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news.bbc.co.uk - 2/20/2009

BBC NEWS | Technology | Hackers target Xbox Live players

— news.bbc.co.uk — Xbox Live is being targeted by malicious hackers selling services that kick players off the network. The... booting services are proving popular with players who want a way to get revenge on those who beat them in an Xbox Live game. The attackers are ... (more) BBC NEWS | Technology | Hackers target Xbox Live players

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blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com - 2/23/2009

Just over half of Xbox Live subscribers pay to play

— blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com — Just more than half of Xbox 360 owners who use the video game console's online service pay... to play games online, according to an internal Microsoft document reviewed by the Seattle P-I. (more) Just over half of Xbox Live subscribers pay to play

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defunctgames.com - 2/17/2009

Introducing 'Xbox Live Season of Savings'

— defunctgames.com — Guerilla Scrapbook (Ep. 47) - The economy sucks ... and Microsoft knows it. That's why they have... a brand new promotion going on. Defunct Games is here to unveil the Xbox Live Season of Savings deal, featuring savings of $10 to $60! Find out now why ... (more) Introducing 'Xbox Live Season of Savings'

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You might wake up having to create a brand new Gamertag and losing all your achievements
Gaming Nexus — ... NEWS - A flaw in the Xbox Live system has been found where if you use an email address to register your Xbox Live account that can expire after a period of inactivity and does, you are forced to create a brand new Gamertag and thus lose all your achievements. Hotmail is one such example and I for one use that for my registration and don't use it as my email account. I don't even check it anymore so I guess I better fire some emails from there to prevent ths from happening. Right now there is no way of recovering your achievements or account even if you setup additional email ...

To: My old email address; Subject: Why did you kill my Gamertag?
Joystiq — ... And so we meet again, Xbox Annoyance #010. Microsoft is currently "investigating" an issue afflicting Xbox Live accounts, specifically those tied to expired email addresses, according to GI.biz. It seems certain email services, which are set to expire ...

Xbox Live Gamers Ganked By Expired Email Addresses
The Escapist : Latest News — ... customer service rep, who said, "The only alternative is to set up a new Gamertag with your preferred email address." There is no way around the problem, she said, adding that any Achievement points built up on lost accounts cannot be transferred. GamesIndustry has also confirmed the problem "with a relatively small percentage of users" and noted that while it doesn't prevent players from going online with a Silver membership, it will prevent them from upgrading to a Gold account, "effectively blocking any ongoing online multiplayer activity - one of the facets which made ...

E-Mail Blunder Plagues Xbox 360
Evil Avatar - News Items — ... Lots more over at GamesIndustry.biz

Xbox LIVE Design Flaw Says "No Gamertag for You!!"
Kombo.com — ... seem relatively unaffected, and are diagnosed by the '8015d080' error code when new subscription attempts are made. When GamesIndustry.biz sought to get comment from Microsoft on the issue, they only offered the following: "We are investigating this issue and don't have any further comment to make right now. Any consumer with any issues regarding their Xbox 360 or Xbox Live account should visit xbox.com/support or call their country's customer support number." -- Microsoft, to GamesIndustry.biz The loss of Gamertags has been a bit of a sticky issue with Microsoft for some ...

Could Your Xbox LIVE Account Expire?
GayGamer.net — ... One you'd use more frequently, I guess. Losing the achievement points would suck, but it seems like this problem wouldn't affect too many gamers. I mean, I make sure I check my E-mail all the time. Even the account I set up specifically for online purchases and assorted sign-ups to collect all the spam. But just wanted to warn you guys that this could happen to you if you're not careful. Forewarned is forearmed! (Though why you'd want four arms is beyond me...) Xbox Live Accounts Hit By Email Expiry Blunder [GamesIndustry.biz]

PODCAST: EvilCast NewsBrief, Episode #16
www.GamesAreEvil.com — ... LIVE account? Since when has there been a wonderful history of horror with Nintendo? Can I really go from fat to fit with the Wii? All these questions and more will be answered within today’s show kids! So sit back grab yourself a beer (if you aren’t of age just steal one from daddy*) and kick it into overdrive with today’s EvilCast! *Kidding of course.. it’s not nice to steal, that would be Evil! Links to Topics Discussed: 1. Xbox LIVE Accounts Dropped!? 2. More Bloody Horror on The… ...

Microsoft investigating Gamertag deletion flaw
That VideoGame Blog — ... This flaw seems limited to accounts that automatically expire after it has been abandoned for a certain period of time such as Hotmail. A representative from Microsoft told GamesIndustry.biz there is currently no way to get around the problem. Unfortunatly once the gamertag is gone, any data related with the gamertag is lost forever regardless of current information on the Xbox 360 hard drive. To make matters worse, those affected by this can’t upgrade to a new Xbox LIVE Gold account either. Microsoft released a statment saying, “We ...