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Having Xbox LIVE Connection issues? In the past few hours, the Xbox Operations Center noticed that large number of members were disconnected from Xbox LIVE, some more than once. Our Engineering teams are actively working to determine the root cause of this issue and to prevent it from happening again. If you are disconneced, you should be able to reconnect after a few minutes. Thanks for your patience as we work quickly to solve the issue. From Major Nelson

Another little update from Rockstar via an email: It's time to tear up the streets of Liberty City with your friends. For this special late September weekend, get in on the action with Grand Theft Auto IV multiplayer on Xbox LIVE®. Get in there and spar against the actual series' creators. Team members from Rockstar North and Rockstar Games will be logging on to house you fools at all the Multiplayer modes, including Deathmatch, Car Jack City, Bomb da Base II, and Hangman's NOOSE. Log on and look out for the Rockstar gamertags, then throw down the gauntlet. Or team up with Rockstars in the co-op modes to learn from the masters. We will be waiting. Everybody who participates will have exclusive access to special honorary gamer pics and Xbox themes plus opportunities to win once-in-a-lifetime prizes. Everyone who joins in and plays Grand Theft Auto IV Multiplayer during Xbox LIVE Weekend will be able to grab these specially designed Rockstar gamer pics and themes All eligible members will be automatically entered to win the grand prize package including a high-end home entertainment system valued at over $6,000 and the runner-up prize package including a limited-edition, customized, Grand Theft Auto IV- branded Xbox 360 and a host of other coveted Grand Theft Auto IV gear. Must be US or Canadian resident and must be 18 years of age or older. No purchase necessary. Click here for more info. See official contest rules here. Click here to see the Xbox LIVE hourly prize collection in larger detail. Finally, exclusive prizes will be available to Rockstar Games Social Club members who register or log in to check their stats between now and the end of Xbox LIVE Weekend on September 28th, 2008. All those people will be automatically entered to win the grand prize package including a high-end home entertainment system valued at over $6,000 and the runner-up prize package including a limited-edition, customized, Grand Theft Auto IV-branded Xbox 360 and a host of other coveted Grand Theft Auto IV gear. Please note that prizing for this particular Grand Theft Auto IV Xbox LIVE Weekend will only be available to those in North America; UK residents, please make sure you're subscribed to the local UK Rockstar Mailing List for word on forthcoming UK Xbox LIVE events. www.rockstargames.com/IV www.rockstargames.com/socialclub Grand Theft Auto IV – ESRB Rating: MATURE with Intense Violence, Blood, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Partial Nudity, Use of Drugs and Alcohol

Guitar Hero III: Metallica "Death Magnetic" Full Album Content:Metallica "Death Magnetic" Full Album Price: 1440 Microsoft Points Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) MILD LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] Metallica "Death Magnetic" Full Album featuring 2 exclusive versions of "Suicide & Redemption", including - "That Was Just Your Life", "The End Of The Line", "Broken, Beat & Scarred", "The Day That Never Comes", "All Nightmare Long", "Cyanide", "The Unforgiven III", "The Judas Kiss", "Suicide & Redemption J.H.", "Suicide & Redemption K.H.", and "My Apocalypse". This downloadable content is playable in both Guitar Hero III and Guitar Hero World Tour. For all song credits please visit www.redoctane.com There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts. From Major Nelson. There are 10 tracks on the album iirc so thats 144 MS points per song. Which is roughly £12.24/€16.75/$17.99 Edit: Just found out this is on PSN aswell PS3 store Game METALLICA ‘DEATH MAGNETIC’ FULL ALBUM, £11.99 From threespeech

Demo: Guitar Hero Aerosmith Content: Guitar Hero Aerosmith Demo Price: Free Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) MILD LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] Start to unleash your inner rock star, the Aerosmith way. This demo includes “Sweet Emotion” and “Dream On” by Aerosmith, as well as “Walk this Way” by Run DMC featuring Aerosmith, “I Hate Myself For Loving You” by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and more. Get a taste of Guitar Hero®: Aerosmith - There’s never been a band like them; there has never been a game like this.

Thought I'd make this one for you so you can talk about how great it is til your hearts content, :lol: Demo: NHL 09 Content: NHL 09 Demo Price: Free Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions Dash Text: [ESRB: E10+ (Everyone 10+) MILD VIOLENCE] Building on last year’s Winner of Seven Sports Video Game of the Year Awards momentum. Try out the all-new Be A Pro mode and step onto the ice and play an entire career as you level-up and progress from the AHL to the NHL. Learn about the first true console sports MMO game that allows you to assemble a team and play as yourselves in 6-on-6 online team play in the new EA SPORTS Hockey League. If you love sports video games, you have to try this demo.

Rumor: "Avatars" are Microsoft's take on Mii's? Posted Jun 15th 2008 2:00PM by Terrence Stasse Filed under: News, Xbox Live, Rumors Well, well, well, what have we here? Looks like we're finally getting some real evidence that Microsoft really does have some sort of response to Nintendo's Miis on the way. It's been rumored for some time now and the above shot of the linked flash page seems to portend the end of the rumors. Giving the rumor more credibility is that the information contained in the image, supposedly taken from an online survey, conforms to details recently given to Joystiq by a trusted source. These "Xbox Avatars" certainly look to do everything that Miis do and more. Taking into account that Microsoft doesn't seem too troubled by the rest of the year, this, along with the rumored "Newton" controller, could possibly be what they're betting the farm on. Hmm ... E3 should sure be interesting this year ... [Thanks Mighty Healthy] Source

Spring Update update Next-gen.biz has an interview with Marc Whitten (who you know from my show as Notwen) who gives up details on what is up with the Spring Update and what you can expect over from LIVE over the next few months, including a change to our DRM policy. Give it a read and let me know what you think. When Marc drops by my office next time I’ll share your thoughts with him. You can read the full interview here, but in the interests of media-snacking or whatever name they have for it these days here's the main points that YOU need to KNOW NOW: There won't be a 'full' spring update, but a new Digital Rights Management tool will be launched soon that will make it easier to consolidate all your purchased content on a new console. more news on this soon. In the meantime the LIVE team is working to provide "the proper infrastructure and scale" for the service. underperforming XBLA titles will begin to be retired from the service - those that have been available for more than six months, scored less than 65 on Metacritic and have a demo to full game conversin rate of less than 6% will be up for the chop. This is to keep the choice of games on XBLA focussed and high quality. Microsoft Games Studios is opening a first-party XBLA studio. From Major Nelson and AceyBongos Basically there is not one this year but there is changes that will be released over the coming weeks and this thread will be updated with the info as it is released like the previous threads. If you find any comfirmed info that isn't here post it and I'll add it to the main post thanks.