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Xbox Live summer update launches today

by Steven Williamson on 11 August 2009, 09:05

Tags: Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Xbox 360

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The Xbox LIVE summer update is being rolled out today and will include a range of new features, including increased avatar support and the addition of full downloadable Xbox 360 games

We'll now be able to browse, select and jump right into our favourite movies, or pick from a number of premium outfits to dress up our avatars. The Games on Demand service will allow users to download Xbox 360 games instantly. The initial batch of games includes:

Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft)
Burnout Paradise (EA)
Call of Duty 2 (Activision)
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Fight Night Round 3 (EA)
Kameo: Elements of Power (Microsoft Game Studios)
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (LucasArts)
Mass Effect (Microsoft Game Studios)
Meet The Robinsons (Disney)
MX vs. ATV Untamed (THQ)
Need for Speed Carbon (EA)
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (EA)
Perfect Dark Zero (Microsoft Game Studios)
Prey (2K Games)
Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis (Rockstar Games)
Sega Rally (Sega)
TEST DRIVE: UNLIMITED (Atari)
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas
Tomb Raider Legend (Eidos)
Viva Piñata (Microsoft Game Studios)
Viva Piñata 2: Trouble in Paradise (Microsoft Game Studios)

Further customisation options have also been added allowing us to view, find and arrange your content on Xbox LIVE the way we want, including the option to sort our friends list by Gamertag, status and activity. There are also new options for viewing your Achievements and progress, improved matchmaking support and more.

As of 9am GMT, the Xbox Live update hasn't kicked in, but we're assured it will be rolled out through the course of the day.

Coming soon, Microsoft is also bringing a whole new wave of partnerships and custom features to the Xbox Xbox 360 – instant on 1080p streaming video with 5.1 audio from Zune, personalised digital radio stations from Last.fm, and the biggest forces in social networking: Facebook and Twitter.


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Posted by Trash Man - Tue 11 Aug 2009 10:28
There is a very nice article on the update and some of the features that have not been mentioned in the update notes here.


EDIT:

It seems the update is now live :)

Just got disconnect from XBL and I'm now downloading an update.
Posted by watercooled - Tue 11 Aug 2009 11:40
Just signed in to check for it myself and got it before I reached the dashboard. I'm hoping the thing about compressing installed games is true and I'm installing COD4 now to check. It does seem to be taking longer which is promising. I'll post when it's done…
Posted by watercooled - Tue 11 Aug 2009 11:49
OK the install compression is NOT TRUE!! It was in the beta but it turns out MS would rather have us waste our money on a stupidly priced 120GB HDD instead of simply providing compression which costs nothing. Oh well, since I don't fancy paying real money for clothes of an avatar which has remained the same since day 1 or buying downloadable games which are cheaper in the shops preowned (and which you can trade back in when you're done) this update isn't of much interest to me. I suppose the ratings could be useful though…
Posted by samcross - Tue 11 Aug 2009 13:36
Am I the only one that has had the “one touch” invite to party option since the release of NXE?
Posted by Grey M@a - Tue 11 Aug 2009 13:47
watercooled
OK the install compression is NOT TRUE!! It was in the beta but it turns out MS would rather have us waste our money on a stupidly priced 120GB HDD instead of simply providing compression which costs nothing. Oh well, since I don't fancy paying real money for clothes of an avatar which has remained the same since day 1 or buying downloadable games which are cheaper in the shops preowned (and which you can trade back in when you're done) this update isn't of much interest to me. I suppose the ratings could be useful though…

This is the exact reason why I think MS are going to have to raise their game and drop the 120GB HD and move onto 200 - 500GB HD's for their consoles. If you were to download the games instead of buy them, you would soon run out of space.

A few friends of mine argued that you could delete them and download them again later when you fancied a game. XBOX installs normally being 6gb+ would you want to wait over an hour just to get the game again to have a quick shot?

MS have to be planning something as even on the 120gb you download enough games and you will run out of space eventually. Will stick to boxed versions myself, I have just picked up 14 new and sealed 360 games from ebay for no more than £50, quite a few of them recent titles.

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