I played the Demo and loved it, then bought the full game and it's even more fun there's about 15 levels, characters and items to collect and the online is quite good if you can find a server. It is generally the same as in the demo except you can start rolling up buildings and people and cars, then moving higher up onto countries and clouds and planets, eventually making your way into space where you roll up stars and galaxies. It is extremely fun to play and a brilliant stress reliever, though unless you plan on searching for all the hidden stuff it doesn't last long, though the replay value is really high.

I've got one of the original premium 360's, so I am without a HDMI socket. I'm currently running it through a componant cable to get the best HD picture I can get.

However I have just been told about a HDMI cable converter for the older 360's. My question is, as it's a converter, would it still display the same quality picture as if it was a normal HDMI socket, and is the difference between HDMI & componant noticable?

alright bois

I'm trying to sign up a friend to xbox live which was all done and dusted but it says some rubbish on the Halo 3 matchmaking screen about having multiplayer premissions for him to play? It's only a the free silver membership which might have something to do with it, although my account was silver for a month and I had no problems? ANY IDEAs?

I signed up for one months subscription ages ago but it turns out that it's rolling, and I've just checked it on the website, confirmed what I already knew. However, it doesn't give me the option to unsubscribe. Anyone know how?

Anyone?

Youll have to phone them up and speak to a lovely, helpful Indian person who can hardly speak English. 0800 587 1102 is the number for customer support.

Use a prepay card. No annoying calls to make.

So hang on after my free trial i need to phone some women, cause i would much rather just get a code and get years subscription.

Welcome to Rip-Off Britain, where once again we are denied the superior service afforded our American counterparts: Read it and quake with envy

So i'll be getting paid my first full pay packet from work at the end of the month and i'm thinking as a treat, i'll buy myself an Xbox 360 Elite.

Now people have tried to sway my opinion and get me to buy a PS3 and i feel in a tight situation. I am leaning towards 360 more because i have more friends that have it and family in America also. So playing online with them sounds alot more appealing than the couple of friends i do on PS3.

My main gripe with a 360 is the fact you have to pay for Live. £40 a year isnt much but its just a spot of bother on my mind as i dont have to pay for online services on the Wii and wouldnt on the PS3 either. Plus i heard 360's dont have a built in WiFi picker-upper (whatever its called)

So what i ask of you guys is persuade me that 360 is the way to go, give me positives and negatives and if you want to be a real diamond, point me in the direction of the best deal available.

Cheers for any of your help guys and with any luck i'll be playing you online soon

I would tell you to go for the 360 purely because there are more people online on it that you want to play against. The online shit is the way forward; you'll be doing a lot of it so I think it's a good thing to base your decision on.

Howcome you want the Elite, though? The Premium should easily be enough unless you have a particularly good reason for needing the bigger Elite? The hard drive is still pretty sizeable on the Premium...

I ask because opting for the Premium would offset the cost of buying Xbox Live and a wireless connector for the Xbox (might even still work out cheaper than the PS3)...

Just set up a FIFA league. I reckon International teams would be a good way to go to start off with.

League name: UKFF
Password: ukff2008

Also, Play.com do a great deal for £50. You get the XBOX Live Gold for 12 months + Headset + Webcam + 200 points + 2 shitty arcade games.

Bargain!!

Ok sorry, I just realised they've taken it off sale. It may however be on other sites? It was a hell of a deal.

Look on Ebay for the subscription. There a guy who sells them on there for 28 quid (I think). He emails you the code instantly as well.

Xbox LIVE updates

• Option to delay sign-in to Xbox LIVE upon booting console (to allow user to set Online Status).

• Option to promote Child Account from Family Settings.

• Disallow Child Accounts (over 18) to override Family Settings by launching Privacy Settings through a title.

• Option in Family Settings for Child Accounts to enable child-oriented/non-mature advertisements.

• Introduce a group chat (4) for Private Chat and conferences through Video Chat.

• Support to indicate media being watched to gamercard status (video content from Marketplace only).

• Extend height for Bio field in Personal Profile, easier navigation through text.

• More fields present in Personal Profile - recent achievements, interests, games, movies, links, custom section.

• Compact Personal Profile for new fields (navigating to field will open it up).

• Mandatory option to delete duplicate titles from gamercard (excludes Games for Windows - LIVE). User disconnected from Xbox LIVE when booting any title until action complete.

• Option to remove payment information from gamertag.

• New payment methods for international users.

