Amazon offers 40% off Xbox Live Gold Subscription
Amazon.com recently unveiled it's latest accessory sale, and one of the more popular items that went on sale is an Xbox Live Gold Subscription.
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19.1.2009 A free weekend of Xbox Live Gold
Microsoft will offer free access to its Xbox Live Gold service from March 31 through April 2, the company said Thursday. microsoft -
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1.4.2006 A free weekend of Xbox Live Gold
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1.4.2006 Amazon offers 40% off Xbox Live Gold Subscription
Amazon.com recently unveiled it's latest accessory sale, and one of the more popular items that went on sale is an Xbox Live Gold Subscription.
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19.1.2009 365 Days Later, Xbox 360 Unveils First Wave of TV Shows and Movies on Xbox Live
Xbox 360 offers the latest in entertainment options for everyone, from a library of 160 high- definition games expected by holiday to downloadable standard and high-definition TV shows and movies.
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22.11.2006 The future of Xbox Live
Aaron Greenberg, responsible for the Xbox Live Marketplace content, was interviewed in a podcast of VGM Daily, and some interesting news surfaced:
First of all, the Xbox 360 is getting a "Virtual console" feature similar to what Nintendo planned for the Revolution, meaning older games (from other platforms) will be downloadable for a small price. The service will be officially announced at E3.
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14.4.2006 Xbox Live 3.0 Tuesday
Xbox Live is set to go offline from 02:00 - 15:00 Tuesday Pacific Time (10:00 Tuesday - 01:00 Wednesday GMT).
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1.5.2006 DOOM on Xbox Live Arcade
id Software’s DOOM is available now for the Xbox 360 by download from Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade.
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8.10.2006 Xbox Live Hits 6 Million
Microsoft today announced that Xbox Live has hit 6 million registered members four months ahead of its schedule.
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6.3.2007 Just One More Release Before Windows Vista Goes Gold
Microsoft will release just one more build of Windows Vista for testing before the code goes gold, said Brad Goldberg, the general manager for the Windows client business group.
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1.10.2006 Office 2007 to Go 'Gold' This Month
Microsoft is winding down the beta program for Office 2007 as it prepares for a release to manufacturing before the end of the month. On October 25, Microsoft will close its Office Preview site and stop allowing downloads of the beta.
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9.10.2006 Microsoft Hails Xbox Live Success
During his DICE session, Peter Moore touched on some key Xbox 360 issues such as shortages and Xbox Live.
Regarding shortages, he said, "Within the next four to six weeks, anybody will be able to walk into a store and buy an Xbox 360."
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12.2.2006 Microsoft Expands Xbox Live to Windows
Microsoft continued to build on the success of its Xbox platform by extending it's popular Live gaming platform to Windows PCs. The service would debut on May 8, and would connect gamers on both platforms together.
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14.3.2007 Introducing Xbox LIVE Community Games
You’ve played Xbox 360 games with the millions of gamers on Xbox LIVE. You’ve chatted, shared, and dominated in games of all kinds. But what if those millions could be playing your game?
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22.7.2008 Nearly 7 years after original, a new Windows XP goes gold
On August 24, 2001, Microsoft released to manufacturing the final version of Windows XP. 6 years and 11 months later, a new version of XP has gone gold, this time for the OLPC XO computer, also known as the "$100 laptop."
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25.7.2008 Unofficial Microsoft Points (Xbox Live) Converter
Check out how much that new theme, picture pack or Horse Armour really costs!
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8.7.2006 Microsoft Deletes Fake Xbox Live Accounts
Following on from the recent launch of the video marketplace for the Xbox 360, many users who suffer from regional download barriers, simply created fake accounts from outside America.
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29.11.2006 Xbox Gets Bigger Live Games, Memory Card
Microsoft plans to allow Xbox Live Arcade games to use more space, announcing it had increased the official size limit from 50 to 150 megabytes. In addition, the company also announced a larger memory card with a capacity of 512MB.
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5.3.2007 Microsoft Bans 1 Million Xbox Live Accounts
It's being reported today the Microsoft has banned up to 1 Million Xbox Live Accounts.
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12.11.2009 Microsoft claims E3 record for Xbox Live downloads
Following the gaming mayhem at last week's E3 expo in the US, Microsoft has claimed that over 1.5 million gamers connected to its Xbox Live service at the event.
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19.5.2006 Tech problems hit Xbox Live video service
True on-demand TV has been a long promised dream of many, and that dream appeared to move closer this week when Microsoft launched its Video Marketplace service.
