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Too Human Wiped From Existence On Xbox Live

In November, a US federal judge made the breathtaking order that all copies of Too Human had to be destroyed by its creator, Silicon Knights, as part of a $US4 million judgment awarded to Epic Games in a nasty six-year suit-and-countersuit court battle between the two.


Xbox Region Swapping Is About To Get Easier

Shifting regions for an XBox Live account used to be a world of hurt, but it appears that Microsoft’s softening its stance on gamers who move countries with their beloved consoles in tow.


If Your Xbox Cloud Saving Had Issues Last Week, You Get A Free Month Of Gold Membership

Maybe you were playing a game on Xbox Live last week and you tried to save online. Maybe it didn’t work. Maybe you are cursing at the skies, wondering why you ever relied on this newfangled “cloud” technology when back in your day all you needed was a pen, paper, and a string of meaningless numbers and letters.


Xbox Achievements Come To iOS With Wordament

You don’t need a Windows Phone to get mobile gaming achievements anymore, as Microsoft releases Wordament, a free competitive multiplayer word find tournament with 50 achievement points built right in.


Xbox LIVE Gold Is Free For This Weekend

I’m quite lax about letting my LIVE subscription sort of peter out. I only really play Halo online, and when I lose interest in that, I really have no need for LIVE Gold. But right now? With all of the good multiplayer games that have been released in the last couple of months? Now is as good a time as any for Xbox LIVE Gold to be free for a while.


Kingdoms Of Amalur Listed For $109.95 On Xbox Live In Australia

38 Studios’ financial apocalypse has been well-documented. Ultimately, no amount of auctioning and memorabilia sales could redeem all-star pitcher Curt Schilling’s game development legacy. Still, you have to wonder who’s behind the pricing of the downloadable version being offered on Xbox Live Games on Demand in Australia. Maybe 38 Studios’ only release is a collector’s item now?


Explain The Story Behind Your Stupid Gamertag

If you’re lucky, or brave, your gamertag (or other similar account name) might be, well, your name. A few of my friends are like that. Chances are, though, you picked a fake handle and went with that instead.


Microsoft Should Thank Halo For Making Xbox Live A Success

No one’s going to argue that Halo was the original Xbox’s killer game, playing a noticeable role in the console’s early success. The series also made multiplayer console gaming over the internet via Xbox Live a serious thing and not just a poorly-supported gimmick. Bungie president Harold Ryan is convinced that Halo and its successors were so instrumental to Xbox Live that, without it, the service would not have succeeded. Is he wrong?


Over 100 Million Friendships Have Been Made Over Xbox Live (And Over 200 Billion Achievement Points)

Amidst all the back-slapping and high-fiving going on at Xbox Live today, Microsoft released a statistic related to the service that I found pretty interesting.


Relive The Horrors Of The Original Xbox Live Dashboard

Microsoft’s Larry Hryb has been digging through the archives in honour of Xbox Live’s 10th birthday and has come up with a few dusty old relics.


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