February, 2010

Finish the month off with a bang (literally) and play the team from the DualShockers website in our Community Playdate, Sunday, February 28. Shock the Shockers in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 as they’ll be on Xbox LIVE from 8-11 PM ET. Check out...

Slightly Mad Studios, the developers of the racing game Need for Speed SHIFT , will be on Xbox LIVE February 26 to play Xbox LIVE Gold Members. They’ll be burning some rubber this Friday from 5PM-8PM ET, so get a load of the details and come join us because...

Tropico 3 is a new city-building/political sim that lets you take control of a Caribbean island through the Cold War ( free demo here ). As the dictator of the island, it's your job to decide what buildings to build, edicts to enact, and how to deal with...

He’s an IT dude down under in Sydney Australia who runs CapsuleComputers.com.au and loves Summer Glau. Say G’day to MasterAbbott ! trixie360: What’s the deal with your gamertag? MasterAbbott: It's a long story that happened quite a long time ago. ...

The Deal of the Week for Xbox LIVE Gold Members is Duke Nukem 3D ! The Xbox LIVE Arcade action title is now available for only 400 MS Points , 50% off the regular rate. As Duke himself would say, “Grooovy!”

The @XboxSupport Elite Tweet Fleet will be on Xbox LIVE today, February 22, to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 with Xbox LIVE Gold Members in a special Community Playdate. Our Playdate page has the info on how to send a tweet to get invited to play...

Mischief! Mayhem! Pie! The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom , released February 17 on Xbox LIVE Arcade, was a surprise for me right from the initial downloading of the game. From 2K Play and developer The Odd Gentlemen, it’s a puzzle platformer with...

It’s a good weekend of game playing on Xbox LIVE. Start off your Saturday by playing Guitar Hero 5 with the band Breaking Benjamin . They’ll be playing the game online from 1-3 PM ET on February 20, so send your friend requests and get ready to play ...

Friday, February 19 sees two exciting events on Xbox LIVE: a Game with Fame with noted artist and animator Jhonen Vasquez and our first-ever Film with Fame with director Rob Zombie !       Jhonen Vasquez, creator of the animated...

Developers from Electronic Arts and EA Canada will play the game they helped create, NBA LIVE 10 , with Xbox LIVE Gold Members February 18. They’ll be online playing from 6-10 PM ET, so break out that sky hook and join us for some hoop action. Details...

  He’s a display developer in Ontario who is SO good at 1 vs 100 , he was the inspiration for the Trivia Mutant level. Big ups to mutant dog 123 ! trixie360: What’s the story behind your gamertag? mutant dog 123: It goes back to my inability to draw...

A Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Gaming Getaway sweepstakes is currently running on Xbox. All you have to do is register by downloading the free Gamerpic. Yep, that’s it! And what could you win? How about a six-day trip for three people to Hawaii? Get out...

The Deal of the Week for Xbox LIVE Gold Members discounts a popular Xbox LIVE Arcade title for just one week, so get it while you can. This week, it’s Battlefield 1943 , available now for only 800 MS Points, 33% off the regular rate. Download it and...

…there’s so much to do on Xbox LIVE over Valentine’s Day Weekend! Seriously. Grab your significant other, give him or her a controller, and start off the weekend tonight with a Game with Developers event with the fine folks who made BioShock 2 ! That...

He’s a Rocky fan in Knoxville, Tennessee who’s on a quest for <insert pinky in mouth> ONE MILLION GAMERSCORE. Behold, the wonders of stallion83 . trixie360: What’s the story behind your gamertag? stallion83: I'm a huge fan of the Rocky movies. The...

UPDATE [February 16]: The Ferrari Racing Pack is now on Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Download it for 800 MS Points today ! Xbox 360 racing fans will get a major exclusive with the upcoming February 16 release of the Ferrari Racing Pack for Need for Speed...

The Deal of the Week for Xbox LIVE Gold Members is a group of significant discounts on three hot Xbox LIVE Arcade games. That’s right: Marvel vs. Capcom 2 , TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled , and Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao are all discounted...

When you’re not watching The Big Game this weekend, make sure you check out Xbox LIVE as lots of things are going on. On Sunday, February 7, there’s a special live episode of 1 vs 100 starting at 3 PM ET (Noon PT) all centered around The Big Game, and...

Underground Development will be on hand Friday, February 5, to play the game they created, Guitar Hero Van Halen , with Xbox LIVE Gold Members. The event runs from 6-9 PM ET. Check out who’ll be playing from Underground Development and be sure to be online...

He’s a Sherriff’s Department 911 dispatcher in Augusta Georgia who’s part of the 360 Junkies community and actually loves animals. Say ‘bang bang!’ to ikillbambis ! trixie360: What’s the story behind your gamertag? ikillbambis: I think it's very important...

Well, 85, the inimitable Chad Ochocinco, will be on Xbox LIVE playing Madden NFL 10 with Xbox LIVE Gold Members on Thursday, February 4.   He’s perhaps the most entertaining player in all of football and he’ll settle down for an hour on Thursday...

The Deal of the Week this week is the super-popular and fun Splosion Man now at only 400 MS Points, a 50% savings for all Xbox LIVE Gold Members. Our little splodey man needs to escape the laboratory in which he was formed. Make sure he gets all the cakes...