Microsoft confirmed over the weekend that Facebook, and Last.fm will launch on Live coming November 17th.

The social network tools are regarded as vital to the Xbox 360's festive proposition, and news of this release comes via the official Xbox website.

A public beta is now looming, while some gold level Live users will begin playing with these new features from the middle of this month.

We've yet to hear about a launch for this, although we assume will be getting access on November 17th alongside the UK. More as we get it.

By Luke Guttridge