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Microsoft contest pits UK Kinect Sports players against actual gold medalists
Hey, UK-based readers: Do you feel like totally humiliating yourselves? You should look into Microsoft's "Game with Fame" competition, in which one lucky, Kinect Sports-playing family will compete in virtual track and field events against actual Olympians Linford Christie and Mark Lewis-Francis.
Film With Fame: Watch a movie with Rob Zombie on XBL
The details Microsoft is hosting a special Game with Fame event in which a few lucky Xbox owners will be able to watch a movie with Rob Zombie over Xbox Live. That film, unsurprisingly, is the unrated version of Rob Zombie's The Devil's Rejects. All you have to do is rent (SD 240/$3, HD 360/$4) or purchase (SD 800/$10, HD 1440/$18) the film from Zune Marketplace and send a friend request to RobZombie GWF. The event starts on Friday, February 19 at 8:00pm ET. If you get a party invite, then you get to watch "a selected segment" of the film with Rob Zombie, who will provide "a live director's commentary on the cruel and sadistic activities of the Firefly family." The grim reality that sets in if you win Now you have to think of something to talk about with Rob Zombie. The grim reality for Rob Zombie Two hours of people asking when White Zombie is getting back together. [Via G4TV]
Game with Fame hints at Sept. 23 launch for Left 4 Dead DLC
We look forward to Xbox Live Game With Fame announcements, largely because of our lifelong dream to play Madballs in Bebo Invasion with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack (someday!). There's even more reason to pay attention to the most recent one, as it claims fans will get a chance to play new Left 4 Dead DLC "Crash Course" on September 23rd. The power of deduction indicates that the DLC should be released on or before then, assuming it's not part of a special sneak preview. Oh, and in case you're curious, those selected for Game with Fame will be playing against the band Paramore. Left 4 Dead is probably the best thing they've played in some time. [Via VG247]
Transform and roll out against Luxoflux this Friday
Following an apparently successful Game with Fame session with actress Megan Fox, Activision has announced that the developers behind Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will take on the community themselves this Friday. Excited? Well, there's a catch: The devs at Luxoflux will only be online playing the recently released Character & Map Pack Plus DLC, meaning interested gamers will have to throw down 800 ($10) to square off against the team. Of course, if you already own the DLC you're welcome to jump in this Friday, September 4, from 5PM to 9PM (Eastern) and participate in punching giant robots in the face. You know, kind of the same way Michael Bay punched our soul by making those two terrible movies. Check out the official Xbox.com page for a listing of Gamertags to friend request for the event.
Megan Fox appearing on Xbox Live's Game With Fame (GOLD MEMBERS ONLY)
Only those who rose (sigh) up to Microsoft's annual $50 multiplayer fee will find themselves in the online company of Megan Fox next week, when she plays Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen exclusively against Xbox Live Gold subscribers. The actress, self-outed Wii fan and professional runner-from-explosions will expect you to promptly log in by 5:30PM ET on Saturday, August 29 -- the session kicks off at 6PM sharp! In the meantime, you'll want to send a friend request to the following very real Gamertag: Megan Fox 2009. Please, don't be upset if you don't hear back right away. She probably needs to trim her friends list a bit to make room for you.
'The Guild' scheduled to raid Comic-Con
If referencing one of the world's most popular online games on a regular basis doesn't give them enough "geek cred," cast members of the popular "internet TV show," The Guild, will be on hand for a laundry list of events during this week's San Diego Comic-Con.Internet darling Felicia Day and other stars of The Guild are holding a panel discussion on Friday, July 24, at 10:30AM (Pacific), with promises of a sneak peak at season three of the show and an exclusive Comic-Con video. Festivities continue with The Guild panel signing autographs from noon until 1PM and conclude with a Game with Fame session where The Guild cast will throw down in some hardcore Marvel vs. Capcom 2 action at 2PM. The Guild: Season 3 is slated to hit Xbox Live this fall and our hearts always.
