xbl
November 21st, 2009 at 12:30pm
Under Xbox 360
If you enjoyed the Cowboy Bebop-meets-Master Chief action presented in the first episode of Halo Legends (seriously, that main character looked just like Spike Spiegel!), then you may want to check out the second episode of the Spartan-themed anime premiering today on Halo Waypoint. For 24 hours starting at 12:00AM PST (about eight hours ago), Xbox Live Silver and Gold members will be able to access “The Duel” through the “all-things-Halo” hub.
Microsoft also notes that this will be the last week for Xbox Live Silver members to explore Waypoint, and in turn, enjoy the weekly free episodes of Halo Legends. If you’re wondering what time the show will be available for you and you don’t live in North America, a full list of showtimes is available on Xbox.com.
PSA: Second Halo Legends episode free, available today only originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Continue Reading PSA: Second Halo Legends episode free, available today only
Tags: 343-industries, anime, halo, halo-legends, halo-waypoint, psa, the-duel, xbl, xblm, xbox-live, xbox.com
By Mister-X
Continue Reading PSA: Second Halo Legends episode free, available today only
November 19th, 2009 at 03:01pm
Under Xbox 360
Boutique law firm AbingtonIP is “investigating” what it considers the “convenient” recent Xbox Live bannings. The firm posits that the “tens of thousands” of banned Xbox Live subscribers who used modded consoles deserve recompense due to the timing of the action. The firm believes that said timing — i.e., after Halo 3: ODST and shortly before Modern Warfare 2’s releases — was executed to net Microsoft as much money as possible out of potential Xbox Live subscribers before banning the modded devices. The class action lawsuit would attempt to obtain a refund for the prorated sums left on the banned Xbox Live subscriptions.
According to Joystiq legal columnist Mark Methenitis’ analysis: “To me, this certainly sounds a lot like a cash grab directed at a company with deep pockets, but perhaps there are more facts than they are letting on.” He explains that a user savvy enough to have a modded console would also know not to connect it to Live without “serious risk.” Methenitis concludes, “If, in fact, Microsoft is inducing people to buy a service only to terminate them, then there’s certainly a deceptive business practice concern. But this seems far more cut and dry than that.”
[Thanks, C. Carl Carlston]
Firm considers class action over Xbox Live bannings originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Continue Reading Firm considers class action over Xbox Live bannings
Tags: abingtonip, banned, banning, class-action, law, lawsuit, mark-methenitis, xbl, xbox-live, xbox-live-bannings
By Mister-X
Continue Reading Firm considers class action over Xbox Live bannings
November 13th, 2009 at 04:00pm
Under Xbox 360
We might normally scoff at the array of Xbox Live Avatar clothing being made available for Band Hero – a near ubiquitous occurrence with game releases for the Xbox 360 these days. Not today though, friends. Nope, today we have the opportunity to get our Avatar a totally rad, Say Anything style boombox. We know, we know – finally. For the low, low price of 240
($3), you too can be as cool as Lloyd Dobler (though there’s no promise of landing a lady as fine as Diane Court with said item).
We suppose you could pick up the other stuff too, available for 80 ($1) to 240 ($3), if you’re into that kinda thing. You could get a microphone or a shirt or a … just get the boombox, alright? You don’t wanna end up being given a pen and getting told how “valuable the friendship” is, do you? Hmm?
Band Hero clothing and accessories head to Xbox Live Marketplace originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Continue Reading Band Hero clothing and accessories head to Xbox Live Marketplace
Tags: activision, avatar, avatar-clothing, avatars, band-hero, boombox, say-anything, xbl, xblm, xbox-live, xbox-live-marketplace
By Mister-X
Continue Reading Band Hero clothing and accessories head to Xbox Live Marketplace
October 29th, 2009 at 03:45pm
Under Xbox 360
New information on Microsoft’s still free for now Xbox Live-based game show 1 vs. 100 has been a bit on the light side since the game’s initial release so many moons ago. The official 1 vs. 100 Blogs have detailed some new features of the game’s second season.
For one, rather than Avatars amorphously apparating on-stage, “The One” will strut down a central staircase right after dropping a fancy pose on the plebeians below. Players in the hot seat will also have their Xbox Live statuses automatically set to “Busy,” so as not to knock their concentration from the mind grape squeezing at hand. No details were revealed on when we might actually get to play more 1 vs. 100, unfortunately.
[Via Destructoid]
1 vs. 100 Season 2 details dished on dev blog originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Continue Reading 1 vs. 100 Season 2 details dished on dev blog
Tags: 1-vs-100, avatars, microsoft, season-2, the-one, xbl, xbox-live
By Mister-X
Continue Reading 1 vs. 100 Season 2 details dished on dev blog
August 5th, 2009 at 10:58pm
Under Xbox 360
Microsoft informed us this afternoon that its initial offerings of Games on Demand, the company’s selection of downloadable Xbox 360 titles, will be priced between 1600-2400 — that’s $20-30 in American credit card currency. We got a little curious after one price was revealed in a video earlier today, but we wanted to make sure about the rest.
We’re currently working on getting the full list of prices for each game, but all will be revealed next week when the latest dashboard update goes live, on August 11.
