To coincide with the launch of the Mass Effect 3 demo on Xbox 360 Microsoft have confirmed that they will be granting temporary free Xbox Live Gold access. Confirmed earlier today on CVG Microsoft will give access to a limited to to anyone downloading the Mass Effect 3 demo. “In celebration of ME3, Xbox is [...]

The following funny FIFA 12 video is being shared around the internet thanks to the likes of facebook and twitter. For those that haven’t seen it yet we have added it below. In the video you can see Andy Carroll score, a feat in itself but this is even more unusual as he is not [...]

Microsoft have always been one for making limited edition Xbox 360 Consoles. We have seen various designs from Halo 3, the delayed Star Wars design through to the Gears of War 3 limited edition version which features a metallic red finish with black Gears of War 3 Branding. Microsoft have also been a supporter of [...]

The latest map pack for Call of Duty Black Ops is out today on Xbox Live. Priced at 1200 Microsoft points the new Black Ops Annihilation pack includes 4 new multi player maps along a new zombie map. Need more Microsoft points? Amazon are selling 1200 points for £9.99, although 2100 points works out cheaper [...]

Annihilaion Map Pack The third map pack for Call of Duty Black Ops is on the way to Xbox 360 on 28 June 2011. Called Annihilation the third instalment of maps will feature 4 new maps called Drive-In, Hazard, Hangar 18 and Silo, and also a new Zombies map. Again like the first two map [...]

Hardly surprising really that COD Black Ops sits at the top of the Xbox live online gameplay charts. The most popular online Xbox 360 game is closely followed by MW2 in a list largely dominated by either FPS or sport titles. New release L.A. Noire enters the chart at 6th place which is a good [...]

A new firmware update is coming to Xbox 360 over the coming days which allows the Xbox 360 to play a new disc format. There have however been problems reported throughout the press regarding some consoles and thier ability to play these new format of disc [CVG]. Microsoft to replace consoles with issues: In a [...]

Courtesy of IGN. Leaked images have emerged detailing the release date for Call of Duty MW3 as 08/11/11. Looks like it’s going to big a mega week for the FPS genre as Battlefield 3 is due for release in the same week also. Who’s looking forward to this? Pre Order Here for £35.99 (Modern Warfare [...]

COD Black Ops New Map Pack – Escalation Were not the first to announce this and certainly will not be the last. News came out today that the next Black Ops map pack will be released on 3rd May 2011 and will be called Escalation. Details are very limited at the moment but expect five [...]

Kinect Microsoft’s hands free controlling device has notched up a massive 10 million unit sales in it’s first three months since the release back on the 4th November 2010. Guinness World Records has awarded it the title of fastest selling consumer electronics device ever. The peripheral sold an average of 133,333 units per day in [...]

For anyone that is interested Major Nelson has released a Top 20 Xbox Live games of 2010 list. Per his post please note that the rankings are based on the games’ first seven days of activity on the Xbox LIVE service and only include games released in 2010. So it’s a rather strange list that does not [...]

Amazon trade in service For those that have yet to notice Amazon have launched a new service in the UK that allows you to trade in your unwanted Xbox 360 games and accessories in a move that will compete with similar services offered by highstreet retailers such as Game. More on this service can be [...]

Xbox.com are running competition to celebrate the fact Christmas is just around the corner: It’s enough to make Santa look stingy. Check out the huge stash of prizes that could be yours. We’ve compiled the ultimate Xbox Christmas gift package that will go to one lucky winner, containing a Kinect 250GB bundle, two wireless controllers, [...]

Microsoft have released a new feature to Xbox Live called Xbox Live Rewards. It’s taken Microsoft 5 years to launch the loyalty rewards program, better late than never and the good thing about it is that you can earn Microsoft Points for doing things that you already do on Xbox Live. Xbox Live Rewards gives you [...]

Kinect has now sold over 2.5 Million units around the world as confirmed in an official press release by Microsoft. Official press release from Microsoft. Microsoft made the announcement on 29th November 2010 following a strong weekend of sales around Black Friday (huge sale day more popular in America). retail sales of Kinect for Xbox [...]

Just a quick heads up to highlight that the following items are on offer for 1 day only on Xbox Live: Xbox Originals •GTA: San Andreas (400 Points) •Halo: Combat Evolved (400 Points) Xbox Live Arcade •TMNT: Turtles in Time Reshelled (160 Points) •Splosion Man (160 Points) •Trials HD (400 Points) •Greed Corp (160 Points) [...]

Major Nelson has today revealed that xbox.com will get a facelift. You can see a preview of the change via his flickr account. Both xbox.com and the forums will be down for a short period of time while the update takes place. A highlight of the changes are as follows: Browser based Avatar editor: Edit [...]

Rockstar the makers of the popular Red Dead Redemption are taking the first steps today 24th August 2010 to bad online cheaters following the press release issued last week. Online cheaters on both PS3 and Xbox 360 could be banned although they are offering amnesty for those who have cheated. The ban will affect those [...]

Only a short time ago now on the 30th March 2010 the Stimulus MW2 Map Pack was released. In a move considered by some as another attempt to cash in on the popularity of MW2, Activision will release the next installment of maps called Resurgence as revealed by Robert Bowling on Major Nelsons recent Podcast. [...]

Call Of Duty: Black Ops is set for a 9th November 2010 release date bringing the next installment of COD to the Xbox 360. Looking every bit as good as WaW the trailer sets the scene and shows strong hints of a Vietnam scenario for the game. GameTrailers.com have broken down the trailer content further [...]