Microsoft point thieves could be punished
Those who took advantage of the illicit online Microsoft points code generator might be in for a nasty surprise.
Bulletstorm DLC already on the way
A batch of downloadable content has been announced for Bulletstorm, which is yet to even launch in Europe and South Africa.
Teen sends death threats from stolen Xbox Live account
A US teen has been arrested for hi-jacking an Xbox Live account and using it to send prank death threats
Kid blows £1000 on XBL, mother blames everyone but herself
In this week’s episode of Tales of Stupid Parents Who Should Not Have Been Allowed to Breed in the First Place, we take a look at a story all the way from sunny United Kingdom. There, Dawn Matthews is blaming Microsoft for her son’s rampant spending spree over Xbox Live. According to Matthews, she used her debit card to pay …
Breaking : South African Xbox Live Users Can Access Facebook and Twitter
If you spend an awful amount of time on Twitter (and by rights, you totally should!), you may remember that earlier this month, Microsoft South Africa and the local Xbox 360 twitter accounts teased something big coming for South African Xbox Live. That alluringly teasing tweet summarily disappeared, with no real mention of it again. When we poked, pried and …
Diablo-ey Torchlight Shining its way on to Xbox Live
Are you an Xbox gamer fond of hackey-slashey-lootathon games, of the Diablo ilk? While Blizzard ponders over bringing their much-loved game to consoles, you’ll be delighted to know that Runic Games has announced that Torchlight, their popular Diablo-esque RPG will be getting the Xbox Live Arcade treatment. Although it is a Diablo clone of sorts, it does have a high …
Glenn ZA on the Xbox Gamer Spotlight
One of the more pleasant side effects of finally getting local Xbox Live is that we’re now actually netizens worthy of inclusion in general Xbox related events. And though the fledgling service is still populating at a wonderously glacial speed, we’re being taken just a little bit more seriously. Such evidence of this is the inclusion of local Xbox evangelist …
Only Half of Xbox Live Users Pay for Gold
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 …
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