Xbox 360 with Facebook and Twitter integration

[phat vapor]

Microsoft officially announced today at E3 that the Xbox 360 will soon integrate with the very popular social networks Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm.

Users will be able to view videos, photos, read and post status updates all from their Xbox 360 dashboard. The update will include the ability to send friends over Facebook invites to play games directly from their console, as well as news feeds from friends with users avatars.

Twitter users will also enjoy the benefit of posting Twitter updates directly from their Xbox 360 console and also read their friends postings. Xbox Live Gold Subscribers will also be able to listen to streaming music from their console through Last.fm. Users can use the web sites personalized radio station setup to select songs of their choice.

E3 2009: Microsoft - Social Networks; Facebook + Twitter