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Gamerscore Blogcast - 042 - NPD Numbers and You

posted Friday, November 30, 2007 7:02 PM by CPaladino
This one's mostly about the NPD Numbers.  We brought in an expert who deals with them all day to help us answer the questions you wanted to ask. I think it worked well, and maybe we'll do more interviews in the future! MP3 File: 11.4 MB, 34 minutes Read More
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Fall Dashboard Update Video Walk Through

posted Friday, November 30, 2007 6:04 PM by CPaladino
Here is a video walk-through of the dashboard update care of Tony and Chris. Dashboard_Update.mp4 - 98.7 MB Read More
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More on the Xbox 360 Console Update

posted Friday, November 30, 2007 1:02 PM by johnporcaro
The Xbox 360 console team has a bunch of details on what's coming in the Update next week, details on the video support we're adding, and there's also a complete list of features on Xbox.com.  I'm also told that while the European and Canadian Read More
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Xbox LIVE Arcade Ends Year with Arcade Hits and Fresh Lineup of Upcoming Titles

posted Friday, November 30, 2007 9:00 AM by Gamerscore News
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Xbox 360 Introduces New Features and Console Enhancements with the 2007 Fall Dashboard Update

posted Friday, November 30, 2007 9:00 AM by Gamerscore News
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Fall Dashboard Update Details

posted Friday, November 30, 2007 9:00 AM by Tom Eberspecher
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Community Gamer Pics + VGO = Win Free Stuff

posted Thursday, November 29, 2007 11:45 AM by Nelson Rodriguez
The Video Game Outsiders are hosting a contest over the next two weeks.  If you download and use their recently released gamerpic, you will be eligible to win either a free copy of Project Gotham Racing 4 or Call of Duty 4.  Two winners will Read More
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NPD Numbers and YOU

posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 1:54 PM by Nelson Rodriguez
Numbers can be adorable, like the dancing numbers in Sesame Street.  Numbers can also be informative and useful, like the average air-speed velocity of an African swallow or the maximum weight limit on an elevator.  When the number is your anniversary, Read More
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Gears of War for Windows Title Update

posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 1:40 PM by wolf
Gamers who signed in to Gears of War for Windows after 12:30 PST today likely noticed that a new title update is available for the game. The update addresses the Games for Windows – LIVE update issue (which I posted about some time ago) as well as fixes Read More
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Co-opetition - 11.28.07

posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 11:31 AM by Nelson Rodriguez
It isn’t what I do for a living but for fun, sometimes, I save people.  I don’t want to get awkward about it, but I save people a lot.  I am a big fan of cooperative gaming, whether on my sofa, or across the world over Xbox Live.  I’ve Read More
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The Office launches exclusively on MSN Games

posted Tuesday, November 27, 2007 7:10 PM by Cindy Lou Grue
Just in case you thought that nothing would ever make you want to work at Dunder Mifflin, along comes the November exclusive PC download at MSN Games: The Office.  This game has everything... or, at least, everything you'd want from a day in the Read More
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Backwards Compatibility Update

posted Tuesday, November 27, 2007 11:21 AM by Tom Eberspecher
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Expand Your Xbox LIVE Network of Pals by browsing the Friends lists of other Xbox LIVE members

posted Monday, November 26, 2007 9:02 AM by Gamerscore News
Expand Your Xbox LIVE Network of Pals by browsing the Friends lists of other Xbox LIVE members Read More
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Fall Update - Friends List

posted Monday, November 26, 2007 9:02 AM by Tom Eberspecher
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Atari’s Asteroids and Asteroids Deluxe Blast Onto Xbox LIVE Arcade this Wednesday!

posted Monday, November 26, 2007 9:01 AM by Gamerscore News
Atari’s “Asteroids” and “Asteroids Deluxe” Blast Onto Xbox LIVE Arcade this Wednesday! Read More
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Asteroids and Asteroids Deluxe on Xbox LIVE Arcade

posted Monday, November 26, 2007 9:01 AM by Tom Eberspecher
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Banish Evil From the Epoch of Light as Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom Goes Gold

posted Monday, November 26, 2007 9:00 AM by Gamerscore News
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Kingdom Under Fire Goes Gold

posted Monday, November 26, 2007 9:00 AM by Tom Eberspecher
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Happy Thanks-gaming from MSN Games!

