360 Dash Update Coming Tuesday

November 12, 2009

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Those of you who weren’t lucky enough to get in the Xbox 360 Preview Program haven’t been able to play with Twitter, Facebook, and Last.FM integration on your console for the past few weeks. Trust me, you aren’t missing much. But in case you can’t live without these new features, the update will go live this coming Tuesday, November 17th.

We’ve been playing around with the update for a while, and it’s just okay for me. I fired up Facebook and Twitter once each, but have used Last.FM quite a bit. Not a bad update, but nothing as big as when we first got Netflix on the 360.

Spare yourself from some Modern Warfare 2 action this coming Tuesday and grab the update. You know you want to stalk people on Facebook on your living room TV.

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Impressions: Xbox Live Update

October 26, 2009

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Networking communities these days harp on and on about the closeness of their members.  There are so many out there on the internet that it’s hard to distinguish which ones are which? Well, I guess that’s only true if you were to ask anyone over the age of 40.  It doesn’t matter whether the community is your lame ass company putt-putt tournament featured on ESPN 4, or online friend communities like Myspace and Facebook, they all try to bring people closer together (and even some people you don’t want to).  Yep, I’m talking about Herbie “Pervy” in Accounts Recieveable.

Microsoft is set to add content from the Facebook and Twitter communities for Gold members of Xbox Live hoping to tap in to even more communities.  Also in for the update is the addition of an online music service called Last.FM and a new HD streaming service in the Zune Marketplace.  I happened to do the last write-up on the other major update to the NXE here, and I’m doing it again since I got into the preview program. Hit the jump for more »

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Axel & Pixel XBLA Twitter Giveaway

October 15, 2009

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Want some free stuff? Sure you do! We’ve got three copies of Axel & Pixel for XBLA that we’re giving away later today on Twitter. Make sure you’re following @lootninja for your chance to win!

The giveaway will be between noon and 5pm ET. We’ll give away the three codes during that time, so make sure you’re ready. It’ll be a mix of trivia questions and just giving you the code.

We want to thank 2K for hooking up the codes to give you guys for this giveaway! Hope you guys enjoy!

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Giveaway: Call of Duty World at War Map Pack 2

June 12, 2009

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Who doesn’t want some free shit? Thanks to Activision, we have a code for the Xbox 360 version of Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 2. It could be yours!

I’ll be giving the code away later today on Twitter, between the hours of 4pm and 6pm ET. Follow my Twitter account @mattbanks for a chance to win. While you’re at it, make sure to follow @lootninja!

Steve is playing the hell out of the maps, so you can expect our no holds barred review early next week. For now, try to win the maps yourself to celebrate the weekend.

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E309: For all the Latest, Follow Our Twitter

June 1, 2009

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If you want to keep updated on everything going down at E3, make sure to follow our Twitter accounts. The main account, @lootninja, will have everything we post here on the site.

If you want some in-the-trenches and behind the scenes things, make sure to follow me, @mattbanks, where I’ll be posting images and thoughts from the show floor and all the press events.

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New Loot Ninja Twitter Account

March 29, 2009

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Up until now, all of our posts were being fed into my Twitter account (@mattbanks). Today, we’re launching a standalone Loot Ninja Twitter account, @lootninja. Make sure to follow this account so get our latest news, reviews, contests, and all kinds of other goodies.

We’ll be using that account for some cool giveaways in the future, so make sure to add it to your follow list right away :)

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A List of Video Game Companies on Twitter

January 12, 2009

Twitter is a great way to stay connected.  Many companies have recently started taking part in the trend, offering deals and giveaways through their tweets along with anything else they care to share.  The difficulty can be finding everyone and everything without missing out on that special video game industry head honcho who has conveniently eluded you all of this time.

Don’t worry because Sam Houston has your back.  He has compiled a list of important people in the gaming industry along with their official title and their Twitter names.  The list has been growing quite rapidly and seems to be the best source of it’s kind out there.  Why didn’t anyone think of this before?

Check out the link below to see the ever expanding list and don’t forget to check out our Twitter.  I am certain by now all of you have seen the link to it conveniently located on the right hand side of the page just below the Podcast and directly above the top commentators?  No?  Ok, enough of the shameless plugs.

[Via qforq.com]

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Follow Us on Twitter

September 3, 2008

If you’re keen to know exactly what we’re doing at all times, you can follow us on Twitter. Right now, I’m posting everything, but we’ll all be updating a full Loot Ninja account soon.

Check it out here.

Because when you want to stalk someone, you need to know everything.

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