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Microsoft has put its foot down and cut off a reported 600,000 XBOX Live users. The reason is based around users modifying, or chipping,  their console in order to play pirated copies of games. Microsoft has stated that this action by users violates the XBOX Live terms of use. The 600,000 could even rise to [...]

It looks that the Call of Duty: World at War map pack could be just round the corner. I saw this (above) when browsing through the Game Marketplace yesterday. Right now it’s quite confusing as the section it’s advertising doesn’t include any W@W stuff. How long is Microsoft intending on it being this way? And [...]

I know you guys love to hear about the new ways you can team up with your mates to slay monsters or overthrow a Nazi invasion but I really had to post about FIFA 09’s demo. I downloaded it on my 6th xbox (a post for another time maybe), and instantly took a liking to [...]

Update: Apparently Microsoft jumped the gun; Rockstar reckons we won’t be seeing any DLC until Jan / Feb next year. 15 hours long, arriving November. There, happy now? There’s not much more confirmed, and no footage, but with release in just two months such things can’t be far away. What’s more, with 15 hours of [...]

So, Braid’s finally arrived on Xbox Live, and shot straight to the top of the charts. Developer Jonathan Blow is rightly chuffed – he’s reporting in the region of 30,000 sales and counting, and I haven’t seen so many 10/10 scores in a long time. In fact, Braid is rated the 10th best Xbox 360 [...]

After much musing on this here blog a few weeks ago, further details have emerged regarding Bungie’s unanounced project: it’s Halo. The game was due to be revealed at E3, but the announcement was pulled by Microsoft at the last minute – to much uproar and conflicting reasons for why. However, Microsoft man Don Mattrick [...]

A lot of attention on Microsoft at E3 this week, the firm has announced that it plans to re-design XBOX Live, with an emphasis on building communities and shaping the XBOX 360 to be at centre of  home entertainment.  The company also unveiled XBOX Live PrimeTime, a service which will introduce online quiz games, made in conjunction [...]

This story concerns Microsoft and its strict controlling of gamer tags on its online service – it’s been running for a few days, but has now reached amusing enough levels to be bloggable. Things kicked off last Wednesday when Consumerist reader Grant ‘I’m the only gay on Xbox Live’ wrote to say that his gamer [...]

Less than two weeks to go, and all major UK retailers have already sold out on GTA IV: Gamestation.co.uk, Play.com, Woolworths.co.uk, Asda But all is not lost. It looks like if you’re in the UK there’s now two options to get a hold of GTA IV anywhere near the release date. 1. Pre-order from Amazon. As [...]

8Bit Joystick is reporting that the joypad (codenamed Newton) rumoured to revolve around Wiimote-copying motion sensing functionality is indeed in development at Microsoft. They also helpfully point out it’s named after some guy who invented gravity, so give yourselves a pat on the back for not being as ignorant as the 8Bit audience in needing [...]

The good news is Rock Band is finally confirmed for a Euro release, and it’s just around the corner: May 23rd. It will launch with all US DLC available, and will keep pace with future releases. It’s also got some exclusive tracks from bands like Blur, Oasis and Muse (Hysteria, result!!). Now the bad news. [...]

Gamerush is reporting that Australian retailers (granted, not always at the forefront of industry trends) are stocking 360s only out of good faith to Microsoft. “The Xbox 360 is dead. We are stocking it because of our relationship with Microsoft however all our energy and marketing is going into the PS3 and the Nintendo Wii [...]