Where's his fizz? Bow Wow challenges gamers as April's celeb gamer
Hulk-loving artist, Shad Gregory Moss (aka, Bow Wow) is challenging gamers as April's Xbox Game With Fame celebrity. NBA Live 09 fans are invited to go up against the Tokyo Drift survivor today at 5:00PM ET on Xbox Live. If you're up to the task, make sure to add the Gamertag Bow Wow GWF -- Xbox.com has all the deets for the event.In case the possibility of playing against a "world-famous celebrity" is frightening to you, we've developed a list of questions you can ask Bow Wow. They include: Did you find your fizz? How does one procure fizz? If Train A leaves Berkeley at 1PM and Train B leaves Toronto at 4PM, at what point -- when they intersect -- will the fizz be made available? Can you please stop singing into the mic?
Mastodon and Pearl Jam join March's Game with Fame
After giving into our mild case of insomnia and mindlessly surfing the internet at 3 am, we stumbled across Xbox.com's Game with Fame page and found March to be full of events. Several bands, including Mastodon, Thursday and Pearl Jam's Matt Cameron, will all be gaming it up this month. Click the links below to learn more about each of the Xbox Live Game with Fame events and add the appropriate Gamertags to your friends list, if you must. Now, it's time for us to go to bed ... March 19 - Mastodon plays F.E.A.R. 2 March 21 - Thursday plays CoD: WaW March 25 - Jamey Johnson plays NASCAR '09 March 27 - Matt Cameron (Pearl Jam) plays Rock Band 2
Rock Band 2's Rock the World Live Weekend
Get ready to rock all morning, all night and weekend long with the Xbox.com and Harmonix sponsored Rock Band 2 Rock the World Live Weekend. Beginning today through Sunday, October 5th you can experience a weekend full of fun, Play & Win prizes , Game with Developers action and even a Game with Fame session where you'll get the chance to jam with Panic at the Disco in Rock Band 2. But you'll have to register and add some people to your friends list to get the complete Rock the World Live Weekend experience, so get to it and we'll see you rockin' out online.
Kill dinos in Turok with rock band Distrubed
Heads up to those looking to Game with rock band Fame today, because later this evening the band Disturbed will be connected to Xbox Live playing some Turok.From 6-8:00PM eastern (3-5:00PM pacific) Disturbed will be participating in Xbox.com's Game With Fame, playing a few games of Turok multiplayer under the Gamertag Disturbed GWF. Sounds fun and all, it's just ... well, why play Turok? Couldn't Disturbed pick up a game like ... say, Halo 3? If they did, then we'd be super excited to play.[Thanks, NUCK1N FUTS]
Play Halo 3 with Wanted's James McAvoy
If you aren't doing too much this Sunday, then you may want to sit yourself down on the sofa, turn on your 360 (as if you weren't going to do that anyway) and play some Halo 3 with Wanted movie star James McAvoy, because he'll be online as part of Xbox.com's Game With Fame. And while sticking spiker grenades in his melon or filling his chest full of pink needles, you may be able to chat it up and talk about how Wanted co-star Angelina Jolie keeps her unnaturally supple lips so plump. Or you could question him about his supposed involvement in The Hobbit. Or you could just play Halo 3 and refrain from badgering him with annoying questions. But that's no fun. We demand our Jolie lip questions be answered!
Sasquatch! GWF: Ozomatli and The National
In a few weeks time, the Sasquatch! Music Festival (the same festival that will NOT have a GoW2 beta) will kick off and hundreds of thousands of music fans will decend upon the festival grounds. But even if you won't be attending the musical fun, you can still play games with a few of the bands thanks to the Xbox.com sponsored Game With Fame.Scheduled for Game With Fame fun on May 24th will be Wil-Dog Abers and Asdru Sierra from fusion band Ozomatli who'll be playing Halo 3 and indie rock group The National's own Bryan Devendorf will be online playing MLB 2K8. If you're interested in playing with either band, click the links below for GWF playtimes, band Gamertags and other important details. Game on!Read - Ozomatli GWF from Sasquatch!Read - The National GWF from Sasquatch!
Challenge Belanova to an Xbox Live rock-off
We aren't sure how you'll get it to work out, but if you can squeeze in some time between your morning commute or during first period, you can rock out with the "Mexican sensation" Belanova over Xbox Live. Kicking off today at 10:30AM eastern (7:30AM pacific), Belanova will be signed into Xbox Live under the gamertag "BelanovaGWF" for some Game with Fame fun challenging gamers to a few tracks in Rock Band. So, if you can work your schedule out accordingly, send the Belanova crew a friend request and strap on your Stratocaster for a few tracks on Rock Band.
