Atari Brings Legendary Arcade Shooter Yars’ Revenge to Xbox Live Arcade
Atari is trying to regain some of their old aura. First they brought out their top 100 best-selling arcade games to the iOS platform (please read Atari Greatest Hits Games Pack Free Download for iPhone, iPad and iTouch) and now they are bringing out a revamped version of their best-selling game on the Atari 2600 console. They just released the 2011 version of Yars’ Revenge to Xbox Live. If you are as old as me who fondly got addicted to this game back 30 years ago, then buy this new version for only 600 Microsoft Points.
Middle-age gamers will most probably remember the classic Yars' Revenge game on the Atari 2600. If you do, you ought to be happy that Atari has released a 2011 version of this legendary arcade shooter on Xbox Live.
Halo Reach Defiant Map Pack DLC for Xbox 360 Now Available On Xbox Live
Since Bungie has retired from the franchise, Microsoft tapped 343 Industries and Certain Affinity to deliver the second downloadable content (DLC) for the Halo Reach Xbox 360 version. The Defiant Map Pack DLC is now at Xbox Live, ready for downloading. It will cost you 800 Microsoft Points to get this DLC but its all worth it. These two new replacement developers managed to create an exciting expansion for Halo fanatics. This is simply one of the goodies given by the company to its video game subscribers after the Halo Reach Free Live Weekend on Xbox Live event last year.
Eventhough Bungie is no longer responsible for Halo's development, Microsoft still delivers a great DLC in Defiant Map Pack!
Bejeweled Blitz Live Coming to Xbox Live Arcade: 16-User Online Multiplayer Added
PopCap Games, one of the world’s most successful casual game companies, announces the upcoming release of their best-selling Bejeweled Blitz Live for the Xbox Live Arcade gamers. Set for commercial launch this first quarter of 2011, Bejeweled Blitz Live will offer the same quick-paced 60-second action found on the Facebook and the PC versions.
Xbox Live members who want a nice change from all those shooting games should try out PopCap's addictive puzzle game, Bejeweled Blitz.
Xbox Live Promo Offers 50% Discount Sale for EA Games Like Madden NFL 11
Whip out your credit card (or borrow your mom’s). EA is doing a massive sales promo on Xbox Live. They are slashing 50% off from the prices of their best-selling games on Xbox Live! This sales promotion will start on January 18 and will expire on January 24!
Games Publisher EA is offering a one-week 50% off sales promo at Xbox Live.
Halo Reach Free Live Weekend on Xbox Live: Play Halo Reach for FREE
It is Halo Reach Free Live Weekend on Xbox Live! To the huge fans of Halo Reach Video Game, the Xbox Live gamers can play Halo Reach for free this weekend. Gamers must sign in this Saturday and Sunday to enjoy all the benefits of the Xbox Live Gold with Halo Reach for free within this weekend.
Xbox Live Update August 11, 2009 Features (Video)
Xbox Live Update August 11, 2009 is now available and here are its new features. The Xbox Live Update August 11, 2009 has many new great features wherein one of which is the new Xbox Live Avatar Marketplace. In Xbox Live’s Avatar Marketplace, users are allowed to customize their avatars with interactive props (like the one on the photo below) and even purchase branded apparels with fashion labels. Read more
Can’t Connect to Xbox Live: Possible Reasons and Solutions
There are a number of reason why you can’t connect to Xbox Live. For one, Xbox Live is Down (or was) if it’s already up and running while you’re reading this post). IF you cannot connect to Xbox Live, try to determine the reasons why you or your brother can’t before freaking out and shouting on top of your lungs in gaming forums or blogs. Read more
Xbox Live Down Today August 6-7 2009 Frustrates Users
Xbox Live has gone down a few times in the past and we’ve documented Xbox Live Down events since 2008. For 2009, it’s only the 2nd time this month of August Xbox Live went down for reasons unclear to many users. The first schedule was in June. Well, this is most likely due to system maintenance like Xbox Live always does on a regular basis. This means that Xbox Live could only be down today (August 6 or 7, 2009 depends on your location) only. Read more
When Will Xbox Live Be Back Up Again?
If you love video games and have subscribed to Xbox Live online, you might be asking “When will Xbox Live be back up again”. our previous report on Xbox Live Down June 16 schedule of site maintenance partially explains the impacts of this unfortunate incident for Xbox Live users worldwide.
Xbox Live Down: June 16 Schedule
Xbox Live is down again! This is the June 16 schedule of site maintenance of Xbox Live which could also affect Zune users in some ways (read Zune HD Release Date if you want to know more about the new Zune HD). As to Xbox Live down (June 16 maintenance schedule), this could last between 24-48 hours. Downtime for Xbox Live has been frequent as reported in our previous articles. Read more