Tue, Jun 15, 2010 | 14:02 BST
Xbox Live coming to nine new countries
Microsoft has announced that nine more countries are to join Xbox Live
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Russia and South Africa are the latest countries to be added to the line-up.
Up until now, these countries have been unable to take part in games online or use any of the consoles other online services, effectively leaving them with a console that is half as useful as it ought to be. Those nine countries can start celebrating though because they will soon be able to show their gaming skills off the World.
In an added bonus, Australia will soon be able to watch live television and video-on-demand programming on Xbox Live, thanks to a deal struck with cable TV provider FoxTell.
Thanks, Edge.
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Posted in: Brazil, E3 2010, Europe, Greece, Microsoft, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: New Service
17 comments
#1
mington
15/06/10, 2:12 pm
\o/ i can now poleax a polak on street fighter
#2
Bitchy
15/06/10, 2:14 pm
I’m from Czech Rep. and We are already on Xbox Live, but with UK or US accs. So Live is not new for us, we aren’t from Kongo
#3
fdelfino
15/06/10, 2:25 pm
Good for you Czech boy. Here in Brazil we don’t have Xbox Live and everyone cracks their 360′s so they can play pirated games. So I guess yes, we are in Kongo…
#4
LORANT92
15/06/10, 2:28 pm
Yes.
#5
DaMan
15/06/10, 2:34 pm
I’m playing on XBL using another country account, same as Mr Bitchy. don’t see why you couldn’t do that in Brazil too.
#6
theevilaires
15/06/10, 2:36 pm
Depending on where you live in Brazil I’d take the women and beaches there any day over XBOX LIVE.
#7
Psychotext
15/06/10, 2:48 pm
I had a Brazilian once…
…it hurt like hell and still hasn’t grown back properly.
#8
fdelfino
15/06/10, 2:55 pm
@6
I like the brazilian bitches too… ops, I mean BEACHES.
PS: I leve in the South, where the pretiest ones are.
#9
theevilaires
15/06/10, 3:03 pm
You lucky son of a beach
#10
aleFH
15/06/10, 3:40 pm
Bitches
#11
LordCancer
15/06/10, 3:46 pm
more lag… yay…
#12
JonFE
15/06/10, 4:07 pm
At -f@€&ing- last!!!
#13
theevilaires
15/06/10, 4:21 pm
more lag…..LMAO P2P servers FTW…oh wait!
#14
MushroomStamp
15/06/10, 4:45 pm
Wow, that shows just how little you know… You’re just another hater with no justification. I never experience lag on Live.
#15
theevilaires
15/06/10, 4:54 pm
Well I have in Gears2….G1GAHURTZ can vouch for me and don’t say its my connection. I can download a 4GB 1080P M2TS file in under 20 minutes on my connection.
#16
LordCancer
15/06/10, 4:59 pm
there is always lag especially if you play outside your country.
#17
G1GAHURTZ
15/06/10, 4:59 pm
There’s lag in every single online game, bar none.
It’s a simple fact of physics…