February, 2011

He’s a member of the 2old2play website but he’s certainly NOT too old to play the latest games. Meet Waterborn 2o2p in our Xbox.com Gamer Spotlight !

Criterion Games, creators of the hit racing game Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit will be on Xbox LIVE today February 25 for a Game with Developers event. They’ll play Xbox LIVE Gold members from 4-7 PM ET so check out their gamertags and join in on the fun...

Join website members from Fraggs.net as they come to Xbox LIVE February 25 for a Community Playdate. They’ll be on the service from 8-11 PM ET playing Bulletstorm so get your FPS skills in order, check out their gamertags , and we’ll see you then!

The newest version of the wildly addictive game Bejeweled, Bejeweled Blitz LIVE, is coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade Wednesday, February 23. Check out our hands-on preview of the game and get ready for frantic gem-matching action!

The movie Battle L.A. looks like it’s going to be a blockbuster, and we have two blockbuster sweepstakes to go along with the film. Our Download & Win sweepstakes has you downloading a free video, picture pack, or theme in order for you to be entered...

Meet this week’s ClaireJeepChick was once sold perfume door-to-door, loves her family’s 1973 Jeep, and has some thoughts on Call of Duty 4 . And now she’s in the Spotlight!

Members from the 360 Junkies website will be on Xbox LIVE Friday, February 18, to play the Xbox LIVE Gold community in our Community Playdate. They’ll be playing Halo: Reach from 9-11 PM ET, so check out their gamertags and find out what makes the junkies...

The Xbox LIVE Arcade House Party begins today. Five weeks, five great games. Launching today on Xbox LIVE Arcade is Hard Corps: Uprising. You can read our hands-on look at the game here . Check out all the House Party titles and get your party started...

Remember the old Contra code? Hard Corps: Uprising may have you wishing that cheat was in the game. Our own Jet City Gamble goes hands-on with this new Xbox LIVE Arcade game that’s scheduled to go live February 16 for 1200 Microsoft Points. Read his article...

Our Gamer Spotlight is on EscoBlades, a gamer from Peterborough in the UK, who hosts a podcast at Player Affinity and writes articles for the XboxGameZone website. Say hello to EscoBlades!

The development team from Visceral Games, creators of the very visceral Dead Space 2, will visit Xbox LIVE Saturday, February 12, to play Xbox LIVE Gold members in their game. They’ll be online from 6-8 PM ET, so check out their gamertags , send ‘em a...

Members of the Gamertag Radio website will be on Xbox LIVE Friday, February 11, to play Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit with Xbox LIVE Gold Members. They’ll be racing on the roads from 8-11 PM ET, so check out their gamertags and join us for the fun.

Well you don’t know … Anyway, Denny Atkin chimes in with his take on the newly-released You Don’t Know Jack game for Xbox 360. It’s the newest version of the kooky game that first appeared in 1995, and the questions are just as funny as ever. Check out...

Treyarch is back on Xbox LIVE and looking to take on Xbox LIVE Gold members in the game they created, Call of Duty: Black Ops . They’ll be online Tuesday, February 8 from 4-8 PM ET playing their new downloadable content, the First Strike game add-on ...

Duh-doo, doo, duh-doo-doo-doo, duh-doo-doo-doo, duh … um, never mind, you probably couldn’t guess that was me humming the theme from The Andy Griffith Show. Ah, the golden days of television! And it happens to be our Gamer Spotlight’s favorite television...

Our Community Playdate with members of the WeTheGamerz.com gaming website takes place Friday, February 4 . Site members will be playing Call of Duty: Black Ops with Xbox LIVE Gold members from 8-11 PM ET . Check out their gamertags and join in on the...

We have a special sweepstakes running this week available to residents of both the United States and the United Kingdom. Hydrophobia is one of our Deal of the Week games, available now for only 400 points for Xbox LIVE Gold members (800 points for Free...

It’s the Big Weekend this week with the Big Game (yes, that one) so let’s say you have a few hours all mapped out for that event. But what if you don’t like football, or just don’t like six and a half hours of talking heads bloviating on the legacy of...