XBox LIVE

Xbox Live (trademarked as Xbox LIVE ) is an online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service created and operated by Microsoft. It is curently the online gaming service (on consoles) that charges users a fee to play multiplayer gaming. It was first made available in November 2002 for the oridginal Xbox. An Updated Version of the service became available for the Xbox 360 in 2005. On the Windows platform, the service is named Games for Windows-Live, which makes most aspects of the system available on Windows conputers. Microsoft has anounced plans to extend Live to other platforms such as handhelds and mobiles as part of Live Anywhere initiative.