Xbox Live 'Beacons' will bring Facebook friends into the fray

Did Xbox Live just become a social gaming service? (And are Xbox gamers really that lonely? Sheesh.) Well, not in the traditional sense, though a relatively minor new feature headed to XBL brings it pretty darn close. GeekWire reports that Microsoft will soon add "Beacons" to Xbox Live, as announced at this year's E3 conference in Los Angeles. These Beacons, a variation on inviting friends to games, allow players to broadcast what games they'd like to play to their friends on XBL ... and on Facebook.