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Xbox Live showed the gaming world how to do online properly
Widely acknowledged as a and ease of use - especially when compared to PS2's dismal last-gen Central Station offering - that four million people were using its Xbox 360 Live service in some way or anothe🐠r and that 70% of connected users had downloaded content from the service.

Xbox died a silent death
Following our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:report in June that Xbox had ceased production as early as July 2005 - at least in part due to its inability to make a profit - theᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ closure of The Official Xbox magazine after its October issue signified the end of a rather short era in video💎games history. Meanwhile, Xbox World 360 magazine carried its final significant Xbox review, Vivendi's Scarface: The World is Yours, awarding it four 'wreaths' out of five. And with that, Xbox was but a distant memory.

Above: Not all gamers are geeks, the BAFTA presenters stressed, introducing us to a room full of baggy-T-shirt wearing stereotypes

that she didn't like games and was only there for the money. And secondly, the that pronounced games weren't just for geeks, before cutting to a room full of geeks at a LAN party. A✱nd we say geeks affectionately because, geeks or no geeks, we were clever enough to see through this car crash of an award ceremony.

The PS3 launch line-up was revealed
Well, for America and Japan anyway. For the UK launch we were able to add a few more games to the list that wouldn't be ready in time for November. Most notable in a fairly uninspiring sea of multiformat rehashes were the PS3 exclusive 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Resistance: Fall of Man and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ridge Racer 7, which unsurprisingly turned out to be the most critically acclaimed of th✤e launch titles.

Above: Not all gamers are geeks, the BAFTA presenters stressed, introducing us to a room full of baggy-T-shirt wearing stereotypes

The videogame BAFTAs went terribly wrong
The 2006 videogame BAFTAS will be forever remembered for two heinous crimes against games. First, when a bunged-up blonde presenter admitted that she𝓰 didn't like games and was only there for the money. And secondly, the that pronounced games weren't just for geeks, before cutting to a room full of geeks at a LAN party. And we say geeks affectionately because, geeks or no geeks, we were clever enough to see through this car crash of an award ceremony.

The PS3 launch line-up was revealed
Well, for America and Japan anyway. For the UK launch we were able to add a few more games to the list that wouldn't be ready in time for November. Most notable in a fairly uninspiring sea of multiformat rehashes were the PS3 exclusive澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Resistance: Fall of Manand澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ridge Racer 7, which unsurprisingly turned out t𒊎o be the most critically acclaimed of the launch titles🧔.