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A few weeks ago I posted a Developer Diary about the new Premium Themes coming to Xbox LIVE with the New Xbox Experience. Well, now that NXE is here, I wanted to share some of the Premium Themes available for download. There are a ton of great ones up, from the Fable II Albion Theme to Castle Crashers and more. Check out the list below for many of the Premium Themes that you can download today, and go browse Xbox LIVE Marketplace to see all of the great content we are offering and quickly ... [read more]

Enter the Play & Win sweepstakes and play with the game developers during the LIVE Weekend, November 28-30. You could win a complete home entertainment package from Samsung.

Content: Crash Time 2 - DemoPrice: FreeAvailability: Not available in Australia, Asia, North America or New ZealandDash Text: [PEGI: 7+] Play the demo and experience pure action with Detective Chief Inspectors Semir and Ben. Wheels are burning up the Autobahn!

Content: Raconteurs Track PackPrice: 440 Microsoft PointsAvailability: All Xbox LIVE regionsDash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) MILD LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] Downloadable Track Pack for Guitar Hero World Tour featuring "Consoler of the Lonely", "Hold Up", and "Salute Your Solution" by The Raconteurs. Please Note: Many songs are available both as singles and as a part of a Track Pack, so please carefully consider your purchases before downloading. For all song credits p... [read more]

As you can imagine, it's been an incredible day so far for the New Xbox Experience. It's great to see so much enthusiasm…it sounds like you are having fun exploring NXE. With an update of this magnitude, reaching more than 14 million people around the globe, we are aware some of you may be experiencing a few hiccups along the way. The LIVE team is closely monitoring the LIVE service and Xbox.com and are aware of a few issues including what's happening with Marketplace. Th... [read more]

Ryan takes a look at the first wave of games to include support for in-game Avatars, including A Kingdom for Keflings, the first game to include your Avatar as a playable character.

We hope your’re enjoying the New Xbox Experience. As expected, Netflix on Xbox 360 is a huge success, with the LIVE community flocking to this portion of the New Xbox Experience. Some of you may have had a few challenges earlier today but I wanted to let you know they've been resolved.  

Content: A Kingdom for KeflingsPrice: 800 Microsoft PointsAvailability: All Xbox LIVE regionsDash Text: [ESRB: E (EVERYONE) MILD CARTOON VIOLENCE] Xbox LIVE Multiplayer 2-4, HD (High Definition). Unlock the full version of A Kingdom for Keflings for even more homes, buildings, and workshops to build! Join up to three of your friends via Xbox LIVE to cooperatively construct the kingdom of your dreams. The full version of A Kingdom for Keflings includes achievements to earn, more Keflings to attra... [read more]

The New Xbox Experience is in the process of being deployed to all Xbox LIVE members, but it will take a few hours for everyone to get the prompt to update to NXE….be patient! In the meantime I thought I would give my Top 10 list of things to do with NXE when you get it later today: 1) Create (or Customize) your Avatar – You can spend as much (or as little) time as you want in the Avatar Editor to personalize your little guy/girl Bonus: When you are done with #1, be sure to take a G... [read more]

Xbox 360 Top Live Titles (based on UU’s)1 Gears of War 22 Call of Duty 43 Halo 34 CoD: World at War5 Left 4 Dead  Demo6 Fable II7 GTA IV8 Fallout 39 Madden NFL 0910 Gears of WarTop Arcade Titles (Full Versions purchased)1  Worms2  Portal: Still Alive3  Castle Crashers4 Vigilante 8: Arcade5  Ultimate Mortal Kombat 36  UNO®7 Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader8 Duke Nukem 3D9 Pinball FX10&nb... [read more]

Jump into the New Xbox Experience with this fun Play & Win Sweepstakes! Just register your gamertag and then play any multiplayer game on Xbox LIVE for your chance to win.

Recording artists The All-American Rejects will play Xbox LIVE Gold members in a Game with Fame event on Xbox LIVE.

Urban artist T-Pain will play Xbox LIVE Gold members in Rock Band 2 November 28.

Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first bionic console. Xbox 360 will be that console. Better than it was before. Better. Stronger. Faster.

Join us in celebrating the New Xbox Experience with a huge Game with Developers session featuring some of the hottest games on Xbox 360.

Content: "Gone"Price: 80 Microsoft PointsAvailability: All regions except Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, TaiwanDash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: "Gone"--Crooked X. PLEASE NOTE: Rock Band game disc is required to play song game tracks. Many Rock Band song game tracks are available as both a multipack and as a single game track. These song game tracks are exactly the same (unless expressly... [read more]

Instead of adding another 10,000 people to the preview program like we did last week, we've decided to do something a little different: everyone who successfully applied to the preview program (and submitted a valid console ID) will be getting the New Xbox Experience sometime within the next few hours. That’s right…we’re hooking everyone else up with NXE a bit early.  If you signed up and are not prompted, that means you did not enter your console ID pr... [read more]

Xbox.com and the Xbox forums will be offline for maintenance on Tuesday, November 18th from 12:01am PT until 4:00am PT to prepare for the New Xbox Experience launch on Wednesday the 19th.  This does NOT affect Xbox LIVE, which will remain available during this time.

On Monday,11/17/2008 from 2:00 AM PST for up to 45–minutes, Xbox Live will be offline for maintenance. As a result, Xbox LIVE and the ‘My Xbox’ section of Xbox.com will be unavailable, and the Xbox forums will be in read only mode (you won’t be able to post.) The remainder of Xbox.com will be available with limited interruptions. This service maintenance is in preparation for the new Xbox experience which will be available this Wednesday.

This week’s show:Co-host : eMore NXE Preview Program additionsInterview: Tom Farrer Mirror's Edge (17:03–30:11)Interview: Andy Trowers , You’re in The Movies (30:13–36:34)Interview: Daniel Suarez and David Vonderhaar, Call of Duty: World at War (36:34–56:04)Interview: Adam Miller, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (56:05–1:04:39)Interview: Chet Faliszek, Left 4 Dead (1:04:11–1:16:51)NPDName the GameMuch more…Get the blog... [read more]

In the past few hours, the Xbox Operations Center noticed that a large number of members were disconnected from Xbox LIVE, some more than once.  Our Engineering teams are actively working to determine the root cause of this issue and to prevent it from happening again.  If you are disconnected, you should be able to reconnect after a few minutes.  Thanks for your patience as we work quickly to solve the issue.Update: I’ve learned that these issues have been resolved. Thanks ... [read more]

Jump into the New Xbox Experience with this fun Download & Win Sweepstakes! Just register your gamertag and then download Marketplace content from Xbox LIVE for your chance to win.

Since we’re less than a week out from the launch of the New Xbox Experience on November 19th, we have a video that shows you just how quick and easy the install will be. For many of you, the download and install will take just a few minutes and you’ll be back to gaming before you know it.  If you’re in the preview program, feel free to let others know what to expect.  Sara at the Gamerscoreblog has a summary of our past NXE vidoes and posts.

We did it twice before and we’re going to do it again. We’re adding more people to the NXE Preview Program. This time, over 10,000 more Xbox LIVE members are being added in this third and final stage of the New Xbox Experience Preview Program. If you are chosen, you will receive an email later tonight (be sure to check your spam folder or add msftconn@microsoft.com to you safe list) followed by the update tomorrow (November 14th) afternoon (PT). As befor... [read more]

TrailerTitle: CoD: World at War Content: Call of Duty: World At War Urban Warfare Trailer (HD)Price: FreeAvailability: Not available in Germany and JapanDash Text: [ESRB: M (Mature) BLOOD AND GORE,INTENSE VIOLENCE,STRONG LANGUAGE] Call of Duty: World at War's Urban Warfare vignette displays the gritty turmoil of combat. The fast-paced intensity never lets up us as cities get annihilated by planes, tanks, missiles and gunfire. Call of Duty®: World at War re-defines the entire war exper... [read more]