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Facebook available for Xbox360 and coming soon for PS3

Posted by Admin on November 17th, 2009 No Comments

fbThe Autumn update to the Xbox360 Dashboard is now available, and one of the additions to the functionality is Facebook which can be found in the community section.

There is the ability to merge your facebook friends list with your Xbox Live contact list, but be aware the Xbox live friends limit of 100 people still applies.

It’s also been announced by Sony that the next version of the PS3 firmware (version 3.10 – due soon) will come with Facebook included.

Social Networking is quickly becoming a major part of everyday life.

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Posted in Social Networking, Technology

Alien Breed Evolution, A return of a classic.

Posted by Admin on November 5th, 2009 No Comments

AlienBreedOne of the most popular Amiga games was the classic Alien Breed. A top down shoot-em-up which captured the atmosphere and panic of the Alien Movie series.

It’s graphics and Audio were astounding for the time and it’s exciting game play set it apart from it’s competitors, especially in the third game in the series (tower assault) where the levels were non-linear and could be completed in several ways.

Now 13 years after the last Amiga Alien Breed game, the series is back. Set for a digital distribution release next year Alien Breed Evolution brings the series bang up to date by using the Unreal 3 engine. The game tries to remain true to its roots by delivering an overhead viewpoint (albeit from an isometric camera), and as this video shows, the gameplay remains true to the series and is certainly as tense as ever.



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Microsoft remove Sky Player from Xbox Live

Posted by Admin on October 27th, 2009 No Comments

xbox-liveToday (27/10/09) was supposed to signal the launch of Sky Player on Xbox Live in the UK, and this was the case was a couple of hours, and then unfortunately Microsoft has to pull the service.

The service which will offer Live and On demand channels to Sky subscribers has created great deal of excitement amongst the Xbox community with the promise of technical enhancements (Such as Virtual Football Parties) over and above the traditional sky service. The service also offered an alternative way for customers to receive Sky Channels no longer is it necessary to have a Sky Dish Installed.

The service was withdrawn after many users complained of technical difficulties and Microsoft have now rescheduled the launch for tomorrows (28/10/09).

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