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Last.fm on XBL: free to gold subscribers, 3 hours per month for others

Microsoft announced at their E3 keynote last month that Last.fm would be coming to Xbox Live. Joystiq is working on an interview with key players at both Last.fm and Microsoft to bring you more details about the collaboration soon. However, they can share one tidbit: today Joystiq spoke with Christina DeRosa, a general manager for XBL, and she let them know who the service will be available to.

"Silver users will be able access what we're considering a trial period of three hours a month, which comes with video advertising. Gold users will have unlimited ad-supported access, so they can use it 24 hours a day. There will also be a premium offering on a subscription basis from Last.fm, that will be commercial free and will also have more sophisticated personalization features, like Loved Tracks."

Sonyslave35417d ago (Edited 5417d ago )

Gold members FTW

XBox 360 just keep getting better and better.

MGOelite5417d ago

ps3 has vidzone, free to ANYONE with over 10,000 tracks and will be updated and vidzone is currently out unlike last fm

i would call that a win

MGOelite5416d ago

lol at the 4 disagrees, cant argue with facts...

Gamer_Politics5416d ago (Edited 5416d ago )

its always some sony fanboy that gets jealous because XBL is getting all new features

MGOelite5416d ago

lol wtf are you smoking? psn has had this feature for about a month now and its free to anyone, and you call me a fanboy?

MGOelite5416d ago

wow more bots disagreeing facts, more disgruntled fanboys i see

Stryfeno25416d ago

We do not care if you right or wrong...We just won't you to stop making a new account every 10 seconds, Nasim.

Grown Folks Talk5416d ago

I can't use it on my PS3 here in Nebraska.

JasonPC360PS3Wii5416d ago (Edited 5416d ago )

Can you listen to any of that while playing a game Nasim? how about listen to anything playing a game while in constant voice chat with anyone doing anything on the PS3?

No?

Thats because only the 360 can do that

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I did not murder him5417d ago

Good for silver members. Give them a taste of the paid version.

Godmars2905416d ago

They could just listen to it for free off of a PC...

And how is that suppose to make 360 owners w/online get a Gold account?

sukru5416d ago

... it's a little bit short. since there will already be ads, 3 hours per *day* would be more meaningful.

MriownBOTH5416d ago

id be upset if so did nothing new to the psn also.....no psn e3 announcements make me sad :(

jdktech20105416d ago

Just a thought....maybe they would get Live to play games on or watch movies ....I seriously doubt Microsoft is selling last.fm as a live seller......Keep on grasping at straws man...it's getting entertaining

I did not murder him5416d ago

1.1 is being belligerent replying to all my comments in the 360 section(LOOK UP THE MEANING BEFORE YOU DELETE THE COMMENT PLEASE)

Maybe we can listen while playing games on our sound systems who know but I do know this guy always makes efforts to down play 360 news.

xwabbit5416d ago (Edited 5416d ago )

Gewd, sounds nice

Plz i did not lol, ur the saddest person in n4g with ur multiple accounts. You rank #1 in fb territory, He said maybe the truth and asked a question, how is that downplaying it ? Get help bro and click my disagree button how many times to look like I'm wrong ?

Any 1 just needs to look at the first 2 pages of ur comment history to know how bad u have it, try to get all the consoles and enjoy them all instead of choosing just 1 and adoring it, its not rlly healthy.

Edit: must feel nice agreeing with ur self huh lol kid plz. Say w/e u want 2 feel betta

I did not murder him5416d ago (Edited 5416d ago )

^^
Sure fanboy is you say so. He was asking a stupid ass question. he always twists my meaning so he can call me out much like the way you do ;)

"Give them a taste of the paid version."

Last.fm is just part of what Gold members will be getting.

Nothing worse than a troll coming into 360 news and attacking you for making very simple comments.

Ausbo5416d ago

I did not murder him might be a fanboy, but this is a 360 news section so he is where he should be. He isn't like the thousands of ps3 fanboys who troll the 360 news. You would be ignorant to believe he is the biggest fanboy when people are out there saying xbox has no games or that live sucks. Both systems are great and have thier pros and cons

Guitarded5416d ago

if the fish don't bite, the fisherman(or master baiter)goes away.

Bnet3435416d ago

I got Gold so I got nothing to worry about. I honestly don't care about last.fm though, but whatever.

IdleLeeSiuLung5416d ago

Cool, 3-hour free for silver and free for Gold.... That's pretty good in my book.

AAACE55416d ago

I kind of frowned when they announced Last.fm, but now I am looking at it as a way to hear music that I never would have looked at! At a used CD store I go to, they play randon disc, and occasionally I hear something and I gotta get it.

I am hoping Last.fm will do the same.

talltony5416d ago

will be great only if I can listen ingame.

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Raoh5417d ago

Pandora.com on ps3

free to all

Godmars2905416d ago

Okay, the disagrees here are just plain stupid.

MriownBOTH5416d ago

yeah it is free.....but sad thing is it crashes all the time....ps3 browser sucks.....and will you be able to listen to music in your crappy browser while playing a game....nope you fail

talltony5416d ago

the ps3 browser doesnt suck. Hello internet on your bigscreen?

Sonyslave35416d ago

ahahahah look at the playslaves lol they trying so hard.

-MD-5416d ago

They are trying particularly hard in this thread lol.

Godmars2905416d ago

Oh yes,

A free service is being dolled out in limited amounts to get people to get a paid service.

If it were a plot hole you could drop the Queen Mary II into it...

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Pacific Rim Pinball comes to Pinball FX

This could be fun as they make great tables. Go big or go extinct. Prime your senses for a neural handshake and step into the cockpit of a Jaeger. It is on you to cancel the apocalypse when Pacific Rim Pinball comes to Pinball FX on May 16.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies3d ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken3d ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing694d ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker4d ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing694d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt3d ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken3d ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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6 Fun Games Where You Actually Play As The Bad Guy

While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.

Profchaos4d ago

Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.

It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny

Tacoboto4d ago

Armored Core VI?

Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.

Is something big coming soon to branch the story?

banger884d ago

No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).

ChasterMies4d ago

Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.