Xbox+Live+&+Call+Of+Duty

**Xbox** **Live** **& Call Of Duty.**

The Xbox 360 game console was released November 15 2001. Xbox 360 was the first attempt by the Microsoft corporation to enter the world of video games. Shortly after the tremendous success of the gaming system Microsoft released the [|Xbox Live] system. As the newly released addition to the Xbox family, the Live system allowed players to connect with one another and enter what Microsoft hoped to be an new world of online gaming. Along with the the Xbox live came an entire new generation of social networking within the gaming community. Xbox Live was made available to the players in early 2002. The [|Microsoft Corporation] is currently the only company that charges its players a fee to become part of the online game community, using Gold and Silver membership ID's. Xbox altos it players a specific amount of time based on how much each player spends on their membership. For example the Gold membership costs about $50 and subscribes a person for 12 months of online play. while the Silver member ship costs around $20 and offers a 3 month subscription to online play Adding to the appeal of the Xbox live system is the Live Marketplace. The Market place is a option that provides people with the chance to download games, demos, movies and more directly through their console and saved within the systems hard drive. Once a person has made the choice to become an Xbox live member and has selected their choice of membership. They now have everything they need to join in on one of the worlds most widely used online game systems. In order to understand how exactly it is that Microsoft brings such a awesome deal to the table, we need to know how the Live system works. Simply put, to begin the Xbox live experience all anyone has to do is first is connect their system to the internet. To do this requires the owner to either connect their system with an Ethernet cord or purchase a wireless router for the Xbox. Routers are available at all local game stores including [|Game Stop], and are also available through the Microsoft corporation. the last piece of the puzzle is for the player to purchase an Xbox live head seat ( if one was not already provided in the initial purchase of the Xbox 360 console). once the head set is connected and the console turned on the player is ready to be part of the online multilayer game community. In addition Microsoft plans to add a new upgrade for the Xbox Live system, eventually providing a service to all subscribers that will incorporate the " Hulu Plus" service. This new addition to the Live system will allow gamers to see and purchase commercially supported streaming video. Upon integration of this new service, subscribers of Xbox live will be able to see television shows, and movies from networks like Fox, NBC, and ABC. Perhaps the most successful game for the Xbox 360 console is the Call Of Duty series. These games created by Activision; Immerse the player in a world at war. The game has covered everything from the pacific Islands and the United States Marine Corps, to a full scale invasion of the United States and an the designers rendering of WWIII. The series is one of if not the most widely played online first person shooter, second only to Halo. Recently the Call of Duty game designers have released the newest in the COD line is [|Call Of Duty Black Ops]. Black Ops is the seventh game in there series and i doubt it will be the last. The game takes place during the cold war error between the United States and the soviet union. The game map covers multiple aspects of the cold war, including the bay of pigs invasion, an attempted assassination on Fidel Castro, it even incorporates parts of the Vietnam War. Be that at it may, the real reason behind the success of the call of duty series is its intense multiplayer on line experience. The game offers a chance for friends to get together, socialize, scheme, and plot their way to victory. Within the game its self players can pick and choose what class of solider and what nationality they want to be; based on the identity of the fictional characters portrayed. While enjoying their online experience players can choose to play a combination of "mini games". For instance a person can have a choice to play capture the flag, team death match, or elimination ( AKA free for all). Some criticisms of the game say that spending all your time on the a machine talking and pretending to kill others, is bad for development, Also that the game encourages violence and develops an overall cynical nature in the development of young kids who may be subject to the game. However on the other side of this argument comes the remarks that, the game is actually forcing players to band together and use their minds. Players can create teams, enter tournaments, and create battle strategies to become the part of an elite gamer community. Whatever the criticism. The Creation Of the Xbox 360 and the addition of the Call Of duty games has made a large impact on the world. Together they have brought about a new generation of Social networking, as well a new serge in the category of must have technologies.media type="youtube" key="OtRnpC7ddv8" height="307" width="462" align="left"