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05-02-2006
| | | Something Pro
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Moderating Posts: 450
|  XBL Update News
Straight from Xbox.com LINKY Quote:
Last month we brought you friends management for My Xbox®. A lot of you wrote in to tell us thanks for giving you the ability to send, receive, accept, and reject friend requests on Xbox.com (see sidebar). But some of you weren't shy about wanting even more. Many of you wrote in with messages similar to this:
"Friends management is great, but the thing people actually want is to be able to send messages from their computer (just an idea). Keep up the good work."
—Darkstar ZX
In our unending quest to give our Xbox Live® members more of what they are asking for, we hereby unveil the My Xbox Message Center. Exactly what you've been requesting!
Here's the story on the coolness that is Message Center.
* All My Xbox users (Xbox Live Silver and Gold users as well as those who just signed up here on Xbox.com) can now read text messages in the My Xbox Message Center. So someone can send you a message from their Xbox 360™ console and you can read it on your PC.
* Xbox Live Gold members can compose and send messages in the My Xbox Message Center. The character limit is the same as on the Xbox 360 console: 250 characters.
* Xbox Live Gold members can send messages (up to 200 per day) to gamers who are on their friends list.
* Xbox Live Gold members can send messages (up to 25 per day) to other gamers not on their friends list.
* All My Xbox users can block communications with other gamers. Designate a gamertag as blocked and you won't get any more messages from them. Change your mind? Unblock a gamer simply by sending them a message.
My Xbox Lead Program Manager Clinton Tonic Fowler had this to say about the new features: "Last month we brought you friends management and promised we were working 24/7 to bring even cooler stuff. So this month, the team put it into high gear and we present to you Message Center and recent players.
"When we shipped friends management last month, we heard the community of gamers loud and clear. They were all asking for message center.We're stoked to deliver it this month and think it'll help bring gamers together to schedule game sessions, fuel the casual rivalry, and, with E3 right around the corner, discuss the slew of games coming to Xbox 360. Enjoy!"
If you've already got a gamer card, sign in to My Xbox and check out the new features. If you haven't signed up for My Xbox yet—now's the perfect time. It's free and super simple. Even if you're not a member of Xbox Live yet, you can reserve a gamertag right now.
| Also the best bit Quote:
Xbox Live is Bringing E3 Home!
During the week of E3, tune in to Xbox Live® for round-the-clock programming, daily surprises, and major game announcements. And that's just the beginning ...
E3 is the biggest event in the game industry, and only Xbox Live brings it home like this. What's more, Xbox Live and Verizon are bringing the privileges of Gold membership into everyone's home, every day during E3.*
Verizon is giving gamers the goods and Verizon has the broadband hook-up—high-speed DSL and FiOS, the super-fast Fiber Optic connection.
Want a FREE Gold membership during the big show? We've got something planned 24/7 for the entire week!
* It all begins Monday, May 8 at 12:01 A.M. (Pacific Time).
* It all ends Sunday, May 14 at 11:59 P.M. (Pacific Time).
It's better than going to E3, because you also get a non-stop week-long party on Xbox Live with great content and round-the-clock events.
New to Xbox Live, or to online gaming? Don't worry, we'll have friendly Xbox Live Ambassadors online all week long to help. They are experienced members of the Xbox Live community, and will be glad to answer your questions and help get you started.
Get access to everything you've been missing with Xbox Live Gold:
* Online Multiplayer Games: Connect with friends and play the world's best online games, anytime, anyplace.
* Exclusive E3 Backstage Pass: Get access to daily show updates just for Xbox Live members and Behind the Scenes developer videos that show off the newest games.
* Prime Time Events: As a Gold member, you get access to the best events. Feel like fragging a celebrity in "Game with Fame"? Want to prove you've got game in a tournament? We thought so. Go Gold and jump in!
TURN OFF YOUR PHONE.
LOCK THE DOOR.
CRANK UP XBOX 360.
Top Events
Clear your calendar now, you don't want to miss a moment. Here are a few of the events planned for the week of E3 on Xbox Live:
* Playable game demos and trailers: Experience the most exciting games on Xbox 360™. You'll get to play the same demos and watch the same trailers as those on the show floor.
* Game with Fame celebrity tournaments: Go up against your favorite movie and rock stars or pro athletes playing the latest games in the E3 edition of Game with Fame.
* Play and Win contests: Win big prizes with the latest Xbox 360 and Xbox Live Arcade titles. We have Play and Win events scheduled every hour of every day, round the clock during E3.
* E3 Behind the Scenes: Check out exclusive developer interviews and reports straight from the show floor.
* Exclusive hi-def movie trailers: Get a first look at some of the upcoming blockbuster films. You can't get these trailers anywhere but Xbox Live Marketplace!
* Limited edition E3 gamer pictures and themes: Spice up your gamercard or splash a new E3 theme across your Xbox 360 Dashboard with these one-of-a-kind downloads.
Verizon Million Microsoft Points Giveaway
As if all that wasn't enough, the Million Points Giveaway is back! Verizon is sponsoring a giveaway of one million Microsoft® Points. While supplies last, you can grab 500 Microsoft Points courtesy of Verizon. Redeem them for cool Xbox Live Arcade games, themes, gamer pictures, and more in the Xbox Live Marketplace. Conditions apply, so find all the information here.
*U.S. residents only. Broadband connection, Xbox 360 storage device (hard drive or memory unit), and free Xbox Live Silver membership required. Players who have previously been banned from Xbox Live are ineligible. |
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05-02-2006
| | | Neo-Martin Luther King
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Everywhere Fav 360 Game: GTA IV Posts: 2,376
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man everything there is going to be sick, i cant wait for E3
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05-02-2006
| | | Peepee in your coolie!
Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Throwing rocks at Canada, eh? Fav 360 Game: Too Human, Battlefield: BC, BioShock, CoD4, GoW, Shadownrun, Lost Planet, Halo 3 Posts: 5,528
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Wow, this is sweet, I loved the addtion vefore, but now its gonna be rape. | |
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05-02-2006
| | | Banned For Sexing
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Toronto Fav 360 Game: The things in my pants Posts: 675
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I had passes to E3 come my my way by my friend cause he works in Ubi but I didn't but I'll post some of his pics when he returns I am glad to see they have started the major update
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05-02-2006
| | | uber noob
Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 2
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nice thats awsome but im proll not gonna get into it that much
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05-02-2006
| | | Tits Clits Bong Hits
Join Date: May 2006 Location: cannabis land Fav 360 Game: Halo 3 Posts: 2,078
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i guess thats pretty kool im not gonna get into it but ill proll try it | |
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05-02-2006
| | | Duke controllers FTW
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Minnesota Fav 360 Game: Shadowrun Posts: 165
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Thats pretty cool, I can't wait to see and play some of the E3 stuff
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05-02-2006
| | | Ya DoNe SoN!
Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ohio near Cleveland Fav 360 Game: GoW, Rock Band, Battlefield: BC, Star Wars: Force Unleashed, MK vs DC Posts: 7,500
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The XBOX.COM feature is cool. I def cant wait to see whats at e3 and what we will be able to D/L 
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05-02-2006
| | | I'm a Saint.
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Where America goes to die. Fav 360 Game: None. Posts: 2,102
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Wow, this is just a'mazeing
Anybody know what the link is to the 500 free points again?
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05-02-2006
| | | SpamBot
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDZ orginal member Fav 360 Game: GOW, P8, COD3 Posts: 3,154
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yea I have already read that!
I am on xbox.com and send PM to someppl | |
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