Robbie Williams Goes Live On Xbox 360

A fresh communique issued by Microsoft today announces an exclusive collaboration with Robbie Williams (.com) to bring music videos and "extra exciting content" to the Xbox 360, through the Xbox Live online service. Fans of the former Take That singer should already be able to download three of his latest videos today, and these are: "A Place To Crash", "Lovelight", and his latest single "She's Madonna".

As I'm sure you're wondering by now, these will of course come at a price. Each high definition music video will set you back 280 Microsoft Points ($3.5 / €3.36), but you can save a bit by going for standard definition videos that only cost 230 points. Robbie Williams themes (including 4 pictures) are also available to hopelessly dedicated fans, in exchange for 150 points.

In addition to this, RobbieWilliams.com in association with Xbox, will be running competitions to give away five Xbox 360 consoles and stacks of games, so keep checking that website for more details if you're interested. Oh and here's a few words from Robbie himself:

"I love playing Xbox at home and on the road, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2006 kept me company through the tour!"

His latest tour - which he's probably talking about - was the Close Encounter 2006 tour, which saw him play to over 3.5 million fans in 20 different countries and breaking a world record with ticket sales. Also, his most recent album "Rudebox" was the fastest-selling platinum awarded album in the UK in 2006, and debuted at #1 in 11 countries worldwide giving Robbie his 8th solo #1 album, a feat topped only by the king of rock'n'roll, Elvis. And while we're at it, it's worth noting that Robbie Williams has sold over 50 million albums worldwide to date.

And now he's going after the gamers' arcade pennies. Beware!

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