As promised, Microsoft has finally addressed DRM issues that have plagued downloadable content on the 360 since launch. For the uninitiated, anyone who had a 360 replaced due to repair (a lot of people) or upgraded to a better model, lost the ability to play their purchased content unless they were connected to Xbox Live [...]

Those who downloaded the fun, short shooter Commando 3 on the Live Arcade can wake up to extra bonus this morning. The headline eating Super Street Fighter II (deep breath) HD Remix beta is up and available for download. The options are slim, limited to a single stage and two characters, Ken and Ryu. The [...]

With Zero Punctuation on vacation (hah, that rhymes) for this week, now’s a good a time as any for me to post some of the other video opinion shows that I happen to check out regularly. One of those shows is Sessler’s Soapbox, where X-Play’s Adam Sessler sounds off on a number of opinions in [...]

Xbox Live’s Major Nelson announced two more additions to the Xbox Originals lineup on his blog this afternoon.
“In Guilty Gear X2 #Reload, a newly discovered form of energy has been used to create devastating bio-weapons from fused human and animal DNA. Known as the Gears, they are now intelligent, self-aware creatures set loose upon the [...]

Released for both the PC and Xbox 360 about a month apart, Universe at War gamers were previously separated by their platforms. With the latest patch, though, that’s no longer a problem. One of the benefits of the update is the ability to battle it out with console owners and see which is quicker: Keyboard [...]

There is more South Park in high-definition coming around the corner, as Comedy Central confirmed with us this afternoon that the feature-length director’s cut version of South Park’s Imaginationland will be arriving on the Xbox Live Marketplace on Monday, June 2.
This will be the second high-definition episode of South Park to hit Xbox Live, with [...]

Have you ever want to be programmed into a game? If so, here’s your chance to have it happen.
Lionhead Studios has an open call for models to be transformed into paintings which will adorn the walls of Alibion’s residents. E-mails are due ASAP (June 4th) and can be sent to the address included on Lionhead [...]

Next-Gen’s interview with Marc Whitten, General Manager of Xbox Live, shed some light on upcoming changes. The biggest announcement is that owners should not be expecting a Spring dashboard update:
“We have taken a different approach this spring and spent a lot of our time and resources of building the proper infrastructure and scale for the [...]

The growth of new technology, including the current generation of video game consoles, could potentially put a damper in the future of innovation, says a professor at Oxford in a new book.
John Zittrain, professor of internet goverance and regulation at the Oxford institute, says that items such as the iPhone, Blackberry, and Xbox could destroy [...]

 
A few months back, Halo 3 was surpassed by Activision’s Call of Duty 4 as the most played game over Microsoft’s Xbox Live. Today, CoD 4’s short reign at the top has come to an end, as Grand Theft Auto IV nabbed the top spot. Call of Duty 4 closed the past week at #2, [...]