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The start of an Xbox ecosystem begins with Windows 8 and SmartGlass

Microsoft’s new OS ‘Windows 8′ is set to launch this week on October 26, 2012. The new operating system brings so many new features to PC and mobile devices, but for gamers it’s a complete entertainment ecosystem. One that no other software or console company has achieved before.

Windows 8 will bring many of Microsoft’s major divisions together at last. With Windows 8 customers will have a seamless experience between their Xbox Games library, their Microsoft Music library and the Xbox video library. All of this media will be available on their home console, their smartphones and their tablets. It’s bringing each of these major services together that I feel is Microsoft’s greatest accomplishment and one that customers have been waiting for. Xbox users will have the ability to browse for Xbox titles on their PC, or even find PC games that are available from the Xbox service. All of this without even turning on their Xbox. Music and Media is being shared like never before across al...

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Cherchez La Ghost4196d ago

I'm very curious of using this on my Samsung tablet and phone.

darthv724196d ago

i have a GS2 so i will be on the waiting list for the next several months. that is, unless MS gets things working much sooner than expected.

When i was looking at a new phone, I had a choice of the GS2 or a focus flash (yeah, i like samsung). The deciding factor actually came down to one little thing. An 8gb microSD card i had from my previous samsung phone.

Go figure, the focus flash did not support external storage. I know the original focus did but that was not available to me as an option. So i went the droid route. I have to say, I like the GS2 but wonder about things being different if i had gone the wp7 route. I know all my zune music and vids would work without question and built in support for exchange.

The GS2 is still nice and it was speedier than the focus flash too. No regrets. Will those who have WP7 be able to upgrade to WP8 free like IOS has done from 4-5-6?

Information Minister4196d ago (Edited 4196d ago )

Owners of WP7 devices will not be able to update to WP8. Free or otherwise. Microsoft confirmed it several months ago: http://www.engadget.com/201... .

ThanatosDMC4196d ago

You can try Win 8 all ready and it's like a phone/tablet. Also, looks like MS will force lots of game to be connected to Live which sucks especially Steam games. I hate those errors with gfwl.exe, VS Redlist always needing to be reinstalled, and skype and live interaction which screws up some video recording.

Anyway, Win 8 is lot more power hungry and requires more RAM when not running anything compared to Win 7 Ulti (2.12 gb).

JBSleek4196d ago

Really? all reviews pint to Windows 8 not only being faster but less power hungry and more efficient.

nukeitall4196d ago

My personal experience is, unless you are talking compared to Windows 98 (or older), Windows 8 is by far the the fastest or at least on par with older Windows.

It is far more resource efficient too and every other report I read seem to match my own experience.

Don't know what you are talking about!

ALLWRONG4196d ago

"Anyway, Win 8 is lot more power hungry and requires more RAM when not running anything compared to Win 7 Ulti"

That proves you have zero experience with Win 8.

ThanatosDMC4195d ago (Edited 4195d ago )

Dunno, maybe the way i installed it? I have triple boot.

I have 2.0 i7-2630QM, GTX560m with 16gb of DDR3 ram. What are y'all's specs?

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isarai4196d ago

Smart Glass is a pretty good idea, but it really can't be used in situations requiring precision and speed. I mean i've used some great programs using you smartphone/tablet as a remote device for things such as TV remote, Mouse/Keyboard, etc but it's not built with this in mind and has some pretty high latency times.

Used in moderation and kept in slow paced moments of the game this could go far, but seriously, no one should try and make this a Wii U alternative

nukeitall4196d ago

First you have to ask yourself what Wii U uses it for and secondly the lag on a personal network is well below 10ms and is closer to 1-2 ms.

So as a way of lag there should be very little issue.

Now precision, that is a touch screen issue and also affects Wii U.

Ironically, if Gaikai can stream games, imagine doing it in optimal conditions like with SmartGlass?

StrawHatPatriot4196d ago

Sorry if I sound stupid here but what does games for windows live or xbox titles from windows 8 mean/refer too?

Eldyraen4196d ago (Edited 4196d ago )

@StrawHatPatriot (as I'm an idiot):

Well Games for Windows Live was MS's attempt at an Xbox/Steam like PC gaming market that didn't get much support. It was tied to your Xbox Live account but cost nothing to use, but it was also very bare boned compared to XBox Live on the 360. I think they're planning to make it a bigger thing with Windows 8 but I haven't tried 8 and not sure how much I care to till I hear more about it.

Xbox titles from windows I'm not sure of other than there are a few XBLA games that are apparently also coming to the PC for Windows 8. I have no clue if they're 'free' if you already own them or if you'll have to buy them seperately for pc as it may have compatibility differences. Granted it could be something completely different but just signed on Live and downloaded new update and it showed a couple basic Arcade games for Windows 8.

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PUBG Lite PC System Requirements

Are you looking for PUBG Lite PC System Requirements, If YES, then you have reached right page. You can checkout PUBG Lite PC minimum and recommended system requirements below. PUBG Lite PC is a new free version of the PUBG PC game with scaled-down graphics designed to play on computers and laptops equipped with lower-end …

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khiva41905d ago

PUBG is a good game I liked Pubg.Pubg is better then a fortnite game.

GamerzElite1905d ago (Edited 1905d ago )

Lol, I downloaded PUBG Lite from this site and found Free Fire game inside with Blue Stack.

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Assassin's Creed Odyssey To Change Controversial DLC

After apologizing for forcing your character into a heterosexual relationship, Ubisoft is planning to issue a patch that will correct the error.

