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{{Short description|Gaming media website}}
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| logo_size = 60px
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| name = ''TeamXbox''
| launch_date = 2000
| language = English
| type = Gaming website
| editor = [[Rae-Michelle Langdon]] (Leadlead Editoreditor), Jesse Lord (final Editoreditor-Inin-Chiefchief)
| owner = [[Ziff Davis]]
| url = http://www.teamxbox.com/{{Dead link|date=April 2014}}
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'''''TeamXbox''''' was a gaming media web site dedicated to [[Microsoft]]'s [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]], [[Xbox 360]] and [[Xbox One]] platforms. While the majority of content was Xbox and Xbox 360 related, the site occasionally covered general technology and other video game news.
 
''TeamXbox'' was founded in 2000 by Brent "Shockwave" Soboleski and Steve "Bart" Barton. In [[2001 in video gaming|2001]], Sol Najimi, of MSXbox, agreed to merge the MSXbox forums with the ''TeamXbox'' news site creating one of the largest Xbox focused fan sites. Media conglomerate [[IGN|IGN Entertainment, Inc.]] purchased ''TeamXbox'' in [[2003 in video gaming|2003]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://corp.ign.com/press/2003/ign-entertainment-acquires-teamxbox-website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130417151032/http://corp.ign.com/press/2003/ign-entertainment-acquires-teamxbox-website |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2013 |title=IGN Entertainment Acquires TeamXbox Website |accessdate=2014access-04-23 |lastdate=April |first=23, |authorlink=2014 |coauthorsdate=October |date=2003-10-21, 2003 |work=IGN Corporate |publisher=[[IGN|IGN]] Entertainment, Inc]] |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> which in turn was purchased by [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]] in [[2005.<ref>{{cite inmagazine|url=http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/sep2005/id20050911_550700.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051104024942/http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/sep2005/id20050911_550700.htm|url-status=dead|archivedate=November video4, gaming2005|title=News Corp. Acquires IGN for $650 Million|date=September 11, 2005|magazine=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]].{{Citation needed|access-date=OctoberSeptember 201425, 2021}}</ref> Regular updates ceased in August 2012 when the site transitioned into an archive of its previous content.<ref>[httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20130123022855/http://features.teamxbox.com/xbox/2619/TeamXbox/p1/ TeamXbox]</ref>
 
As of March 1, 2018, the domain is no longer accessible.
==References==▼
 
▲== References ==
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[[Category:XboxDefunct websites]]
[[Category:Video game Internet forums]]
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