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Xbox Dashboard, LIVE & Xbox.com Updates

Microsoft announced a new update for Xbox 360, which (re)enables an old feature. The update is available on Wednesday, January 19th.

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lugia 40004847d ago (Edited 4847d ago )

Nice excuse. What they probably did was fix the kernel for jtags to not go online again, as someone on XboxElement found how to stay online on jtags without getting banned.

EVO-OM3GA4847d ago

They would still get banned when the next ban wave comes, only thing that prevents certain people from being banned is updating there firmware before MS detects then, but once your tagged its likely that you will be banned soon.

Plus I reckon its just to add abit more security as when that update came out for kinect and all that MS installed a software that detected copied games and fable copied wouldnt play, along with several other new titles, but a firmware fixed that lol

NewZealander4847d ago

as long as it doesn't kill my xbox im happy, already lost my ps3 today, have to be without it for four weeks so my 360 better keep chugging along.

lugia 40004847d ago (Edited 4847d ago )

New ap checks. Ban is coming up.

IHateYouFanboys4847d ago

Not sure why they're saying it re-enables boot-to-disk.....the option hadn't left my 360 since it was first made an option years ago. It's there right now in front of me in system options. Maybe the 360s doesn't have it?

antz11044847d ago

Too true, I remember looking at that option last week b/c I haven't touched the dashboard.

darthv724846d ago

so they finally fixed it. Also why would you want to boot to the game in the tray when you turn the unit on. You should never leave a disc inside in the first place.

Hello...scratched discs!!! (not in every case but still).

They also changed the look of the gamercards. I think that is all just a coverup....

livinwitbias4846d ago (Edited 4846d ago )

OMG Microsoft is making Kinect looking into your house!
OMG Microsoft is hidding something.
OMG Microsoft is BAD!

You frickin conspiracy theorist are simply Psyco.

Besides, it's their network and system, they can update it whenever they want. Get over yourselves.

Corepred44846d ago (Edited 4846d ago )

what the hell is this ^^^ twlnk talking about?

LunaticBrandon4846d ago

@darthv72

If you leave a game in your console for several days playing only that game how is leaving it in there any worse than handling the disc at least twice a day?

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FailOverHero4847d ago

What a lame update. Better not be more than 5 mb if thats all thats gonna change

Active Reload4847d ago

You 360 users, sure are spoiled when it comes to you're updates ;)

ChristianGamer4847d ago

Well no firmware bricking consoles here if thats what you mean

Rainstorm814847d ago (Edited 4847d ago )

christian gamer

Hmm where does that happen?

Ive DL'ed numerous updates for both my 360 and PS3 and never had one bricked.....

OH! You're just talking out of your azz, my bad please continue........whoops no bubs!

N4G mods YOU NEED TO RECREATE THE OPEN ZONE!!!!!!

FailOverHero4847d ago

Rain, dude. Why so. . .serious? We all know what cONSole is known for bricking firmware, no need to get testY

Rainstorm814847d ago (Edited 4847d ago )

Its all BS like Kinect causing RRoD 360, or Sony is to blame for COD faults, or the NXE or Kinect updates bricking 360's, or PS3 or 360 has no games or any of the fanboy propoganda take your pick.

It gets old after awhile.....and since firmware has never bricked a console i owned or anyone else consoles i know........I chalk it up to another Video Gaming fanboy Myth.

People always say this is a PS3 site yet i see the same amount of Rabid fanatical "Loyalists" on both sides.... nothing to be angry or Testy about, It's sad really.

@witwolfy
Really?...Oh because the story was about a 360 update not CFW.....I didn't think it was that obvious nor do i read minds across the interwebs. Besides christiangamer trolls on and on as i said it gets old.

WitWolfy4847d ago

Rain his obviously talking about the PS3 CFW you freaking fanboy. God your thick!

Kurt Russell4846d ago (Edited 4846d ago )

@Raiinstorm81

I know you think you're being clever by pointing out that ChristianGamer is a troll as he has no bubbles... But lets face it you're clearly trolling right now. For all we know he has lost his bubbles for doing something rude like calling your mum a **n*, so lets not go pointing fingers just yet shall we? After all it takes one to know one right?

DelbertGrady4846d ago (Edited 4846d ago )

Instead of having to go through meaningless firmware updates every week that take forever to download and install us 360 owners get quick updates that actually add stuff. Really sucks ;)

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bilalhassan4847d ago

just updated and guess what!
for some reason i can no longer play call of duty black ops. it appears on the dashboard with the "play game" written on it and i have it installed on my hard drive and have been playing the day it came out. when i play it the console freezes with a black screen and the eject button and guide button dont work.

p.s. assassins creed brotherhood still works

mikeh09184847d ago

If thats true then they did you a favor.

KaBaW4847d ago (Edited 4847d ago )

Is Assassins Creed installed, as well?
Might hafta do a re-install. Sucks, man.
My Call of Duty still works, just finee.

Maybe clean out your system cache, iduno.

tudors4847d ago

@bilalhassan was black ops installed before the update? if so just reinstall it.

bilalhassan4846d ago

yeh assassins creed was installed before just like black ops

i tried installing black ops again but same problem. i deleted my cache but it still doesn't work.

i also deleted the game of the hard drive and attempted to play the game on the disc but no luck.

i fink i shud go bak to playing bad company 2

Kurt Russell4846d ago

Damn right you should be back on Battelfield... What the hell were you thinking when you strayed? You should be ashamed of yourself!

Now get back into the real fight and the HELL off this site!

rpgenius4204846d ago

Hahahaha is your black ops a real copy or a backup? The new update added AP2.5 checks to black ops, halo reach and modern warfare 2. You have to wait for the AP2.5 patches for those games and then re burn and they will work. Give it a day or 2!

teething4846d ago

Ha... Zing.... Ms got you! The banhammer might just brick your 360 ;)

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DOOMZ4847d ago (Edited 4847d ago )

Cool update! Very small & quick...

marison4847d ago

Good use to that joke ;-)

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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."

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ChasterMies1d 11h ago

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

just_looken1d 7h 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

CrimsonWing691d 22h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker1d 22h 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!

KyRo1d 22h ago (Edited 1d 22h 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.

CrimsonWing691d 22h ago (Edited 1d 22h 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.

Profchaos1d 19h ago (Edited 1d 19h 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_Frampt1d 10h 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_looken1d 7h 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.

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Profchaos2d 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

Tacoboto2d 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?

banger882d ago

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

ChasterMies1d 17h 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.