Posted by dw2003 on 16 September 2005 - 20:05 · 5 comments & 1002 views
Microsoft's Xbox Live game service is being given an Emmy by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) in the category of Outstanding Achievement in Technology and Advanced New Media.

At the 57th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards on September 29, the Academy will honor Microsoft's online gaming service for Outstanding Achievement in Multiplayer-Backend Console Game Technology. The awards recognize "ground-breaking work in television broadcast and production systems, interactive television and other new media technologies."

News source: IGN
View: Emmy Press Release


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(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by loeakaodas on 16 Sep 2005 - 20:24
Live did make online gameplay on the console trully amzing hopefully it will remain the same in the future
Quote this comment #1.1 Posted by IGx89 on 16 Sep 2005 - 20:37
Yeah, I agree; XBL was/is a major factor in making online gaming more of a social experience, as opposed to the stereotype of online gaming being what anti-social people do.
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by Epimetheus on 16 Sep 2005 - 20:26
It may have recieved an enemy, but it's also recieved a Enemy. Nintendo Wi-Fi.
Quote this comment #2.1 Posted by IGx89 on 16 Sep 2005 - 20:35
lol, that's like saying magazines are the enemies of newspapers: very little relation.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by Englishkid on 16 Sep 2005 - 20:32
pfft i could get an emmy, for being lazy pfft nobody wants them there so easy to get lol
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