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New Xbox Experience update launches August 11 photo

Microsoft has revealed that the Summer update for its New Xbox Experience will arrive on August 11. If you didn't know by now, the update will bring with it a fresh batch of features, including Games on Demand, friends list sorting, unlockable Avatar awards, Netflix improvements and ... ahem ... premium Avatar clothing.

The Twitter and Last.fm additions will not, sadly, be part of the update. Microsoft has confirmed that these features will come with the fall update. Gotta keep the audience waiting for more, eh? 

We'll patiently wait until next month for this update, as well as brace ourselves for the torrent of "This update bricked my Xbox 360" stories that seem to inevitably follow every major update that Microsoft makes. We'll look forward to reading all of those while paying several dollars for our Avatar's steampunk jacket!


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mondocanerules's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2009 13:32
mondocanerules
This beter improve my Netflix streaming fucking SIGNIFICANTLY.
mondocanerules's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2009 13:32
mondocanerules
And I fucking misspelled "better".
LOLFONDU's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2009 13:33
LOLFONDU
Oh, cool! I remember like 2 years ago making a forum on xbox.com about friends list sorting. I guess it finally came about.


As for the rest,

I am disappoint.
PySk's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2009 13:33
PySk
Oh, no! My Birthday!
flabzilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2009 13:34
flabzilla
I like the idea of rating games.
n1k0l4's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2009 13:36
n1k0l4
What was that about bricking?
Guess I'll unplug the LAN untill someone confirms it's ''safe''.
LOLFONDU's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2009 13:49
LOLFONDU
@flabzilla

Some games like call of duty 4 and halo 3 have massive fanboy drama wars. Expect ODST and Modern Warfare 2 to be at 3 stars out of 5 because of these losers 1 starring the other game "opposing" them to make their own game look better.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2009 13:50
Holyetheline
I'll be moving whilst this update occurs.
JehutyFromHell's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2009 13:51
JehutyFromHell
The Netflix update will be awesome, and who knows, maybe I'll find something cool in the new avatar clothing.
Fusiontr's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2009 13:51
Fusiontr
Oh, no! My birthday too!
Sweet!
Arsenic13's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2009 13:51
Arsenic13
Hopefully the Guide Lag is gone once and for good. Iv lost so many online matches just because i froze when trying to check a message.
Just watch this video if you dont believe the Guide Lag is TERRIBLE.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu-xdFYxgOI
HiddenAHB's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2009 13:59
HiddenAHB
This is the one making the dasboard faster, isn't it?
Well, any update is good.
Sexualchocolate's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2009 14:45
Sexualchocolate
Nao wiv eeven moar ADVERTS!
Professor Pew's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2009 15:29
Professor Pew
Hannah Montana cheevo clothing here I come!
CRAZYAPE69's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2009 15:35
CRAZYAPE69
Question, is this for the UK aswell?
JLanphear's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2009 16:11
JLanphear
I'm hoping that Games On Demand is cool. I'm also hoping that they slip in Twitter/Facebook/Last.FM support as well. . .
akathatoneguy's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2009 17:00
akathatoneguy
Rating games will be about as helpful as ratings on Amazon. Like others said, too many haters/fanboys to skew the ratings high or low.
smurfee mcgee's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2009 17:18
smurfee mcgee
I hope they add more original Xbox games for the on Demand service. They have too few.
Dr Milkdad's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/21/2009 18:57
Dr Milkdad
I hope there is a fix for the Party feature that keeps dropping people out every 10 minutes.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2009 00:21
Chronic Logic
Yea, where's is the twitter facebook Last FM update?
Rammstein's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2009 01:27
Rammstein
@Chronic Logic: Read the article again:

The Twitter and Last.fm additions will not, sadly, be part of the update. Microsoft has confirmed that these features will come with the fall update.
Noah's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2009 05:01
Noah
Just make it faster.....NXE is the slowest piece of slow crap around...I hate waiting for 30 seconds every time I click on my games library
Kuwanjahbee's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2009 12:30
Kuwanjahbee
avatar awards? now i'm curious.
LogicallyDashing's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/22/2009 19:16
LogicallyDashing
Sounds good to me! It's about time they came out with achievement items for avatars.
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