The Xbox team has released a new mandatory update that you must install in order to connect to Xbox LIVE. The update apparently contains a code to “prepare for future growth of the service“. That is all the update does. It does not present any new features.

The list of most played games across Xbox LIVE.
Source: Major Nelson
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Xbox 360 Top Live Titles
1 Halo 3
2 Call of Duty 4
3 GTA IV
4 Gears of War
5 Guitar Hero III
6 Rock Band
7 Battlefield: Bad Company
8 SOULCALIBUR IV
9 Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2
10 Geometry Wars Evolved²
Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions)
1 Geometry Wars Evolved²
2 1942: Joint Strike
3 UNO
4 SOULCALIBUR
5 N+
6 Golf: Tee It Up!
7 DOOM
8 Marble Blast Ultra
9 Worms
10 Texas Hold ‘em
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Original Xbox Top Live Titles
1 Halo 2
2 Star Wars: Battlfrnt 2
3 Fable
4 Counter-Strike
5 Fable: Lost Chapters
6 Splinter Cell Chaos
7 Doom 3
8 Conker: Live Reloaded
9 Battlefield 2: MC
10 Call of Duty 3
The demo for the action game Alone in the Dark has been released in the Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
Inspired by the gripping style of contemporary TV dramas, Alone In The Dark delivers a new degree of narrative intensity, presented as a complete season format of episodes each containing action, twists, and cliff-hangers. Bursting with innovative technology including unprecedented environmental interaction, revolutionary physics, stunning visuals, uniquely immersive user interface, and DVD-style chapter select, Alone in the Dark breaks gaming clichés to fulfil the next-gen promise and change what you expect from action games.

Central Park is hiding a secret. Built as a safe haven not for the people of New York but for something else entirely, the vast parkland has been protected by generations of guardians while the most expensive city in the world reached skyward on its fringes. Now the truth can no longer be contained, and paranormal investigator Edward Carnby finds himself inexplicably cast into the eye of the storm as over the course of one apocalyptic night he must uncover the earth-shattering secret behind Central Park. New York will never be the same again.
The demo is 1.35GBs.
Image Source: Playfuls
Rockstar Games has just released a new trailer for their upcoming racer: Midnight Club: Los Angeles.
Race through Rockstar San Diego’s beautiful, meticulously detailed Los Angeles
at breakneck speeds – with no tracks and no load times. All of the hallmarks
that the Midnight Club series has pioneered and become synonymous with –
open city street racing, super fun and shockingly fast driving mechanics,
an incredible selection of licensed aspirational cars and bikes, deep customization,
addictive online multiplayer modes, and more – evolved and supercharged. MC: LA is set to hit the stores on October 7th for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 systems.
Below is a tutorial that show you how to get Free Nexon (NX) Cash. That means you don’t have to waste money anymore on NX Cash!

TUTORIAL
1: Visit this website and click the Sign Up link on the left.
2: Complete all the fields with your correct information. You must use your real e-mail because that is where your NX Cash code is going to be sent to.
3: Once you have signed up and confirmed your email, login at Rewards1.
4: Once you are logged in, click the Available Offers link on the left and select any survey and complete it. Most of the surveys present only take a 2-3 minutes to complete. When completing surveys, do not use your real information (address, e-mail, phone e.t.c.)
HINT: Go for the highest paying surveys (surveys that offer the most points). You will get your Nexon Cash faster as you will have more points.
5: Fill out as many surveys as you can. Don’t do them all at once. Do a couple during TV commercials or otherwise it will get boring. Some surveys credit you with your points immediately, whereas others may take a day for it to credit you. To get $10 Nexon Cash, it will take you around 15 minutes and 4 surveys! So for doing 4 simple, dumb and fast surveys, you get $10 NX Cash!
6: Once you have enough points, go to Available Prizes on the left, click Online, find NX Cash and click Request This Prize. And that’s it! Free Nexon Cash!
For proof, click here.
For Free Microsoft Points, click here.
EA has just released a new trailer for their upcoming Shooter, Dead Space.
Game Information
When an immense mining ship, the USG Ishimura, comes into contact with a mysterious alien artifact in Dead Space, its communications with Earth are mysteriously cut off. Engineer Isaac Clarke is sent to repair the Ishimura’s communications array, but he arrives to find a living nightmare—the ship is a floating bloodbath, the crew unspeakably mutilated and infected by an ancient alien scourge. Clarke’s repair mission becomes one of survival as he fights not just to save himself, but to return the artifact to the planet … at any cost.
Xbox 360 Top Live Titles
1 Halo 3
2 Call of Duty 4
3 GTA IV
4 Gears of War
5 Guitar Hero III
6 Rock Band
7 Too Human Demo
8 Battlefield: Bad Company
9 Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2
10 FIFA 08
Top Arcade Titles
1 Golf: Tee It Up!
2 SOULCALIBUR
3 UNO
4 DOOM
5 Worms
6 Schizoid
7 N+
8 Geometry Wars Evolved
9 Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3
10 Coffeetime Crosswords
The above arcade list is based on full versions purchased.
Original Xbox Top Live Titles
1 Halo 2
2 Star Wars: Battlfrnt 2
3 Fable
4 Counter-Strike
5 Battlefield 2: MC
6 Call of Duty 3
7 Street Fighter Anniv.
8 Fable: Lost Chapters
9 Splinter Cell Chaos
10 Guilty Gear XX #Reload
The biggest change from the previous LIVE Activities is Halo 3 has overtaken Call of Duty 4!
Xbox LIVE (or just LIVE) is now free for Windows games that are compatible for LIVE. You will not need to pay to play online for Windows LIVE games such as Gears of War and Shadowrun.

For more information, click here.
Valve has released a preview of their box art for their upcoming Survival Horror game, Left 4 Dead.
Click picture for full-size.
GAME INFO:
Left 4 Dead is played in first person perspective, with full visualization of the player character’s body. Up to four players take control of the four main characters of the game, “The Survivors”, who play through the levels fighting off the Infected, which are humans who have been infected with a mutated form of rabies. Survivors can also be AI-controlled bots. Left 4 Dead is focused on cooperation and teamplay for players of the Survivors. Colored outlines that are visible through walls help players stick together and coordinate their movement. Survivors can be knocked down by Infected and can only get up again with the help of a friend. Certain special attacks also require assistance to get out of. Survivors can share health packs and help each other heal. However, Left 4 Dead has full friendly fire that can’t be switched off, but the damage caused is less for already injured Survivors.