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26.11.2006 Gears of War boosts Xbox Live use by 80 per cent
The release of a batch of pre-Christmas Xbox 360 titles, lead by Microsoft's Gears of War, has seen broadband traffic on Xbox Live in the US swell by 80 per cent.
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6.12.2006 What do Xbox Live problems say about Microsoft’s back-end infrastructure?
Whether you think the recently proposed class action lawsuit over Xbox Live service holiday outages is crazy or justified, there are undeniable problems with Microsoft’s back-end Live infrastructure that Microsoft needs to address.
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7.1.2008 Breaking: Incoming Xbox Live update detailed in full
A preview of the upcoming Xbox Live update goes live on Monday, but we’ve got all the details to share with you now. And we have a gaggle of screenshots to boot.
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19.7.2009 Microsoft launches new Xbox360 Elite bundle with 2 gold games
CHOOSE YOUR DESTINY AND FINISH THE FIGHT WITH THE XBOX 360 GAME OF THE YEAR BUNDLE
For a Limited Time, Get “Fable II” and “Halo 3” with Xbox 360 Elite.
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20.4.2009 Microsoft Unites Xbox and PC Gamers With Debut of Games for Windows — LIVE
Xbox LIVE extends to Windows Vista to create single online gaming service starting with “Halo 2” on May 8.
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15.3.2007 COMPLETE List of Original Xbox Games Playable on Xbox 360
The folks at Xbox are working hard to add more of your favorite games to this list, so check back often for the latest updates.
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Windows Live Spaces goes Live!r. Our nameless source writes:
On Monday Microsoft began rolling out Windows Live Spaces, the next generation of the world’s most widely used blogging service, MSN Spaces. The new service includes social networking features designed to help users discover and connect with friends through their trusted contacts and allows customers to personalize their Windows Live Spaces with gadgets.
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2.8.2006 Windows Live Mail, Live Writer & Messenger 8.5 Beta
Microsoft has announced the availability of 3 Windows Live products today, all of which are beta.
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31.5.2007 Office Live and Windows Live Call + Screenshots
After the announcements yesterday about Microsoft's new "live" services the company held a press conference detailing all the products in the Microsoft Live platform.
The company demoed an early version of Office Live, a managed web application for organising calendar, mail and contacts. Office Live will combine Web Hosting, Collaboration of Projects, Business Applications and Communications. Many expect a fully hosted version of Microsoft Office but this is not the company's intension for Office Live.
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Free Xbox Live Gold Weekend
Do you have a Xbox 360? Do you
want to get FREE Xbox Live
access for 3 days?
Well, according to a
deal with Verizon, Microsoft
announced it would provide
FREE XBOX LIVE ACCESS from
jcxp.net - 11.03.2006
MS Entices Users with Free
Xbox Live
Through a sponsorship deal
with Verizon, Microsoft said
Friday it would allow free
Xbox Live access from March 31
through April 2 to any Xbox
360 owner. Called the Xbox
Live Gold Weekend, events
would include multiplayer
gaming, leaderboard
tournaments, and Play and Win
contents...
betanews.com - 10.03.2006
Free Xbox Live Gold Weekend
Do you have a Xbox 360? Do you
want to get FREE Xbox Live
access for 3 days?
Well, according to a
deal with Verizon, Microsoft
announced it would provide
FREE XBOX LIVE ACCESS from
March 31 to April
2 to any 360 owner.
Dubbed the Xbox Live Gold
Weekend events would
include multiplayer
tournaments, Play and Win
contents, and more! Verizon
has also announced it would be
giving out 1 million
Microsoft Points to
lucky Xbox Live members.
Though there is
nearly 3 weeks worth of
waiting, mark your calendars
NOW to take advantage of
Microsoft's promotion!
jcxp.net - 11.03.2006
Microsoft hooks up Xbox Live subs with free Arcade title
Looks like Microsoft is going to do the right thing: as anticipated, Xbox
Live General Manager Marc Whitten states in a letter to customers that, as recompense for nearly two weeks of outages, the group is offering up a full, free Xbox Live Arcade title free of
charge. Sounds like it won't be until the next couple of weeks before the offer is active, but it will indeed apply to "all" Xbox Live members, and
assuming it's for games worth more than 200 Microsoft points, it will be net positive for Gold users who lost about $1.64 worth of Live service over
the last twelve days. Well done Microsoft, we think most will consider the stinging pain eased. Memo posted after the break.
