Tag: XBOX LIVE

Over the last few weeks, Microsoft's Xbox Live service was suffering from a number of problems that prevented gamers from signing on or joining in games with their buddies. Those problems were rectified earlier this week (and then the service went down again). Microsoft is coming out and not only explaining what caused the prolonged outage, but is taking the extra step of offering a free game as ...

Microsoft's Xbox Live service offers the best and most consistent online gaming experience of any of the current consoles, easily beating the hodge-podge -- but free -- services offered by Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii. But at $5 a month, gamers aren't always getting what they paid for, especially when Xbox Live goes down. Gamers definitely weren't getting their money's worth over the ...

With Microsoft's Xbox Live service turning 5 years-old this week, the folks in Washington are celebrating with original Xbox games like 'Halo', 'Fable', 'Crimson Skies' and the underrated 'Psychonauts'. Taking a cue from Nintendo, Microsoft is making these old gems downloadable. Xbox classics will run you 1,200 Microsoft points ($15) and will be available beginning December 4th. Microsoft ...

It was a big deal when, back in 2004, Electronic Arts decided to bring their massive platform of sports games to Microsoft's Xbox Live service. Before then, EA had its own online service and didn't want to have anything to do with Microsoft's, meaning Xbox Live sports gamers were out in the cold when it came to multiplayer. Today, it's not quite so major an announcement that ESPN has also signed ...

Not long ago, getting any game on a video game console like Microsoft's Xbox or Sony's PlayStation required some sort of publisher to front thousands of dollars in capital for the production of discs and boxes and manuals. Thanks to Xbox Live Arcade, getting games on the Xbox 360 is a lot easier than it used to be, since publishers are essentially no longer required because games are sold and ...

With Microsoft's promise of the Xbox 360 becoming your one-stop media hub becoming more and more evident with each passing day, the rumor of an IPTV update for the concave box should be a somewhat exciting non-surprise. Recently, an Xbox 360 owner by the name of Aaron turned on his unit to see an interesting new icon had materialized on his dashboard that had four blank boxes and some text ...

If you were looking for a spy, where would you start. The baccarat table? A dark alley? A Washington D.C. parking garage? Xbox Live? That last place probably wouldn't be high on your list, but that's exactly where the British government is starting a recruitment campaign to find potential spies interested in employment. The ads will be embedded into the popular online game 'Tom Clancy's Splinter ...

This week is all about retail stores stealing the thunder of big gaming companies. Yesterday it was a new PS3 model leaked by Best Buy before Sony had a chance to announce it. Now we have word of a new Xbox 360 model being leaked by Amazon.com and confirmed by Toys 'R' Us. The new model is a replacement for the cheapest 360 version, the cut-rate Core system that shipped with a wired controller ...

Is there no place safe from hackers? According to Microsoft, scammers have taken their game to the Xbox Live online service. Users on Xbox forums have reported receiving questionable e-mails that were made to look as if they were sent from Microsoft Support. The e-mails attempt to trick people into updating their Xbox Live subscriptions with a credit card through a fake site that's an exact ...

'Family Guy' -- the show that just wouldn't die despite Fox canceling it twice -- is spreading some love in the gamer community with the complete first and second seasons set to debut for download on Microsoft's Xbox Live service on Monday. The straight-to-DVD film 'Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story' will also be available. Each episode will be able to be downloaded and ...

Last night at a press conference kicking off the E3 gaming conference, Microsoft added Disney to the increasingly growing list of content providers for its movie, TV-show, and video download service on Xbox Live. This means that users can now download movies such as 'Tarzan,' 'The Emperor's New Groove,' 'The Queen,' 'Bridge to Terabithtia,' and others-- all in HD -- to their Xbox 360s. Now, ...

Bad news for AMD and Intel: Microsoft has teamed up with another chip maker for its next endeavor, and that chip maker is Doritos. The two companies are running a contest in which users submit Doritos-themed video-game ideas. Submissions will be accepted through July 29th, after which Doritos and Xbox 360 developers will choose five finalists. The finalists will work with the developers to ...

It seems Microsoft isn't content just distributing other peoples' television shows via its Xbox Live Marketplace, which enables users to download movies and episodes straight to their Xbox 360. Now the tech giant wants to start making its own TV programs, and it's hoping you can help through a contest called called Xbox Live Originals. How does it work? Through June 29, would-be TV hot-shots ...