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The partnership will see Microsoft offering exclusive artist content and high-definition music video downloads free to Xbox360 gamers for a year, via the Xbox Live Marketplace service.

Free downloads from twelve up-and-coming artists will be offered through the Artist of the Month (AOM) program, with grandma-untroubling, British singer Natasha Bedingfield kicking off the service.

Microsoft Offers Xbox360 Video Downloads Videos and "exclusive artist content" will also be made available for download from the Xbox site.

"Our goal has always been to make Xbox Live a cutting-edge entertainment experience", insisted Peter Moore, corporate vice president of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft.

"This agreement with Epic Records offers our members exclusive artistic content directly from the source. With Artist of the Month we will be providing exactly what music-loving gamers want: brand-new, exclusive music videos that can be downloaded quickly, easily and free of charge," he added.

Microsoft Offers Xbox360 Video Downloads Epic has already dished out music videos for the Xbox 360 from the likes of Franz Ferdinand and Audioslave, and their catalogue also includes acts like Shakira, Matisyahu, Jennifer Lopez and Antipodean dandruff shakers, AC/DC.

Each month Microsoft and Epic will announce the new Artist of the Month, along with exclusive benefits for Xbox360

Joystiq is reporting an issue with using the VGA cable option on the Xbox360. Evidentially, the aspect ratio tends to be off, causing some stretching and other inconveniences.

It seems games will either play perfectly, stretch out of proportion or some ugly black bars will appear. The stretching appears to be the biggest interference with actual game play. The full article can be read by clicking here. Xbox360