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In honour of "Safer Internet Day" (whatever the heck that is) Xbox Live’s general manager Alex Garden took to Major Nelson’s blog to make a statement about Xbox Live and its recent security woes. He says users need to be mindful of the information they give out on the internet - but curiously doesn’t actually mention the problem, defending the service’s security measure."Last year, there was a surge of personal information being ... [»]
StepTo, known as Stephen Toulouse to his mum is a name many Xbox Live users - especially those who’ve erred on the side of douchebaggery - should be well acquainted. As Microsoft Live’s head of online law enforcement, StepTo was responsible for wielding - and swinging the service’s digital banhammer - making Xbox Live a nicer place than it could have been.
It’s ... [»]
Welcome to our weekly post of featured downloadable content available for different gaming platforms sponsored by www.evopoints.co.za / www.evopoints.net
Downloadable content has become a pretty big thing. More and more people are opting to get their games and add-ons through digital distribution. instead of the traditional Brick-and-mortar method. Some games and software; like XBLA games, PSN shorts and iOS games are available through ... [»]
Usually, when you buy content on Xbox Live it locks itself to both the profile that bought it, and the hardware itself - so you can usually log in with any profile on that same machine and play whatever DLC, maps or extras were purchased. It seems that’s not the case if that DLC happens to have come through Call of ... [»]
On Sony’s PlayStation Store, you can fill your virtual wallet with denominations based on real world currency. You can add $5, £5 or R50 to your account and know exactly how much you’re spending. Microsoft’s Xbox Live is a little different. You buy points; an arbitrary virtual currency where 800 of them is equal to roughly $10 - depending on which you region ... [»]
With the Xbox 360’s new Metro dashboard, there’s been a bunch of new entertainment apps available for the console. If you’re in the US or UK at least. As per usual, we’ve got close to diddly squat - though it is quite nice ... [»]
Yesterday we told you how it was likely that the alarming, unabated increase in Xbox live account hijackings was the result of a wave of brute force attacks. Many users are reporting that their accounts are being used to purchase all manner of subscptions and points, and then sold off on dodgy Chinese websites for a fraction of their retail value.
Microsoft has come out in defence of its security measures, reassuring users that its service ... [»]
The Xbox Live hack claims have been around for quite some time now but over the last few months the claims have been getting louder and more common and now we’ve apparently found the culprit. And as much as certain elements out there would love for it to ... [»]
Welcome to our weekly post of featured downloadable content available for different gaming platforms sponsored bywww.evopoints.co.za / www.evopoints.netDownloadable content has become a pretty big thing. More and more people are opting to get their games and add-ons through digital distribution. instead of the traditional Brick-and-mortar method. Some games and software; like XBLA games, PSN shorts and iOS ... [»]
Microsoft’s Major Nelson’s gone and released their list of the most popular games , as recorded by Xbox Live for 2011. Here’s something that shouldn’t comes a surprise to anybody; The most played game in 2011 was a Call of Duty game. A little surprising is that the the second game is also Call of Duty, this time ... [»]
There’s a bug on the Xbox.com marketplace that could lead you to unwittingly purchase a full game, even though you intended t download a demo. In a video nicely captured by the gentlemen from Giantbomb, they show just how the glitch works.If you happen to click on a marketplace link for a trial while you’re logged out, the marketplace link after you sign in magically switches ... [»]
PC gaming. Yeah, definitely dead. Console gamers, and indeed the entire videogame industry have been telling you this for years now. Only nothing could be further from the truth - as Steam’s stats testify.No doubt fuelled by another of its ridiculous sales, Steam passed the 5 million concurrent users mark late last month, and again yesterday. For reference, Xbox Live saw its highest ... [»]
If you live in a country where the hardware you buy is actually wholly supported (Read: USA), you can watch live UFC matches right from your Xbox 360. If you’re the sort who enjoys watching monosyllabic, sweaty men pummelling the snot out of each other, then that’s a pretty nifty feature. Or at least it would be. If it worked.Last Friday, UFC 141 was meant to be available to watch - as ... [»]
Being South African means you get a good grip on what it feels like to be left out.
I take DICE and EA for example, who are happy to take full price from us for Battlefield 3 in South Africa, with absolutely no intentions of hosting dedicated console servers for us, something that the rest of the world gets quite happily. MWEB (local ... [»]
It’s oddities like this that always intrigue me, I mean it’s not like we didn’t know people were going to try and cheat in Modern Warfare 3 and that a system of temporary and permanent bans would need to be in place to deal with the cheaters. But ... [»]
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