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XBOX Live Dashboard Update Quick Run Through Videos

Early next month, Gold Subscribers of XBOX Live can use their XBOX 360 to access Twitter, Facebook, Zune, and Last.fm as well! Take a peek at the videos and check out the new features of the upcoming Dashboard Update.

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militant075303d ago

Once again Im in the preview :)

green5303d ago (Edited 5303d ago )

Previously rejected but i got in this time.Not really got time to try everything out so far but tried Zune HD and Last FM and they are really great.

I use facebook a lot so it was a welcome addition though it will be better when in the future they allow us to take ingame pics and upload it to facebook.

@Tony P: As of now the answer is NO.But Major Nelson stated in a podcast that the service will be evolving and the aim is to allow you to use Last FM as your ingame music and to allow people to take screenshots while gaming and upload them instantaneously unto facebook or twitter.

Maybe those features will be ready in time for the next system update.

Tony P5303d ago

It's a nice interface, Last.fm especially.

I have to ask the million dollar question:

Can you access any of these in-game?

Blaze9295303d ago

last.fm is hands down the best thing in this update. It's simply amazing and I'm loving it so far. Make it accessible over games Microsoft!

darthv725303d ago

Can this be done like a custom soundtrack? Will it stream while playing online (thus creating personal lag) or will it stream while gaming local only?

I have lots of songs on my 360 but I have heard them all. I create my own soundtracks for shooters, racing and fighting. Heck I even listen to a little metalica when playing an rpg. It would be nice to have a little variety from another source while playing now and then (and no...not the radio).

MSpence5165302d ago

I feel the same way, they need to get on that.

Elvfam5115302d ago

you can't use none of these apps in-game?

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MetalGearRising5303d ago

I'm in the PREVIEW and its awesome not being a fan boy but i feel sorry for ps3 owners they are missing out.

Harry_Manback5303d ago (Edited 5303d ago )

Are they missing out too?

I have a hunch that the only things "missing" around here are your brain cells.

Sizzon5303d ago

What are they missing out???
they can get access to last.fm, facebook and twitter on a PC or on their PS3's webbrowsers.

BO WALEED5302d ago

yeah. but that PS3 browser sucks.. and too slow :P

enjoy it.. meh

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mrv3215303d ago

Why is it only gold members? Aren't these services like free? I mean facebook is free so is twitter. I could go on a browser and do the same. Are microsoft just trying to make people who mainly play singleplayer offline games to go online?

monkey6025303d ago

I know Last.FM is subscription based.

Which has me wondering is this a free version? or do you need a paid Last.FM profile already.

I actually wouldn't mind paying for lastFM only 3 euro a month. been meaning to join

mrv3215303d ago

I don't really think it's that needed to make Facebook and twitter for gold only I mean, it's free in Uncharted 2... which I still need to pick up.

If you would charge less for stuff you usually end up making more money. I am considering getting Fat Princess just because the new DLC will be free.

Knghtz5303d ago (Edited 5303d ago )

Pandora is better anyways :p

These features don't really excite me. Maybe more so if I could've accessed them in game, but like Mr. Nelson said; these are evolving. Who knows what the future might hold.

@below:

It's "couldn't care less" :p

Johnny Jiron5303d ago

Let me have a look at my sub...hmm yup same price doesn't seem to be increasing. In the US and a few other territories Last.FM is completely free.

I was hoping with the Zune addition that I'd be able to use my sub there to download my music library to the xbox or at least stream the music I have on there without have to use my PC. However, the video marketplace is insanely fast and the quality is fantastic. Still i have a PS3 so I dunno how often I'll rent and or buy from the service for hi-def videos considering at almost the same price I can get the movie and extra features as well in a higher quality.

Overall it's not the greatest update, but its not adding and price to the sub so I could care less. Like the PS3 neither offer a replacement for my PC or Netbook. Hopefully a few unique features to the twitter and facebook addition will allow for a future incentive.

Its all there to add value to the gold sub at no extra price. However if they dare increase the price i'm letting my sub run dry and jumping over to the PS3.

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KingKionic 5303d ago

Last.fm needs to be stream lined to the guide .

infamous-butcher5303d ago

what about the Sky feature. they bail out or something?
'it will be here in autumn.'
balls.

Tony P5303d ago

There's a yet-to-be-approved article about the Sky player:

http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/...

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Pacific Rim Pinball comes to Pinball FX

This could be fun as they make great tables. Go big or go extinct. Prime your senses for a neural handshake and step into the cockpit of a Jaeger. It is on you to cancel the apocalypse when Pacific Rim Pinball comes to Pinball FX on May 16.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies4d ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken4d ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing695d ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker5d ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing695d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt4d ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken4d ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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6 Fun Games Where You Actually Play As The Bad Guy

While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.

Profchaos5d ago

Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.

It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny

Tacoboto5d ago

Armored Core VI?

Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.

Is something big coming soon to branch the story?

banger885d ago

No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).

ChasterMies5d ago

Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.