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2010: Biggest Year Ever for Xbox
We love starting the New Year out with a bang! On the eve of CES 2010, Steve Ballmer and Robbie Bach announced in Microsoft’s keynote address that 2009 was a great year for Xbox and 2010 will be the biggest year ever in Xbox history.
In 2009…
o Xbox sold more than 10 million consoles last year and we have now sold 39 million Xbox 360s around the world.
o Xbox Live continues to redefine and lead social games and entertainment:
o Xbox LIVE enjoyed its biggest week ever at Christmas time, with a new member joining every second.
o During this time, Xbox LIVE saw a record peak of more than 2.2 million people using the service at the same time – up 47% over the same period last year.
o The Xbox LIVE community spent over 650 million hours online during the holiday season (12/14 -1/3), or more than a full 24 hour day for each of our 20 million members.
o The addition of new social features like Facebook, Twitter and 1080p instant on movies has been a huge success with nearly 10 million members utilizing entertainment content on Xbox LIVE.
o Over 1 million new friend connections have been made since the launch of Facebook on Xbox LIVE.
For 2010…
• As announced during the keynote, “Project Natal” will be hitting living rooms this holiday (2010). “Project Natal” – which will work with every Xbox 360 – ushers in an entirely new category of games and entertainment, turning YOU into the controller.
• 2010 will deliver our biggest line-up ever of exclusive blockbuster releases. Kicking off the first-half of the year with back-to-back Xbox 360 exclusives like Splinter Cell Conviction, Crackdown 2, Mass Effect 2, and Alan Wake. Our holiday line-up of games includes the highly anticipated Fable 3, followed by Halo Reach, which is expected to be the biggest title of 2010.
• With Xbox LIVE, we’re changing the face of social entertainment.
o A new Xbox LIVE experience, “Game Room,” will be the ultimate destination for reliving the glory days of the classic 1980s arcade. “Game Room” will offer a library of 30 original arcade and console classics including “Centipede®,” “Asteroids Deluxe®,” and “Super Cobra,” which are shown in their original cabinet designs. Buy once and play on both your Xbox 360 and Windows-based PC.
Black College Football Experience-The Doug Williams Edition for Xbox 360
Slated to hit the shelves nationally on September 1st—Black College Football Experience (BCFx) – The Doug Williams Edition for Xbox 360. The excitement experienced at HBCUs Black College Football games is unforgettable! So much so that this video game has now been developed in its honor.
The Grouch and Eligh “Fight The Good Fight” (Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Mixtape)
Capcom is releasing a free companion album/Mixtape for Marvel vs. Capcom 2 inspired by the game and featuring some of the hottest hip hop artists around. Here’s the first music video from the album. The Grouch and Eligh’s track “Fight the Good Fight”
ALEXISONFIRE FEATURED ON GUITAR HERO® WORLD TOUR OUT JULY 23
(Toronto, ON) – ALEXISONFIRE is featured on a three-song Track Pack available for Guitar Hero® World Tour on July 23. The Track Pack includes the Guitar Hero® downloadable content debut from the band. Featured is “Young Cardinals”, the first single from their fourth full-length album Old Crows / Young Cardinals, which debuted at #2 in Canada on the Top 200 Soundscan Chart. Old Crows / Young Cardinals was released on June 23 on Dine Alone in Canada, Australia, South Africa, and South East Asia, Vagrant in the US and RoadRunner in the rest of the world. The three-song Track Pack also includes a track from Thrice and Senses Fail, who are Alexisonfire label mates in the U.S. via Vagrant Records.
The Vagrant Records Track Pack will be available on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and on the PlayStation®Store for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. All three songs will be released as downloadable singles for Xbox 360®, the PLAYSTATION®3 system and Wii™.
Alexisonfire is appearing this summer on the Vans Warped Tour that runs from June 26 to August 23.
For more on Alexisonfire, visit www.theonlybandever.com and www.myspace.com/alexisonfire
