August, 2010

Summer is winding down, school is starting back up, and those long, hot, lazy days on the couch twiddling your fingers around the controller and yelling at the TV will … well, we’ll still do that, won’t we, it’s just that the days won’t be as hot. Anyway...

If you’re a younger gamer, you may have heard us older types wax nostalgic about the glories of the 8-bit days , the simple but very challenging gameplay, the charm of the stories and music. In fact, you may have gotten sick of us saying how wonderful...

This Sunday, August 29 , we have two exciting events on Xbox LIVE. Our Community Playdate is with the CanWest community at Red vs. Blue.com. They’ll be playing Team Fortress 2 from 8-11 PM ET so be sure to check out all their gamertags and join in on...

He’s been around since the days of the Xbox LIVE beta and has his hands in all sorts of gaming communities. Meet theBruce . KP: What's the story behind your gamertag? theBruce: Many years ago some friends of mine said I looked like a Bruce. So...

That’s the grand prize in the Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D Sweepstakes running from now until September 16. The movie, starring Milla Jovovich , debuts on September 10 and continues the legendary Resident Evil saga. The sweepstakes has four different prize...

Hard rock band Disturbed will visit Xbox LIVE Thursday, August 26, to play Xbox LIVE Gold members in a special Game with Fame event. Disturbed (Photo by Travis Shinn) Disturbed is preparing to release their fifth studio album, Asylum , on August 31 and...

Members of the gaming website Evil Avatar will visit Xbox LIVE to play Gold members for our Community Playdate on August 25 . They’ll be playing Super Street Fighter IV starting at 8 PM ET. Check out their gamertags and get your fighting moves ready!

The Deal of the Week for Xbox LIVE Gold members running now through August 29 is some great price reductions on cool game add-ons for BioShock 2 . The Rapture Metro pack, Sinclair Solutions Tester pack, a Rosie Big Daddy outfit, and a Watchface Big Daddy...

The fabulous ladies that form the DSO Bombshells group of the popular Delta Special Ops (DSO) Gaming Clan will play Xbox LIVE Gold members this Sunday, August 22 , in our Community Playdate . They’ll be playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 starting...

Want what promises to be the hottest new thing to hit the gaming world? In our Kinect Experience Sweepstakes , you have a chance to win one of two grand prizes which includes an Xbox 360 4GB Kinect bundle with two controllers, a headset, a chatpad, a...

The Community Playdate for Wednesday, August 18 , is with the fine gamerz from WeTheGamerz.com . They’ll be playing Battlefield: Bad Company 2 starting at 8 PM ET, and the entire event will be broadcasted live on Justin.tv . Check out their gamertags...

A true video game legend closes out this year's Summer of Arcade with Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light . Lara's on a quest through a Mayan temple, and she's got a partner this time. Two players can enjoy co-op tomb raiding, with the second player...

He’s a father and gamer in Reno, Nevada who was nominated for the Spotlight by his kids! Say hello to FOKAI SpEcIaL . trixie360: What's the story behind your gamertag? FOKAI SpEcIaL: The word fokai means to fight on my wife's island of Guam,...

Come one, come all to the PAX Panel to end all PAX Panels… the Community Manager Challenge! I hatched the idea of a live game show a few months ago and it has finally come together! I’m not sure, but I think this is the first two-part panel (I don’t count...

This Sunday, August 15 , we have two big events on Xbox LIVE, a Game with Developers event for the new Xbox LIVE Arcade hit Hydro Thunder Hurricane , and a Community Playdate with the folks from Platform Nation. Start your Sunday off at 5 PM ET and play...

This Friday, August 13 , we are hosting a special Community Playdate with @xboxsupport, the Xbox Support Elite Tweet Fleet . The support gurus who run the Twitter feed will play Crackdown 2 starting at 8 PM ET . Check out their gamertags and drop on by...

The independent community members who work together to help improve games produced by EA SPORTS will be on Xbox LIVE today, Thursday, August 12 to play Xbox LIVE Gold members. The EA SPORTS Game Changers will take on all comers in Madden NFL 11 from 8...

Today is Wednesday August 11 , and we have a special Community Playdate for Xbox LIVE Gold members. Dan Amrich, Activision’s in-house journalist and the proprietor of the One of Swords website (visit the site; Dan's got some more details up there...

Step into the arena of the newest and hottest sport of the future … Monday Night Combat ! Load up on ammo and prepare to battle a serious assortment of heavily-armored and weaponized robots, or go Crossfire in team vs. team combat as you attempt to destroy...

The website PinataIsland.info , your source for all things related to the series of Viva Pinata games, will host a very special Family Game Night with Xbox LIVE Gold members on Tuesday, August 10. They’ll even be joined by a developer from Rare, Ltd,...

The Deal of the Week through August 15 is a doozy. How about significant discounts on a ton of great add-ons for the game Dragon Age: Origins ? Can’t get enough Dragon Age ? Then download Awakening , Return to Ostagar , Warden’s Keep , and a blood-red...

Our Sunday Community Playdate is with the fine folks from AnalogHype . This Sunday, August 8, the new school gamers community of AnalogHype will be on Xbox LIVE playing Crackdown 2 with Xbox LIVE Gold members. Check out their gamertags , then join us...

You could win some great prizes in two of our sweepstakes: the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Sweepstakes , and the Take a Crack at the Action Sweepstakes .   Download the free Scott Pilgrim vs. The World gamer pic, then play a multiplayer session of...

He’s a gamer and father in Ontario who also helps out at Fraggs.net! Say Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zing! to DEADBL0W . trixie360: What’s the story behind your gamertag? DEADBL0W: Goes back to when I did LAN parties aka: G.E.A.C.fest aka...

On Wednesday, August 4, we’re having a a Community Playdate with the gaming clan known as the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit. They’ll be playing Battlefield: Bad Company 2 from 8-11 PM ET. Check out their gamertags and join us for the event!