Underoath's month long Game with Fame
In continuation of the music themed Game with Fame we're being treated to lately, hard rock band Underoath will be playing both Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4 on Xbox Live once a week for an entire month! Each Thursday at around 6:00PM eastern from now through May 1st, Underoath fans or Underoath hecklers can hop onto Xbox Live to game it up with the band members. Feel free to shoot them a friend request (a complete list of all six Gamertags posted after the jump) and start getting your Underoath shooting on next Thursday.
Play Madden NFL with the guys from P.O.D.
We never would have thought that metal band P.O.D. enjoyed themselves a game of Madden, but we guess you learn something new every day. Participating in Xbox.com's Game With Fame, P.O.D. will log onto Xbox Live and challenge gamers to a game of Madden NFL 08 on Friday, April 11th at 6:30PM eastern. Send a friend request to either GWF POD or GWF POD 2 to get your chance to play and start pounding the Gatorade in preparation for next week. Oh, and clean those cleats.
Gaming with Nickelodeon fame
Today, at 5:00PM eastern (2:00PM pacific), Xbox Live Game with Fame gets a healthy coat of orange paint going Nickelodeon with two Nick stars gaming it up with fans. Roxy Hunter's own Aria Wallace and Zoey 101's Victoria Justice will be on Xbox Live playing Guitar Hero III and DDR: Universe 2 under the gamertags NickGWF1 and NickGWF2. So gather the kids, gather the adults, shoot a few friend requests and show those Nickelodeon stars how brutal Xbox Live can really be. Do us proud.
Game with Heroes producer fame
Xbox.com is officially calling this month SuperMarch and as part of the planned SuperMarch festivities, Heroes' producer will be on Xbox Live letting you Game with Fame.Executive producer of the Heroes television series Jesse Alexander (not Jason Alexander) will be on Xbox Live gaming it up in a little Frontlines: Fuel of War. So, if the prospect of fragging alongside Mr. Alexander sounds rather appealing, shoot a friend request over to snapmanifesto and prepare for Frontlines gaming on March 14th from 11:30PM-12:30AM eastern. And note, your abnormal super powers will not be allowed while gaming over Live.
With BR in hand, Korn's Davis readies for H3 GWF
Leaving behind thoughts of the nightmare that was our last Game with Fame attention whores, we're happy to spread word that musical group Korn's own Jonathan Davis will be jumping on Xbox Live to participate in some Halo 3 frag fun. Best thing, he's actually famous.As it's planned, Davis will be playing Halo 3 online on Wednesday, February 27th from Noon - 2:00PM eastern, but the catch is that he'll be gaming from Lisbon, Portugal. So, North American fanboys, be weary of the evil lag-monster. Shoot a friend request to gamertag "KORN Jonathan1" and hunker down Wednesday night, because we have a feeling a whole bunch of Korn will be popped (zing!)
Valentines gaming with MTV's Heidi and Spencer
So ... yeah. To celebrate Valentines Day love and as part of the Game with Fame reality Scripted-Reality-Show-People fun, MTV's The Hills "stars" (the term "star" being used very liberally) Heidi and Spencer will be online tonight playing Burnout: Paradise. Yup ...We aren't entirely sure who at EA had the great idea to setup such an event, seeing that The Hills isn't a show that instantly makes one think of Burnout: Paradise gamers (maybe their goal was to get your girlfriend excited to play Burnout?). And, for whatever reason, we're thinking one's Paradise street cred wouldn't get a boost if one were to play with Heidi. Actually, we think you'd be laughed at. But, it's your choice and if you want to tear up the streets with Heidi, Spencer and their surprise guests for Valentines gaming then send a friend request to ... wait a second. We aren't supporting this mockery of a GWF. You'll have to make the jump to get the details as we say boo to The Hills and boo to horrible marketing.
GWF: Bravery shoots and flies this Sunday
This Sunday, December 9th from 5-7:00PM eastern indie band Bravery will be signed into Xbox Live and will be participating in some Game with Fame shenanigans. Bravery will be playing two games Sunday night (those over achievers), Xbox Originals game Crimson Skies as well as the FPS favorite Halo 3. Send friend requests to either TheBraveryA or TheBraveryJ to secure your playing time with the band and be online Sunday night. Gaming with the famous, that's how we roll.
