Xbox Live Arcade game Undertow is the free download between January 23-26 (to make up for the recent Xbox Live downtime) Remember how after the Xbox Live downtime during the holiday 2007 season you were promised a free game to make up for the Xbox Live issues? Well, all ten million of us Xbox Live members (Gold and Silver) around the world are getting a full Xbox LIVE Arcade game to download free of charge starting tomorrow, but it’ll only be for this week! Microsoft announced that beginning Wednesday, at 2AM PST through Sunday, 11:59PM PST, Xbox Live members worldwide can download the full version of the recent award-winning Xbox Live Arcade game, Undertow. That will save you 800 Microsoft Points if you were looking for that new game to try. I would’ve rather had a game of choice, but I’ll take it. If you’ve already bought the full version of Undertow, you can contact your local support and they will probably arrange a different game for you (the number is 1-80
N Plus adds 4-player (online) multiplayer, co-op and level editor on Xbox Live Arcade An improved N+ (or N Plus) version of the N original Flash game from Metanet was announced for release on Xbox Live Arcade in January 2008 a while back. Developer Slick Entertainment now confirms Microsoft has certified it, which means it’s ready for release. N+ is a unique 2D puzzle/action platform game where the player inhabits a ninja trapped in a world of well-meaning, inadvertantly homicidal robots. The game features over 500 levels, organized into 100 unlockable episodes, and supports over 50 user-created levels made by fans of the game. N+ also includes a simple-to-use level editor. Players can even save their custom levels and share them with friends! Another big "plus" for N+ is multiplayer support for up to four players, either on a single system or over Xbox Live. Players can work with or against each other in Co-op, Race or Survival games. Co-op Mode comes in two flavors: Standard an
Xbox Live Arcade Awards 2007 announced and open to your votes from January 22-30As a way to recognize the teams of talented developers who have together created over 112 games for Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA), Microsoft has announced awards for the top XBLA games of 2007, with several award categories decided by the community. Fans of Xbox Live Arcade are invited to cast their votes for the first-ever Xbox Live Arcade Awards at the official Xbox Live Arcade Awards 2007 website. Voting begins Tuesday, January 22 at 2AM PST (10:00 GMT) and runs through Wednesday, January 30 at 11:59PM PST (07:59 GMT). The finalists in each award category were selected by a panel of consumer and video game industry journalists, and the winners will be determined by popular vote. Microsoft will announce the winners of the inaugural Xbox Live Arcade Awards 2007 at the Game Developer Conference that runs from February 18 to 22. Below is the list of award categories that will be open for public voting. Best Overal
Bionic Commando remake coming to Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PCThe latest issue of Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu has revealed that Capcom will release (in Japan this spring) a remake of the NES platformer Bionic Commando as a download on the Xbox 360’s Xbox Live Arcade, the PS3’s PlayStation Network and the PC. The game will include a two-player mode and new graphics. The original Japanese version of 1988’s Bionic Commando for the NES was called Top Secret: Hitler’s Revival and had you fighting futuristic Nazis, with the final boss being Adolf Hitler. In America the game was renamed Bionic Commando: Master D Revival Plan and all references to Nazism were removed and the final boss’ name was changed to “Master-D,” even if he still resembled the evil one. — Via Teamxbox Watch a video of the original Bionic Commando: A new Bionic Commando game is set to make a return in 3D later this year on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Strangel
Microsoft has announced that it will be expanding the video offerings available through the XBox Live Marketplace to include content from newly signed partners ABC/Disney Channel and MGM studios. Enjoying broad popularity since its launch in late 2006, the Video Store has already built a broad catalog of content drawing from the vaults of existing partners including, but not limited to, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, and NBC. The addition of the ABC/Disney Channel family will further enhance Live content options by giving 360 owners access to hit shows such as Lost, Grey's Anatomy, Hannah Montana, and Ugly Betty, with MGM potentially contributing a wide range of popular films to the service spanning from Rocky to Silence of the Lambs.Microsoft states that the first content from these new partnerships should be available for download later this month.
