Rumor: Xbox Dashboard preview testing for Avatar Kinect, Hulu Plus

It looks like Xbox Live preview program participants may be testing out more than a new disc format after all. According to an Xbox Live profile allegedly belonging to one of the beta program administrators, both Avatar Kinect and Hulu Plus features are being tested. Both applications can be seen on the profile, though links to their respective Xbox.com listings appear to be broken for the time being.

Of course, it's possible that Avatar Kinect and Hulu Plus are simply undergoing internal testing at Microsoft and may not be part of the current preview program at all. Still, even if that's the case, the finding could signify that we may see these new features once the upcoming Xbox Live update goes public. We've contacted Microsoft for comment.

In further Xbox Live preview news, Joystiq has received several tips that... (Continue Reading...)

PSA: PSN undergoing maintenance in Europe this Thursday

SCEE sent out some advance notice of a PSN outage in Europe via the PlayStation forum. Maintenance is scheduled on the network Thursday, December 15 from 4pm GMT (11am EST) to 2am GMT (9pm EST).

No such announcement has been made for North America, but we can safely assume that the EU outage will coincide with network interruption here. Besides, the only "preparation" you have to do for such an event is not make ironclad plans to play online games or buy things from the PlayStation Store right then. If it turns out that the network doesn't go offline, just sign in and play extemporaneously.

It's not going to adversely affect your life too much if this outage turns out to be EU-only, is what we're... (Continue Reading...)
josh powell madonna half time show super bowl score acura nsx chrysler super bowl commercial halftime show best superbowl commercials 2012 gisele bundchen m.i.a. eli manning mia wes welker best super bowl ads the voice season 2 halftime super bowl 2012 cee lo tom brady tom coughlin m i a peyton manning


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25