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More Than 40 New Apps coming to Xbox LIVE

Today, we’re announcing more than 40 new entertainment partners coming to Xbox LIVE worldwide.

We’re continuing to grow and strengthen our portfolio of international offerings with partners before the spring of 2013, including All3M, Fightbox, GameTrailers, IndieFlix, Livesport.tv and Sainsbury. For a full list of partners being announced today, visit Major Nelson’s blog post.

Several new apps will launch this week in the UK on Xbox LIVE. including¹:

·         Karaoke

An exciting new entertainment service created in collaboration with the KARAOKE Channel, the world’s largest licensed karaoke library and karaoke service on TV and Internet, will bring the best in-home karaoke experience ever. Karaoke fans will be able to sing along to more than 8,000 tracks while their Xbox LIVE avatar performs the song on stage with a full complement of stage props, backup band and an adoring audience. Karaoke is available starting today on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace, and features Xbox SmartGlass functionality.

·         Napster

With your Xbox and a Napster music subscription, you can listen to millions of songs instantly from every genre, rock out to radio, discover music with new release and play songs on your Xbox, smartphone or computer.

·         SkyDrive

SkyDrive is the place to store your files so you can access them from virtually any device. With SkyDrive for Xbox, you can easily view your photos and videos on your TV. You can also play slideshows and view photos and videos shared with you.

For more information on today’s announcement or the apps launching on Xbox LIVE this week, be sure to visit Major Nelson’s blog. We will keep you updated as more of the world’s leading entertainment providers come to Xbox.