June, 2009

It's getting lonely around here with trixie360 gone (but not forgotten ) on maternity leave, and now my buddy Treit and True has taken off on an Alaskan cruise where he plans to herd Opilio crab, wrassle Polar Bears and ride the mighty Orca. In the interim...

· Through the weekend, the Deal of the Week is Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix for a 33% savings for Gold Members. · Choose your favorite Audi car design and you could win a chance to participate in the Audi Sportscar Experience at Infineon...

So last week, we brought you a Game with Fame featuring the legends of Magic: The Gathering . This weekend, we’ll be showcasing a Game with Developer with devs from Stainless Games, members of Wizards of the Coast, and other Magic developers responsible...

Inside Xbox went to Baghdad! Yep, that’s Baghdad, IRAQ people! Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb and Craig “Video Monkey” Mathewson had the rare privilege of escaping the day-to-day routine at Xbox Headquarters and covering EA and Harmonix’s “I-ROQ BAGHDAD” competition...

This weekend on Xbox LIVE, the 1 vs 100 Beta will be unlocked for Xbox LIVE Silver users, who will be able to play on LIVE for free June 26 – 28. Take advantage of this awesome opportunity to try out the hottest game on Xbox LIVE! Check out 1 vs 100 this...

Our beloved TriXie made an addition to her family recently, welcoming Allison Independence Charter to her family this Friday. Both mom and baby are healthy, happy and peeing on doctors. Please join us in welcoming our newest Xbox LIVE member, and don...

Mucho goodness on Xbox.com this week. Hope you survived the maintenance period of July 16 with good grace and are now back in the gaming harness. Check these items out this weekend: Through the weekend, the Deal of the Week is Fallout 3: Operation...

So Xbox LIVE is back up and if Major Nelson's chatroom was any indication, not a moment too soon. So what's new with Xbox LIVE? Well, not a whole lot. The work done was in preparation for the Xbox LIVE features coming on down the road. But we were able...

Xbox givingChiX (XCX) is a new organization founded on the mantra of “Give…Game…Connect”; it is a division of the Xbox GamerchiX . The goal of the organization is to encourage gamers to work together for the benefit of charitable causes for women and...

As Major Nelson posted on his blog , Xbox LIVE will be unavailable for up to 24 hours tomorrow June 16. We thought you might have some questions. Well, at least one. Q: What the heck am I going to do for 24 hours if I can’t troll the forums, pwn my...

TW3 was on hiatus last week due to the monster announcements made at E3. In fact, if you still haven't downloaded every video and seen all the cool stuff, take some time out this weekend to explore the wonders of E3 2009 . And you might have heard a little...

The ladies will be playing the newly released CellFactor: Psychokinetic Warriors with Xbox LIVE Gold members next Friday, June 20. If you’d like to play with the girls, register here and look for a friend request from the Frag Dolls before the session...

Xbox and HotMomsClub.com have teamed up to offer you (and the hottest mom you know) a chance to win a Xbox 360 Arcade, just in time for Father's  Day. With the most entertainment value for your buck, Xbox and HMC are  showing you all the fun...

Even with minds still blown by E3 trailers and thoughts of Project Natal dancing in our heads, life moves on here at Xbox HQ. We've got a lot to offer Xbox LIVE Gold members this week, as we kick off a week-long celebration of the second map pack for...

Not to go all girly on you or anything, but having met my husband in Vegas, this is a sweeps I can get behind. Play a fun game, win a fab wedding in Sin City. Sounds good to me! Just download the Dream Day Wedding: Viva Las Vegas game for your shot...

This year’s E3 was just about perfect. Gigantic booths with tons of amazing new games, huge and significant new announcements, and hallways that were full of excited gamers, but not so busy that you couldn’t get hands-on time with the games. We got to...

The Beatles Rock Band is definitely one of the hits of the show, so much so that Harmonix was taking next-day appointments just to see the demo. I finally got in today to see the presentation—a six-person Harmonix band on stage—and to try the game for...

Okay, this isn’t usually the level of erudite language that I’d choose to use in a company blog, but: Holy. Freaking. Crap! I first started writing about games back in the Paleolithic age of the late 1980s, and Project Natal is the most impressed I’ve...

As an unabashed comic fan, I’ve been literally drooling at the video previews of Batman: Arkham Asylum. At E3 I got a chance to don the cowl and go hands-on with the game, which is now slated to ship in late August. As you’ve probably heard, the game...

I spent an inordinate amount of time at the Codemasters booth this afternoon. That kind of thing happens when a company’s entire E3 lineup is sequels to games I've loved. Overlord Ii takes the basic premise of the original—you’re an evil overlord, sending...

In my E3 preview last week, I lamented the shows of the past couple of years, which lacked the crowds, flash, and dazzle of E3 shows past. I’m happy to say the halls are packed this year—E3 classic is back, kids. And forget the dinky demo stations of...

I just got out of an impressive demo of Just Cause 2 , coming next year from Eidos. Building on the sandbox, stunt-like action of the first game, Just Cause 2 puts you on a hunt for rogue agent Tom Sheldon. The demo opened with your character, Rico Rodrigues...

Alan Wake has been a long time coming, but yesterday's Microsoft Press Briefing was its coming out party. Developer Remedy demoed the game live, and shocked many (myself included) with just how action-packed the game really is. Yes, it looks gorgeous...

Xbox LIVE has been awarded a Guinness World Record for “Most Popular Online Console Gaming Service.” The award was presented to Marc Whitten, GM of LIVE Services, in Los Angeles Monday evening. < Wow! That's even cooler than "Loudest Burp...

We may have known about Halo 3: ODST for many months, but tangible details are finally beginning to flow, not the least of which is ODST's brand new cooperative Firefight mode and its approach to storytelling. Firefight Imagine a Halo -inspired...