Xbox 360 ‘Games on Demand’ priced between $20-$30 originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | Comments
Continue Reading Xbox 360 ‘Games on Demand’ priced between $20-$30
Tags: games-on-demand, nxe, xbl, xblm, xbox-dashboard
By Mister-X
Continue Reading Xbox 360 ‘Games on Demand’ priced between $20-$30
July 28th, 2009 at 01:45pm
Under Xbox 360
Last week we published the first part of our Last.fm on Xbox Live interview, speaking with Christina DeRosa, a general manager for Xbox Live. Today, we present the second part, a conversation with Orlena Yeung, VP of Marketing at Last.fm. After the break, read Yeung’s take from the Last.fm side of the deal, as she discusses a range of topics, including why her company is better than Pandora, its social media plans, and how audio scrobbling works in APB.
Continue reading Interview: Last.fm on Xbox Live
Interview: Last.fm on Xbox Live originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | Comments
Continue Reading Interview: Last.fm on Xbox Live
Tags: dashboard, interview, last-fm, music, Orlena-Yeung, Radio, social-networking, xbl, xbox-live
By Mister-X
Continue Reading Interview: Last.fm on Xbox Live
July 23rd, 2009 at 12:30pm
Under Xbox 360
Bro, like, Major Nelson says if you’re an Xbox Live Gold member, then you can totally download the demo for Madden 10, right now! Word? Wooord! Of course, if you pre-ordered from GameStop, then you’ve already got a better demo for the annual franchise, which releases August 14 … brodawg.
Dude, give me a fist bump: Madden 10 demo up now on Xbox Live originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Continue Reading Dude, give me a fist bump: Madden 10 demo up now on Xbox Live
Tags: demo, ea, ea-sports, electronic-arts, madden-10, testosterone, tiburon, xbl
By Mister-X
Continue Reading Dude, give me a fist bump: Madden 10 demo up now on Xbox Live
July 22nd, 2009 at 09:00pm
Under Xbox 360
By now, you’re aware of the news that Last.fm is coming to Xbox Live, along with Twitter and Facebook in a social media onslaught. We wanted to find out what that means for the service, so we spoke with Orlena Yeung, VP of Marketing at Last.fm (which was purchased by CBS two years ago for a big chunk of change), and Christina DeRosa, a general manager for Xbox Live, to find out how the experience will work on our consoles.
We’ve already reported on the planned Last.fm pricing, but read on after the break for DeRosa’s take on the Xbox side of things, including her thoughts on a Pandora partnership, how Xbox will enhance Last.fm (Party Mode?), and where the service fits into the Xbox Live music channel that’s in the works. (One interesting note: Xbox says that the console won’t audio scrobble, while Last.fm says it will. We’ve reached out to both parties in search of a definitive answer.)
UPDATE: Microsoft got back to us with the following information, “We circled back on this one and can confirm that music played in other parts of the dash will not be scrobbled. In other words, you can’t put in an audio CD and scrobble.” So, that’s a bit of a bummer.
Continue reading Interview: Xbox Live on Last.fm
Interview: Xbox Live on Last.fm originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | Comments
Continue Reading Interview: Xbox Live on Last.fm
Tags: Christina-DeRosa, last-fm, music, Social, social-networking, xbl, xbox-live
By Mister-X
Continue Reading Interview: Xbox Live on Last.fm
July 15th, 2009 at 02:20am
Under Xbox 360
Forget about watching the seemingly infinite amount of stages roll by as Lance Armstrong attempts to win his eighth yellow jersey in the world’s most famous bicycle race. Do it yourself! And by yourself we mean using nothing more than your fingers and thumbs when Tour de France 2009: The Official Game comes to Xbox Live today for 800 ($10) . Who needs all that real legwork anyhow?
Cyanide Studios, the brains behind the recent Blood Bowl and the popular-in-some-other-country Cycling Manager series must have been quietly working on this in their spare time, because it caught all of us off-guard, including Xbox Live’s Major Nelson. But why not release this game just before the actual Tour de France, instead of smack dab in the middle of it? We may never know.
You can play two players locally, and race up to four simultaneously on Xbox Live using one of the official teams in the current race. We just wish they would have included a drug testing minigame or something — you know, to add some realism. Catch all the pedal-pumping power in the preview trailer right here.
Tour de France 2009: The Official Game pedals onto Xbox Live originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Continue Reading Tour de France 2009: The Official Game pedals onto Xbox Live
Tags: Bicycle, Cycling, French, Lance-Armstrong, sports, Tour-de-France, xbl, xbox-live
By Mister-X
Continue Reading Tour de France 2009: The Official Game pedals onto Xbox Live
June 30th, 2009 at 08:45pm
Under Xbox 360
Microsoft announced at their E3 keynote last month that Last.fm would be coming to Xbox Live. We’re working on an interview with key players at both Last.fm and Microsoft to bring you more details about the collaboration soon. However, we can share one tidbit: today we spoke with Christina DeRosa, a general manager for XBL, and she let us know who the service will be available to.
“Silver users will be able access what we’re considering a trial period of three hours a month, which comes with video advertising. Gold users will have unlimited ad-supported access, so they can use it 24 hours a day. There will also be a premium offering on a subscription basis from Last.fm, that will be commercial free and will also have more sophisticated personalization features, like Loved Tracks.”
Last.fm’s subscription prices are currently $3.00 US (€3 EU or £3 GBP) per month, so you’ll have to shell out an additional $36 a year if you want to avoid the ads and have full access to their service. You’ll also need a Last.fm account, in case you haven’t set one up already. Luckily, that part is free.
Last.fm on XBL: free to gold subscribers, 3 hours per month for others originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | Comments
Continue Reading Last.fm on XBL: free to gold subscribers, 3 hours per month for others
Tags: dashboard, last-fm, microsoft, music, Radio, xbl, xbox-live
By Mister-X
Continue Reading Last.fm on XBL: free to gold subscribers, 3 hours per month for others
