Xbox One Console Reviews

Looking at the Sunset Overdrive bundle. $399 just the console and digital download. So basically a free game with the console. I purchased 2K already so I'll have that and the first patch for 2K will be out early November. Getting GTA 5 and probably WWE 2K15 next month. Gonna pick up the The Walking Dead season 1 & 2 later and wait for Arkham Knight in the summer.
 

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FX Networks tomorrow will unveil its “Simpsons World” immersive, interactive digital and online experience. “Simpsons World” will provide authenticated users with a deep catalog of clips, fun facts and, for the first time ever, instant and on-demand access to every single episode of the long running animated series The Simpsons – all 552 episodes (25 Seasons). Each new episode from the current 26th season will be available for viewing the day after its original broadcast on Fox broadcast network. The tailored Simpsons experience will be available via SimpsonsWorld.com, as well as the FXNOW app for iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, Xbox One, Xbox 360, AppleTV, and Samsung Smart TVs.

Fans will be able to seamlessly move in and out of the deepest digital archive of any TV series online ever – wherever they are and however they want – and dive deeper into this colorful world through many additional features built into this site,” Stephanie Gibbons, President of Marketing and On-Air Promotions, FX Networks, boasted in today’s announcement.

“Hello ‘Simpsons World,’ goodbye free time! Seriously,” chimed in Simpsons executive producer and show runner Al Jean.

Additional initial “Simpsons World” features include:
· “Everything Simpsons,” a newsfeed showcasing the latest Simpsons news, social media updates, “Did You Know” fun facts, featured episode playlists and clips
· “The Simpsons Heartbeat” which organizes the complete catalogue of episodes by popularity
· Ability to browse the catalogue by season, playlist, most popular episodes and exclusive video content
· A responsive search function allowing users to find video of their favorite characters and guest stars in the entire catalogue or any of the nearly 3,000 clips

“Simpsons World” will continue to expand its premium content in early 2015 with additional exclusive offerings including “Explore Characters” featuring special character moments, character bios, images, etc.; “Episode Guide” offering time-synced “Did You Know”/“You May Have Missed” fun facts and a script view allowing users to follow along with the episode and share their favorite quotes on social media; and “Advance Search” making searchable every word of dialog from every single episode.

In August, through its deal with Twentieth Century Fox Television, FXX became the cable network home for all seasons of The Simpsons, excluding seasons airing in their first run on Fox. FX Networks’ app, FXNOW, will be the exclusive non-linear home for all seasons of The Simpsons, excluding those airing in their first run on Fox. FXX will acquire subsequent seasons of the series.

 
Mega-Producer Jade Raymond Leaves Ubisoft

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Jade Raymond, best known for helping produce Assassin's Creed and a number of other major Ubisoft games like Splinter Cell and Watch Dogs, has left the publisher after ten years, Ubisoft announced today.

Ubisoft's Alexandre Parizeau will take her old role as head of Ubisoft Toronto, which Raymond founded and has managed since 2009.

"I've spent 10 extraordinary years at Ubisoft, and I am proud to have been part of many of the best teams in the industry making truly remarkable games," Raymond said in a press release.

"This is one of the hardest decisions of my career, but the Toronto studio is strong and on a solid path. I'm confident that now is a good time for me to transition leadership of the studio to Alex and to pursue my other ambitions and new opportunities. Stay tuned for more on what's next for me, but for now, I'd like to thank Ubisoft for its partnership through the years, and I wish them the very best in all their next endeavours."​
 

We’re bringing you new and exciting ways to watch TV and interact with the Xbox Live gaming community in this month’s Xbox One system update preview. Today, we will begin rolling out a ton of new features to some members of the Xbox One preview program. We’ve got the full breakdown of features listed for you right here:





  • Show Who You Are – Some of the most requested features being released this month include the ability to customize your Xbox One background and showcase and share some of your favorite achievements and game clips.
    • Custom Backgrounds The #1 fan-requested feature is making its initial debut for preview members. For the first time, each account on your Xbox One can have a customized background. You can choose a custom color or achievement art as your background on Xbox One, with more customization options coming down the road.
    • Gamer Profile – You can now share your location and bio as part of your profile. You can set these options on your Xbox One console and use Xbox One SmartGlass to browse to other people’s profiles and check out their showcase items. Additionally, you can now select a set of showcase items that are displayed when other gamers look at your profile on an Xbox One console. You can use Xbox One SmartGlass or Xbox One console to add or remove up to six game clips or achievements that will be displayed in a carousel format.
    • Tweet about your Favorite Game Clips – You can now share your favorite Xbox One game clips with your followers on Twitter. Use the Share button on any game clip you have created and select Twitter to compose the Tweet.

