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Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has told MCV that reports claiming Twitter and Facebook access on Xbox 360 will be reserved for Gold members of Xbox Live only are incorrect. The belief stems from a footnote in this morning’s announcement of a price cut for the Xbox 360 Elite console …
Read More »Bomberman Live sells 500k
One of the most enduring franchises in multiplayer gaming has reached yet another milestone in the last week with news that Hudson’s Xbox Live Arcade version of Bomberman has now been downloaded over 500,000 times. Priced at 800 MS Points (6.80), Bomberman Live reinvigorates the cute classic with online multiplayer …
Read More »In-game ads fail Quake Live
One of the highest-profile names in the free-to-play browser-based games market, Quake Live, is to turn its back on the in-game advertising model after its lead developer admitted that its returns to date have been limited. As a result, developer id has now admitted that it intends to turn to …
Read More »Games For Windows Live 3.0 arrives
Microsoft has released the newest edition of its online PC service, Games for Windows Live. The most significant addition to Microsoft’s new platform is how users can access the Marketplace in the middle of a game. The Xbox 360 manufacturer says that when players buy an item from the …
Read More »NPD: Microsoft dubs Live untold phenomenon
An unsurprisingly upbeat Microsoft has heaped praise on the continuing success of Xbox Live in its response to the June NPD figures and the news that Xbox 360 was the only machine to increase its sales year-on-year. Our console sales for the first half of the year actually grew 20 …
Read More »Next Fallout 3 DLC dated
The next piece of fresh downloadable content destined for Fallout 3 will be released on Xbox Live on August 3rd, priced at 800 MS Points (6.80). Called Mothership Zeta, the expansion sees adventurers stumbling across a downed alien spaceship and subsequently being kidnapped by its orbiting alien cousins. As well …
Read More »No full-price games-on-demand for PS3
Sony has ruled out a PS3 games-on-demand service for the PlayStation Network, leaving Microsoft with a clear run on trialling the ins and outs of a potentially retail-free future for software. [A games-on-demand service] is not something we have planned, just because the size of the games is massive,” PSN …
Read More »Battlefield 1943 arrives on XBL
EA’s Battlefield 1943, the latest high-profile brand to try its hand at cutting boxed retail distribution out of the loop, is out now and ready to buy. Priced at 1200 Microsoft Points (10.20) the game is an online multiplayer-only affair and sees authentic weapons and vehicles take it to one …
Read More »LucasArts dates Monkey Island
Devoted followers of LucasArts’ classic point-and-click series Monkey Island now have a new date to mark in their diaries – July 15th will see the release of The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition on Xbox Live Arcade. The re-make of the 1990 title boasts updated hi-def graphics, a re-mastered …
Read More »1 vs 100 arriving in UK this Friday
Whilst the North American beta continues to impress on the other side of the Atlantic, Microsoft has announced that the UK version of Xbox Live multiplayer quiz show 1 vs 100 will be released in the UK on July 10th. The game, which was initially due to be released alongside …
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