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Watch Capcom’s New York Fight Club From A Safe Distance
5:00AM Mike Fahey | Now’s your chance to join more than 160 people watching a currently empty room that will soon play host to today’s Capcom Fight Club in New York. More »
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Xbox LIVE Is Back Online
6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Yes, we know. After being down off the grid for 24 for some scheduled maintenance, LIVE is back up. Notice any differences? More »
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Last.FM Coming To Xbox Live
4:45AM Mike Fahey | Microsoft and Last.FM are making sweet, sweet music on the Xbox 360 this year, with the music listening and discovery service available free to Xbox Live Gold members. More »
Features
What Ails The World’s Biggest Gaming Platform?
11:00PM Brian Crecente | It is the most powerful gaming platform in the world, and with more than 300 million users, the most widely owned as well, so why does computer gaming seem to be suffering from an inferiority complex? More »
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Zune Co-Developed Video Series May Land on Live Too
2:20AM Brian Crecente | Cinemash, a new video series that will feature film and TV actors re-enacting their dream parts, is headed to the Zune and, perhaps, the Xbox 360 Marketplace. More »
Microsoft Inviting One Last Group Into NXE Preview
10:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Microsoft has announced it is once again adding more LIVE members to the NXE Preview Program. This is the third and final time Microsoft is doing this, and the company is adding over 10,000 LIVE members. Invites are coming via email. According to Microsoft mouthpiece MajorNelson.com: “As before, we’re only pulling names from those that originally signed up (there is no way to sign up if you missed it, sorry) and this selection process will be at random from those that previously filled out the Connect Program Survey from my original post. Again, this is final wave. All Xbox LIVE members will be getting the New Xbox Experience via Xbox LIVE November 19th.” More »
NXE Takes Pressure Off Retail – Microsoft
7:20AM Stuart Houghton | Xbox Live – so much more than a way of playing games against sweary 14 year olds. Live is also, according to Vice Prez John Schappert, an “online retailer” committed to making niche content more accessible. More »
NXE To Require 128MB, Microsoft Offering ‘Storage Solutions’ For Arcade Owners
8:40AM Stuart Houghton | At 128MB, the New Xbox Experience will be too big for some Xbox 360s to handle. More »
Microsoft To Give Tokyo Game Show Keynote
10:20AM Stuart Houghton | What’s this? Are Microsoft just feeling bullish after all those Xbox/Vesperia bundles sold out? Whatever the reason, Microsoft is feeling confident enough to send LIV Vice-prez John Schappert to the Tokyo Game Show with a keynote speech under his arm. On October 9th at midday, Schappert will present his keynote address “A Canvas for the World” which will apparently lay out how the Xbox 360 will bring people together to enjoy “the next wave of interactive entertainment experiences”. No, we don’t really know what that means either —- but we bet it is pretty flippin’ important. Who knows? Maybe MS are on a roll – by this time next year there could be an Xbox Elite in every self-respecting Japanese home. Tokyo Game Show – John Schappert Keynote Address [Gamerscore Blog] More »