  • A New Way to Watch TV – With new Live TV and Twitter integration, you can discover new shows to love and see what people are saying on Twitter about shows in real-time.
    • Live TV Trending – Starting today for preview members in the U.S., Canada and the UK, a new tab will be available in OneGuide that displays the top 20 most watched TV shows, with the list filtered down to the shows that are currently available to you based on your OneGuide settings. The Live TV Trending list is updated by the minute, so you can easily discover shows that are popular with other viewers. The Trending tab in OneGuide is updated to display Twitter – Live TV trending first and Xbox – Live TV Trending second. You can tune to a specific show by pressing the A button.
    • Twitter TV Trending – New this month in preview, you can see what Live TV is trending based on the highest number of tweets. Twitter TV Trending will initially be available to preview members in the U.S.
    • Xbox TV Trending – The Trending tab in OneGuide is updated to display Twitter trending first and Xbox – Live TV Trending second. Xbox – Live TV Trending is based on the number of Xbox One owners currently watching that show in each country, pulled from anonymous data collected at a national level.
    • Tweets in MiniGuide – See the actual tweets for the Live TV shows in real time and quickly find the Twitter #hashtag to join the conversation.
    • Recents and Favorites in MiniGuide – MiniGuide has been updated to include your favorite TV channels in a combined Recents and Favorites area and MiniGuide can now be activated via voice by saying “Xbox Select – MiniGuide” while watching TV.


  • Store improvements and SmartGlass updates – We are also excited to roll out these cool features:
    • Store improvements – The Store pages on Xbox One have been improved to enable you to more quickly browse and find content. The navigation buttons were moved to the far left so you can find them easier. You can also more quickly find game add-ons, perform store specific searches and recommendations are more prominently displayed. Finally, store categories have been standardized so you can easily see the top items in each query at a glance.
    • Friends’ Game Activity on SmartGlass – You can now see a list of your friends that have played a given game within the Xbox One SmartGlass experience.
    • Games with Gold & Deals with Gold on SmartGlass – For gamers with an Xbox Live Gold subscription, you can browse “Free Games with Gold” and discounted content with Gold and initiate download of the content to your Xbox One console from your mobile device.
    • SmartGlass Store Improvements – We added a new section for Apps to make it easier to find and download apps for your Xbox One, as well as adding a Coming Soon filter for Games and Add Ons to make it easier to see upcoming Xbox One releases sorted by anticipated release date.

  • Internet Explorer updates – There are a few improvements Internet Explorer available this month:
    • Snap IE – From the Address Bar in Internet Explorer, you can now easily snap from a full screen experience and move Internet Explorer into snap mode.
    • Featured sites – Now, Internet Explorer will show a number when something is newly-added to featured sites. Newly-added sites will also display a badge until you launch them or seven days have passed since the site was added to the Featured list.

  • Updates to the Preview dashboard app – We’re gamifying the Preview dashboard. Here are some new features we are adding:
    • My Stats – If you are in the Preview program, you will now earn points for providing feedback, including points for completing Quests, Surveys, Quick Poll questions, and rating the update. These will be shared in the Preview dashboard under My Stats. The more points you get, the more you level up, and the more rewards you’ll earn. Keep checking back for special bonus point opportunities.
    • Leaderboard – We’re also adding a leaderboard that shows how you stack up against your friends based on the points you have earned. If you don’t have friends in the Preview program, we’ll show how you stack up against others in the program. Keep checking back – more things are coming to the My Stats page soon.
These new features and updates are rolling out to all Xbox One preview program members starting today and will launch for everyone in November.
System Update, Xbox One By Larry Hryb, Xbox LIVE's Major Nelson
 
Xbox1 heads does gaming in lower resolution bother you or hurt your gaming experience? Two coworkers one who owns xbox one and the other owns Ps4 were debating over lunch ie which is the better gaming system.

