Xbox Live Rebranded as Xbox Network
Top GamesXbox Live is dead, long live Xbox network. | Photo courtesy of MicrosoftMicrosoft is renaming its online multiplayer and digital media service Xbox Live as Xbox Network, which it says will help distinguish it from Xbox Live Gold, the paid subscription service required to actually play online multiplayer on Xbox consoles.None of the actual systems will change as part of the rebrand, Microsoft says."Xbox Live isn't going away," Microsoft said in a statement to Eurogamer. "We are making ongoing adjustments to create a simpler, more descriptive messaging system for