Articles tagged with 'xbox live' - Page 5 - Xbox Gaming in South Africa

Halo: Reach beta open to Silver Xbox LIVE members next weekend

Thursday, 06 May 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

Are you one of those statistically unlikely people who has Halo: ODST, but doesn't have an Xbox LIVE Gold subscription? Well, you're in all sorts of good luck then ...

XG's Top 10 Xbox LIVE games in South Africa [Week of Apr 26]

Monday, 03 May 2010 Henry Dowling

Our weekly chart is back after a short hiatus, and there have been quite a couple of changes since our last look at local gaming trends. In fact, only Modern Warfare 2 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 have held their positions steady at the top ...

XBL Deal of the Week: Zombie Apocalypse

Monday, 03 May 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

What happens when you mash together Smash TV and Left 4 Dead, and make an XBLA game? Zombie Apocalypse! And it's going half off this week only, so get your bargain zombie blowout on the cheap ...

Report: Xbox LIVE Arcade revenues top $10 million in March

Wednesday, 28 April 2010 Henry Dowling

Market research firm FADE has announced that March 2010 has been the biggest financial month for Microsoft's Xbox LIVE Arcade, with revenues breaking the $10 million mark for the first time ...

XBL Deal of the Week: The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai

Monday, 26 April 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

Get punchy with Ska Studios' 2D scroller, The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai this week, now going at 50% off for your violent pleasure ...

Microsoft in talks over possible Xbox LIVE TV channel [Rumour]

Thursday, 22 April 2010 Chantal Gilmour

Former News Corp. President Peter Chernin has held talks with Microsoft regarding a possible TV channel for Xbox LIVE, according to Bloomberg. The channel would offer "reruns and original shows" to LIVE subscribers for an additional $1 - $2 above the standard LIVE subscription fee, and would be aimed at the main demographic of Xbox LIVE users, namely young males – Playboy Mansion anyone ...

Xbox LIVE South Africa service rollout imminent? [Update]

Wednesday, 21 April 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

The Microsoft TechDays conference is currently happening out in Sandton somewhere, and while it's mostly a bunch of dull, corporate IT junk nobody cares about, this dropped out of it via someone's Twitter ...

XBL Deal of the Week: Borderlands: The Zombie Island of Dr Ned DLC

Monday, 19 April 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

Borderlands doesn't need much introduction, really. I mean, it's only the most awesome Diablo-with-guns game ever made, and anyone who doesn't agree should be dragged out back and shot with a Jakobs' custom. And this week, anyone who didn't get the Zombie Island of Dr Ned DLC add-on can atone for this crime by buying it, and at half price. Clever ...

How to get banned on Xbox LIVE until the year 9999

Monday, 19 April 2010 Steven De Klerk

Ah, yes. There's nothing better than telling on someone to your parents and asking them to fight the good fight in your name. Of course, you really should make sure you're in the right before calling them into action, otherwise you may just end up having a rather uncomfortable conversation at the end of it all, just like this young gamer who couldn't quite work out why he was banned from Xbox LIVE until the year 9999, and so, asked his parents to find out. His father of course took up his son's plight and headed over to the official Xbox 360 forums, demanding answers. And well, he got an answer alright.. ...

Game over for original Xbox LIVE

Wednesday, 14 April 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

As announced earlier this year, tomorrow is shut off day for anyone wanting to access Xbox LIVE from their original Xbox 1 console, or play Xbox 1 games over Xbox LIVE. So that's anyone playing Halo 2, really. And come on, haven't you heard about Halo 3? It's great ...