Update: Confirmed, it's Gold AND Silver members. If you have an Xbox Live account, Microsoft just gave you a free game.
winbeta.org - 04.01.2008
Microsoft launches XBox 360 Gold giveaway
Even with recent news that Microsoft is planning on laying off about 17% of it's employees, the software giant launched it's Lunar New Year
promotion. From now until February 15th 2009, residents of Hong Kong will have an opportunity to win some golden XBox 360's. Although these
consoles are not solid gold, they are worth a lot more than what participants will have to pay to enter the competition. To enter the competition you
need to purchase a XBox 360 with a 60GB hard drive or an XBox 360 elite. The last step is sending an e-mail to Microsoft explaining why you love your
XBox.
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neowin.net - 17.01.2009
One Million Xbox LIVE Members Download and Activate Netflix on Xbox360
Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: śMSFTť) and Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: śNFLXť) today announced that 1 million Xbox LIVE Gold members have downloaded and activated
the groundbreaking Xbox LIVE application from Netflix since the alliance launched last November. In less than three months the Xbox LIVE community has
watched instantly 1.5 billion minutes of movies and TV episodes.
winbeta.org - 05.02.2009
Amazon Drops Xbox Live Price to $30
Make what you will of Sony's embryonic PlayStation Home, the PS3's online matchmaking service ultimately costs nothing, while Microsoft's Xbox Live equivalent reaches into your
wallet and extracts $50 annually. It's all a bit strange, really, considering the Xbox's Windows-based sibling, Games For Windows Live, made the transition to "on the house" this summer.
Now
Amazon's thrown a $20 curveball at the issue by discounting their Xbox 360 Live
12 Month Gold Card plus 1 Month Bonus card, making the new price just $29.97 -- a 40% markdown.
winbeta.org - 19.01.2009
One million users already for Xbox's Watch Instantly, says Netflix
The number of Xbox 360 users downloading the Watch Instantly application from Netflix has now reached the 1 million mark, according to Microsoft and
Netflix. Introduced less than three months ago, the application is designed to let Xbox Live Gold members use their TVs to watch movies and television
shows streamed from Netflix to an Xbox gaming system from Microsoft.
By now, Xbox customers have used the application from Netflix to watch
1.5 billion minutes of movies and TVs, the companies maintained in a statement. Over 12,000 movies and TV episodes are available for instant viewing
through Netflix, with a growing percentage available in high definition format. Beyond supporting Netflix streaming in the US, the Xbox Live Video
Marketplace also offers more than 17,000 other pieces of standard and HD content...
betanews.com - 06.02.2009
Xbox LIVE Hits 10-Million members
The Xbox Live community has continued to grow since it first launched back in November of 2002. Microsoft recently announced that it reached 10
-million members both gold and silver membership. Reaching it six months before Microsoft estimated it to. Xbox LIVE connects millions of members
across 26 countries to enjoy hundreds of multiplayer games, downloadable games via Xbox LIVE Arcade, free and premium playable game demos, music
videos, TV shows and movies in the United States as well as extra game content like new levels, characters, and vehicles for all their favorite retail
games. All in the comfort of one area called the Xbox LIVE marketplace.
jcxp.net - 08.01.2008
Xbox 360 2007 Fall Dashboard Update
As promised, Microsoft is bringing some early gifts to your Xbox 360 just prior to the holiday season. Beginning at 0200 A.M. PST on December 4, 2007,
the Xbox 360 Fall Dashboard Update will be available for all connected Xbox 360 consoles free of charge, bringing a herd of new features and
enhancements to the leading gaming and entertainment system.
Among the key new enhancements are the previously announced Xbox
Originals game download service, Family Timer parental control feature, and expanded social networking experiences. Xbox 360 owners can also look
forward to enhanced navigation, profile, and video features and Xbox LIVE® Arcade Hits. As well to visual enhancements to the Xbox Live Marketplace
and the rest of the dashboard as well.
The update will be digitally distributed over Xbox LIVE to the more than eight million
Xbox LIVE members worldwide (Xbox LIVE Silver and Gold) with no disc or hard drive required. If you have no account, you can easily sign up for one
free of charge either online on the official Xbox website or through your Xbox 360 console.
jcxp.net - 04.12.2007
Gears of War Officially Goes Gold
Thanks
to V
oodoo Extreme for the
heads up.
Microsoft Game Studios
and Epic Games, Inc. announced
today that "Gears of War"
has gone gold. To celebrate
the passing of the "gone
gold" development milestone,
a sneak preview of the TV and
cinematic trailer is available
now on Xbox Live.
