Xbox Live is free this weekend, giving you a perfect reason to settle down for some gratis online multiplayer.

You’d expect, with Xbox Live being such a great service, and in fact the cornerstone of the Xbox experience, that just about everybody hooked up to it would cough up the annual $60 fee to get its premium features…like online multiplayer. But no, that’s not the case. Of the 25 million subscribers, only about half pay for the privilege of …

To celebrate the US DVD and Blu-Ray release of Edgar Wright’s audiovisual take on the Scott Pilgrim series of graphic novels, Microsoft have discounted the film’s rather excellent retro game tie-in. While we in South Africa are still patiently waiting for the god-damned cinematic release, we can make that wait easier by playing the game; a retro beat‘em up in …

[Update: We are busy collecting more information regarding the news, we are already getting reports in that many of the different online stores have already bumped their prices up as a result] We have just received information from local online codes website EvoPoints.co.za Microsoft will no longer be issuing any more subscription codes until the price increase kicks in. Yes, …

Greetings, Traveller! Borderlands, the first-person shooter take on hack ‘n slash, loot-a-thon RPGs was quite possibly my favourite game from last year. It was made even better by the sometimes funny, sometimes difficult, always awesome DLC. for Xbox 360 gold Members, that DLC will be available this week for a generous 50% off. Last Updated: July 27, 2010

It’s Xbox Live Deal of the Week time again, and this time, the wares on offer are quite tempting. After Burner Climax, in particular is a particularly tasty treat for its reduced to 400 MSP price – and you’d have to be pretty averse to arcade flight sims to pass it up at that price. Megaman 10 – with its …

  It appears that the traditionally free Playstation Network is going the way of Xbox Live; that’s right – it’s becoming a premium, paid for service. At a recent media/investor conference, a slide was shown displaying how the PSN was to provide a “new revenue stream from subscription,” something that’s been confirmed by Kaz Hirai. Before Xbox Live gold users …

Much to my surprise, the “Get Ready to Drop” premium theme had little to do with the daily bowel movements necessitated by a protein-rich diet. It is in fact a free Halo: ODST premium theme. Free as long as you’re a paying Gold subscriber, that is. The official description reads : ODSTs aren’t the only ones getting their hands on …