Adding to the soon to be boastful list of applications on the new Xbox 360 dashboard are the following. Most are only available in certain countries so be sure to read carefully before you get to excited. Today we received: • blinkbox - UK • iHeartRadio - US • MSN Video - Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Mexico and UK) • MSNBC.com - US • MUZU.TV Belgium, Denmark, Finland, ... more.

Announced via Major Nelson's official website the following is the schedule for the Xbox LIVE Marketplace.  Including game add ons and the upcoming deal of the week for those who are interested. Enjoy. Game Add-ons Release Date MS Points Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Map Pack Nov-16 1200 Saints Row: The Third Season Pass Nov-15 1600 Need for Speed: The Run Tim... more.

Earlier today Ubisoft announced "Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012" exclusively on Kinect for Xbox360 which will go on sale this Friday (November 11th 2011 in the UK). The game will feature over 90 hours of interactive gameplay and over 60 new moves for the 'most convenient at-home fitness activities for everyone'.  The intense workouts include activities such as cardio boxing, boot camps and floo... more.

Fans of Swedish studio Avalanche's Just Cause franchise may find themselves creating yet more revolutionary chaos sooner than they thought, if Xbox World magazine are to be believed. CVG reports the magazine's rumour section as claiming:     Our spies say devs Avalanche are hard at work as we speak, and that it's set for release next year Just Cause 2 topped the UK charts when it... more.

It's Tuesday, and that can only mean one thing. Time for the Xbox Live 'Deal of the Week'. This week is all about the Dead Rising franchise, with three offers on spanning three games. First up, we have the original Dead Rising from the games on demand service discounted from £19.99 to £14.99. To be perfectly honest, you can find it cheaper in the shops. But then you'd have to leave the hou... more.

The forthcoming XBox Live Arcade version of Mojang's wildly successful Minecraft has, according to Microsoft Game Studios, been put back from  its late 2011 release date to Spring 2012, Eurogamer have reported. But, any devotees attending the first ever MineCon in November will have the opportunity to play the XBox version ahead of the rest of the world. Original Minecraft developers Mojan... more.

EA Sports community manager Romily Broad revealed a new update for the recently released FIFA 12 on their latest FIFA podcast. Romily is quoted in saying: "Two or three weeks from now the first patch will happen and that's going to make big corrections to some of the things that are bothering people the most," "We're going to be doing this constantly, with our thumbs in the middle of the co... more.

"What?" is probably what you just asked yourself. Well, I'll explain: An upcoming application for Windows Phone devices called the "Xbox Companion" app will let you use the actual phone as a remote control-of sorts; you'll be able to find content, learn more about what you are watching and control playback as easily as using your controller. The Windows Blog team posted further examples of w... more.

For those of us who have always wanted to dress our Xbox 360 Avatars up in the garments of the 'The Dark Knight", now is our chance. You know you want to. You can now purchase Batman: Arkham City clothing and accessories for your Avatar in the Marketplace ranging from 400 to 80 Microsoft points. You can buy the full body suits of Batman, Robin, Cat-Woman, The Joker and Harley Quinn for 400 M... more.

Coming to XBLA, PSN and of course Steam is Valve's newly announced Counter Strike game dubbed Counter Strike: Global Offensive. The announcement was hinted at yesterday with a post from Valve employee 'cliffe' on this Steam forum thread but today Valve confirmed the games existence. Valve have been rather careful with GO making sure it's not mistaken for Counter Strike 2 calling it "a multi-pla... more.

You may have already guessed that the Penguin's voice in the ComicCon trailer for Batman: Arkham City is none-other than Nolan North, the man who portrayed Nathan Drake (Uncharted series), Deadpool (Marvel vs. Capcom 3) and pretty much everyone else recently (I may be exaggerating). I'm not complaining, the man knows his voice better than the back of his hand although out of everyone in the ga... more.

Earlier today Microsoft announced that they are giving away a total of one million Microsoft Points to celebrate Games for Windows, Xbox.com, and Games for Windows Marketplace becoming a single product. If you're one of the lucky 2,500 customers to make a Games for Windows online purchase between now and August 1st, you will receive an e-mail code for 400 free Microsoft Points. That's an impres... more.

The details of the Batman: Arkham City collectors edition were announced last night and it includes a statue of the Bat himself designed by Kotobukiya, the same people who created the Dead Or Alive statues. The $99 package also includes a collectible art book, an album of music inspired by the game, a Dark Knight Returns skin, a copy of the Batman: Gotham Knight animated movie as well as ac... more.

Bethesda have announced that the third Fallout: New Vegas DLC, Old World Blues, will be released on July 19th on Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC. Along with this information, the also released a screenshot (below). The content will be available on the Xbox Live Marketplace (800 Microsoft Points), PSN, Steam and Direct2Drive (£7.99). ... more.

Microsoft have released some very impressive Gears of War 3 Beta statistics. To the delight of Epic, gamers managed to surpass the goal of 1 million players over the course of the four weeks. Here is a breakdown of the stats: 1.29 million people participated in the Gears of War 3 beta. 145 different countries participated in the beta. 249 years worth of matches played. More than 11 million... more.

A "trusted source" has told journalism giant IGN that Microsoft will be allowing free-to-play (F2P) games from next year. This means that developers and publishers will be allowed to release games for free using the Xbox Live service, and then provide users with the ability to purchase extra content (for example clothes, weapons, currency). Though this will be a new feature for console gaming, at ... more.