• Download History on Account Management better organized - games, genre, type, download date, miscellaneous.

• Long descriptions of items on Marketplace can be scrolled using right stick.

• Better organization of free content on Marketplace.

• Option to 'ping' when testing connection.

• Allow re-connection to Xbox LIVE if Ethernet cable is re-inserted whilst powered on.

• New strip colors available to developers, staff gamercards.

• New corner icon available to ambassadors.

• Re-introduce Messages button for Inside Xbox updates only.

• Option to store up to 10 messages permanently on server (excludes invites, status messages).

• Increase character limit for text messages between friends only.

• Option to disable invites from non-friends or all players.

• Option to disable invites from titles not on gamercard (excludes demos).

• Option to have smaller items moved up in Active Downloads.

• Automatically re-connect to Xbox LIVE if disconnected unexpectedly (set intervals).

• Option to download gamer picture (if available) from a gamercard being viewed.

• Display random tips to replace static text on Xbox LIVE and Games blades.

• New button on Marketplace for optional dashboard features - uses Storage Device memory.

• Option to donate Microsoft Points to anybody with a Windows Live ID.

• Option to purchase Membership for charities (includes benefits).

• Integrate file-sharing for selected titles on Xbox LIVE and Games for Windows - LIVE.

• Disable notifications to friends of user repeatedly signing into service (set period).

• Option to see 'snippet' of text message in notification.

• Windows Live Mail integration - includes support for Xbox LIVE Vision.

• Web feeds integration - text, images, audio. Includes support for specific item codes on Marketplace.

• Option to display gamer picture or standard picture as display picture in Windows Live Messenger.

• Support for headset, Xbox LIVE Vision in Windows Live Messenger.

• Support for limited 'winks' that display on dashboard interface. Option to disable 'winks' and 'nudges' added.

• Notifications separate from Windows Live Messenger to Xbox 360 notifications.

• Disable multiple languages from being used in any Xbox LIVE editable fields.

Games

• Option to delete titles from gamercard with 0 gamerscore and 0 achievements (excludes some titles that will be re-added to launch another title).

• Organize My Games at the Games Library section better (includes disc-based titles) - sort by genre, platform (Games for Windows - LIVE), percentage completion.

• Support to display friends leaderboards for disc-based titles.

• Show dates of an achievement unlocked when comparing.

• Preload Games Library upon dashboard bootup for faster access.

• Game updates now shown as items in Memory, increased amount of updates on Storage Device.

• Option to delete game updates, removed 'cheat code' as no longer needed.

• Support for more titles to display banner when accessing guide in-game.

• Option to re-introduce awarded gamer pictures from titles that do not have their own re-introduce feature (requires saved game).

• Disable gamer pictures from being awarded from trials.

• Support for titles to store installation data on Storage Device for faster loading.

• Synchronization to achievements offline/online that were deleted and then re-added from developers.

Media

• Option to hold LT and RT for rewinding/fast-forwarding video content.

• Option to delete individual music tracks from storage device.

• Option to rip music CD at different quality.

• Copy non-protected files (pictures, music, videos) from USB storage devices, CDs and computers to proprietary storage devices.

• Support for menu, top-menu features on video content downloaded from Marketplace.

• Section added for audio delivered through feeds (podcasts). Option to stream, download to Storage Device.

• Support added for video titles/description to gamercard status.

Dashboard/Miscellaneous

• Option to navigate quickly out of several menus back to respective blade home (applies to Games, Media, System).

• New blade trim styles added.

• Introduce expanded Inside Xbox as a portal to news, weather, entertainment, help and community features.

• New sounds for various functions (notifications, blades, navigation).

• Calibration options for display/sound.

• Calibration options for motion sensor devices.

• New effects for Xbox LIVE Vision and dashboard background.

• Disable changing of Theme when on Memory to prevent 'hanging'.

• Preload recent, limited items upon dashboard bootup on Memory.

• Faster loading of Themes section on guide.

• Option to see what items will not work offline due to DRM license changing from Memory.

• Option to automatically associate new DRM to items downloaded for free.

• Indicate 'charging' status on guide when Play & Charge kit is connected.

• Option to change text colors on guide to better contrast some backgrounds.

• Language improvements.

• Word censor updated for fields.

• Privacy Settings/Family Settings updated for new features.

• Voice, picture messages can be read at Xbox.com (Gold accounts).

Copy non-protected files (pictures, music, videos) from USB storage devices, CDs and computers to proprietary storage devices.