July 26th, 2008. Ninja Gaiden II Missions coming to Live

Microsoft to sell 25 new missions for Ninja Gaiden II on Live. It will cost 800 points, which is $10. Not too bad of a deal.

July 26th, 2008. Microsoft to allow game installs on the hard drive. It's coming this Fall and would reduce access time by 30%. Sounds great if you're one of those with a big hard disk or like 2 games.

July 26th, 2008 User developed games to be sold on Xbox Live. Yes, if you got skills and can pass a "peer review" by . . . gasp . . . Microsoft, you too can be a game developer. You can sell games for $2.50 to $10. Mirosoft gets a percentage and the XNA Game Studio from Microsoft to develop the game is currently free for download. Visit Microsoft XNA for details. This is great news, but watch out for the mountain of crap games!