Microsoft’s hit gaming console, the Xbox 360, is on top of things when it comes to trends on the Web. Today at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles, Ca., Microsoft announced it would be integrating Facebook and Twitter into Xbox Live this fall.
What this means – users who pay for an Xbox Live account, will be able to basically make all their Tweets and FB Status Updates, directly from their gaming consoles.
Facebook on Xbox Live will also integrate Facebook Connect. This will connect users GamerTags (basically Xbox gaming profiles), with their FB accounts allowing users to share what they do in their gaming worlds on their Walls and Profiles. A quick example, for gamers it would probably look like, ‘Commander Adam West is playing Halo and just destroyed the Red team,’ or something along those lines.
As for Twitter, users will be able to Tweet from their Xbox Live gaming dashboard.
Along with these announcements, Microsft said Online music service, Last.fm would be coming to Xbox Live as well. It will be free of charge for Xbox Live Gold members.
All in all, this isn’t Microsoft’s first venture into connecting major Web services with Xbox Live. Last November, it added Netflix functionality to its console enabling subscribers to stream movies to their TVs.
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