Xbox Live! News & Interviews

Xbox Live Sets New Online Gaming Benchmark
01/21/2005
Xbox Popularity Rises With Steady Market Share Growth in 2004

Summer Heats Up on Xbox Live With Sizzling New Features and Hot Blockbuster Titles
06/16/2004
With this unrivaled line-up, we plan to deliver on our promise of taking the online gaming experience to an unprecedented level.

Xbox Live Offers New Subscription Options, New Live Features and Broadens Worldwide Community
04/21/2004
Starting on Wednesday, April 21st at 6 a.m., Xbox Live servers will be offline for as long as 24 hours while new features are added.

Hey Ya! Xbox Launches Game With Fame Program With OutKast
02/04/2004
New Program Lets Gamers Play Celebrities Online Via Xbox Live

Win a Chance to Play Against OutKast on Xbox Live
01/19/2004
Lucky Xbox Live members will be able to play against the Grammy Award nominees online through Xbox Live.

Xbox Live Two-Month Free Trial Survey
12/29/2003
Microsoft Game Studios recently launched an Xbox Live two-month free trial program

GZ Interview: Community is the keyword to what makes Xbox Live tick
11/20/2003
Xbox Live’s Andre Vrignaud talks of the benefits of being a service subscriber

New Subscription Options Make Joining Xbox Live Easier than Ever
10/01/2003
New Subscription Options Make Joining Xbox Live Easier than Ever

Experience the Explosive World of Xbox Live for Free
09/10/2003
With more than 50 Xbox Live games on shelves this holiday, Microsoft today announced the start of a free two-month Xbox Live trial with purchase of select Live-enabled games.

Xbox.com Redesign Launches Today - Spectacular Prizes Up for Grabs
08/27/2003
Redesigned Site Keeps Xbox Live Players in Touch With the Community via Xbox Live Web

“Live Now” To Deliver What Players Want Most
08/13/2003
New Subscription Options Usher New Gamers Onto Service

Xbox Debuts First Global Marketing Campaign
08/11/2003
New tagline conveys teamwork and competition:" it's good to play together "

Xbox Declares an Online Revolution at the Microsoft E3 2003 Press Conference
05/13/2003
Microsoft makes a number of announcements concerning the future of Xbox Live, it’s online gaming service, during an Xbox media briefing.

Xbox Live Bursts Through 350,000-Subscriber Mark
03/04/2003
In addition to easily finding friends and using voice communication across all Xbox Live games, players now can enjoy downloadable content, an exclusive feature that delivers new maps, missions, statistics and characters to the built-in Xbox™ hard drive

Xbox Strengthens Grip on No. 2 Position and Widens Lead Over GameCube
02/19/2003
Coming off an impressive holiday season, the Xbox™ video game system continues to show strong North American sales and solidify its position in the highly competitive video game industry.

Xbox Live Subscriptions Double Expectations
01/07/2003
Gamers can’t get enough - playing more than 2 hours every day

Xbox Live Starter Kits Virtually Sell Out in First Week of Sales
11/22/2002
Sales Hit 150,000 in First Week as Xbox Live Players Storm the Online Arena, Making Xbox Live the First Broadband Service to Surpass 100,000 Subscribers; Sales of NFL Fever 2003 Jump 120 Percent Since Going Online

Xbox Live Arrives in Stores, Sparking the Next Revolution in Video Games
11/15/2002
The Ultimate Online Arena Opens for Xbox Game Players To Play anTalk With Each Other Throughout North America

"MotoGP: Online Demo" and "Whacked!" to Ship with Xbox Live Starter Kits
09/25/2002
Microsoft announced today that playable trial versions of THQ's "MotoGP" and "Whacked!" from Microsoft Game Studios will ship with the Xbox Live Starter Kit in North America on November 15.

Xbox Live to Launch on One-Year Anniversary of Console Launch
08/13/2002
On Friday, Nov. 15, the one-year anniversary of the launch of the most powerful video game system on the planet, Microsoft Corp. will launch its Xbox™ Live online game service and propel the North American gaming world into the future of video games.