Article: Xbox Live to offer video chatting Service also to debut feature that lets players 'tickle' others

LOS ANGELES -- Users of Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox Live online gaming network can already talk to each other remotely while logged in -- but soon they'll be able to see their fellow players' faces and "tickle" each other, too.

The announcement came Tuesday at the start of the Electronic Entertainment Expo -- known by the nickname E3 -- which annually draws thousands of game developers to Los Angeles from around the world to showcase the latest in video game technology.

Other announcements included a new partnership with Electronic Arts Inc., which previously kept its hit sports games off the Xbox Live service, and a nostalgia service that would provide gamers with 1980s arcade titles.

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