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Xbox Live Team Working On Their 360 Dash Speed
According to Major Nelson's latest podcast, the Xbox Live Team is working towards making a harder, better, faster, and indeed stronger Xbox Live Dashboard for the next update later this year. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Shaverdian: Pressing the Xbox button in the middle of a game is such bullshit. 32 Responses | Other threads
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Xbox Avatar Clothing — Serious Business
Your "New Xbox Experience" avatar has just gotten some grown up clothes, eight new pieces of formal and business casual articles that will be a hit at your next Xbox Live con call. More »
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Comment by Zyconis: I gave my avatar a top-hat and a monocle. It's not changing anytime soon. 13 Responses | Other threads
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360 Avatars Go A Little Bit Country, A Little Bit Western
It's OK, Americans. Those European football shirts weren't your thing. This, then, is your thing, a new "Western Wear" collection of avatar clothing that'll have you reaching for an official Microsoft-branded six-shooter. More » -
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The New Xbox Experience Will Soon Be Mandatory
Most people are more than happy with the improvements the New Xbox Experience brought to the Xbox 360's user interface. Those unhappy, well, tough: it's about to become compulsory. More »
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Comment by Bryce Montgomery: It's actually worth updating for. I can't see why people wouldn't want the upgrade. 34 Responses | Other threads
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NXE Avatars Get Lost And Damned
Microsoft is going all out in its promotion of The Lost and Damned coming to the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV. And by "all out," we mean new Avatar clothing options. More »
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Comment by xroot: The avatars were damned already, but I wish they would get lost. 9 Responses | Other threads
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Rare Teasing User-Generated Avatars For The 360
The 360's avatars are, all copy-cat jokes aside, surprisingly endearing. Only problem is, some of the wardrobe and body options are a little...limited. That's something user-generated content could address. So, uh, will it? More »
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Comment by Ueziel: Just let me change the colors of clothing and give me special clothing for achievements and I'll be happy. 12 Responses | Other threads
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Microsoft Finally Fixes NXE HDMI SNAFU
The Xbox 360's "New Xbox Experience" wasn't filled with the joyful noise of Avatar belches for some owners of the console. Some found their HDMI-ready systems without sound, which Microsoft is now, finally, addressing. More » -
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Analyst: Xbox Live A 'Gold Mine' For Netflix
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter, who knows everything there is to know about video games, sees nothing but good things for the Xbox-Netflix partnership, one that could translate to another million Netflix subscribers this year. More »
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Comment by uppitycracker: you know, i could see this being true if the movies they had available for streaming weren't such crap. there's... 28 Responses | Other threads
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Prep Up Your NXE Avatar With New Threads
Your New Xbox Experience avatar just got a wardrobe booster, thanks to the fashionistas at Microsoft and Rare. It's a noticeably preppy update to the Avatar closet, perfect for a weekend beach house getaway. More »
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Comment by Trygle12 is FREE!... and waiting for Disgaea 2: Wow... Who buys this stuff?! Oh wait, plenty of people buy this stuff. Never mind. Why am I so jaded? :/ 14 Responses | Other threads
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Your NXE Avatars Are Ready To Rave In The New Year
Wanted to go online New Year's Eve, but didn't have a virtual stitch for your avatar to wear? Never fear, totally fresh clothing and accessories for the New Xbox Experience are here. More »
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Comment by RyderJ: I just realised how the NXE avatars are perfectly midway between Miis, and Home avatars. Which is exactly where the... 12 Responses | Other threads
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Trapped In A Glass Ball With Your Xbox Friends
It's a non-stop celebration over on the Xbox 360, as folks around the world awake to discover that Santa left them a mystical torture device disguised as the Xbox 360 Holiday Snow Globe. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by waza0: so people are excited because Miis are trapped in a ball ? 13 Responses | Other threads
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New Xbox Experience Brought a Jump in Online Sales to Live
Since the launch of the New Xbox Experience, the avatar-friendly, Xbox Live redesign, sales on the Xbox 360's Live marketplace have as much as tripled, Aaron Greenberg, group product manager for Xbox 360 said today. More » -
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New NXE Avatar Clothing Is Useless For The Australian Summer
Today is December 4. First week of summer down here. So, today, I jump on my Xbox 360, and see there are new avatar clothes! New, entirely inappropriate avatar clothes. More »
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Comment by elevenoverzero: Flip flops? Mr. Plunkett! Here we call them thongs. 28 Responses | Other threads
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Sony Movies Now Available On 360's Netflix
There was a problem last week when the New Xbox Experience rolled out - and Netflix support rolled out along with it - yet Sony's movies were unavailable. Boneheads made conspiratorial mutterings. Netflix were more sensible. More »
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Comment by endaround: I think Netflix threw a little bit of weight around here-i.e. "It would really be a shame if we had... 20 Responses | Other threads
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So, How Much Space Do Your 360 Games Installs Take Up?
