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Culture
Surprise Football Game Pops Up On Xbox Live
4:40AM Stephen Totilo | Move over Madden. There’s a new football game on my Xbox 360. And it stars Avatars. Oh, and I don’t know how it got there. More »
Hands On
A Second Hands-On Opinion Of The Xbox 360’s Instant-Streaming
8:00AM Stephen Totilo | I, with my 955kbps downstream Internet connection, reported earlier today that the November-scheduled offering of instant-streaming 1080p wasn’t working on my sluggish connection. But a man with a 25mbps-downstream connection has a different take: “Incredible.” More »
Hands On
Xbox 360 Update Hands-on: Last.FM In Action
3:20AM Stephen Totilo | The final part of our Xbox 360 November dashboard update saves the best for last, without intending the pun. Here’s Last.FM in action on my 360, injecting a bit of Zelda and MF Doom into my system. More »
Hands On
Xbox 360 Preview Hands-On: The Stuff That Didn’t Work
2:20AM Stephen Totilo | Instant streaming in 1080p? Microsoft did warn that its new Zune video marketplace might not allow for streaming for people with slower (slow-ish?) connections. This is my low-point in my three-part preview of the 360’s new dashboard. More »
Hands On
Xbox 360 Update Hands-On: Facebook And Twitter
1:40AM Stephen Totilo | Microsoft provided Kotaku with an early version of the November Xbox 360 dashboard update. I just tested Twitter and Facebook on my 360. Watch. More »
News
Microsoft: Most Studios Support Netflix Party Viewing
7:40AM Brian Crecente | The ability to watch movies as a group online using Netflix and avatars is not supported by all of the movies on the service, Microsoft confirmed to Kotaku today. More »
Media
Xbox 360 Avatar Marketplace: Giant Cotton Swabs To Steampunk Goggles
1:00AM Brian Crecente
Avatars, long the ignored, under-dressed face of the Xbox 360, are getting an overhaul. But it will cost you. New clothing and props from popular games including The Secret of Monkey Island and Halo will be hitting the 360 next month. More »
Media
Netflix Party Play In Action
12:40AM Brian Crecente | The update to Xbox 360’s Netflix, which came as a separate download, deals with many of the issues that the streaming service had, but introduces a couple of new one. More »
Media
Hands On With Xbox 360’s New Dashboard
12:20AM Brian Crecente
This morning Microsoft sent the much-anticipated Xbox 360 dashboard update to a group of game writers to check out before it hits officially on Aug. 11. More »