Emerging onto store
shelves acrosss the nation on
Nov. 12, "Gears of War" is
set to deliver exciting action
and horrific battles that can
only be created by a chainsaw
bayonet this Holiday.
Xbox
Live will celebrate Emergence
Day with 24-hours of special
events beginning at 12:01 a.m.
on Sunday, Nov. 12. Xbox Live
Gold members in North America
will have a chance to
participate in online
tournaments, download videos,
win prizes and participate in
a variety of activities.
neowin.net - 26.10.2006
Microsoft Bans 1 Million Xbox Live Accounts
It's being reported today the Microsoft has banned up to 1 Million Xbox Live Accounts. Fresh on the heels of the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
release Microsoft has stepped up their attack on piracy by banning a mass of Xbox Live users. According to a report in InformationWeek, Microsoft has
banned as many as a million players from Xbox Live for altering or modifying their consoles in order to play pirated versions of Xbox video games.
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neowin.net - 13.11.2009
Microsoft Details Xbox Live Update, Netflix Exclusivity
Microsoft frequently rolls out updates for the Xbox LIVE service that adds new features for Xbox owners. The latest update for Xbox Live is coming
soon with some features set to roll out this week. Starting on August 13, Xbox owners will be available to browse and purchase Games on Demand on the
Xbox Live Marketplace...
winbeta.org - 11.08.2009
Modded 360s Banned from Xbox Live
Gamers with modified Xbox 360
consoles are getting a nasty
surprise: their consoles are
being blocked from accessing
Microsoft's Xbox Live
service...
betanews.com - 19.05.2007
Xbox Live running normally after spotty holiday service
While Microsoft is not specifically citing any cause, reported issues with the Xbox 360's online Xbox Live service seem to have been resolved as of
Wednesday morning...
betanews.com - 02.01.2008
Xbox Live Gets TV, Movie Downloads
Microsoft late Monday
announced a major new
initiative to offer television
shows and movie downloads via
its Xbox Live service, further
transitioning the Xbox 360
from video game console to
consumer home entertainment
device.
Photos: View images of Xbox
Live Video..
betanews.com - 07.11.2006
Microsoft Integrates Messenger with Xbox Live
Microsoft has announced its
planned upgrades to the Xbox
360, expected on May 7. Among
the new features are
integration with the Windows
Live Messenger network. The
new functionality expands the
messaging capabilities beyond
the Xbox Live gaming network
to the entire Messenger
community...
betanews.com - 09.04.2007
Xbox Live Gold To Get Paid Content First?
As the fuss over
Lumines Live! dies down (until
they release another booster
pack, at least), Microsoft's
kicking up another bit of Xbox
Live controversy as the fall
gaming season kicks into gear
by premiering downloadable
content to XBL Gold
subscribers before Silver
members are allowed access.
This practice started last
night with the fantastic new
Gears of War trailer.
"So here is the
deal..Silver members WILL get
access to this..probably in
about a week. This is going to
happen more and more (Gold
getting things before Silver)
so you may want to think about
upgrading if you want all the
latest and greatest trailers,
demos etc." -- Major
Nelson
Let's
get this straight: out of
nowhere, just as Microsoft's
under close scrutiny for its
marketplace content as it is,
they decide to start charging
for exclusive early access to
downloadable content? At least
Q Entertainment could've
taken much of the blame for
Lumines scenario, but not
here. Scarier, the next step
would be to start making
content completely exclusive
to paying members, rather than
migrating the content over
eventually.
neowin.net - 27.10.2006
Xbox Live five years on - whats next?
Microsofts Xbox Live has come a long way since it launched in November of 2002. Xbox Live started out as a multiplayer gaming network, but today the 8
million users with Live accounts do much more than just play games. Users can download movies and television shows, chat with friends, and more. Even
Microsoft now describes the service as a ścomprehensive unified online entertainment networkť. Marketing-speak at its finest, but its true - Xbox Live
is a key component of Microsofts connected entertainment vision. In this post we look at the state of Xbox Live today, and explore some of the ways
Microsoft will likely enhance it in the future.
winbeta.org - 22.11.2007
Xbox Live Primetime launch pushed to spring
Part of Microsoft's "New Xbox Experience" initiative is a massively multiplayer pseudo game show with a live host and real prizes called
"Xbox Live Primetime." Now, the launch of this genre-bending feature has been delayed...
betanews.com - 22.10.2008