The New Xbox Experience lets you install 360 games onto your HDD. Great news for anyone - like myself - who gets DISC READ ERRORS as often as the sun both rises and sets. But chances are, unless you splurged and bought yourself an Elite, or are new to the 360 world and own a 60GB unit, you have a 20GB HDD. And for you, space is at a premium. So you need to know how much room the installs actually take up, so you can get prioritising. More »
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Comment by Garo: And suddenly installing games on a console becomes OK!? 62 Responses | Other threads
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First NXE Avatars Will Be Free (After That, Notsomuch)
Speaking with dreisechzig.net, Microsoft Europe's Boris Schneider-Johne has said that - at least for the first few weeks of the NXE's life - there'll be regular clothing updates for your avatars. And, more importantly, that they'll be free. But after that? "It has not been announced". It's OK, Boris, we get what you mean. The shitty t-shirts and "grunge" hi-tops, they'll be free, but the Marcus Fenix scowl and Bomberman Zero outfit, they'll cost us. After all, we can't take our Microsoft Points to the grave. More » -
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Want Crazy Anime Hair For Your NXE Avatar?
Of course you do. Fortunately, there's wacky Manic Panic hued 'dos hidden away in the New Xbox Experience, giving you the option to create a more accurate Rei Ayanami or Maximilian Jenius or blue-haired senior citizen. It was discovered — as far as we know, by reader Samuel who told us that if you rotate the right analog stick for about a minute or so, you'll unlock a suite of new garish hair colors. More »
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Comment by Kobun: Not sure I want to let my 360 idle and risk overheating just to unlock the codpiece accessory. 12 Responses | Other threads
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Here's What The NXE "Premium Themes" Look Like
To go along with the launch of the New Xbox Experience, Microsoft and their valued publishing partners have released a range of premium themes. The word "premium" comes in when you consider they cost 250 MS points each. Anyway, in typical Xbox Live style, when Microsoft's Larry Hryb pointed the themes out earlier today on his blog, there was no way to actually preview what they looked like. Gah. Not to worry - some kids over on GAF have done the next best thing, and are taking screengrabs like it's going out of style, snapping pics of almost every theme. More »
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Comment by thecoo1est: Is NXE mandatory or can you keep the original look? 9 Responses | Other threads
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Avatars Get First Paid Parts With Ninja Blade Theme
Now that you've created your first — and possibly last — Xbox 360 Avatar in the New Xbox Experience, you're most likely thinking "What kind of digital crap can I now purchase to make this thing look less horrid?" The answer is new Ninja Blade themed Avatar parts. If you're in Japan, you can purchase the new premium theme designed to promote From Software's upcoming Xbox 360 cinematic action game, netting you five new ninja parts for your virtual self. You knew this was coming, right? More »
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Comment by All the ladies love Mister Jack!: Why are we paying to advertise their game? 14 Responses | Other threads
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Jamzy Is All Over This NXE Stuff
The NXE didn't just hit in the US and Europe. It hit the world over. How's the rest of the world taking things? Well, if Jamzy's any indication, the rest of the world is doing just fine, thank you very much. As you can see by our favourite Japanese Xbox 360 fanboy's eerily life-like avatar. More » -
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Please Don't Install Halo 3 On Your 360's HDD
While the NXE's ability to let you install 360 games to your HDD is mostly a good thing (no more disc read errors at my house), it's been revealed that there's a few hiccups. You'd think that copying a game to your 360's hard drive would speed things up. Faster load times, that kind of thing. But in some cases it doesn't. Especially when it comes to Halo 3. Tests have already shown the game runs faster on disc than it does on HDD, and today Bungie have come out and confirmed this. Confirmed it, and explained it. More »
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Comment by Len Bias Cocaine Surplus: I installed Fallout 3 only to find out not only are the load times not faster but the game has... 10 Responses | Other threads
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Microsoft "Actively Working" To Fix NXE Hiccups
Considering the scale of the operation, the roll-out of the New Xbox Experience went pretty damn well. Didn't, however, go perfectly. There were a few glitches here and there. Netflix took a while to get going (though that problem was likely to have been on Netflix's end of things), but more pressingly, the XBL Marketplace has been patchy ever since launch. For a lot of people, either you can access it and it's really, really slow, or you can't access it at all. If it's any comfort, Microsoft know it's broken, Larry Hryb writing on his blog: More »
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Comment by 3inst3in just had rrod number 2 and is sad: my dashboard crashed while scrolling through my friends list. couldn't load avatars fast enough or something. also, seeing same issue as... 9 Responses | Other threads