A controversial bit of Assassin's Creed Odyssey downloadable content will be changed in a future patch following a backlash from fans. Spoilers follow for the Shadow Heritage episode of Odyssey's DLC.

At the end of the Shadow Heritage episode, your character has a child from a heterosexual relationship. Those who had spent hours playing their Kassandra or Alexios as LGBTQ--or simply not interested in relationships at all--felt forced into a plot development

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Chaosdreams1911d ago

This is good to hear. *Thumbs up

Nobody loses, everyone wins.

Hungryalpaca1910d ago

Except now canonically it doesn’t make sense. This was supposed to be part of a bloodline.

If the character is gay...the bloodline ends...unless they still have children. So they’d need to tie that up now.

lilzay333111910d ago

why would it be a bloodline thing, they killed bloodlines in origins with the invention of the portable animus. there's literally no need for a child or even a relationship when the connection is to the person not their relative.

NewMonday1909d ago

so we can't say you can't have natural children with the same sex?

babadivad1909d ago

This may come as a shocker to you but, gay people have children all the time. . .

mikeslemonade1909d ago

I’m for gays but here’s another example of entitled people complaining about small things. Ubisoft should stand up against this and change nothing.

fathertime44641909d ago

@babadivad
Yeah gays have kids all the time through adoption or artificial encemination. One of two of these things didn't exist back then. Now add in the fact that you need the historical bloodlines you kind of just killed off the past games with this one.

And an FYI to all you politically correct morons, ITS A GAME SET IN ANCIENT GREECE , THERE WASN'T SAME SEX COUPLES. YES THERE WAS ALWAYS HOMOSEXUALS, BUT THEY MARRIED AND PROCREATED WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX!

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JokerBoy4221909d ago

Explain how this supports the science of the Animus now. They pandered to the LGBTXYZ cuz those cancers of society never shut the hell up about anything.

Chaosdreams1909d ago

It’s not pandering. If the devs didn’t see a proper solution then they’d leave it be, but since they’ve chosen to update the content that leaves an impression they found a solution, narratively speaking.

Considering the content with the update hasn’t been addressed - all I see are cancers flipping out.

NewMonday1909d ago

@Chaosdreams
the impression it leaves is that they compromised their artistic integrity under mob pressure.

Batnut001909d ago

Well they already covered this in Origins where you don't need bloodlines anymore to go back in time for Assassins.

Chaosdreams1909d ago

@NewMonday

In that context I understand the frustration/worry.

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xRacer74x1911d ago

Now I expect this from both sides from now on. I do not want any game to force non hetro relationships. If one side can be offended then its certainly okay for the other side to offended.

Batnut001909d ago

Well if the game prides itself in offering player choice to the point of advertising as such and than suddenly forces your character who you've decided to play as hetero to suddenly be forced into a same-sex relationship than absolutely

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xRacer74x1909d ago

I usually do not care. But Im growing tired of the LBGC complaining at every turn. The last 2 or 3 years the USA is has become inundated with this crap. Love who you want to love, I just have no desire to hear about it and I will do the same.

fathertime44641907d ago

Well by pandering to the pansies they've kinda killed the entire game series. It's what's called a paradox. Now that they've made it so you don't have to procreate they've completely screwed the entirety of all previous assassin's games.
I'm aware that they did away with the whole bloodlines thing in origins, but you needed them in previous games and now you have a virtual butterfly effect in that the non birth of one person eliminates the birth of many people and can also change the course of human history completely. Thank you lgbqt community for ruining everything you touch and thank you Ubisoft for being so politically correct (idiot's)

Sashamaz1909d ago

Yeah, I feel like most games now force you to do things one way, I guess it's all about who shouts the loudest.

WitcheRivia1910d ago

Ugh, nothing worse than a bunch of heterophobes.

tar_tar071910d ago

Crazy times we live in man.

Profchaos1910d ago

So they abandoned the whole idea of needing a bloodline to utilise the animus?

lilzay333111910d ago

yes they did away with that in origins.

Profchaos1909d ago

I always thought the modern day segments were pointless after AC3 i still have no idea why they bothered with black flag it felt forced

Sophisticated_Chap1909d ago

@ Profchaos

Ubisoft plans on re-telling the story, allowing for Artificial Insemination, to fill in the plot holes.

Cobra9511909d ago (Edited 1909d ago )

It was, until they made it an issue.

beulahland1909d ago

Well, if they hadn't transformed Assassin's Creed in a full RPG game, this would not be an issue. But...

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Microsoft Disables Safedisc DRM On Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, & Windows 8/8.1

DSOGaming writes: "Last month, we informed you about a Windows 10 update that disabled Safedisc DRM on Microsoft’s latest operating system. Well, it appears that Microsoft has applied this security update on all its other operating systems as well. This basically means that the Safedisc DRM is disabled on Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, thus rendering a number of games unplayable."

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MCTJim3131d ago

Both pieces of DRM are no longer maintained, meaning that any vulnerabilities could be easily exploited given the way they hook into the operating system. SafeDisc, for example, tries to load the SECDRV.SYS driver with system-level permissions, and it was found to be insecure back in the day.

So good riddance to bad rubbish. There is a work around that enable you to use your old software..it takes just a few seconds to implement.

DarkBlood3131d ago

Well hopfully my steam games will still work like usual

contradictory3130d ago

It shouldn't affect anything from Steam.
And they issued a work-around on the article anyways