One of the biggest weapons in Microsoft’s arsenal against Sony is Xbox Live. The service, which began with the original Xbox, has undergone many iterations and changes that have made it the industry standard for online gaming. Why, then, do I say that it is losing to the PlayStation network, which is considered a much [...]
Posted on January 05th, 2009 in Game News, Microsoft Xbox 360
Really love these “Top [blank] [blanks] of 2008″ posts? Good, because you’ve got another one coming at you.
Major Nelson just released the Xbox Live usage statistics for all of 2008. Let’s start with the full retail games. This list was based on the amount of unique users for each game:
Halo 3
Call of Duty 4
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Posted on December 03rd, 2008 in Game News, Microsoft Xbox 360
Major Nelson has released the weekly list of the top games played on Xbox Live, and the most recent week, November 24th, was quite… different. Why? Because Halo 3, which most people thought would dominate Live for at least two years after its launch but really fell off most peoples’ radars (thanks to Call of [...]
Posted on November 26th, 2008 in Game News, Microsoft Xbox 360
Pining for some more zombie killing now that you’re finished with Left 4 Dead (which is fantastic, by the way)? Well do I have great news for you: Japanese video game magazine Famitsu has stated that a cooperative demo for Resident Evil 5 will be released on Xbox Live next week, specifically Friday, December 5th.
The [...]
Posted on August 21st, 2008 in Game News, Microsoft Xbox 360
Microsoft has announced a new initiative with Rock the Vote that allows Xbox Live users to register to vote, participate in political polls, and even voice their opinions to the presidential candidates themselves on special forums. Heather Smith, executive director of Rock the Vote had this to say:
Xbox is a natural partner to help us [...]
Posted on July 28th, 2008 in Microsoft Xbox 360, Rumors
The Xbox Forums are alight because user “TFD655321″ has made the claim that you can now play Shadowrun online multiplayer with a Silver Account. This news comes at a very inconvenient time because there is a Live Weekend going on at the moment, which means that Xbox Live is free for Silver users anyway.
However, the [...]
Posted on July 27th, 2008 in Game News, Microsoft Xbox 360
Microsoft, like all companies, is trying to branch out from its purely software roots. One of their first sign of this branching was announcing the Xbox gaming platform. Other examples include the Zune and Microsoft Surface. Well, it looks like Microsoft has taken another step in diversifying their company because they have announced that they [...]