Tag: Xbox Live
Word comes from Xbox Live Director of Programming, Larry Hryb (a.k.a. Major Nelson), that Xbox Live is now back online. There may be a few kinks while things stabilize, as the switches have just been flipped. The scheduled maintenance lasted longer than was initially estimated, but luckily it's back up and running.
“The service is now back, but some folks may see a little weirdness as all the different parts of the service sync up. That will go away shortly and your gaming will be back to normal.”
Online gaming forums are buzzing with reports that Xbox Live accounts linked to Microsoft's Windows Live ID service are being hijacked by malicious hackers.
Kevin Finisterre, a security researcher at Digital Munition, raised the issue on the Full Disclosure mailing list over the weekend, calling attention to rumors that Microsoft's Bungie.net was the victim of a breach that exposed a portion of Xbox Live.
"Some folks are having their Microsoft points stolen and or points purchased via their stolen gamer tag," Finisterre said.
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The next time you sign into Xbox Live, you’ll be prompted for a dashboard update. The update contains:
* Improved support for HD video output over VGA, including 1080p resolution
* Improved plug and play performance for wired headsets when being used with wireless controllers
* Changes made to recently played games list to improve accuracy
According to posters over at the AVS Forum, it appears that Sony's XBR3 television can now correctly display in 1080p with the new update. But on the other hand, Joystiq's Christopher Gant states...
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Microsoft has FINALLY released a great flash based interface to the Xbox Live Marketplace, too bad it has to be in your browser.
The Pipeline is a one stop web enabled catalog of what's on the Marketplace. At the moment there are pulldowns for Game Downloads, Demos and Game Videos, Themes and Gamer Pics, Media and Entertainment, Editors Choice and We Need Your Help.
All of the sections pretty much work the same way. When you mouse over one of the main categories you'll get some sub categories to choose from. Clicking on a sub category...
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Microsoft's Xbox Live has existed since 2002. How will Sony, who has never had a dedicated and successful online program in the console space -- the PS2's online was a total free for all -- compete with Microsoft's nearly four-year lead in the online console gaming service sphere?
They'll use Xfire, that's how... (Viacom property)
http://www.viacom.com/v...eID=176946
In a transcript of Viacom's Q2 earning's report conference call a deal between Sony and Xfire was revealed:
Importantly, Xfire just...
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Xbox Live users in the U.S. can now download the full length TV show 'Battlestar Galactica: The Story So Far' in standard def from the Xbox Live Marketplace. Just in case you are wondering, this marks one of the first times that a complete TV episode has been digitally delivered to your Xbox 360 over Xbox Live. The file size is 492.20 MB.
It's interesting to note that this is the first time the list includes titles that are not on the market yet for Xbox, with Spy Hunter: Nowhere to Run, The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning, and Lego Star Wars II. And of these, Lego Star Wars II also has an Xbox 360 SKU – another first for the BC list.
The list includes Burnout 3: Takedown, Counter Strike, Dead to Rights, ESPN Major League Baseball, Tom Clancy´s Ghost Recon - Island Thunder, Lego Star Wars II, Mortal Kombat: Deception, Over the Hedge, Rogue Trooper, Serious Sam, and Spy...
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Have you ever wondered why EA would need you to play on their servers and not Microsoft's on XBox Live? There are a lot of reasons: they like to spam you, they want your personal information, they are devilish devils who do the devil's work, etc. Justr pick one. One of the things that few of us thought of was the fact that they could turn off any game they want. There is a disclaimer on their packaging that says that they can end support for online gaming at any time, but I guess we didn't think they would actually do it. Well, they are. What...
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Forget plastic discs. Downloading games to your console is the new way to play – and it could revive the industry.
Stephen Cakebread dreamed of making games. Really big games. He toiled away on medi-cal software until he landed a gig at Bizarre Creations, the UK developer behind the Project Gotham Racing franchise, a driving simulator for the Xbox. PGR is famous for its meticulously rendered 3-D vehicles and hyper-detailed environments so rich they can barely be squeezed onto a single DVD.
But being a cog in the 30-person PGR machine...
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Allegedly, the new bundle will come with an Xbox 360, Project Gotham Racing 3 ($50 value), 1250 Xbox Live Marketplace points (just over $15), and a three-month Xbox Live Gold subscription card ($20 value). The post doesn't specify which Xbox the bundle will contain, but presumably it would be the 20GB hard-drive-equipped, $399 premium model.
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