500 points will get you the new Metal pack on Xbox Live Marketplace today. This set let’s players jam to master recordings of Deftones’ “Hole in the Earth,” Avenged Sevenfold’s “Almost Easy” and Thrice’’s “The Arsonist.”

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2K Sports’ MLB 2K8 demo is available today. Head on over to Xbox Live and download it now.

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To celebrate Burnout Paradise, Electronic Arts Inc. today announced a special Game with Fame Valentine’s Day event on the Xbox LIVE online entertainment network. This event will give couples a chance to play with Hollywood’s hottest dynamic duo; Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, stars of MTV’s The Hills. On February 12th from 9:00pm - 12:00am PST, Xbox LIVE Gold members can score an opportunity to play with Heidi and Spencer, grab their Mugshots, and gain fame on the roads of Paradise City. Players will also have an opportunity to chat and play with Burnout Paradise producer Craig Sullivan and other surprise guest celebrities.

To connect with Heidi, Spencer and Craig send a friend request to BurnoutGWFHeidi, BurnoutGWFSpenc, and BurnoutGWFCraig on your Xbox 360™ videogame system. Other surprise celebrities will be joining the couple and will be playing as: BurnoutGWF1, BurnoutGWF2, BurnoutGWF3, BurnoutGWF4, BurnoutGWF5, BurnoutGWF6, BurnoutGWF7, BurnoutGWF8
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Source: Press Release

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Christmas is over but that doesn’t mean your gamer buddy wouldn’t still like some extra Xbox 360 points.

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Xbox Live director of programming Larry Hryb, better known as Major Nelson, has revealed as part of a new post in his popular weblog that Microsoft is offering an Xbox 360 Points gifting system, currently U.S. only.

Now, when purchasing Microsoft Points online at the official website, users may also elect to gift points to other U.S. users, using the recipient’s Windows Live ID (not their Gamertag).
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Source: gamasutra.com

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There is something like 40 people on my own Xbox Live friends list, but there isn’t a week that goes by someone doesn’t bring up the fact that you can’t add more than 100 people.

“I think it’s something we definitely want to do and something we’re looking at doing in the future, but it’s been more technically complicated than anyone anticipated, so it’s taking longer than we had hoped,” said Xbox 360 group product manager Aaron Greenberg to 1UP, while walking through the new dashboard update a few weeks back. “We will get there in the future.”
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Source: 1up.com

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On November 15, Xbox Live will be turning 5. To celebrate, Microsoft will have a free download of the Xbox Live Arcade title Carcassonne. Set a reminder so you don’t miss out.