Xbox live have recently lowered the price of their Gold Membership. The 12 month gold subscription, usualy priced at £39.99, is for a limited time priced at £34.99, £5 cheaper.

Amazon are selling 12 month subscription cards at even less, £33.42.

Xbox LIVE Gold 12-Month +1 Membership Card - Buy now!

The aim of this promotion is to lure in Xbox Live’s Silver members.

There is a Halo wars branded version which can be purchased from the following link:

Buy Xbox LIVE Gold 12-Month +1 Membership Card - Halo Wars Branded (Xbox 360) - BUY NOW

Microsoft have recently updated their login service on Xbox.com now when you log in with your gamertag you will be shown your gamerscore, your 5 star rating, your name and now, even what membership level you own. It dosent seem like much, but it shows atleast that microsoft are trying to give you more for your money. Ill take big shiny writing saying “GOLD MEMBER” over a far less magnificent “silver member” anyday.

The 1 Billionth Xbox Live match of halo 3 was played this on saturday night, a 4 player Infection match on the Foundry map. The match lasted 3 minutes and 19 seconds and as the billionth game hits an incredible milestone. Even Halo 3’s predeccesor Halo 2 sits at 798 million games, quite a way behind.

We will have to see how far the total pushes as the game is still one of the most played on Xbox Live.

The gay rights group GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) has retaliated against Xbox Live’s banning of a user due to her sexual orientation and are apparently in talks with Microsoft to attempt to rectify the situation.

You can read the lesbian banning story here

Treyarch have recently released a patch update for World at War that apparently fixes all the glitches in the maps. but im sure they missed a couple, so dont expect the little nerdy kid sat under the map with the MG42 to be vanquished Just yet. Atleast MOST of the little annoyances will be gone.

The update will automaticaly download next time you play the game whiles signed in to Xbox Live or Playstation Network.

also Treyarch released a Free New Map for the game.

An Xbox Live Gamer named Teresawas banned This week For stating in her profile that she was a lesbian.
The woman was apparently followed into online games and being harrased by people asking users to report her as they diddnt want their kids seeing things of that nature.

Microsoft have not yet commented on this situation.

Xbox Live recently added 30 NBC Universal titles to their roster of online film rentals, and probably have more to come.
Neil Thompson says: “We are constantly developing our entertainment services. Of course we are still committed to the core and very active gaming market. However, we have to look at other ways to evolve, connect and broaden our appeal. What we are looking to provide is a ubiquitous service whereby people can satisfy a range of needs through their Xbox.”

Indipendent studies have revealed that Xbox Live is making 5 times more money than their main rivals, Sony’s Playstation Network. the figures show that Xbox live have made over a billion dollars whereas PSN has only developed 180 million dollars.
This is clearly down to the fact that you acctualy have to pay for xbox live gold membership when the Playstation Network is free.

I dont know about you guys but personally i realy dislike the ‘Makin’ map due to it being too dark to see a head down the sights of my rifle. luckily for me and people who have the same problem, a daytime version of the map has been released for free download. Free content is always good

If you want to set your xbox to downoad this remotely sign in with your gamertag here

Heres some gameplay footage of the map in action:

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Xbox Live acidentaly recieved and uploaded 2 peices of downloadable content for Burnout Paradise this morning. The slip was only very breif and the content was removed before anyone could download it. But it was up long enough for people to leak the information on what cars are available in both the “Toy Car” pack and the “Boost Specials” pack.

The toy car pack is 7 vehicles the list is:

Hunter Takedown
Carson GT Concept
Hunter Citizen
Carson Inferno Van
Jansen P12
Krieger WTR
Hunter Manhattan
Nakamura Firehawk

All of these are cars except for the Nakamura Firehawk which is a bike.

The Boost specials pack consists of:

Carson Extreme Hotrod
Hawker Mech 400

Look out for the packs to be properly released soon.