December, 2009

The Deal of the Week for Xbox LIVE Gold Members sets the charming and funny Xbox LIVE Arcade game The Maw at only 400 MS Points, a 50% savings. If you haven’t tried this game, now is your chance; it’s an absolute blast to play!

The holidays continue over the weekend with a HUGE amount of fun things to do on Xbox LIVE. Don’t forget that the live version of 1 vs 100 is actually this Saturday at 9 PM ET and the theme is Holidays. Also on Saturday is the HUGE Xbox All-Nighter with...

He’s a Seattle gamer who helps people get connected to Xbox LIVE. He would love to have been the first man to walk on the moon. Houston, we have xezerez. trixie360: What’s the story behind your gamertag? xezerez: Name I used back in my Zork MUD playing...

OK, that wasn’t such a great play on words. What I meant to say is that we have a new sweepstakes running celebrating the imminent release of the movie Legion, coming January 22. All you have to do is download any of the six free Gamerpics, and enter...

Epic Games and Microsoft Game Studios are wishing you a very merry Gearsmas this year starting December 23. The 12 Days of Gearsmas has 12 different game mods applied to Gears of War 2 online over Xbox LIVE starting on that date, and each of the twelve...

It’s beginning to look a lot like … the Holidays! And wouldn’t it be a great way to celebrate the season if you could score a Bose home theater speaker system and 4000 Microsoft Points? That’s the grand prize that will be won by four lucky gamers when...

The Deal of the Week for Xbox LIVE Gold Members is that Xbox LIVE Arcade game Shadow Complex is available for only 800 MS Points. And have you been checking the console on a daily basis for the specials that are being announced there? Of course you are...

Beatles fans and Rock Band fans will love this sweepstakes. Just download the song “All You Need is Love” from the Fab Four for the game The Beatles: Rock Band and get the free Gamerpic to enter. You could win one of thirty grand prizes including Beatles...

This morning I asked my Twitter friends to tell me something good they did for someone else this year. I was truly overwhelmed at the responses. From helping strangers to mentoring kids, from donating everything from time, to money and even blood, our...

Members of Rockstar will be online December 17 from 4-7 PM ET to play Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony game add-on. Join them and get introduced to the Rockstar Social Club, a gathering point for all things Rockstar. Check it out!

He’s a college student in Spearfish, South Dakota who wants to teach the Lakota language to kids. He also loves house music and Xbox All-Nighters. Stay up late with LTJIllogic . trixie360: What’s the story behind your gamertag? LTJIllogic: Well, at first...

Metal band Slayer visits Xbox LIVE Wednesday, December 16, to play Slayer Mode (natch) in Halo 3 with Xbox LIVE Gold Members. Love their music? Get in on the Game with Fame from 7-9 PM ET. Find out more here and rock on!

Tonight, December 15, from 7-9 PM ET, legendary comedic recording artist “Weird Al” Yankovic will be on Xbox LIVE playing Guitar Hero 5 with Xbox LIVE Gold Members. Check out the full details here and limber up your guitar skills! Weird Al says, “Be...

You know what makes me a happy little elf? Hearing that people are having a great time on Xbox LIVE! Here’s some feedback on two recent events. Game with Gearbox Developers: Borderlands: Zombie Island I had a great time playing Borderlands with GT...

The Deal of the Week available to Xbox LIVE Gold Members from now through December 20 is the Coldplay track pack for Lips , now at only 240 MS Points, a 45% savings. Sing away!

For years gamers have pleaded with publishers to more evenly distribute game releases throughout the year; asking for a steady sprinkle of AAA titles throughout the year instead of the monsoon we’ve come to expect at year’s end. Perhaps having heard this...

Thursday, December 10, is the date for two Game with Developers events on Xbox LIVE. Play the devs who made the popular Xbox LIVE Arcade game Madden NFL Arcade from 6-9 PM ET; or if football isn’t your thing, you can also game with the developers who...

This Denver gamer helps run justanothergamesite.com, sings in an 80’s band called Raygunomics and disapproves of pickled beets. Spend some quality time with Eleventeen . trixie360: What’s the story behind your gamertag? Eleventeen: The truth is more...

The Deal of the Week for Xbox LIVE Gold Members is the band No Doubt’s album The Singles 1992-2003 for the game Rock Band is now only 1200 MS Points, a 25% savings, from now through December 13. No doubt!

The Community Playdate this Sunday, December 6 is with the fine people of the ResumePlay.net gaming website. Join us from 8-11 PM ET for some serious Modern Warfare 2 action!

We have a bunch of great sweepstakes going on at Xbox.com where you could win free stuff (free is good, right?). For you texters out there, check out the Sprint 1 vs 100 Text2Win Sweepstakes . There are two parts to the sweeps, a trivia game and a find...

She’s an actress (spot her in The Guild episode 9) and Editor-in-Chief at GirlGamer.com. Don’t be shy, ask Crix Lee for an autograph! trixie360: What’s the story behind your gamertag? Crix Lee: My first gig in LA was as an intern for a show at TheStream...

There is nothing like an epic role-playing game (RPG) to get the blood stirring, your adventurous side stoked, your crafty warrior side activated. It’s easy to get lost in the glorious worlds of games like Fable II , Oblivion , and so many others. Well...

On Tuesday, December 1 from 8-10 PM ET, Chester Bennington of the band Dead by Sunrise will play Halo 3: ODST with Xbox LIVE Gold Members. Get the details here , then log on and meet the vocalist from both DBS and Linkin Park!