We've just received some very exciting words about the future of the Xbox including news on xBox Live, including Avatars, Friends, Achievements, and Messaging, as well as updates on Marketplace and some new games. First of all, right out of the box you're going to be able to link your existing Xbox LIVE account, or make a new one, and have a boatload of fun with features loaded directly into the Games Hub including your Avatar, Gamerscore, and Gamgertag. For those with a deeper need to plug themselves into the experience, Windows Phone will be offering a free, one-time download called XBox Live Extras!
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Xbox.com Undergoing Massive Facelift, Adding More Integration to Xbox 360 and Windows Phone 7
While the Xbox 360 is still an integral part of Microsoft's business strategy, there's no doubt that with the upcoming launch of Windows Phone 7, the company is looking to make some of their already utilized features a bit better, offering more integration with what's to come. Major Nelson of Microsoft has revealed today that Xbox.com is going to go through a "massive facelift," and when it comes back online tomorrow, early morning, there will be plenty of new features in store for visitors.
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Xbox Germany Says LIVE Friend Limit to Expand to 1,000
We see it time, and time again. Some announcements are just too big, or exciting to hold back. That looks to be the situation over at Xbox Germany, who have announced via their Facebook page that the current cap on the Xbox LIVE friend list is about to be tossed out the window, and expanded to an almost ridiculous amount.
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HTC HD7 vs iPhone 4
While Microsoft managed to announce a plethora of Windows Phone 7-based devices today, there were only a couple of them that really stood out in the crowd. One of them, while sharing quite a few internal characteristics with devices already on the market, is the HD7. And, while we could spend all day comparing them to other devices, we’ll go ahead and pit the upcoming device against a heavy-hitter: Apple’s iPhone 4.
Windows Phone 7′s Best Feature is Xbox LIVE Integration, Microsoft Exec Says
Matt Thompson, General Manager for developer and platform evangelism for Microsoft, spoke at the GigaOm Mobilize conference in San Francisco today, and during that speech, he provided the insight as to why he believes Microsoft's upcoming mobile Operating System, Windows Phone 7, would excel amidst the competition. That one feature, which will push them ahead of the pack, is the integration the platform has with Microsoft's Xbox LIVE service.
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Xbox LIVE Preview goes, well, LIVE
Microsoft's Xbox LIVE Preview has gone live, with "tens of thousands" of Xbox 360 owners getting early access today to the functionality the company expects to roll out generally later in the fall. Among the changes are the promise of 3,500 live and on-demand sporting events per year, voice chat for groups of up to eight people during ESPN games, Zune Pass music streaming for users in the US, UK, France, Italy and Spain, and Netflix for Canadian LIVE users.
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The Daily Slash: September 22nd 2010
It's the middle of the week, so we're just about to the end. Hopefully you've got some plans for the weekend, with plenty of rest before we get back into it on Monday. With that in mind, welcome to tonight's edition of The Daily Slash. In our news from around the Web segment, we got an update for their new 27-inch displays. And then, as usual, we wrap up what's been going on around the R3 Media Network.
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Xbox LIVE Update Preview Program Now Accepting Sign-Ups
When Microsoft has plans to update their Xbox LIVE experience, which usually incorporates some major improvements to the Dashboard, as well as adding plenty of features, the company has a call-out for interested gamers that would like to take part in a Beta-like program. They call it a Preview Program, and it's designed to let gamers out there get a taste for what's coming, as well as test out the features before Microsoft rolls it out to everyone else. This year, the sign-up process has begun.
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Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Dashboard Gets Refreshed and Leaked to YouTube [Video]
Microsoft is getting ready for the upcoming launch of Halo: Reach, which launches tomorrow. But, further out, they've got their motion-controller, Kinect, on the horizon. And with that other significant launch, there's plenty of changes that Microsoft has in store. We already know that in the upcoming Dashboard update, Microsoft intends to upgrade the overall audio quality of playing on Xbox LIVE. But, what we hadn't known (in detail), was how much the Dashboard would change for the overall experience. And, it looks like everyone's going to get the look and feel of the Kinect Dashboard, whether you plan on getting the peripheral or not.
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Microsoft Xbox LIVE Gold Subscription Price Getting an Increase Starting in November
As of right now, Microsoft charges three separate tiers for access to their globally-available Xbox LIVE service. You can choose from a one month (month-by-month, essentially) plan, to three months at a time, or a year-long price that effectively decreases the overall cost, when compared to those more "monthly" prices. For a year, right now, it will cost you $49.99. But all of that is about to change, as Microsoft has just made official that their Xbox LIVE pricing is about to get a price hike.
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Xbox Live audio upgrade promises end to crackly voice
Microsoft are working to increase the voice quality for two-way communication for Xbox Live, with Xbox Live Studios chief Jerry Johnson telling Eurogamer that the original low bit-rate codec - picked to suit broadband connections back in 2002 - will soon be replaced with a higher quality alternative. Originally, Johnson explained, Microsoft mandated that Live users needed 64k connections, and picked a codec to suit that minimum.
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Amazon Xbox LIVE Store No Longer Selling Arcade Games
In April of last year, Amazon announced that they would be working with Microsoft to open up their very own Xbox LIVE Store. It was considered just a Beta back then, and we're not necessarily sure that title ever came off. So today's announcement, a bit over a year after opening their virtual doors, comes as a shock. According to a statement posted on Microsoft's Xbox LIVE page, Amazon will no longer be selling any LIVE Arcade titles.
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