Xbox Live balloons to 10 Million subscribersFiled under: News, Xbox LiveLast night, Microsoft proudly gloated to the masses that they've reached another Xbox Live milestone a full six months prior to their forcast by telling everyone that Xbox Live now has 10 million subscribers. 10 million! The total amount of subscribers does take into account both Gold and Silver accounts and is a worldwide total.Now, if we were to do a little "how much money does Microsoft make off of Xbox Live subscriptions" calculation and say that if (theoretically) only 40% of all Live accounts are Gold and are subscribing at $50 a year, then Microsoft is making roughly ... $200 million. And that's if only 4 out of 10 million subscribers pay. With all that money one would think Xbox Live would be up and running normally 99% of the time, but as you can tell, it's still semi-borked. Oh well, at least we're 10 million strong and have the capability of starting the world's largest riot if necessary. And that's
Microsoft wants to say "sowwy" for the intermittent Xbox Live issues plaguing the service over the holiday, and they'd like to apologize with a free Xbox Live Arcade game. Major Nelson posts a letter from Marc Whitten, general manager of Xbox Live, which has a lot of customer service filler in it until the line about a free XBLA game for "all our Xbox Live members around the world"read morexbox Live member get a free Xbox Live Arcade game. Specifics on which game/games, and how you get hold of it, aren't yet available
The most played Xbox Live games of 2007Filed under: News, Xbox LiveMr. Xbox himself, Larry Hryb posted the Top Xbox Live games of 2007 over on MajorNelson.com and we don't think anyone will be surprised that Halo lead the pack. Among the post played retail games Halo 3 tops the list at number one with Gears of War at two, Call of Duty 4 at the third spot, Rainbow Six Vegas at four and rounding out the top five is Call of Duty 3. But onto news that may actually surprise you. Larry also posted the top ten most purchased XBLA games of 2007 and color us purple, TMNT came in at number one. TMNT! Who would have thunk that? Worms ranked at the number two spot, Castlevania: SOTN at three and everyone's favorite Vision camera enabled game UNO comes in at number four.Check out the rest of the top ten lists and see which original Xbox games saw the most Xbox Live play time (hint: a different Halo game tops that list) after the jump. Gaming in 2007 ... oh the memories we have. Read | Per
La empresa de Bill Gates lo hará como compensación por la caída del servicio online de la consola durante la época navideña---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Durante las fiestas navideñas, el Xbox Live, el servicio de videojuegos online del Xbox 360 que pertenece a Microsoft, sufrió algunos problemas de conexión. Como modo de compensación por ese inconveniente, la empresa tecnológica ha anunciado que les regalará juegos a sus usuarios a través de descargas en este servicio.Mark Whitten, director general de Xbox Live, aseguró que los problemas fueron causados por un incremento masivo del número de clientes en la época de Navidad.Microsoft ha anunciado que, a la fecha, ha vendido 17'700.000 de unidades de Xbox 360. Hasta noviembre se habían vendido 13'400.000 de 360, por lo que en diciembre hubo un incremento considerable de nuevos usuarios de las consolas.Xbox 360 compite actualmente en el mercado contra el PlayStation 3 de S
Omega Five Hits Xbox Live Next Week It's not often we see original Japanese games hitting Xbox Live Arcade, but Hudson has announced that next week will see Omega Five take its bow on the download service. The crazy side-scrolling shooter, developed by Natsume, will be available for $10 on Wednesday, January 9. We played an early version of the game at Hudson's office last year. I'm not sure whether this will be considered total genius or completely unplayable. It's a wild card, for sure! Can't wait to try out the final version. The character in the screenshot above is a newly-unveiled addition to the roster, called "R.A.D." Hudson has released some information on her list of attacks and superpowers -- check them out below if you want to get a sense of how she plays.Weapon Type A: Vulcan Laser Cannon - R.A.D.'s initial weapon blasts enemies with rapid-fire laser beams. As the weapon is upgraded, the rate of fire increases, allowing her to unleash a non
