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New Avatar clothes update is bit well-to-do
Polo shirts, hacking jackets and chinos 15 January 2009 17:50 GMT
Microsoft has so far been pretty good at keeping Xbox Avatars in nice new clothes, and the biggest bonus is that they've all been completely free.

Another update today sees a number of difference items being added to Avatar closets for you to try on for size.
Xbox offers free formal wear for your avatar
Tuxedos and ballgowns up for grabs 18 December 2008 14:07 GMT
It's Christmas time and Microsoft wants your 360 avatars dressed in their Sunday best for the occasion. Therefore they've updated the Xbox front-end and are offering some free new clothes.

Male avatars get to choose from a rather dashing powder-blue tuxedo,...
Microsoft launches Free your Avatar
Export and share your Avatar with family and friends 15 December 2008 10:37 GMT
Microsoft has announced a new feature for Xbox Live that will allow you to export your avatar and share it with friends and family via email or social networking sites.

"Free your Avatar" will see a number of screensavers, wallpapers and festive cards added...
Microsoft releases NXE stats
Suggest Xbox Live is more popular than ever 11 December 2008 13:50 GMT
Microsoft has released some statistics that seem to prove that Xbox Live is more popular than ever since the New Xbox Experience was launched.

Xbox Live's Major Nelson said that the number of new friends added per Xbox Live member has risen by a third since...
COMMENT: The New Xbox Experience
Who Wii’d on my console? 28 November 2008 17:45 GMT
We have now been living with the New Xbox Experience for a week, and what a headline grabber it has been. Stories of RRoD fails; consoles laid to waste left, right and centre. Well, perhaps it wasn’t quite as drastic as that, but it certainly upset a fair number of people....
360 outsells original Xbox worldwide
Tops the 25 million mark in 3 years 26 November 2008 11:33 GMT
Microsoft has announced that sales of its Xbox 360 console have beaten the total sales of the original Xbox, just days after the 360 celebrated its third birthday on 22 November.

The original Xbox managed to rack up 25 million sales during its time on the market,...
HDMI sound glitches reported with NXE
Microsoft confirms it is aware of the problem 24 November 2008 20:24 GMT
If you've been having problems with your HDMI sound connected to the New Xbox Experience, it seems you are not alone.

Microsoft has confirmed it is aware of sound glitches occuring from HDMI connections.

Until we hear of an official solution to...
Free clothes for NXE Avatars
At least for the first few weeks 24 November 2008 16:39 GMT
If you're starting to get a bit bored already of your Xbox Avatar's clothes, worry not - Microsoft has said there will be new clothes added regularly to Live, and the best thing is, they'll be free.

Microsoft Germany's Boris Schneider-Johne broke the good news,...
NXE launch marred by RRoD reports
Plus connection freezes and lock-ups aplenty too 20 November 2008 13:26 GMT
It seems the launch of the new experience on Microsoft's Xbox 360 hasn't gone as we might have expected with users reporting a host of glitches with the new software update.

Within 24 hours of NXE going live, internet forums were abuzz with Xboxers reporting...
Sony Netflix content "temporarily unavailable" on NXE
Clever timing? 19 November 2008 13:00 GMT
As the New Xbox Experience is launched, news has surfaced that hundreds of movie titles from Sony Pictures Entertainment previously able to stream via Netflix on Xbox Live, will no longer be available.

Interestingly the movies have only been withdrawn from the...
Microsoft's New Xbox Experience launches tomorrow
"A new dawn in home entertainment" 18 November 2008 10:24 GMT
The highly-anticipated New Xbox Live Experience finally launches tomorrow, which Microsoft says will "transform instantly" the 25 million Xbox consoles around the world sold in its 3 years on the shelves.

"The future of home entertainment is Xbox 360 - it's...
Half of NXE features cut during development, says Microsoft
"There's still a lot of stuff we want to do" 6 November 2008 10:58 GMT
It seems that despite all the exciting things we have to look forward to with the New Xbox Experience, there may well have been a lot more if Microsoft had had its way.

The company has admitted it had to cut half of its original plans for the update during its...
Another NXE in a few years if there's demand, says Xbox Live manager
"We can do it again" 3 November 2008 11:49 GMT
We could see another New Xbox Experience in a few years if there's enough demand, according to Xbox Live product unit manager Jerry Johnson.

"If our customers want it, and the market wants it, we can do it again. There's no date set on it though," said Johnson.
Early NXE access slots go in minutes
Blink and you probably missed it 27 October 2008 11:45 GMT
You may remember we reported last week that Xbox would be opening up the New Xbox Experience early for a few on-the-ball gamers.

Well that opportunity came up on Friday evening when Xbox Live's Major Nelson announced on his blog that the soors were open for...
Xbox Live Primetime delayed until 2009
Online quiz game will not make NXE launch 22 October 2008 14:40 GMT
Microsoft has announced that the online quiz network that was due to be released as part of the New Xbox Experience will be delayed until next year.

Xbox Live Primetime was due to arrive alongside the NXE on November 19th.

However, Microsoft has...