Daily Marauder

GAMING

On November 19th, Xbox will debut a new user interface which simplifies the experience from a never-ending maze to one that seems more lifestyle-related and specifically bringing video-based applications more front and center.  In addition, the availability to play movies from your Watch Instant Netflix queue and new gaming features have been added as well.  Check out the video below for a walk-through from Crunchgear. (http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/10/29/review-the-new-xbox-experience-for-xbox-360 10/29)

Some will say this is just a simple UI upgrade.  To those, I’d like to remind that the iTunes store could have been described as a simple mp3 store upgrade but that description would in itself. . .be too simple.

Gaming powerhouse Blizzard Entertainment has issued a press release announcing that the number of subscribers for World Of Warcraft has surpassed the 11 million mark. The milestone for the popular MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) represents a 10% growth in 10 months and shows signs of slowing. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/29/world-of-warcraft-hits-11-million-subscribers-mark-shows-signs-of-slowing 10/29)