Xbox Live Service Finally Back to Normal After several days of slow, spotty, or just plain no service, it seems that Xbox Live is finally back to normal. Microsoft has yet to reveal what caused the problems, simply posting a notice that Live is "up and running." Though subscribers are undoubtedly happy to have Live service back, more than one may be miffed that they paid for a week of service that they didn't get. According to The BitBag, Microsoft "will definitely be doing something for our Gold members that weren't able to get online over the last week." Live's been purring like a kitten for me the past day or two. How's it been working for you, and what compensation do you want from Microsoft to make up for the outage? Microsoft Taking Care of Its Gold Members [The BitBag, via Joystiq] Link - Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:20:34 GMT - Feed (1 subs) Sent using SendMeRss.com. Visit here to unsubscribe from Game | Life. Recommended Feeds/Actions
Police Arrest Man Over Alleged Stalking Via Xbox Live According to a local news agency, Spokane Police recently arrested a 20-year-old New York man who allegedly traveled cross-country to stalk and harass a 15-year-old girl he met while playing Halo 2 on Xbox Live. Joshua Stetar had allegedly been sending flowers and gifts to the girl's home, along with thousands of text messages, before deciding the best course of action would be to drive 40 hours to Spokane to see the girl in person. Police say that on arrival, Stetar began driving by the young girl's home, while sending text messages detailing his obsessive activities. When this wasn't enough to make everyone nearby feel like they needed to take a shower for a week, Stetar sent the girl a text message saying "Tell the cops that I'm gonna rape you and your sister," police said.Unsurprisingly, Spokane police arrested the man a short time later at a local Econo Lodge. New York man arrested after traveling t
Sci-Fi side-scrolling shooter Omega Five coming to Xbox Live Arcade on January 9 Hudson today announced that Omega Five for Xbox Llive Arcade will be available on January 9th, 2008 for 800 Microsoft Points (that's US$10 / €9.60 / £6.80 / CAN$12.40 / AU$13.20). Published by Hudson and developed by Natsume, the game is an entirely new original IP of a Sci-Fi side-scrolling shooter set in a gorgeous 3D environment. I wish more companies would announced dates for cool upcoming downloadable games ahead of time, but at least now we know the three weeks after this January release we can expect Brain Challenge, N+, Poker Smash and Rez HD. Taking place in a far-flung future, the press release mentions “Omega Five delivers hardcore action never seen before on the platform, while providing visually stunning graphics that pushes the limits for a digital download game. The game is set in multiple 3D environments and features incredible special effects and enormous battles, all in high defi
Stalker debuts on Xbox Live, goes game over and gets arrested While Xbox Live is obviously meant to game, chat and make friends, it’s rare you get such a good warning to be careful who you talk to. In Spokane, Washington, a 20-year-old American man was arrested on felony stalking charges after chatting to a 15-year-old girl on Xbox Live and eventually threatening to rape the girl and her sister. Joshua Stetar of Saratoga Springs, New York met the girl by playing Halo and chatting with her online since 2006. Gamerush reports he sent packages and flowers to her home, all of which her parents returned. He also began text messaging her several hundred times on her cell phone, forcing the girl's mother to change her daughter's number. Let’s not go into the freaky details how he found out where she lives, but after the crazy nut drove for 40 hours straight to get from New York to Spokane, then at around 9PM Friday last week Stetar sent a text message saying that he was driving by
Reports are all over the Internet that XBOX Live is down, with anger mounting, so much for that Multi-player Halo 3 game you wanted to play today.
Umm, might be time to go outside and play, you remember the outside right?
Gamers who have tried to get on Xbox Live today have been met with [...]
