Good morning, and welcome to a relative short and sweet (but no less tasty) morning wrap of news you may have missed. There is a new Xbox Live Dashboard update (if you haven’t already noticed) which introduces the switch from Microsoft Points to real-world currency. From Microsoft: “When you go to initiate a purchase or redeem a Microsoft Points card through your…
Good morning and welcome to a day that always makes us think of brains. Well, that’s every day admittedly, so welcome to Thursday, and the Gaming News Wrap. We’ll take any excuse to send you off to look at the GTA V gameplay trailer from earlier this week. So go and check it out. Now be assured that it was “captured…
It’s that time of the year again when the Xbox 360 Dashboard gets its Fall/Spring Update and gamers get to enjoy a whole host of new and “exciting” features on their console. So what can you expect in this update? The following: Refreshed Xbox 360 Dashboard. We’ve updated the UI with a few things, including an updated layout with more…
If you were wondering where Youtube had disappeared to on the launch of the new Xbox 360 Dashboard, you need wonder no more. It is now available, along with a host of other new apps which are only of interest to you if you fall into one of the lucky regions. Youtube is now available in 24 regions (including South…
Some users are (have been) experiencing issues with signing in, browsing the Marketplace and browsing or purchasing from the Zune Marketplace since the Xbox 360 Dashboard Update, but fear not, Major Nelson has acknowledged the issues and stated that they are working on it. “Some Xbox Live members are getting a connection error when signing in to Live. We are…
…that’s in case you haven’t noticed yet. As per Major Nelson’s Tweet around three hours ago: “FYI: The timing for Xbox 360 dashboard update has been slightly delayed. I’ll have a status update later today”. Two hours later and “We are still working to get the release out. Stay tuned, we’ll have an update this afternoon (PT) on when it…
The good folks at StrategyInformer reported that Microsoft has said the new dashboard update will go live at at 15:00:00 UTC today. So if you head over to World Clock, you will see that is two hours behind us, and so locals will be able to update their dashboard at 17:00:00. For our international readers, head over to the said…
So tomorrow (6 December) the new Dashboard arrives at an unknown time. It promises to be innovative and… blah-blah-blah. Frankly, as a South African I don’t give a damn. They could keep the old one for all I care. Yes, the dashboard looks great – slick and contemporary – and is packed with features like ‘Beacons’ and, erm, stuff, but…
The new Xbox 360 Dashboard will be available to all on 6 December. This will follow the private testing of the Dashboard according to teamxbox.
Xbox Live users are now open to register to participate in the new Xbox Live dashboard preview program. Major Nelson announced on his blog: “This is an important program as we continually strive to ensure the reliability of a service that reaches tens of millions globally,” and Microsoft could not do so without the ongoing help of their great community.