about press events because really, who wants to read an article going “We went to this pub right? And they showed us the game and fed us some mini burgers and a drink and we played the game for a few hours, yeah?” ‘Course you don’t. You wanna know about the game. Last Sunday, however, [...]

/ 28th Jul, 2011 4:02 pm

Daily News – Huge Nintendo 3DS Price Cut, Mass Effect 2 DLC Sale and NFS: The Run

Well, the big news of the day is the hefty 3DS price drop. Wow! Nintendo 3DS Console: From the 12th Aug 2011 Nintendo are cutting the price of their 3DS console. Based on the announced price cut in Japan (from £196 to £118), we are looking at ~30% reduction in the UK retail price. As you can see from our [...]

/ 1st Jul, 2011 11:32 am

Friday Feature: Xbox LIVE’s Summer of Arcade 2011

For all those Xbox LIVE inclined, July is easily one of the anticipated months of the year. As retail shelves dry up with publishers already directing their attention to the rammed Christmas season, it is the digital realms where many of us pass the summer months with the curtains closed, pizza ordered and telephone lines rerouted. That’s right, Microsoft’s annual [...]

/ 2nd May, 2011 5:59 pm

Gears Of War 3 Beta – Earn Invites For Your Friends

Good news lonely Gears of War 3 beta players. From today, you can start to earn beta buddy tokens to share with your friends. This is all part of the “Never Fight Alone” promotion that Microsoft are running till the 4th May 2011. Looking at the qualifying actions you should be able to earn at least 2 tokens relatively easily. [...]

/ 19th Apr, 2011 10:09 am

Easter 2011 – Free Xbox LIVE For All

Microsoft is making Xbox LIVE free for the whole Easter weekend. Starting from 9am on Thursday 21st April 2011 until 11.59pm on Monday 25th April 2011 everyone will have the equivalent of an Xbox LIVE gold account. [Update: This may be EU only. We're waiting on confirmation.] During the weekend Microsoft are hoping to set a Guinness World Record for [...]

/ 2nd Feb, 2011 1:35 pm

SEGA Rally Online Arcade – Currently In Development

SEGA Rally lives! After several years in the wilderness, following the release of SEGA Rally Revo back in 2007, the SEGA Rally franchise is back with SEGA Rally online arcade. I really liked SEGA Rally Revo, so I’m happy to see the SEGA Rally franchise live on despite the closure of the SEGA Racing Studio in 2008. Currently in development [...]

/ 6th Dec, 2010 5:18 pm

Zombie Accountant – A New Xbox Live Indie Game

Zombie Accountant from Going Loud Studios is now available on the Xbox LIVE Indie Games marketplace for a super cheap 80 Microsoft points. At that price don’t expect 20 hours of complex gameplay!

/ 1st Dec, 2010 5:29 pm

Xbox LIVE Rewards Program – What Do You Really Get Out Of It?

Microsoft launched their Xbox LIVE rewards program today in the UK and US. You can sign up for it via the Xbox LIVE rewards website, if you are over 18 years old that is. The program runs until 15:59 on 30th June, 2011. Here is the summary of what rewards are on offer

/ 1st Dec, 2010 1:33 pm

Dead Rising 2: Case West – Frank West Is Back!

This month sees the release of the latest downloadable content pack for Dead Rising 2. Going under the name “Case West”, this pack features the main protagonist from the original Dead Rising, Frank West and his trusty camera.

/ 25th Nov, 2010 1:15 pm

Xbox LIVE – Free Weekend (26th – 28th Nov 2010)

Between the 26th and the 28th of Nov 2010, Microsoft is upgrading all Xbox LIVE Free accounts to Gold as part of its free LIVE weekend.

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