Major Nelson has posted a stern warning to those who cheat to win in Shadow Complex. In his message to the Shadow Complex community, he said that in an effort to enrich the gaming experience of players, they will be enacting strict measures, even if it means "deleting leaderboard information generated by those who try to compromise our game."

Stephen Toulouse of Microsoft's XBLA has taken to -- again, the very active social updater today - Twitter to clarify that good ol' MS will NOT be banning those who can't keep their Halo 3 ODSTs in a tight wrap until official release.

The Xbox Live police sure know how to act fast. Unfortunately, even those who were innocent of Achievements transgressions had to be casualties of said fight against online cheating. In case you're not yet aware, the Gamerscores on XBL have been totally reset. But before you take out your pitchforks and march down to the Microsoft offices, hear Stephen Toulouse out.

Gamerscore Blog, Microsoft's direct PR link to gamers, has officially retired after two years online. Don't panic, it's not an economy thing, Microsoft's just focusing their community presence elsewhere.

Welcome to Achievement Get, a new QJ column that focuses on helping our readers find ways to bump their gamerscore a couple of notches! Join us after the jump, as we tackle achievement hunting for one of the biggest games this year: Grand Theft Auto 4.

 Remember those ice extras that we've reported before that the repackaged Gears of War is set to get? Microsoft has confirmed them and they'e set to come in a couple of discs. More importantly, a price cut has been revealed to make the deal even sweeter. Release and pricing information along with other details follow after the jump.

Motion-sensing options, increased privacy settings, and game installation. These new features and more are included in a list of rumored additions that will be coming when the Spring update for the Xbox 360 console comes around. Hit the full article for the complete list.

Remember when we revealed that the ESRB rated Wits and Wagers? If you've been looking forward to playing the game, then you should know that it will be arriving this week on the Xbox Live Arcade. To find out more about this, head on over to the full article.

A couple months back, Major Nelson spoke about Microsoft's stand on Gamerscore cheating. It's only now that the company has taken definitive steps on this anomaly. How exactly? By resetting Gamerscores to zero. Read more on this in the full article.

Remember Nathaniel? He's the guy who lost his artwork and autograph loaded Xbox 360 to a tragic washing when he sent it in for repairs. Microsoft, who had been silent after contacting him only once after the incident, finally made things right. They sent him a huge cardboard box loaded with everything but the kitchen sink (because it was too heavy). Details in the full article.