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Monkey! Bird! Pony! Snake! Goldfish. Microsoft is unleashing pets on the Xbox Live Avatar Marketplace today

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News: Pets for Xbox Live Avatars today (Eurogamer)

Major Nelson, updating us on a periodic Xbox Live purge — banhammering cheaters, pirates and other folks of ill-repute, though not 12-year-olds — reminds us of Microsoft’s official policy that if you buy a used Xbox 360 that’s been banned, you’re screwed.

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If You Buy A Used Xbox 360 That’s Been Banned, You’re Screwed (Gizmodo Australia)

Major Nelson, updating us on a periodic Xbox Live purge—banhammering cheaters, pirates and other folks of ill-repute, though not 12-year-olds—reminds us of Microsoft’s official policy

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Official Microsoft Policy: If You a Buy a Used Xbox 360 That’s Banned From Xbox Live, You’re Just Screwed [Xbox 360] (Gizmodo)

Not so fast — there are no plans for Blu-ray accessories for Xbox 360, says Xbox Live program manager Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb, clarifying yesterday’s widely-publicized comments from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. When asked about the possibility of a Blu-ray drive on the company’s video game console, Ballmer had replied: “I don’t know if we need to put Blu-ray in there – you’ll be able to get

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Microsoft: No Blu-Ray On Xbox 360, Despite Rumors (Gamasutra)

Xbox 360’s resident spokesman Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb wants you to know that the Xbox Live update preview program is now officially a go, with the first wave of registered participants getting automatically prompted to update upon sign-in (you should also receive an email, but apparently they’re behind on the notifications). More people are said to be getting the update “in the coming days

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Xbox Live update preview program now rolling out (Engadget)