Xbox 360 For under £100

Zavvi have decided to take the xbox 360 market by storm, with just one week to Christmas the retailer has decided to sash the price of the arcade SKU down to £99.99, with the premium at £149.99 and the elite at £199.99.

If your looking for that Xbox 360 as a present you wont find a cheaper deal than this.

Will this start a console price war on the run to Christmas?

A spokesperson from Zavvi said.

"Our organization believes in giving our customers the best deal and service. We've put in place some great offers on Xbox hardware, giving customers the best value possible in the run up to Xmas. We appreciate how people's wallets are being tightened because of the economy."

COD: WOW Tipped As Xmas No1 Game

The bets have begun as to what will be the number 1 Christmas game of this year with all the big hitters it's going to be tough. But Ladbrookes have put COD: World at War as 1/3 favorite for the slot.

Does this game deserve the slot?

Are there any that are more deserving?

Will it actually be Christmas Number 1?

Going to have to wait till Christmas to find out, not long to wait though.

12 Xbox Days Of Christmas

The people over at gamesxtreme.net has produced an excellent article detailing the 12 Xbox days of Christmas. The article is basically a run down of the top 12 games of the Christmas period and a mini review of each, if your looking for a game this Christmas this is the article you want to read.

The 12 Xbox Days Of Christmas

Xbox Live Snow Globe

The xbox live team released a free holiday theme just last week and now they have followed up the festive cheer with an Xbox Live Snow Globe this little application is free to all and will be released in all regions. It doesn't require a download and can be found in the Spotlight section of the dashboard. Just launch the app form there. It will automatically place your friends avatars into the snow globe where you can proceed to shake them round until your hearts content using A or X. A link to the original post on Major Nelsons Blog can be found below.

Xbox Live Snow Globe

However be aware that it might not be in your Spotlight section just yet depending on your region as it is up to the local Xbox teams for each region to decide when they put it up.

Xbox 360 UK Christmas Deals

To all you poeple looking to buy a 360 game for a loved one this Christmas but are feeling that te prices are just to high during this economical climate, or to those who own 360 and are looking for a cheap new game to sink their teeth into then look no further. Below are some of the best deals on the newest games on the 360 this Christmas time in the UK. These prices come curtersy of xbox360achievements.org so go check out their website if you get a chance I'm personally a member and it's a fantastic community.

Original Post On 360achievments.org

Mirrors Edge - £24.46
Far Cry 2 - £17.99
Banjo-Kazooie Nuts & Bolts - £24.46
Dead Space - £27.39
Fallout 3 - £27.39
Too Human - £12.97

Hopefully NO Xbox live crash this Xmas

Remember last year come Christmas everyone was excited about their new 360 consoles and couldn't wait to get online and play Gears or FIFA with millions of others. However this was more difficult than they thought when due to the sheer number of new Xbox live users the entire service caved in on itself. As a result over Christmas few if any could connect to live and these problems persisted into the new year resulting in Microsoft having to dish out free arcade games to compensate people.

However all is well this year we hope and Microsoft are better prepared with their newly updated service and new Jasper Consoles. So lets hope it's alls well that ends well. As Aaron Greenberg (Group Product Manager for 360) assures us.

"We've built a lot of infrastructure, a lot of behind the curtain no one seed," he said. "This is something that Microsoft is good at.

"We are well prepared for the type of growth we expect this holiday."

"We will have people standing by, more people on hand than we've ever had before," he said. "Knock on wood we will hopefully not have any issues."