posted Thursday, November 22, 2007 2:59 PM by Cindy Lou Grue
First off, the staff at MSN Games would like to wish everyone out there a very happy Thanksgiving Day!  For those who aren't in the States, even if this isn't a holiday for you, rest assured that we're celebrating enough for everybody.  Read More
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Giving Thanks 2007

posted Thursday, November 22, 2007 1:06 PM by johnporcaro
Before Thanksgiving 2007 is nothing more than a tryptophan-induced hazy memory, I wanted to take a minute to offer up my thanks for everything that's made this year so amazing for all of us here on the Gamerscore team, and at Microsoft.   Thanks Read More
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Xbox Office - Rock Band - Hard to Find

posted Wednesday, November 21, 2007 12:42 PM by Nelson Rodriguez
Imagine it is the Monday before Thanksgiving.  You're staring down the barrel of a long holiday weekend, you've been denied preorders at every store in town, and your team copy of Rock Band is missing in action.  That is no campfire horror story, Read More
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Trying to Find Rock Band

posted Wednesday, November 21, 2007 12:20 PM by Nelson Rodriguez
Imagine it is the Monday before Thanksgiving.  You're staring down the barrel of a long holiday weekend, you've been denied preorders at every store in town, and your team copy of Rock Band is missing in action.  That is no campfire horror story, Read More
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Gamerscore Blogcast - 041 - Thanksgiving, Ethics, and Rock Band

posted Tuesday, November 20, 2007 5:39 PM by CPaladino
Thanksgiving is here, so we're on a short work week.  You guys are important to us, so we wanted to do a podcast.  (Can you feel the love?) We are still doing the "record for 35 minutes and stop" approach, so it may feel rushed in parts, but Read More
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Gamer Excitement Reaches Galactic Proportions as “Mass Effect” Touches Down Today on Retail Shelves in North America

posted Tuesday, November 20, 2007 6:01 AM by Gamerscore News
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Mass Effect Available Now

posted Tuesday, November 20, 2007 6:01 AM by Tom Eberspecher
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The Mass Effect Dialog Wheel at Microsoft

posted Monday, November 19, 2007 11:26 AM by CPaladino
BioWare has an innovative way to handle talking in Mass Effect with their dialog wheel.  As Jeff Bell explains, we've been doing that for a while here at Microsoft, but some folks just haven't gotten the hang of it. Mass Effect ships to retailers Read More
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Xbox Office - Mass Effect - Jeff Bell and the Dialog Wheel

posted Monday, November 19, 2007 10:46 AM by CPaladino
As innovative as the dialog wheel is in Mass Effect, we've been using that concept for years around the offices of Microsoft, as Jeff Bell explains. It's a great way to clearly get your point across to other people, but some folks just don't get it.  Read More
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“Halo 3” Evolves as Heroic Map Pack Explodes onto Marketplace in December

posted Monday, November 19, 2007 9:00 AM by Gamerscore News
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Halo 3 Map Pack, Undertow, and MSN Games Sale

posted Monday, November 19, 2007 9:00 AM by Tom Eberspecher
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400+ Windows Gamers LAN Party? Sign Me Up!

posted Friday, November 16, 2007 7:13 PM by wolf
I just finished hanging out with hundreds of hardcore Windows gamers at the NVIDIA GeForce LAN 4 event in Alameda, California. I was only there for a handful of hours, and really before things truly got started (most people start showing up after work/school), Read More
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Overnight Success: Shrek 'N Roll, Screwjumper and Speedball 2

posted Friday, November 16, 2007 11:06 AM by Nelson Rodriguez
Today's achievement aficionado has actually gotten to the top of the achievement leaderboard on THREE Xbox Live Arcade games, including this week's new releases.  I interviewed this Canadian living in California - Derek "SnapDragon" - when he burned Read More
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Carcassonne in 90* Seconds

posted Thursday, November 15, 2007 2:51 PM by CPaladino
You get the point that LIVE is 5 now, so we won't mention that LIVE is 5.  We WILL mention that Carcassonne is available free for 48 hours. (starting this morning) to download. We noticed on the forums some people didn't understand Carcassonne, so Read More
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90 Second News - Carcassonne

