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June 2006 - Posts

Windows Live Local free phone calls

It’s not what you may think, but I had trouble coming up with another head line. Here is how it works..do a search for a company at Local.live.com from the business or category box. In the results box on the left side choose what business you’d like to call and click the ‘Call for free.’ A window will pop up to enter YOUR telephone number. Once you do that, Windows Live then calls you, and connects you to the business that you want to reach for free. This can actually help if you want to call a business that is located outside of your local calling area. Give it a try and let me know what you think.

IE7 B3

The Internet Explorer Beta 3 is out today. You can grab it here…but remember to uninstall IE B2 first!

 

Major on Gamer Andy

I was on Gamer Andy’s show Thursday night. It was a rough technical ride, but you can listen to the show here.

Chromehounds Theme and Picture Packs
You can now download two themes and two picture packs from the Xbox Live Marketplace for Chromehounds. This premium content is 180 points for each picture pack and 150 points for each theme. This content is not available in Mexico, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore or Taiwan.
Hitman:Blood Money

Two new picture packs (100 points each) and a new theme (150 points) are now on the Xbox Live Marketplace. This Hitman Blood Money premium content is not available in Japan.

Demo: Prey

You can now download the demo for ‘Prey’ from the Xbox Live Marketplace. This content is not available in Japan or Germany. Have fun.

BTW: I know people have been frustrated by the lack of information on this one, but thanks for your patience enthusiasm. I’ll talk more about this on my show this weekend.

See some of the Xbox Community

On10.net has 10–minute a video posted where Laura interviews some of the influential folks in the Xbox Community.

[Watch the video here]

 Edit: I should have mentioned the on10.net stuff was recorded during this Xbox event.

Demo: Top Spin 2 "Wimbledon"
Now on the Xbox Live Marketplace. This demo is available in all Xbox Live regions.
Call of Duty 2: Invasion Map Pack

You can now download this premium map pack from the Xbox Live Marketplace. This map pack is 800 points and available in all Xbox Live regions. Have fun.

[Call of Duty 2 on Xbox.com]

Trailer: Gamekings E3 terugblik

Now on marketplace in 480p and 720p. This free content is only available in the Netherlands.

That should be it for today folks.

Game with Fame Trailers
Two new trailers are now on Marketplace: Game with Fame - DIF Trailer (720p) and Richard Göransson Trailer (720p.) This content is only available in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

 
Bing Bing Diggit Picture Pack 1
This content is now available in all of Europe except Belgium and Netherlands for 60 points.
Trailer: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
You can now download a 480p or a 720p ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest’ trailer from the Xbox Live Marketplace. This content is available in the US and Canada only.
FM2 Wallpapers

Che Chou just gave me a heads up that there are some official Forza Motorsport 2 wallpapers posted on the FM2 site. This content is available in all Xbox Live regions Wink

Posted: Jun 28 2006, 06:36 PM by Major Nelson | with 23 comment(s)
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Chromehounds Demo

You can now download a demo of 'Chromehounds' from the Xbox Live Marketplace. This free demo is available in all Xbox Live regions EXCEPT the U.S., Canada or Mexico. Yes, you read that right...this demo is not available in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

(Why is content not available in all regions?)

Edit: Added that content is not available in Mexico.

'The Outfit' Auto update

There is a mandatory auto update for 'The Outfit' now available for Xbox Live members. Here is a list of what the auto update contains:

Matchmaking Improvements
The connection speed of each player is now displayed in the Pre-Game lobby (green for good, yellow for average, red for poor). This allows the host to identify and remove players who have a poor connection speed before the game begins. The Outfit uses peer-to-peer networking, so identifying and removing players with poor connection speeds before the game begins will eliminate lag for all players in a session.
The connection speed of each game is now displayed in Custom Quick Match and Custom Ranked Match lobbies (green for good, yellow for average, red for poor), helping players to avoid joining games with poor connection speeds.
Players wishing to join a Quick Match will now always connect to the game with the fastest connection speed. Prior to this, Quick Match obtained the first game it found.
Players can now speak to one another in every pre-game and post-game lobby.
Only your friends who have played The Outfit will appear in the Leaderboard "Friends" filter.
Fixed an issue where Quick Match player numbers were being reported incorrectly.
Fixed an issue where 'Play Again' caused the lobby size to be frozen at previous match's size.

Gameplay Improvements
Multiplayer Achievements can now be earned in both Ranked Quick Match and Ranked Custom Match game sessions. Previously they were only achievable in Ranked Quick Match games.
Eliminated multiplayer vehicle driving issues that caused vehicles to twitch wildly or change direction when colliding with other objects. Vehicles in multiplayer now perform as well as they do in single player.
Vehicles can no longer be hijacked when they are moving at high speed, significantly reducing "hijack spam."
Event queue messages now appear on screen for one second longer than before, giving players a better chance to read them.
Fixed an issue that caused the jump animation to play twice in certain multiplayer situations.

Multiplayer Tuning Changes
The rotation rate and health of Anti-Aircraft Emplacements has been reduced. Previously, AA guns were too powerful given their cost.
15% increase to health for all Halftracks and Tanks.
25 FU cost increase to Anti-Aircraft Emplacements.
50 FU cost reduction to Artillery Strike.
25 FU cost reduction to Air Strike.
50 FU cost reduction to Tech 3 Antitank Emplacements.
10 FU cost increase to first- and second-tier Machine Gun Emplacements.
Calliope damage versus vehicles has been slightly decreased.

The Xbox 360 update will be automatically applied the next time users log into Xbox Live with The Outfit.

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