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January 2009 - Posts

Xbox LIVE will feature a special “Football Fanfare” channel, featuring dozens of the hottest football-themed movies, TV shows and more. Read More
Microsoft today revealed details around the final “Halo 3” map, Sandbox, which will be included in the “Halo 3” Mythic Map Pack. Read More
Xbox® today announced a new retail offer for Europe only that brings the best of Halo together in one great-value package. Read More
Now, exclusively on Microsoft Xbox LIVE and Games for Windows – LIVE, “Fallout 3” fans can travel back before the bombs dropped in the first piece of exclusive “Fallout 3” downloadable content, Operation: Anchorage. Read More
Xbox 360 is inviting members of Xbox LIVE to be among the first to get hands on with an exclusive, playable demo of the upcoming “Resident Evil 5,” available one week before anywhere else, starting today for Xbox LIVE Gold members.* Read More
New video documentary series and Xbox LIVE demo details revealed Read More
Fans can register to win prizes every day for 13 days straight beginning Feb. 1 by playing “Gears of War 2” on Xbox LIVE Read More
Take the nation’s hottest ticket home and watch with friends and family Read More
December ’08 was the biggest month for Xbox 360 in history Xbox 360 sold more consoles, games and online entertainment experiences in 2008 than any previous year In the all-important holiday quarter, Xbox 360 outsold PS3 by more than 2:1 Read More
Lips catalogue surpasses 70 songs only two months after the game’s launch Read More
Xbox 360 gamers worldwide won’t have to wait until March 13, 2009 to get their hands on the highly-anticipated “Resident Evil 5.” The next installment of the landmark survival horror franchise from Capcom will take action to a new level with a two-level, playable demo available exclusively on Xbox 360 for one week beginning Monday, January 26. In the demo, players will have a first glimpse of the fear they will never forget, as “Resident Evil 5” makes daylight just as terrifying as darkness. Additionally, a new exclusive high-definition trailer of the game, shown only at the past Tokyo Game Show in October of 2008, will be made available for download on the Xbox LIVE service on Friday, Jan. 16. Read More
Safety education campaign helps families manage video gaming and media use; company starts nationwide search for parents and teens to serve as gaming safety ambassadors. Read More
There’s nothing like a jam packed January from Xbox LIVE Arcade to whittle away those winter blues. You’ve been ringing in the new year with international investigation in “Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos,” but it’s officially time to crash some castles and master The Maw! Read More
Microsoft and Ensemble gave Halo and strategy game fans a reason to celebrate yesterday as Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's entertainment and devices division, confirmed during his CES keynote presentation that the “Halo Wars” demo will launch Feb. Read More
In the studio’s eighth video documentary, Lionhead offers a glimpse into finishing “Fable II” and creating the highly-anticipated Knothole Island, which arrives to Xbox LIVE Jan. 13 worldwide Read More
Microsoft announced today that it will turn Xbox 360 players into creators with the release of their new game, “Kodu”. Launching on the Xbox LIVE Community Games Channel, “Kodu’s” easy to use game creation techniques will make building personal playgrounds simple for anyone, with the help of an Xbox 360 controller. During a keynote speech at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, 12-year-old student, Sparrow joined Microsoft’s President of the Entertainment and Devices Division, Robbie Bach on stage to demonstrate the intuitive game that lets players choose from a variety of visual building blocks in order to develop their own unique creation. Read More
Calling all agents, do you have what it takes to track down an evil fugitive? Interpol is seeking your investigative expertise in an international effort to capture the destructive Dr. Chaos. “Interpol” is making its way to Xbox LIVE Arcade this Wednesday, Read More