The BBC brings us news that Microsoft is "very, very near" to interfacing the Live gaming experience with players' mobile phones: gamers will be able to receive alerts that their buddies are online, and waiting...

Hardly surprising news, but good to hear nonetheless, the team in Redmond are also working on interfacing with MSN Messenger (some 11m active users in the UK alone there).

Expect to see something in the next 6 months.

Xbox 360 Mobile Alerts [BBC News]