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Some Xbox 360 Themes Not A "Beautiful" As Promised With NXE
Now that the New Xbox Experience has been globally launched, it's time to brace for the impact. Outside of a few error reports, things appear to have gone smoothly. One of the minor bumps that we know of, thanks to OXM, is that some Xbox 360 themes don't quite jibe with the NXE's new layout. Microsoft touted that old themes would look "beautiful" with the new look and feel, but perhaps the better descriptor is "beautiful but largely obscured." More »
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Comment by fuck this noise: looks like an improvement to me. backgrounds are meant to be obscured. Most of the old themes made it harder to... 15 Responses | Other threads
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NXE Experiencing New Errors
Seems like the New Xbox Experience isn't rolling out quite as smoothly as one would have hoped. Reports are trickling in about sporadic issues accessing content via the Xbox Live Marketplace. Currently on my end, accessing anything on marketplace is running incredibly slow, erroring out at times with various numerical error codes. Just a moment ago the new Fable II theme appeared on the service with a date of 11/20 attached, only to error out when trying to access it, which is probably good seeing as breaking the laws of space and time totally voids your warranty. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by Magnum1024k: Its been great, I've actually had it for a week now, I got in on the third wave of the... 29 Responses | Other threads
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How To Show Off Your NXE Avatar Online
Kotakuite Nate sends us in a helpful tip for not only sharing our New Xbox Experience avatars online, but also putting them in odd situations, like being balanced on the head of an adorable bunny rabbit. All you need to do is take the URL "http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/GAMERTAG/avatar-body.png", and replace GAMERTAG with...well, your gamertag. This gives you a lovely transparent PNG image, suitable for placing on top of other random things. Not only that, but you can do it with your friends' avatars as well, leading to endless forum hilarity in the near future. I can just taste it. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by JohnHype: Can someone, anyone, explain to me why they all stand like that? It's awkward, ugly, and most of all infuriating... 37 Responses | Other threads
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NXE Avatar Clothes Packs Coming In "Theme Packs"
If you've got the New Xbox Experience, you'll no doubt have already made yourself an avatar. And no doubt frowned a little at the lack of options you'll find while trying to make one. The physical choices, they're OK, but the clothing choices are limited. And that's being kind. There's a reason for that. Xbox Live's Jerry Johnson: More »
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Comment by ThursdayNext: I think you missed the start of that quote...it should go: We've noticed that PS3 owners will shill out buckets of... 11 Responses | Other threads
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NXE Rollout "Will Take A Few Hours"
Writing on his blog, Microsoft's Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb has told Xbox 360 users that, while the New Xbox Experience is now out and out there, it's not out there for everyone. Looks like instead of flipping a single, enormous, magic switch, Microsoft are having to flip a whole ton of switches, one after the other More »
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Comment by TheHeartless: Someone on 4chan /v/ suggested doing a Network Test to prompt the update. Two of my friends tried it... 10 Responses | Other threads
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Countdown To The New Xbox Experience
You've been hearing a lot of stuff about the New Xbox Experience over the last few months. How it'll change the 360, how it'll add a whole bunch of new features to the console, how it'll alter the very fabric of space and time around you. Well, provided you're not already playing around with it, the time for hearing about the NXE is almost over. The update is due to go live at 2:00am Pacific Time, November 19 (ie very, very soon) and provided everything goes according to plan, millions of blades and gamerpics around the world will cry out in terror, before being suddenly silenced. Then summarily replaced with something slicker, brighter and easier to use. More »
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Comment by freakout: I got mine on the weekend. Who wants to touch me? I said who wants to fucking touch me?!! 19 Responses | Other threads
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Xbox 360 Netflix Offerings Gutted Of Columbia Pictures Flicks
The selection of movies that one can stream from Netflix to the Xbox 360 just got a bit smaller, as a batch of content distributed by Columbia Pictures — owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment (dun dun dunnnnn!) — is now listed as "currently unavailable for playback on the Xbox." That affects some big releases from the studio, including titles like Superbad, The Karate Kid and The Lives of Others but also thankfully saves us from becoming incredibly depressed by watching Spider-Man 3 while drunk.