posted Thursday, November 15, 2007 2:51 PM by CPaladino
You get the point that LIVE is 5 now, so we won't mention that LIVE is 5.  We WILL mention that Carcassonne is available free for 48 hours. (starting this morning) to download. We noticed on the forums some people didn't understand Carcassonne, so Read More
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Gamerpics For All! (AllGames that is)

posted Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:58 AM by Nelson Rodriguez
I've heard it said that getting content onto the Xbox Live Marketplace is quite a bit harder than patting your head and rubbing your stomach at the same time.  Please try both and report back on your findings...  While you do that, I'll Read More
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LIVE Turns 5 Orange Controllers

posted Wednesday, November 14, 2007 2:30 PM by CPaladino
Tell me these things don't look cool.  C'mon - the orange metallic looks crazy-amazing. These were controllers were produced in limited numbers, and sent out to some of the folks from the press.  Darn those press people who get all the cool Read More
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Two More Games for Windows Titles!

posted Wednesday, November 14, 2007 1:38 PM by wolf
I just wanted to let you guys know about two more Games for Windows titles hitting store shelves this week. It's pretty exciting to see some of these things hitting stores finally. After drooling over "Crysis" for so long, and playing the heck out of Read More
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Gamerscore Blogcast - 040 - Chris and Nelson Unsupervised

posted Wednesday, November 14, 2007 9:01 AM by CPaladino
This week, John and Tony are away, so Nelson and I have free reign MUHAHAHA! We did a little different recording, this was a straight shot, no editing, talk for 30-35 minutes and then stop.  Let us know how you like it as it was INCREDIBLY easy on Read More
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New Tournament Modes for PGR 4

posted Wednesday, November 14, 2007 6:00 AM by Gamerscore News
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New Tournament Modes for PGR 4

posted Wednesday, November 14, 2007 6:00 AM by Tom Eberspecher
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As Xbox LIVE Turns Five, Microsoft Announces Next Wave of Social Fun

posted Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:01 PM by Gamerscore News
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LIVE is Five

posted Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:01 PM by Tom Eberspecher
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Xbox 360 @ The Latin Grammys

posted Monday, November 12, 2007 10:38 PM by BIGVIP
This past week Xbox teamed up with Zune to partner on a series of events at the Latin Grammys.  As part of this we had the opportunity to work with Reggaeton mega stars Wisin & Yandel who have had a number of #1 hits on the Latin charts and Read More
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New Arcade Releases

posted Monday, November 12, 2007 9:00 AM by Tom Eberspecher
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More To Be Thankful For This Year – Xbox LIVE Arcade Launches 100th Title This Wednesday As SHREK N ROLL And Screwjumper! Join The Platform

posted Monday, November 12, 2007 9:00 AM by Gamerscore News
More To Be Thankful For This Year – Xbox LIVE Arcade Launches 100th Title This Wednesday As SHREK N ROLL And Screwjumper! Join The Platform Read More
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Gamerscore Blogcast - 039 - Gears for PC, LIVE Silver vs. Gold, Mass Effect

posted Friday, November 09, 2007 4:23 PM by CPaladino
We're back!  Nelson will be arriving Monday to bring great justice to our podcast, but for this week you are stuck with us.  We're going to be trying to look into the future 1 week so that if I continue to edit these shows late, and get them Read More
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Overnight Success: Word Puzzle

posted Friday, November 09, 2007 7:59 AM by Nelson Rodriguez
I'm living out of boxes.  I won't even pretend that I have played this week's Xbox Live Arcade games, Word Puzzle and Switchball.  Today's guest of honor has, though, and he's already snagged 200 out of 200 gamerscore points on Word Puzzle.  Read More
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An Afternoon with Will Wright

posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 4:09 PM by johnporcaro
Will Wright, the man behind The Sims, and the upcoming life-the-universe-and-everything sim, Spore, made the trek to Redmond to do a presentation to the Microsoft Research team on "Dynamics, Emergence and Simulation."  In 60 minutes, Tony, Chris, Read More
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Parents Get New Tool with Xbox 360 Timer

posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 1:52 PM by johnporcaro
Xbox president Robbie Bach joined Jerry Rice and PTA CEO Warlene Gary in Washington DC today, talking to teachers, students, and parents about about the benefits of being a kid in the digital age and the challenges parents can face in navigating Read More
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Countdown Begins for Launch of Mass Effect with Exclusive Debut of TV Spot, SCI FI Channel Special, Micro-Site and Official Soundtrack

posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 9:00 AM by Gamerscore News
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The COG at Microsoft (Gears of War for Windows)

posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 7:00 AM by CPaladino
We're happy that these friggin' COG have something better to do than annoy us here in the office.  Now that Gears for Windows is out, they can leave us alone.  Here is our latest video showing just how much of a pain they are to work with... Read More
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Microsoft, PTA and Super Bowl Champion Jerry Rice Announce New Tools to Help Parents Manage Kids’ Interactive Media Use

posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 7:00 AM by Gamerscore News
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Scene It Available Today

posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 6:00 AM by Tom Eberspecher
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Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action Available Today

posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 6:00 AM by Gamerscore News
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Gears of War and the Games for Windows -- LIVE Update

posted Tuesday, November 06, 2007 10:00 AM by wolf
Today is a great day for Windows gamers! Gears of War finally ships on Windows today, with full support for Games for Windows -- LIVE and, with Windows Vista, DirectX 10! The game retails for an MSRP of $49.99, and for that you get five new campaign chapters, Read More
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Locust Horde Shudders as Gears of War for Windows Releases to Retailers

posted Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:00 AM by Gamerscore News
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Gears of War for Windows Now Available

posted Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:00 AM by Tom Eberspecher
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Xbox Office - Gears of War PC

posted Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:00 AM by CPaladino
The Cogs have been getting on everyone's nerves here at the Microsoft Headquarters. Good thing Gears of War for Windows is coming out on November 6th, 2007. XBO_Gears_PC.mp4 - 4.67 MB Read More
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Game with Fame presents Wisin y Yandel

posted Monday, November 05, 2007 11:38 AM by johnporcaro
Join us Wednesday, November 5, 1–3 p.m. EST, to spend some time with Wisin vs. Yandel, as they celebrate the launch of their new album, Wisin vs. Yandel: Los Extraterrestres.   The reggaeton superstars Wisin y Yandel will take a break from Read More
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ESPN and Microsoft Offer Sporting Events and Programming On Demand for Xbox 360

posted Monday, November 05, 2007 9:45 AM by Gamerscore News
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Mano a Mano with Wisin y Yandel on Xbox LIVE

posted Monday, November 05, 2007 9:00 AM by Gamerscore News
Reggaeton duo takes on gamers in Xbox LIVE Game with Fame session. Read More
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Word Puzzle and Switchball Hit Xbox Live on Wednesday

posted Monday, November 05, 2007 9:00 AM by Gamerscore News
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Word Puzzle and Switchball on XBLA this Wednesday

posted Monday, November 05, 2007 9:00 AM by Tom Eberspecher
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Are You Ready For Some Football?

posted Monday, November 05, 2007 8:22 AM by johnporcaro
Are ya ready for some football?  We announced this morning that we've teamed up with ESPN to offer video downloads for sporting events and more from ESPN in the US.  Details in the press release from ESPN, or on Xbox.com. Read More
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Playing in the Cafeteria - Gears of War and Crysis

posted Friday, November 02, 2007 1:28 PM by Nelson Rodriguez
Some people think that working behind the curtain with the Wizard of Oz ruins all the magic .  Those people are fools, I say!  I spent my lunch hour today at the Microsoft cafeteria.  You know the place… where mythical millionaires count Read More
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Gears of War Pumpkin Contest Results

posted Friday, November 02, 2007 11:49 AM by CPaladino
As promised, here are the results of our Gears of War Halloween Pumpkin Carving Contest. I was very happy you guys did such a bang-up job.  These are amazing! If your pumpkin is featured here (even m3mnoch who's GoW Pumpkin entry was from last year) Read More
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Overnight Success: Mutant Storm Empire

posted Thursday, November 01, 2007 10:39 AM by Nelson Rodriguez
It's raining mutants.  You might say it's a mutant storm.  This week's Xbox Live Arcade title, Mutant Storm Empire, is a sequel to the shoot 'em up Mutant Storm Reloaded.  This time around, the levels stream together seamlessly, so that Read More
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