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Microsoft have just announced some new features to their online gaming service, Xbox Live. Xbox Live Arcade, coming this autumn, will enable Xbox Live subscribers to try out different types of games, download them and then play them with their friends and family around the world. Xbox Live members will find puzzle games, card & board games, social sports, pub games, and classic action/arcade favourites such as 'Galaxian,' 'Dig Dug,' 'Poker,' 'Bejeweled' and 'Feeding Frenzy.' These games are tailor-made for a quick five minute fix or endless hours of intense fun.
Xbox Live Alerts will allow gamers to know when their friends sign on to Xbox Live and when they get a friend request or game invite. Xbox Live will even let them know when new downloads are available and when hot new games are released.When Xbox Live subscribers sign up for Xbox Live Alerts, they will be notified when their friends sign on to Xbox Live and when they get a friend request or game invite. Xbox Live will even let them know when new downloads are available and when new games are released.
In addition, more than 20 titles are expected to hit Xbox Live in the next few months, including Full Spectrum Warrior, Driv3r, Rainbow Six Black Arrow, Mortal Kombat: Deception, FIFA Football 2005, Star Wars Battlefront, Burnout 3, Outrun 2, Unreal Championship 2, Halo 2, Need for Speed: Underground 2, Forza, Call of Duty, Doom 3 and MechAssault 2.
John Grothier
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