This spring, for the first time, subscribers to Xbox s Live online service in the U.S. spent more time consuming video and music than multiplayer games.

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Designed to deliver crystal clear vocal fidelity in multiplayer games, online chats and video conferencing, CrystalVoice technologies also enhance voice communications for VoIP solutions such as Skype.

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Designed to deliver crystal clear vocal fidelity in multiplayer games, online chats and video conferencing, CrystalVoice technologies also provide a compelling voice communications option for VOIP solutions such as Skype.

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Free-to-play is on the rise across the video game industry, but especially in multiplayer-based online games.

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ChatOn has been upgraded to support video chat, and Group Play both allows for sharing songs in a surround mode or playing local multiplayer games -- when it's supported, that is.

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