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Major Nelson details November Xbox One Update

Major Nelson details November Xbox One Update

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With the latest Xbox One update having only just released to Xbox Live, Microsoft’s Major Nelson has revealed the changes and improvements coming with a further software update in November. Some of the most high-profile additions come in the form of new ways to interact with others on Xbox Live and an enhanced live TV experience. Major Nelson gave no indication of exactly when in November the update will go live but did state that those in the Xbox One preview program will be able to download it from today. Those who utilize the live TV features on the console will not be able to use a variety of new features. These range from ‘Live TV Trending’ that shows the 20 most watched TV shows on the Xbox One that is updated constantly along with other trending guides such as sorting TV programs by the number of tweets mentioning them, as well as the ability to see live tweets for any live TV show and join in using the appropriate

Games With Gold titles for October revealed

Games With Gold titles for October revealed

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http://youtu.be/8M-mNbs5mR0 Larry Hyrb, better known as Major Nelson, has revealed the games that will be given away free to Xbox Live Gold members in October. Xbox One users will be able to get their hands on Chariot while Xbox 360 owners will get access to Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Darksiders II. Bad Company 2 will be available from 1 October until 15 October, with Darksiders II available for the rest of the month. Chariot will be free to download for the whole of October. Chariot is an ID@Xbox title from Canadian developers Frima. The brightly colored co-op platformer challenges players to explore tough environments as they try to get their King’s coffin to its final resting place. A trailer for Chariot can be seen above. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 was the sequel to the successful spin-off game Bad Company. The series puts less emphasis on realism than the main Battlefield games, with more humor and fun elements in the story mode. The game was critically acclaimed upon release and

September Xbox One update details revealed

September Xbox One update details revealed

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The latest Xbox One update has been detailed by Xbox Live director of programming Larry Hyrb. New Snap functions have been a priority for the Xbox team recently, with the developers working to make it more useful and allow it to display things like achievements. The September update further adds to Snap by allowing players to access to your friends list, messages, Game DVR clips along with a clock and battery indicator without going to the dashboard. Other enhancements give the option to add captions to shared achievements as well as the ability to look at achievements in Snap mode from a game that you are not currently playing. SmartGlass will now also show your top played games as well as what games your friends are playing. The full list of changes can be seen at Larry Hyrb’s official blog. Last month’s update brought a number of new social features to the Xbox One that had been specifically requested through Xbox Feedback. These allowed gamers to purchase games remotely through

You Can Now Game On PC With Your Xbox One Controller

You Can Now Game On PC With Your Xbox One Controller

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You can now use your Xbox One controller to play PC games, as long as they support controllers of course. Microsoft announced via Major Nelson’s (aka Larry Hyrb) blog that the drivers for the controller are available to download right now. Any game that currently supports the Xbox 360 controller should automatically work with the Xbox One version, so it shouldn’t be too much hassle to jump straight into games without tampering with settings. You can plug the controller into your computer using the micro-USB cable you use to charge it through your console. The drivers will release as part of a Windows update in the future so will become automatically available to anyone running Microsoft’s operating systems, but for those who want to them right now you can download them from Major Nelson’s site. They come in 32-bit and 64-bit varieties for whatever version of Windows you are currently running. Hyrb went on to say that: “We know our fans have wanted PC compatibility, and we know they wanted

Hulu Plus will be Free for all XBL Members the First Week

Hulu Plus will be Free for all XBL Members the First Week

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Hulu Plus will be available on the Xbox Live Marketplace this Friday on April 29th. To celebrate the occasion, Jack Link’s Beef Jerky will be allowing all Xbox Live Members (Free and Gold) that are in the US to access all of Hulu Plus’ shows, movies, and features for one week all for free. All the details are after the break!

Got 6 Hours to Spare to get some Free Avatar Awards?

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Well, if you’re a gamer, you most likely do. You just don’t want to admit it. Microsoft has come out with a free, new downloadable app via ‘My Community’ tab called Xbox Live Labs. Once downloaded, it will ask you to leave your Xbox 360 idle for 30 minutes, 1 hour, or 6 hours without doing anything or interrupting the process. If you do this, you get an scientist themed avatar award and a 0 point achievement for each of the three time-frames. More info after the jump…

Call of Duty Demo’s and Game Add-ons Storm the XBL Marketplace

Call of Duty Demo’s and Game Add-ons Storm the XBL Marketplace

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If you were one of the few, smart people that didn’t buy Modern Warfare 2, well now you can see how intelligent you were. The Modern Warfare 2 Cliffhanger Demo is now available on the XBL Marketplace, which is the same demo that was shown at E3 2009. The more recent, Call of Duty: Black Ops Single-Player Demo is also available, along with two other demos, which include Top Spin 4 and MLB 2K11, and other game add-ons after the jump.