Xbox Live's Stephen Toulouse Resigns from Microsoft - News

Seeking other opportunities in "positive" departure. [Posted 3 Feb 2012 by Svend Joscelyne] Xbox Live's Director of Policy and Enforcement, Stephen Toulouse, has called it a day at Microsoft. The exec has announced the decision to leave the company on his personal blog , citing a desire to explore other opportunities. "Over the past year I've been doing quite of bit of thinking. Nothing specific ...

Microsoft's Xbox Live policy director resigning

Xbox Live's policy and enforcement director Stephen "Stepto" Toulouse, who has worked at Microsoft for nearly 18 years, announced that he's resigning from the company in two weeks to explore other opportunities. Toulouse often served as the public face for Xbox Live matters, and managed complaints and user bannings/suspensions on the Xbox 360 online service. He described his position as "[making ...

Mass Effect 3 Demo Shows the Absurdity of Xbox Live Gold

Downloading the upcoming February 14 Mass Effect 3 demo will upgrade the subscriptions of Xbox Live Silver members to Gold so that all players can sample the game's multiplayer before its release on March 6. The temporary upgrade system that the demo takes advantage of indicates that Xbox Live as we know it is so outdated that it can't cope with offering users a single demo. The current XBL Gold ...

Bioware’s Mass Effect 3 demo includes Xbox Live Gold trial

If you download the Mass Effect 3 demo for Xbox 360 on its Valentine’s Day launch day, you’ll get a free month of Xbox Live Gold. That isn’t because Microsoft and Bioware are feeling generous; it’s because of the somewhat ridiculous restriction that prevents non-Gold members from playing online games. And as anyone who knows [...]

Mass Effect 3 Demo Includes Limited Xbox Live Gold Access

When the Mass Effect 3 demo launches on February 14 it will include Gold access for Xbox Live members for a limited time, BioWare announced. The demo includes both single-player and multiplayer portions. Microsoft said it will give everyone playing the demo Gold access "for the time leading to launch." This also includes other perks like multiplayer gaming, Netflix, ESPN, Hulu Plus and more ...

Xbox LIVE Weekly Update 2.2.12

Every week Microsoft adds new games, demos, DLC and Avatar items to the Xbox LIVE Marketplace and we put it all together right here so you can stay up to date. This week Rhythm Party dances its way into the arcade, Syndicate gets a much talked about demo and our avatars have some new Darkness [...]