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Very saddened today to hear that the peeps over at Inside Xbox have been given the boot. For those without an Xbox, Inside Xbox was essentially their own mini TV channel on the Xbox dashboard, with review shows, Q&A shows, etc.

What always amazed me about Inside Xbox UK was how consistently good it was – managing to be a good mix of content and humour (weird humour, but good :). What also amazed me was that it showed someone in Microsoft got it. Here was content produced for the Xbox audience, not for the typical Microsoft audience. I readily looked forward to tuning in each week to see what Dan and Andy and co would be up to this week. It only amounted to five or ten minutes of content a week, but it was good content. And it clearly wasn’t just me – they seemed to regularly win awards for IX shows.

It’s sad to see it go, the Xbox won’t quite be the same without it. I’ve noticed that the Xbox is becoming more integrated with the Windows world, with things like the Metro look and feel to the latest dashboard. Until now I felt these changes had been done well, but this change has left me most unhappy.

I guess this just leaves the guys at Achievement Hunter doing fun games related news shows now. But the video game world just won’t quite be the same without Inside Xbox.