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The Xbox 360 is getting ready to receive a rather big fall update to Xbox Live which has many Xbox 360 owners yearning to get their hands on it. A member over at the Official Xbox forums has leaked the feature list.
The complete list:
- Compatibility with 3rd party wireless controllers
- Compatibility with messenger pad
- Xbox Live Vision firmware upgrade, sharper image filtering
- Many more Vision Cam settings
- New screensaver settings - when away from Xbox 360, screensaver will play for optional time, before screen goes dark
- New Xbox Live Arcade blade - where you can download, play and learn about Xbox Live Arcade
- Brand new “web based adver-games†flash games which aren’t downloaded, but are playable bite sized games, accessed via new Xbox Live Arcade Blade
- New Screensaver option in Themes and Gamer Pics option in Marketplace blade
- New functionality with Messenger, works with chatpad
- New XNA Game Launcher for those that have the program, new options
- New language, time and date settings
- New “advertising opportunities†in gameplay
- Xvid support
- New “favourites†option via Xbox Live Arcade, can rate according to preference
- IPTV Functionality - support for TiVo like PVR options. Will be able to record TV direct. Options include source by channel, director, actor and distributor
- Filter friends list, will be able to filter friends via games
- New clan support - will be able to launch clan games direct from dashboard, can “fold†friends into new clan category in friends list
- Better translations in settings and other options for Japanese, German and Spanish languages
- New quick option to delete via X Button in memory viewer.
- Option for having downloadable In-game content not inform when completed download
- Option for having video content not inform when completed download
- Faster settings for viewing unfinished video content downloads
- New option in Games tab - beta and others, will be launcher for MMO and multiplayer betas
- New option in Marketplace Games tab, search by letter, can be inputted via text pad or console
- Smarter game settings - you can be messaged via publishers about new in-game content for your games
- Picture in picture functionality for DVD Drive and some other updated settings
- Improved USB Keyboard settings
- Improved voice chat settings in game and from dashboard
- Faster response times to Redeem Code settings
- Option to play a Redeemed Code game straight after redeeming code
- Console will now recognise low Hard Drive space, will inform you immediately if can’t download current item, will automatically download next available that is able.
- Increased space size for gamerpics and dashboard themes
- Themes can now be animated
- Themes may now have sound effects
- Better slideshow capabilities, new options added. New sound effects and integration with --Hard Drive/ PC music capable.
- New estimated timer for downloads, informing how long download will expect to take
Suffice to say, I ain't believing it until I see it. Some of the above makes sense, while others, like IPTV, has already been denied by Microsoft to be included in this update.