Tag Archives: Xbox Live

Assassinate in the Mediterranean with the Assassin's Creed: Revelations - Mediterranean Traveler Map Pack

Fans of Assassin's Creed: Revelations will be glad to know that in the next weeks, there will be more multiplayer maps for you to explore. The Mediterranean Traveler Map Pack extends the AC: Revelations multiplayer experience by giving you an additional six multiplayer maps. Each of them will be introducing new ways to assassinate anyone through various terrain and hideouts of places like Jerusalem and Constantinople.
So if you're looking to find a new place to take out your targets, might as well fork over 800 Microsoft Points [...]

In the Previous Weeks, Modern Warfare 2 and Black Ops Were Played More than Battlefield 3

To much of a surprise of everyone, according to Microsoft's Xbox Live stats bothCall of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 both remained the most played video games on Xbox Live, even during the release week ofBattlefield 3.
However, don't fret and panic, fans of Battlefield 3. You should remember that Battlefield 3 was released on a Tuesday and the numbers included the number for players on Monday, so likely the numbers aren't going to be in EA's favor at this time [...]

With only a few weeks until Gears of War 3's release, numerous Gears-related sales pop up.

Whenever a game as big as Gears of War 3 is getting closer to its release date, usually games and gear that are related to the game partake in the excitement by announcing various sales or new products. Gears of War 3 is no exception.
Just recently,Canadian stores will be selling a XBOX 360 Bundle that will include a free copy of Gears of War 2 and other games like Alan Wake, Fable III, Halo Wars, and Halo III. The Canadian XBOX 360 bundle will [...]

The details of this year's Summer of Arcade is officially announced!

Summertime! Yep, it's here! What does that mean to you when you hear that word? No school? Trips to the beach? Grilling delicious and fattening cheeseburgers on that charcoal grill? Those are great things about summer but Xbox Live wants you to remember another thing, great deals on their hit games on Xbox Live Arcade!
Just recently announced, Microsoft is kicking off the Summer of Arcade on July 20, 2011. And they will be starting that with the Action-RPG game Bastion selling for only 1200 Microsoft Points.
Following that, on July [...]

With PSN having problems, some customers think of switching.

When things of unwanted situations occur to a multitude of people, a number of them usually decide to make the switch to another alternative. Most of the time, people come back after the problem has been fixed, they calmed down, or wasn't satisfied with the other side. The Playstation Network problem has been the latest target of this kind of behavior.
In a survey taken this past week,surveyors commissioned by the site CouponCodes4U asked 2,132 US Residents about their thoughts on the network outage. Their results came that one out of five people [...]

Ten Games You can Play Without Breaking the Bank

The debate is, I dont want to pay a ton of money to get a game that is just ok and I dont want to have to buy 20 .99 cent games until I find one that is worthy of a challenge. Yahoo found ten great games that can be found for under $10.

Half-Life: On steam for $9.99
Chime: On Xbox Live Arcade for $5 and PlayStation Network for $10
Baldurs Gate: On GoG.com for $9.99
Bookworm: On the Apple app store, and other service plans for $3
Words With Friends: On the Apple app store [...]

Free Avatar Goods for Bandwidth!
So are you like me? You want to add a little style and pizzaz to your things but don't got the cash for it? Or in this case of your XBOX LIVE avataar, points? I mean while I do want a evil scientist lab coat for my fat little avatar, I don't really want to fork over ten bucks for it. Well looks like our prayers been answered. Now you can exchange your time and bandwidth for stuff for your avatar!

Microsoft needs help in testing the Xbox Live network, so they set [...]

Finding love with XBOX LIVE
Many parents dread the life of video games for their children, mostly because they fear it will lead to an anti-social life style. Fortunately there are companies like Gaming Passions, and Game Crush and there is even a facebook group, Xbox Live Dating , that are here to help take the burden off of meeting new people through video game social networking.

The Facebook group, Xbox Live Dating, mimics the concept of online dating sites. It is a place where players can go to let the gaming world know that they are interested in meeting new contacts [...]

Cheap as in Free!Free Games!
There's a nice gaming surprise for those of you that haven't checked the gaming marketplace in a while. Doritos recently released two completely free downloadable arcade games. Harm's Way and Doritos Crash Course. While you shouldn't expect full fledged arcade titles packed with a ton of extras, you can expect two pretty decent games (for being free). If you remember Dash of Destruction, just know that these two games pack a lot more content and will require more then a single sitting to unlock all the achievements.

Harm's Way is an unusual racing game with two modes [...]

Canada using video games to boost morale
A while back, the Canadian military had a garrison outside of Montreal opened a requisition for $25,000 (Canadian, that would be nearly $24,800US) worth of video games. People in the military scratched their heads in confusion wondering why they would ask for such an unusual proposal, but the info has now been made public. They're gifts for soldiers stationed in Afghanistan.
Canada's Ministry of Defence (that's how it's spelled) followed up with the Canadian Press, who reported the story about the earlier experience, to inform the public that they wanted to buy 500 [...]