Today to celebrate the PS3's third birthday (yea, right :p) Microsoft's Major Nelson has announced that the new XBox Live fall update is now available for XBox 360 users, which features Twitter, Facebook, Zune Video and Last.FM support.

To quote: "We’ve just released the latest new features for your Xbox 360. In case you’ve been off the grid for the past few months and don’t know what is in this...

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Update: As expected, Microsoft has defended their stance on banning modified XBox 360 consoles.

Reports now indicate that the fresh wave of Microsoft bans on modified consoles has resulted in systems not only being banned from XBox Live, but also removing the ability to install games to the HDD, forbidding the use of Windows Media Centre extender, and not allowing the retrieval of...

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Electronic Arts has announced that the console demo of Need for Speed: Shift will be available for download on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live this Thursday, October 1st.

The demo will allow players to race one of four cars on the famous Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and the city circuit of London River.

To quote: "Players that dominate each track and...

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At E3 Microsoft said that Xbox Live users would need to be Gold members (requiring an annual fee) to access Last.fm without paying for a Last.fm-specific subscription.

What Microsoft didn't mention, however, was that these limitations would extend to both Facebook and Twitter as well.

This news was buried in Microsoft's late night press release about the new...

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Today Treyarch has given a serious warning to all Sony PSN and Microsoft XBox Live would-be hackers and console modders... if you are caught, you'll be banned from all of their online services.

To quote: Our most recent TU addressed a number of issues that arose as a result of modders hacking their console and ultimately disrupting the online experience for everybody...

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Tech2 has posted a feature looking at the upcoming XBox 360 exclusive releases this year.

Let's take a look at what 2009 has in store for 360 owners:

• Halo 3: ODST - Halo 3: ODST will be a stand-alone expansion for Halo 3 in which you step into the boots of an unknown Orbital Drop Ship Trooper (ODST) before the events of Halo 3.

Unlike the...

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Battlefield 1943 will hit the XBox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Network for £9.99/1200 MS Points on July 8th for XBL and July 9th for PSN, thats next Wednesday and Thursday.

It will come in at 560MB to download. According to Battlefield 1943 producer, Gordon Van Dyke, the game sets a “new standard”.

To quote: Battlefield 1943 is going to change consumer...

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Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) have announced that they will be making many improvements to the PlayStation Network Store.

They stated they will be improving the digital quality of the games that are soon to be arriving on the store, to quote:

For the few years the store has been online, it has been in a huge competition with the 360's version of...

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I am curious as to what company the most people think won E3. Now this is derived more at their press conferences. So for those who have watched them all like I have it will be a little easier for you.

Now I personally believe Microsoft and Sony had great Press conferences. But I'll get back to them in a minute, as I have a bone to pick with the third competitor.

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Activision has confirmed at E3 that Xbox360 will get TWO timed exclusives.

Both will be maps and both will be DLC on the XBLA.

It was announced during the showing of the trailer during the Microsoft E3 press conference.

To quote: Two maps for Modern Warfare2 are to be timed exclusives for Xbox Live.

This was announced at the...

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