Check your inboxes. Microsoft blasted the first wave of Xbox LIVE Preview Program codes this afternoon. According to Major Nelson, those lucky enough to be selected during this round will be able to download the update and explore the new features at some point tonight or tomorrow morning.
If you didn’t receive an e-mail yet, relax: There will be another wave of e-mails and, even better, Microsoft is still accepting Preview Program applications. Nelson says many of the applicants didn’t fill out the paperwork correctly. Whoops.
The NXE update this preview is for hits every Xbox 360 on August 11th.
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9:30 PM on 07.28.2009
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Being able to dress your avatar as LeChuck seems to be the main highlight.
I live in the UK though so i cant do all that Netflix stuff though :(
All I wanted to do was rub it in my friends' faces that I have an RC car for my avatar.
Which I will do in the morning.
Can I get more info about the Achievement Progress section? It shows "completed games", ie 1000/1000 or 200/200 point games for the user? What about with games like Fable 2/Fallout 3, does that require the expanded number of points with DLC, then?
Thanks!
It's more like an overall thing. You know how when you click on the slide dealy with your avatar standing in front of it and you get that long list of games you've played?
Well now the first little slide now shows total gamerscore. So mine shows somthing like "50000/80000 Gamerscore" "2000/3000 Achievements" "26 game complete" and it shows the picture for the completed games.
It also still shows the individual games too.
I hope that was a good enough description for you.
So if you 100% say, Oblivion, but never got or got all the achievements in Shivering Isles, it would come up as complete.
It was a healthy little update. I have nothing to complain about. Didn't need a code emailed to me either. ;)
It seems to take DLC into account unfortunatley. I got 1000/1000 on Halo but haven't got all the new achievements and its not showing up as complete.
Netflix queue from the Xbox is very exciting (requires an update of the Netflix software itself AFTER the dash update).
They cleaned up/prettied a few screens, such as when you select a game from your games library.
I had lots of trouble with voice on party chat last night, but I'm almost willing to blame my friend's connection for that. I think it's buggered.
No, you got 1000 / 1750.