Xbox 360 unveils a 72 Hour Line Up of Unmissable Entertainment this we Options

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Xbox 360 unveils a 72 Hour Line Up of Unmissable Entertainment this weekend Posted by XanTium | November 25 14:08 EST | News Category: Xbox360

From the press release: [QUOTE] Xbox 360 proudly presents Xtival - a three day non-stop party available to all Xbox 360 owners from midday on 28th-30th November, via Xbox LIVE. Xtival will showcase 72 hours of EXCLUSIVE entertainment, including music, movies and games direct to your living room. Kicking off the festival on Friday will be renowned British band The Prodigy. Marking a triumphant return to the spotlight, the band are offering an exclusive downloadable HD video of the title track from their new album,"Invaders Must Die", ahead of its official March 2009 release."This is the first time our fans will be able to download exclusive material from the new album, and we are glad to be part of the Xtival weekend," said The Prodigy's Liam Howlett. Britain's biggest rock n roll band Oasis will be headlining the virtual festival on Saturday 29th November. Fans of the band will be able to download three songs from their No 1 album'Dig Out Your Soul', for Guitar Hero World Tour, available exclusively on Xbox LIVE for a limited time. Closing the festival on Sunday will be Brit Award Winners Franz Ferdinand, who'll be treating music fans to the video of the first single from their new album, ahead of its January 2009 release. But Xtival will also offer more than just music; it offers a whole range of entertainment, HD movies, competitions and gaming tournaments all delivered straight to your Xbox 360 console. Film fans will be treated to exclusive content from 2009's biggest cult movie"The Watchman," with Xbox LIVE Video Store offering 7'Webisodes' from director, Zack Snyder's website, all available for free and in High Definition during Xtival and beyond. Cancel your plans and block out your diaries - Xtival is your chance to round up all your mates, hang out for 3 days and experience the very best in digital entertainment- all brought to you by Xbox 360. For more details on Xtival and how to win some fantastic prizes, including the chance to chat with The Prodigy, please visit www.xbox.com/xtival08 [/QUOTE]

[metalcoat]

Thats great I'm leaving this weekend, will i still be able to get at these on Sunday night I wonder?

[Illrigger]

Xtival? How do you pronounce that?

[Reaper527]

Xtival? How do you pronounce that?

"Ex + tival"

maybe this is my youth talking, but none of that music is of any interest to me at all the watchmen stuff sounds pretty cool though

This post has been edited by Reaper527: Nov 25 2008, 10:00 PM

[pinkerton]

Cue the next ban wave.......

[g8crapachino]

Cue the next ban wave.......

Yeah, that's right. They're going to go through all that trouble just to catch the minority of people who are stupid enough to play online with modded boxes.

[K1LLERHORNET]

Cue the next ban wave.......

ummm, why?


if true, good thing i've gone semi-legit

[PaddyPat]

unmissable......right......and this changes the entertainment industry somehow? They could have just paid for a tv channel and broadcast it like that, like everybody else does it

[InajaD]

And who said anything about changing the entertainment industry? No one! They're doing this as a bonus to live customers. I know ill take advantage of most of it (the watchmen for sure!) And who doesn't want to enjoy a free bonus weekend can just keep their boxes off!
Peace!

[utopaline]

lovin it, I'll be there...when I'm not working



Uto

[BasicAir]

Anyone else extremely underwhelmed about this?

I clicked on this RSS headline off my Google custom home page thinking it'd be some great news.

Unfortunately, this sounds very stupid. Don't get me wrong, the bands aren't stupid, but this "offering" by MS is practically nothing and to call it both "unmissable" and an "event" is misleading. Even for music fans like me, this is maybe a 2 on a scale of 10 in terms of excitement.

*yawn*

[dokworm]

My 360 no longer displays any picture on screen since the NXE update, either via VGA, composite or component.

Oh well, if I can guess the clicks involved I could still listen to it I guess.

[tom_mandory]

www.xbox.com/xtival08
redirects me to
http://www.xbox.com/en-AU/xtival08
then says
"page not found"

Can I assume that this "three day non-stop party available to all Xbox 360 owners " is USA only?

[AcidPenguiN]

with the all British lineup, I was operating under the assumption that this was a UK only Xtival.

[Knasen]

www.xbox.com/xtival08
redirects me to
http://www.xbox.com/en-AU/xtival08
then says
"page not found"

www.xbox.com/xtival08 redirects me to www.xbox.com/en-US/xtival08 which gives me a "page not found" also.

On the whole I must say that I'm not that interested in this "event" anyway.

This post has been edited by Knasen: Nov 26 2008, 07:23 PM