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December 15th, 2009 at 05:45pm
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It looks like the tug-of-war is at an end. After first releasing the 360 Live iPhone app for $1.99 and subsequently being lambasted by Microsoft, creator Xavier Larrea has released a free version on the iTunes App Store. As the app now complies with Microsoft’s policy that all Xbox Live iPhone apps must be free, 360 Live should be here to stay. If you’d like to take it for a spin, it can be downloaded at the link below.
360 Live (Free): 
[Thanks, WhyleKat]
360 Live iPhone app now free originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 15th, 2009 at 04:45pm
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As promised, Viva Piñata: Party Animals is now available on Xbox Live Games on Demand. Before you get too excited, just remember that Party Animals is the Viva Piñata themed party game. It doesn’t involve the wonderfully addicting gardening and breeding aspects of the original Viva Piñata or its sequel, Trouble in Paradise (which is also available on demand, incidentally). That said, if you’re looking for a decent game for the kids, you could probably do worse. In the US of A, the game can be had for $19.99. Be sure to check Xbox Live Marketplace for the price in other regions.
Shortcut: Add Viva Piñata: Party Animals to your Xbox 360 download queue (via Xbox.com)
[Via Major Nelson]
Viva Pinata: Party Animals now party on demand originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 15th, 2009 at 03:26pm
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The man known as Major Nelson has been so kind as to remind us all that child accounts for Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm have now been enabled for US Xbox 360 users. Once granted parental permission, Xbox Live child account holders over the age of 13 will be able to access these applications. The Major reminds everyone to make sure to select automatic logins for all the applications, otherwise you will be prompted for parental permission every time an app is launched. We’d have to agree with his advice. After all, Mom coming in to give you and your friends Tang and lemon squares: Cool. Mom coming in to log you into Facebook: Not cool.
Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm now support Xbox child accounts in US originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 14th, 2009 at 04:40pm
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Now that the exploding men and unrelenting rain of crates have been taken care of, it would seem a new issue has arisen in Modern Warfare 2. Specifically, a bug in the Xbox Live matchmaking assignments is reportedly dumping playlist searchers into private matches. (Nothing’s worse than being teamed with the lowest ranking players, after all.)
Penny Arcade’s Gabe tweeted (warning: foul language through link) that he had encountered the issue several times. Meanwhile, Infinity Ward’s man in the trenches, Robert “fourzerotwo” Bowling, confirmed the issue is known and that a fix is currently in the works.
[Via Gaming Union]
Source – cwgabriel [Twitter] (NSFW)
Source – Robert “fourzerotwo” Bowling [Twitter]
Modern Warfare 2 players report matchmaking malfunction originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 11th, 2009 at 01:45pm
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ZaaM IT, creator of the Halo 3 and ODST armor generators, is at it again, this time with a nifty app for Windows Mobile devices. Called WM Live, the application allows users to sync up their Xbox Live friends lists and check out their own stats as well as those of their friends. The app shows user Avatars, gamercards, and game history, so you’ll be able to keep track of what your friends have been up to from just about anywhere.
Best of all, the app is free, so there’s really no reason not to pick it up if you have a Windows Mobile device. Also, since it complies with the Xbox Community Developers Program, it will never get pulled. Keep in mind that it’s still in beta, though ZaaM IT plans to acquire feedback and improve the application in later releases.
WM Live syncs Friends list to Windows phones originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 10th, 2009 at 05:20pm
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Microsoft has announced the Xbox Live Marketplace content schedule for December and it’s a real doozy. The Deals of the Week — usually a haven for long-forgotten or unwanted DLC — are actually real deals this month. In particular, Shadow Complex will be dropped from 1200
($15) to 800 ($10) during the week of December 21. The following week, starting December 28, Twisted Pixel’s The Maw will fall from 800 ($10) to a miniscule 400 ($5).
In addition to the normal Deals of the Week, Microsoft will also be offering daily deals from December 18-31. The company didn’t specify what any of those deals will be, though it promises discounts on “games, movies, blockbuster game add-ons, holiday themes, you name it!” Rest assured, we’ll be keeping our eye on things once the deals start rolling.
In the meantime, check out the XBLM December schedule, including Deals of the Week, Games on Demand and XBLA after the break.
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XBLM December deals: Cheap Shadow Complex, Maw originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 10th, 2009 at 01:15am
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Electronic Arts has called in another marketing airstrike against
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, hoping to pull members of its fanbase who’re unhappy with its online play towards
Battlefield: Bad Company 2. The previous target was
dedicated servers for PC players; now it’s Xbox Live party chat and the ability to use it in multiplayer.
Speaking with MTV Multiplayer, EA DICE producer Gordon Van Dyke stated, “We are ok with [party chat]. We haven’t taken a stance being against it and feeling like people are cheating.” Modern Warfare 2 only offers party chat support in a handful of its multiplayer playlists, ostensibly to curb cheating. But, according to Van Dyke, he doesn’t “think [cheating with party chat is] that big of an issue, that I’ve seen, where we have to worry about that” in Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
So, is party chat (or the lack thereof) really that important to you? Share your thoughts in comments.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 won’t put up a fight against XBL party chat originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 9th, 2009 at 05:40pm
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When Microsoft rolled out Twitter, Facebook, and Last.fm support for the Xbox 360, a number of users were less than impressed. Specifically, those with child Xbox Live accounts were not allowed to use any of the new applications. Outside the US, Microsoft has now released an update that allows child accounts to access these features, so long as parental permission is given. Major Nelson advises users to set each application to log in automatically upon first activation. Otherwise, those with child accounts will be prompted for parental permission every time the application is launched.
Fear not, US gamers, the update will hit American shores on December 15.
MS enables child accounts for 360 Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 9th, 2009 at 03:59pm
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Using GamerDNA results as a guideline, DFC Intelligence charted the popularity of 360 games last month, and there are some interesting revelations. For one: Every person alive or dead, including the author of this post, is playing Modern Warfare 2 as we speak. Okay, so that’s a slight exaggeration but it was very popular, with somewhere between 22 and 17 percent of GamerDNA’s Xbox 360-playing subjects playing the game throughout all of November.
Also somewhat surprising is just how well Borderlands – which, let’s be honest, didn’t have the biggest marketing push – did, handily holding on to second place until the release of Left 4 Dead 2 and Assassin’s Creed 2. Admittedly this list doesn’t reflect the time spent by those who aren’t online, but do you seriously care about those commoners anyway?
Modern Warfare 2 dominates November gameplay on 360 originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 8th, 2009 at 10:00pm
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If you like the idea of the 360 Live iPhone app, which allows you to sign into your Xbox Live account and manage it on the go, you’d better drop your two dollars into the App Store (link) right now. Creator Xavier Larrea has informed us that, unsurprisingly, Microsoft has asked Apple to remove the program, citing the non-commercial usage restriction — in other words, the company isn’t happy about the app’s not-free cost.
Larrea is complying with the request (meaning that it’s on the way out), but notes that the app will continue to work for those who have already downloaded it.
Xbox 360 Live iPhone app won’t be live for long originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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