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Check Out The New Avatar Marketplace

By Nick De Bruyne
July 31, 2009
in :  Gaming
1

Gametrailers have released a video showing off the new interface for the Xbox 360 Dashboard that will be included in an update soon. The video starts with Netflix, so don’t pay attention to that bit because it will only make you sad. The interesting bit comes up next and shows off the Avatar Marketplace and how you will now be …

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How to Turn off Xbox Live Auto Renewal

By Geoffrey Tim
July 30, 2009
in :  Gaming
9

As citizens of country without official Xbox Live support, we essentially commit fraud just to use the service. While we’re now a little wiser with regards to how we do it – forgoing credit cards and opting to use prepaid vouchers instead – some of the early adopters and less informed may still have their credit card information attached to …

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Gears of War 2 Gets Whole Week Of Double XP Goodness – Private Games Too

By Nick De Bruyne
July 30, 2009
in :  Gaming
10

Update: It has come to my attention [Thanks Poddle, Tracy] that XP will only be given out for private Horde sessions and not all private modes as previously stated. Dammit, that means that anyone who wants to shoot other people for XP will just have to deal with the lag. For just a moment I am going to ignore the …

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New Grand Theft Auto IV DLC Lands In October – Also Available On Disc

By Nick De Bruyne
July 23, 2009
in :  Gaming
1

Rockstar have announced that their new piece of downloadable content, titled “The Ballad Of Gay Tony” will be made available on October 29 for 1600 MS points. For those of you who missed out on The Lost and Damned (Available for us – no VPN required) you will be happy to know that October 29 will also be the day …

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Microsoft Looking For Xbox Live Update Guinea Pigs

By Geoffrey Tim
July 21, 2009
in :  Gaming
2

Microsoft are busy rolling out a preview program – similar to the pre-NXE launch preview – and are currently looking for test subjects preview participants. To gain entry in to the preview lottery you’ll need to visit Microsoft Connect ,sign in with your Windows LIVE ID/Gamertag and fill in a short questionnaire. According to Microsoft’s Major Nelson : We’re looking …

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Are We Getting Xbox Live?

By Geoffrey Tim
June 23, 2009
in :  Gaming
18

I noticed this morning when trying to log in to www.xbox.com that it was down for maintenance, something that wasn’t advertised anywhere and doesn’t appear on Major Nelson’s blog. When opening xbox.com, it generally reads your IP address and directs you to your localised Xbox site. On a whim, I tried specifically going to the US and UK xbox.com sites …

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Xbox Live Is Back And Broken

By Nick De Bruyne
June 18, 2009
in :  Gaming
2

It really, and I mean really sucked that of all the days that Microsoft could have chosen to have a full day of Xbox Live downtime, they happened to choose the day that we all got to stay home from work. So the best part of this whole deal, is that when Xbox Live came back online, it came with …

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Xbox Live Down for Maintenance – 16 June

By Geoffrey Tim
June 10, 2009
in :  Gaming
3

If you’re an Xbox 360 owner and were planning on muscling in on some multiplayer action on next week’s public holiday, I’m afraid I have some bad news for you. That’s right folks – Microsoft have scheduled maintenance and upgrades to Xbox Live’s infrastructure on the very day that we don’t actually have to be at work. Last Updated: June …

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