Articles tagged with 'xbox live'

XG's Top 10 Xbox LIVE games in South Africa [Week of Mar 1]

Monday, 08 March 2010 Henry Dowling

This week we see two big names in military combat fighting it out at the top of the chart, with Battlefield: Bad Company 2 making a valiant charge for Modern Warfare 2's number one spot. Will EA's charismatic shooter succeed where so many have failed? Only time will tell.. ...

Xbox LIVE policy change: It's good to be gay

Friday, 05 March 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

Break out your secret collection of Erasure CDs and get celebrating! Microsoft has just published a new Xbox LIVE Code of Conduct, which now allows disclosure of sexual orientation in your gamertag or profile ...

XG's Top 10 Xbox LIVE games in South Africa [Week of Feb 22]

Tuesday, 02 March 2010 Henry Dowling

Looking at how quickly BioShock 2 shot up to second place on our chart, could we finally see a game which can topple the mighty Modern Warfare 2 from its throne? The stylish underwater shooter sure seems to have struck a chord with local gamers, but it may be a while before MW2 steps down ...

XBL Deal of the Week: Gears of War Avatar stuff

Monday, 01 March 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

Must be a slow day over at Xbox HQ or something, because there's no game special this week. Just, um, Avatar stuff. Specifically Gears of War... gear ...

Xbox LIVE Marketplace release schedule [March]

Wednesday, 24 February 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

March is Block party month, but there's more to it than that. Major Nelson's chucked out an Xbox LIVE Marketplace release schedule, so you can print out a calendar and start marking off the days ...

XBL Deal of the Week: Duke Nukem 3D

Monday, 22 February 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

It's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum. Again. Nearly fifteen years on. It's probably safe to assume the Duke's still out of bubblegum too. And - for one week only! - ass kicking is going at 50% off ...

XG's Top 10 Xbox LIVE games in South Africa [Week of Feb 15]

Monday, 22 February 2010 Henry Dowling

To the untrained eye this week's chart looks pretty much unchanged from last week. Behind the scenes, however, there is a furious battle raging for each position, with BioShock 2 just a heartbeat away from overtaking Mass Effect 2 at number 2 ...

XG's Top 10 Xbox LIVE games in South Africa [Week of Feb 8]

Tuesday, 16 February 2010 Henry Dowling

Another week goes by with Mass Effect 2 chasing Modern Warfare 2's tail, but don't be fooled... the brain behind the XG Top 10 chart informs me that there is a rather cavernous gap between the two. MW2 is still pretty safe at the top ...

Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week: Battlefield 1943

Monday, 15 February 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

Battlefield! 1943! It's not like it really needs much introduction, does it? EA DICE's Pacific battler is going at 33.3333333333% off this week only, now shipping (oh, see what I did there?) at a very reasonable 800 wartime coupons ...

Suspected school shooter caught via Xbox LIVE

Monday, 15 February 2010 Steven De Klerk

An unnamed Texas teenager intending to "make the headlines so that people would remember him forever" by gunning down his classmates has been arrested thanks to some quick thinking by a fellow gamer, reports local news outlets in the area ...