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Microsoft's Xbox Live service, which allows Xbox gamers to play against each other and download content over the internet, suffered ongoing problems over the holiday period. XBOX Live gamers have reported being unable to download a free game offered as compensation for network service interruptions due to more service ...

Xbox LIVE members around the world will be able to download the award-winning “Undertow” free of charge for a limited time. Beginning at 2:00 a.m. PST (10:00 GMT) Wednesday, January 23 and continuing through 11:59 p.m. PST on Sunday, January 27 (07:59 GMT on Monday, January 28), “Undertow” will be available free of charge on Xbox LIVE Arcade.

Due to delays in the completion of, we've had to change the release date of the game to Sunday, March 9th. I deeply apologize to the people who have looked forward to playing the game for so long and ask that you hold on just a little longer. Thank you for your patience.

Huge mainstream demand for video games over Christmas and a bumper year for Nintendo caused total games industry sales in 2007 to swell by almost 50 per cent over the previous year. Holiday sales were dominated by the Nintendo DS handheld and the Nintendo Wii sold more units than the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 (PS3), but retailers say 2007 was unique in that all of the games systems on the market performed extremely well. Market watcher GfK today announced total games industry sales hit $1.3 billion in 2007, an increase of 43.6 per cent over 2006.

Cheats are unlocked not by inserting passwords, but by acquiring the thirty Intel Pieces strewn throughout the game. The more of them you collect, the more cheats you can access. On the left are the number of Intel Pieces collected, and on the right are the cheats that are unlocked, with an explanation of what each does. 2 - "CoD Noir" Play the game in black and white. 4 - "Photo-Negative" Game colors become inverted. 6 - "Super Contrast" Game's contrast increases. 8 - "Ragtime Warfare" The game feels like an old silent movie. 10 - "Cluster Bombs" One frag grenade thrown equals five in explosion. 15 - "A Bad Year" Enemies explode into tires when shot. 20 - "Slow-Mo Ability" Game plays at 40% normal speed. 30 - "Infinite Ammo" Just what it says.

I'm pretty sure if you lived long enough till today, you will have played at least one of the these top 10 best selling game franchises. Ready to count? Here we go...

As you know Call of Duty 4 was the biggest and best game for the xbox 360 in 2007. Well if you have played the multiplayer, chances are you haven't done as well as you should have? Why? Because your rank is low.