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Comment by asianlikerice: Did anybody seriously expect Sony to allow there movies in the NXE? 49 Responses | Other threads
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New Xbox Experience Going Out To Surprised Xbox 360 Owners
If you've turned on your Xbox 360 this evening and been greeted with a request to update your system, only to find the New Xbox Experience loading unexpectedly, you're not the only one. Kotaku readers are coming out of the woodwork, firing up the tips line with reports that the NXE is arriving a little earlier than promised. That's without pre-notification from Microsoft that they'd been accepted into the early preview program. Last minute round of invites? Someone flip a switch they shouldn't have? More »
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Comment by WEGGLES90: I tried to, but when I got to the one weird MS thing, it glitched up on the last step... 10 Responses | Other threads
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The First Thing You'll See Once NXE Installs
By Mike FaheyComment by 3inst3in just had rrod number 2 and is sad: Um, we're not going to have to watch that EVERY time we start up our 360's are we? lulz, fiery poop... 12 Responses | Other threads
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NXE Trailer Is A Bad Idea
I've been playing around with the New Xbox Experience. It's pretty neat! The avatars, I can live with or without, but the rest of it is very clean, very classy, and the improved monitor support is very welcome. See what I just did there? I sold at least some of you on the thing. And all it took was a few words. This proper trailer runs for aaaaages, and cost Microsoft money, and does nothing but make you cringe and reach for the stop button.
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Comment by ttocs: I was excited about the NXE, but now...it just looks too gimmicky. Xbox was fine the way it was.... 21 Responses | Other threads
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New Xbox: Parties and Photos
On Gamerscore Blog, Major Nelson explains the functionality of two new features — parties and photos — coming to the new Xbox dashboard (nyah, nyah, didn't say "experience") on Nov. 19. There are more screenshots and a video narrative of the two features at the link. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by Glorax: My parents saw me playing Rez HD and I think it made them afraid of video games forever. 13 Responses | Other threads
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Epic Prez Says Xbox Winning Online Battle With "Cool Stuff"
Epic Games president and connoisseur of "cool stuff" Mike Capps believes that Microsoft is winning the battle for online dominance, partly because of the soon-to-launch New Xbox Experience. Capps tells GamesIndustry.biz that the Xbox 360's expansion of the "Live presence" and, in particular, the streaming of Netflix content are what's putting Microsoft in the "winning" position. More »
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Comment by parad0x360: He's right, the online component of the Xbox is far and above the competition. For instance the other day... 35 Responses | Other threads
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And Now, a Message from Major Nelson
Did you grab that torrented New Xbox Experience? Don't think you're going to get much value out of it. More »
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By Owen GoodComment by DrowningInMercy: I was looking at this on a torrent site the other day and contemplating it, but eventually decided that since... 8 Responses | Other threads
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So, How Much Faster Do 360 Games Load After An Install?
Perhaps the best new feature of the New Xbox Experience is the ability to install 360 games to your HDD. Least, it is for me, since my console's DVD drive sounds like a Blackhawk trying to take off. But the advantages don't stop with a reduction in noise, they extend to faster load times. Just how much faster? MTV threw a few vids together to demonstrate. It's quite a lot faster. More »
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Comment by Theibault: Seriously, have we become so ADD that 30s load screens ruin our enjoyment of games? I believe....hey look at that... 15 Responses | Other threads
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Five XBLA Games To Get Retroactively Avatarded
The New Xbox Experience is almost here, meaning those lovable, Rare-designed Avatars that Microsoft has squeezed into the interface — and games like Scene It? Box Office Smash — will be plaguing your Xbox 360 before you know it. Microsoft and Xbox Live Arcade developers are adding retroactive support for Avatars in a handful of games, with UNO, Bomberman Live, Hardwood Hearts, Hardwood Spades and Small Arms getting updated with the new feature on day one. More » -
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Early Look At Xbox 360's New Xbox Experience Goes Public
Thousands of new Xbox 360 Avatars will be created this week, as Microsoft will begin the New Xbox Experience Preview Program on a smaller public trial. Today, Microsoft sent out preview code e-mails to registrants to let them know they were accepted. Those lucky enough to gain early entrance will get the NXE update "later this week." Check your e-mails kids and let us know in the comments if you got in. More »
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Comment by Mechalon: "We're looking for a few thousand participants, so your chances of making it in are good." Bullshit. 7 Responses | Other threads
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NXE Impressions: Netflix Set Up & Streaming
One of the more exciting additions to the Xbox 360 is the streaming of Netflix movies for subscribers of the video rental service and Xbox Live Gold. The service has been available to Netflix subscribers via their PCs or dedicated boxes like the Roku for some time now, but the Xbox 360 will be the first console to support the streaming of standard and high definition "Watch Instantly" content.
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NXE Impressions: Creating An Avatar, Playing With My Xbox
We've been playing around with the New Xbox Experience for the Xbox 360 for a while now, testing out the "Blades" interface replacement that goes live Nov. 19 to every console owner. In short, the NXE is an impressive improvement, removing much of the unnecessary visual clutter that was present in the Xbox 360's original interface. It's faster, easier on the eyes and better organized — a good thing, considering the update is mandatory.
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Comment by Fluxnard: With the whole "I can install games" thing...can't I just rent a game, install it, and then I have it? 7 Responses | Other threads
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