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Gears of War sells 2 Million Units (and we unlocked over 19 million Achievements)

In addition to the 2 million copies of Gears of War 2 that flew off the shelves over the weekend, LIVE was pretty active as well. More than 1.5 million people signed into "Gears of War 2" during the weekend, racking up a total 15 million gameplay hours and helping set a new record for concurrent...

Posted to Xbox Lives Major Nelson (Weblog) by Major Nelson on 11-12-2008
Xbox 360 Console banning

I’ve gotten a few messages and seen some forum threads pop up on console bannings so I thought I’d post and let folks know what’s up. In our our continued effort to keep gameplay safe and secure for our community of more than 14 million members, Microsoft has taken action against a...

Posted to Xbox Lives Major Nelson (Weblog) by Major Nelson on 11-11-2008
levelHead

I won’t waste your time trying to explain levelHead . But if you have a moment, read about it here and then check out the video here . Pretty wild huh?

Posted to Xbox Lives Major Nelson (Weblog) by Major Nelson on 10-02-2008
GETTING INTO THE GAME : Interactive Writing for Videogames

The Writers Guild Foundation has a workshop scheduled for October 18th that may be of interest to some of you. If you are curious as to what it takes write for video games, this looks like an awfully good use of a Saturday afternoon (assuming you are in the L.A area.) Head over to the WGFoundation web...

Posted to Xbox Lives Major Nelson (Weblog) by Major Nelson on 09-11-2008
PopFly game creator beta released

The Alpha came out in May, but the team just shipped the beta version with some new features for your game making fun. If you’re looking for something to do this weekend (if you’re not coming to PAX) why not kick out a game? Note: You’ll need Silverlight which you may already have from...

Posted to Xbox Lives Major Nelson (Weblog) by Major Nelson on 08-28-2008
Announcing Platform Biased

A brand new blog and podcast from our friends over at Microsoft Game Studios . Justin , Jeff and John are testers that work over at MGS and have started their own blog and show. I’ve given them a few pointers, but don’t let that stop you from subscribing to their show . They’ve only...

Posted to Xbox Lives Major Nelson (Weblog) by Major Nelson on 06-13-2008
A look at last minute game reviews

Simon Parkin over at Gamasutra has an article on last minute game reviews . Certainly there are some valid reasons to limit access to a game (so a story won’t leak for one) but what does the average gamer think about this practice?

Posted to Xbox Lives Major Nelson (Weblog) by Major Nelson on 05-27-2008
What would you ask Uwe boll?

Sometimes, I just never know how my day will get started: I just got a call from the producers for the Sirius Radio show that I sit on on each week and they just told me we have (notorious) film director Uwe Boll live in studio. As usual, I’ll be at my studio here in Seattle and connected to Uwe...

Posted to Xbox Lives Major Nelson (Weblog) by Major Nelson on 05-20-2008
Championship Gaming Series to open training center

CNET has posted a story about the Championship Gaming Series to open training center in China . What do you think about this. as gaming as a spectator sport finally turned a corner and ready for the mainstream?

Posted to Xbox Lives Major Nelson (Weblog) by Major Nelson on 03-31-2008
Get a sneek peek at the new COD4 Maps

If you live near New York City or San Jose, CA and you want to get an early look at the new COD4 Maps coming out next week, you are in luck! Robert Bowling, ( FourZeroTwo ) the Community Manager for Infinity Ward, has posted complete details on his blog , along with a few photos of his current gastronomical...

Posted to Xbox Lives Major Nelson (Weblog) by Major Nelson on 03-28-2008

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