As a female gamer, you hear a lot of different comments on Xbox Live from random players. It doesn’t take you long to realize that the majority of jerks on Live are not the most creative of people. You tend to hear the same comments over and over and often times verbatim. Each person thinks they are the first person ever to say that. Yes, you are that smart and original. And by smart and original I mean you are the one millionth dumb ass to say that to me. To everybody that has said these things to females online in the past and to those of you that will be saying them in the future, please come up with some new material. I say this on behalf of all female gamers that frequent Xbox Live. These comments have been heard time and time again. You are not quite as witty as you think. But we all knew that already. Top 10 Things Female Gamers Hear on Xbox Live Are you a girl? You can’t be a girl. Everybody knows girls don’t play video games.*I don’t expect that you would know much
Prepárate para hacer frente al mal antes de destrozarle la cara, con el lanzamiento de la demo jugable de Clive Barker’s Jericho por Codemasters. La demo está disponible ahora desde Xbox LIVE Marketplace, el sistema de videojuegos y de entretenimiento de Microsoft, Xbox 360 y la versión de demo para Games for Windows está disponible de forma exclusiva en Codemasters.Clive Barker’s Jericho desplega a los jugadores en Al-Khali, una ciudad de Oriente Medio. Con el control del pelotón de Jericho -un equipo experto tanto en la Guerra convencional como en la paranormal- en sus manos, los jugadores tendrán que emprender un viaje agotador, luchando en distintos períodos de la historia de la ciudad, para desentrañar la leyenda del Primogénito, el primer y abortado intento de Dios para crear al hombre y fuente última del mal.La demo, que lleva a los jugadores directamente al centro de este FPS de terror único, se ambienta en la Al-Khali del período de las Cruzadas. Un ataque salv
A demo for the already-released NHL 2K8 has been made available on the Xbox Live Marketplace.If you’ve been holding out to decide between 2K8 and 08, now you’ll be able to compare the demos and see which tickles your fancy. The critical reception for NHL 2K8, which released on September 11, has been an overall “meh,” with the game’s supposedly revolutionary new right analog stick controls being seen as a step backwards more than anything else. In the demo, which weighs in at 1GB, you’ll be able to try out that new control scheme, along with the new face off and goaltending systems. Once you’ve given it a try, let us know what you think about the new control scheme and which of the two hockey games (if any) you plan on picking up.Source: Gaming Today Online Games Xbox Live NHL 2K8 demo hockey games Console Gaming Sports games
Today 2K Games has announced that their hit title BioShock, or rather its demo, has made a new record as the Xbox Live demo which has reached one million downloads the fastest.2K president, Christoph Hartmann was pleased with the new record, and feels it fits with the rest of the reception BioShock has received. “We are really pleased that Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE Marketplace has managed to attract a record number of gamers to its site to download and check out BioShock. The overwhelmingly positive response is not only reflected in the traffic to Xbox LIVE, but the record breaking score reported by Metacritic. We’re excited about the reception the fans have given BioShock and are honored that the game has been recognized as ‘Game of the Year’ material.” Considering the massive approval BioShock has received from public and press alike this new record doesn’t come as much of a surprise. It will be interesting to see how long the record goes unchallenged.Source: Digital Battl
Next Monday, for roughly four hours, Xbox Live will be down. Yes sir, no Xbox Live for at least four hours on Monday.Messages from Microsoft's "Xbox Live" gamertag were sent out to all Live members notifying them that of the downtime, stating that the powers that be need to "upgrade the service". Below is the exact message that was sent out;"Xbox LIVE will be unavailable for approximate 4 hours on September 10th 2007 to upgrade the service starting: 02:01 PDT, 09:01 GMT and 18:01 GMT+9. See xbox.com for more information"We advise preparing some sort of replacement activity now, because when Monday rolls around and you find your Xbox Live down you may be left twiddling your thumbs. And know that thumb twiddling gets boring real quick ... you've been warned.Source: Xbox 360 Fanboy Online Games XBLA Xbox Live maintenance downtime
In the midst of the continuous hardware problems plaguing the Xbox 360, Microsoft just announced that Xbox Live now has over 7 million users, or 7.1 million to be precise.That’s 70% of Xbox 360 owners who are online, and they apparently like Xbox Live Arcade as well - the average gamer purchases 6-7 games on Live Arcade. By the end of 2007, Microsoft hopes to reach 45 million Xbox Live arcade downloads, with over 100 games available.Source: Digital Battle Online Games Xbox Xbox Live Xbox 360 Microsoft
Microsoft's new Live Vision Camera for XBOX 360 now enables real-time voice & video communication, photo & video messaging, personalized Gamertag pictures, in-game video chat, motion-control of games by tracking your body movements (like Sony's EyeToy), & also offers the ability to put your own digitalized face on the game character you are controlling (supported in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas). The camera captures 640×480 video at 30 frames per second & still images at 1.3 megapixels. A free XBOX 360 headset & two free Live Vision game downloads are included...
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