PC

1 Vs. 100 Finds New Life On Facebook

People sometimes forget that 1 vs. 100, the MMO gameshow offered by Xbox Live from 2009 to 2010, is based on an actual gameshow of the same name and format, running in several countries, including the U.S. from 2006 to 2008. Though Microsoft declined to bring it back for a third season, it’ll be resuscitated as a Facebook game, though you won’t be playing it live with 100,000 of your closest friends.


January 8, 2011
Xbox

What’s Up With Xbox 360 As Cable Box, Virtual Game Room, Game Show Host?

Microsoft has a lot they want to talk about at this Consumer Electronics Show: Their big Kinect sales numbers, the future of that tech, their new phone. But they also have a few things they’re not keen to discuss.


November 5, 2010

Microsoft Is Beta Testing An Episodic Xbox Live Poker Game Show

It looks as if the studio that brought us Xbox Live’s 1 Vs 100 has a new episodic game show in the works, as beta test emails go out for Microsoft Game Studios’ Full House Poker.


July 16, 2010
News

Three Interesting Xbox 360 Ideas That Died

The newly cancelled 1 vs 100 Xbox Live game show isn’t the only clever idea for the Xbox 360 that has met its meteor. Let’s review some 360 initiatives that seemed cool but now seem dead.


1 Vs. 100 The Victim Of Mismanagement?

This morning’s news that Microsoft was killing off their Xbox Live video game show 1 Vs 100 didn’t come as a surprise for a lot of people, including those working on the project. But what happened?


July 15, 2010
News

Microsoft Cans 1 Vs 100 For Xbox 360

Just as we suspected, Microsoft confirmed today that there will be no third season for their Xbox 360 version of 1 Vs 100 and that the game won’t be returning.


July 14, 2010
News

The Future Of Xbox 360′s 1 Vs 100 Remains Unclear

When Microsoft brought television game show 1 Vs 100 to the world of Xbox Live, it was heralded as the first step toward transforming the Xbox 360′s online service into an entertainment channel of its own.


February 17, 2010
News

More Xbox “Programming” Coming After Success Of 1 Vs 100

When it launched, Xbox Live game show 1 vs 100 was an experiment. Its success could mean a whole new slate of television-like programming for the gaming console.


November 10, 2009
News

1 vs 100 Season 2 Premieres Next Week

1 vs 100, the Xbox 360′s massively multiplayer online game show, makes its triumphant return next week, with new questions, more prizes and all the Chris Cashman you can stand.


August 17, 2009
News

1vs100: 2.5 Million Downloads, 200k+ Playing In A Single Night

No doubt flushed with the unexpected success of it all, Microsoft this morning released some statistics for their Xbox Live party/quiz title 1 vs 100. Most importantly, that it’s been downloaded 2.5 million times.