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November Xbox 360 Update Will Upgrade Interface July 15, 2010

Posted by Maniac in Game News.
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Screenshots have leaked onto the web which have been confirmed by Microsoft as genuine that have depicted a new interface for the Xbox 360, scheduled for release alongside the November update.

The new menu options include support for the Xbox Live Family Plan, where you can have four Xbox Live accounts running for 100 a year (half the price of 4 separate accounts), giving parents greater control over their children’s Xbox Live accounts.

I don’t agree with putting restrictions into hardware use for any reason, or for that any use of console lockouts or v-chips based on rating as I consider that age discrimination, but I’m not a parent and I know that gaming parents do appreciate having this kind of technology available to them.

1 Vs 100 Will Not Continue July 15, 2010

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Microsoft has officially announced that they are not continuing their widely popular Xbox Live Arcade game 1 vs 100, effectively terminating the game’s future.

This has devastated the internet today, as the game was extremely popular and very highly reviewed.  However, while the game was only available to Xbox Live Gold Members the game was free, and it was likely Microsoft wasn’t making enough money off of it to justify continuing support.  This is also disappointing because the game was one of the few to support the Live Avatars.

Hopefully Microsoft will offer another game to take it’s place in the gaming primetime slot for gold members, but no game has been announced.