As reported by Larry (Major Nelson) earlier today, Xbox LIVE will be starting a new promotional program called “Holiday Deal of the Week”. Obviously on a weekly cycle, there will be an offering that is typically sold via the Xbox LIVE Marketplace that will be discounted or otherwise provided with a purchasing incentive. The announcement [...]
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Looking Back Remember when I said that October was a tumultuous month? Well, that was certainly true. But, O what a span of a single month can do to the world! November was definitely much more exciting and troublesome, at the same time, than October. The US and global economies fell even further, staggering on [...]
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Not to be outdone by the likes of other online vendors, Microsoft [MSFT] has posted its own Black Friday sale, which extends from November 28 until November 30 evening. I’d missed the initial report from Larry about the sale, but I noticed it when logged into Xbox LIVE earlier today. On the whole, not a [...]
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Now that I’ve been bouncing around the NXE for awhile now, what’s the ballyhoo about? Last month, I mentioned the major points that were expected from NXE. And yes, those points are present in the release. But are these items the end-all, be-all of gaming console updates? Er… no. Microsoft Agent Technology The Xbox avatar [...]
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Lo and behold! Firing up the Xbox 360 this afternoon caused the immediate downloading of the install package for the New Xbox Experience (NXE) that we’ve been covering, followed by the updating of the system… The new UI is, as previously mentioned, extremely reminiscent of the now-famous Windows Media Center. And, if you’re like me, [...]
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Microsoft’s [MSFT] Major Nelson (yeah, it’s Larry Hryb) reports that there will be another Xbox LIVE service outage, in line with the upcoming NXE launch. The outage will be on November 17, 2008, starting at 2:00 AM PST (about 5:00 AM EST), and it is expected to last around 45 minutes or so. This impacts [...]
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It’s coming. That’s what’s being stated on the Xbox 360 Dashboard for several days now (actually, a few weeks). The New Xbox Experience (NXE) is headed to connected Xbox 360 consoles on November 19, 2008. All things are pointing to an on-time launch; there has been quite a few announced outages (both big and small) [...]
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The Extended Play Download Days is expected to wrap up today. So, hopefully you’ve been able to snag all your DLC… I was wandering about (in the physical world) and had picked up a couple of Xbox 360 titles that had been discounted, and I wasn’t quite paying attention to the list of DLC in [...]
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The news from Namco had come out a few days earlier, and with such timeliness with regard to the Soulcalibur IV tournament, too: Darth Vader is available later today as an Xbox LIVE downloadable item for the Soulcalibur IV game. Priced at 400 MS points (about $5.00 USD), it should introduce the dark fella for [...]
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Hurry up, before it’s too late! For those of you who were wondering what that odd blurb in the booklet and the inside jacket of your Soulcalibur IV game case was all about… the tournament for Namco’s Soulcalibur IV has officially kicked off. Already, the first of the three Brackets has filled up. However, you still have [...]
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