Published June 1, 2009

Now you can always be in the know and keep your social circle up to date by reading, posting and replying to Tweets right from Xbox 360.

Xbox 360 today announced that Twitter would be tailor-made for your TV, brought straight to your couch only through Xbox LIVE. Soon you can follow friends and celebrities on Twitter, learn about the news as it happens, and let people know what you're up to all on Xbox LIVE.

In addition to Twitter, Xbox 360 announced that Facebook and Last.fm would also be coming to Xbox LIVE.

"We are always asking ourselves how to make the TV more social," said John Schappert, corporate vice president of Interactive Entertainment LIVE, Software and Studios at Microsoft. "By bringing Twitter, Facebook and Last.fm to Xbox 360, we're not only extending the walls of your living room beyond your home to your friends all over the world, we're creating the definitive social network, uniting more than 300 million people to share thoughts on music, play games and tweet."

The addition of Twitter and Facebook to Xbox LIVE means friends are always connected, anytime, anywhere—any couch. Updating your status, sharing photos and tweeting won't be the only things you can do. Using Facebook Connect, you can share your greatest moments in gaming by posting updates and screenshots directly to your Facebook profile. Don't let your moment of glory fade away—make sure everyone sees it with Facebook Connect, starting with a future release of the premier EA Sports golf franchise Tiger Woods PGA TOUR®.

A living room first, Last.fm will give Xbox LIVE members access to millions of songs streaming through the Xbox 360 to the best speakers in the house. Xbox LIVE members can create their own free personalized radio stations and share their music with friends anywhere in the world.

Xbox 360 also solidified its place as one of the leading social entertainment networks by announcing LIVE party for movies. Go to the cinema with your friends whether you are sitting on the same couch or in living rooms across the country. Starting this year, you can share a virtual theater, see your avatar (a virtual you) on the screen, all while you listen to each other laugh and cry together at the movie through voice chat on Xbox LIVE. With movie parties, the only thing you can't share is the popcorn. 

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