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Microsoft Corp. has announced the release of a fully redesigned Xbox.com and is offering gamers a chance to win great prizes. Along with a whole new look, Xbox Live Web, accessible via Xbox.com/Live, enables Xbox Live gamers to stay connected with other players while they're on the Web by registering their Gamertag with a .net Passport account on Xbox.com. The newly revamped Xbox.com accounts give users a simple single sign-in, better security and the most personalized Web experience available in videogames today. From any Web browser, players can check rankings and stats, see if friends are online and which games they're playing, and more. To see Xbox Live Web in action, go to http://www.xbox.com/live.

If gamers didn't already have enough reasons to visit Xbox.com, Microsoft's hugely trafficked official destination for all things Xbox, here is one more. To celebrate the Xbox.com redesign and the launch of Xbox Live Web, users who sign up for new Xbox.com and Xbox.com/Live accounts or convert their current account will be entered into a sweepstakes to win a variety of prizes. Daily prizes include free Xbox Live subscriptions, RCA Lyra 1.5b mini portable digital players, keychain Memory Units and Xbox Live Voice Communicators. Grand prizes will include Klipsch home stereo systems, RCA Lyra 1.5b mini portable digital players, a one-year supply of Mountain Dew, an RCA big-screen HDTV and even a chance to attend the Halo 2 launch party. The sweepstakes run from Monday, August 25 to Monday, September 22, 2003 . For more details and official rules go to: http://www.xbox.com.

Xbox Live, which launched in the United States Nov. 15, 2002, allows gamers to play multiplayer Xbox games with other gamers worldwide via a broadband connection. With a built-in hard drive and Ethernet port, the Xbox console is the only video game system built from the ground up for online gaming. Xbox Live enables gamers to easily find their friends; talk to other players during gameplay through the Xbox Communicator headset; download current statistics and new levels and characters to their Xbox hard drive; and play online -- all exclusive features to Xbox Live.