Xbox live News

Microsoft has announced the Xbox Holiday Update is available today across supported platforms. The social-themed release includes significant updates to the Xbox One and Xbox apps, including support for Clubs and improvements to Xbox's achievements.

Microsoft has launched a new website for Xbox Live, Skype and other users to report hate speech and to reinstate posts that were wrongly deleted.

Microsoft has revealed it is working on an option for Xbox Avatars that will allow wheelchair users to include a wheelchair in their avatar. Xbox Avatars are animated 3D characters that represent players. Microsoft is working on a larger Avatar expansion.

Microsoft has revealed that record numbers of gamers took the day off work to try out hit new titles on their Xbox consoles this Black Friday. The company observed a 196 percent increase in total playtime over the same Black Friday week last year.

Security researcher and former cybersecurity reporter Brian Krebs says he knows exactly who may be behind the massive attacks that took down both Sony's PlayStation Network and Microsoft's Xbox Live platform for two straight days.

Redmond - After unveiling its plans for their new gaming console, the Xbox One, Microsoft informed the media that Xbox Live will get a complete overhaul and the biggest improvement will come in the form of the Reputation System.

Rapper/actor Snoop Dogg aka Snoop Lion will star in his new video game, "Way of the Dogg. The game will be released in partnership with 505 Games and Echo Peak.

A trailer for the upcoming Xbox 360 arcade-style beat 'em up game called "Phantom Breaker: Battlegrounds" has been made available for viewing.

Xbox 360 users with a subscription to Xbox Live Gold will be able to enjoy the recently released apps for entertainment such as AOL On, SnagFilms, and Crunchyroll.

The launch trailer for "Black Knight Sword" shows that 2D side-scrolling games are far from being obsolete. With improvements in gaming technology, new life is breathed into such games.

Los Angeles - They proclaimed it the biggest night in gaming - ever. For gamers, perhaps, it was. However, waiting in line to get the latest game has to rank up there, too, right?

Microsoft announces their regular (and imperative) fall season updates for the Xbox 360, by dropping two popular apps in Xbox's dashboard: Facebook and Twitter.

Redmond - Head of Policy and Enforcement team for Xbox Live, Stephen Toulouse, issued an apology via a blog post after an unconfirmed number of users were mistakenly banned. Microsoft cited a software glitch and will remunerate the affected users.

Phones, Facebook, Twitter, and game consoles; technology seems to be the drug of choice among today's teens according to experts.

In the coming fall, Xbox 360 owners will be able to stream movies directly from Netflix. Users need an Xbox Live and Netflix account to watch more than 10,000 movie titles.

Xbox Live is all fun and games, but players who violate the service’s policy by cheating can have their accounts permanently cancelled, said a Microsoft executive recently. Is this hard-line stance beneficial for Microsoft and its users?

Is it possible that Microsoft and Sony will ever get along with each other? The two companies behaving worse than little children, are at it again. Xbox live executive Aaron Greenberg, openly makes insulting comments about PSN.

The leaked video was in fact real.

Inside The Xbox Live Operations Center