No it doesn't hurt your gaming experience. You really can't tell the difference most of the time. It's only the fanboys and the media that talk about that stuff. If you have a crappy TV your game's gonna look bad regardless of the resolution of the game. Don't buy into the hype.
 

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As we approach the start of the NBA Season and the launch of NBA LIVE 15, we wanted to drop some info on the different ways to try the game.

NBA LIVE 15 releases on October 28 in North America, and EA Access* members on Xbox ONE can play the game before anyone else, with a six-hour trial starting on October 23. The trial is the real game, and your progress and stats will carry over if you decide to purchase at a later date.

All other Xbox ONE gamers will have access to the same six-hour trial beginning on October 28 when the game launches.

PlayStation 4 hoopsters will have access to a classic game demo beginning on October 28. The demo includes a "Finals Atmosphere" Cleveland vs. Oklahoma City matchup with five-minute quarters. Ballers can also play through the adidas Learn LIVE Tutorial featuring Damian Lillard.

Sign up for EA Access now and experience NBA LIVE 15 on October 23!
Stay in touch with NBA LIVE 15 updates by checking out our Facebook and Twitter pages.
 

Will allow downloaders to fight owners of the paid-for edition

A little nugget of Japanese intel, before you head off for the day. You probably have videogames to play, I expect. Videogames like Tecmo's long-in-the-tooth fighting game Dead or Alive 5, a free version of which will apparently release on Xbox One, according to an issue of Famitsu translated by Gematsu and passed on by Videogamer.

This "basic free version" and the paid-for one (which is also coming to Xbox 360) will launch on 19th February in Japan. There's not much news about how they differ, but players of the free version can allegedly battle against paid-up fighters. It's also not clear whether this offer will migrate to other territories - and thus, qualify for OXM's free Xbox One games list.


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Subtitled "Last Round", the next generation versions of Dead or Alive 5 come with two new stages - "Danger Zone" from the original Dead or Alive, and "Crimson" from Dead or Alive 2. There are additional characters, too - a complete newcomer and Nyotengu from the arcade version of Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate.

OXM handed DOA5 a 7/10 back in September 2012, describing it as "a safe sequel that sticks to a formula that still works". Let's hope the latter part is true of Last Round, too.

In other news, Joe has made fun of Tecmo's DLC tactics.
 
Xbox1 heads does gaming in lower resolution bother you or hurt your gaming experience? Two coworkers one who owns xbox one and the other owns Ps4 were debating over lunch ie which is the better gaming system.

Honestly both systems are underpowered. Neither can do 4K. Microsoft made a bone head decision letting the Kinect use so much power. But 900p doesn't hurt anything. And some Sony fans won't admit it but the all powerful PS4 can't lock in most of its games at 60fps. It can hit it at times is all. This argument is like wondering which company is fucking us more gently. Pointless in the end.

Sent From My Galaxy S5
 
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Fantasia: Music Evolved Reviews

GameSpot - 8




IGN - 8.6





Joystiq - 4/5


If you have an Xbox One and a Kinect, you should have Fantasia: Music Evolved in your library, not only because it's the thing that shows off how well your Kinect can work, but also because it's an immediately accessible and fun party game. Its musical selection is well-rounded, and while I can't say that any of the remixes became my new favorite versions of songs, they add a layer of complexity to the core game that's more interesting than simply putting more notes up on screen. It's also nice to have a musical rhythm game that's ready to go without pulling a bunch of controllers out of the closet - but if you want to put on a sorcerer's hat, I won't tell.
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/10/21/fantasia-music-evolved-review-the-rhythm-is-gonna-get-you/

EGM - 7.5

Waving your arms in front of your TV like you’re conducting some kind of cosmic orchestra is a surprising amount of fun, but the lack of content leaves the experience feeling a bit bare.

The Good - Simple, fun gameplay; looking around Yen Sid’s workshop; Inon Zur’s original compositions.

The Bad
- Lack of songs on disc, repeat playthroughs required to unlock all songs/remixes.

The Ugly - Harmonix is still the only developer who knows how to make a fun Kinect game.
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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/reviews/egm-review-fantasia-music-evolved/

Destructoid - 8

Great: Impressive efforts with a few noticeable problems holding it back. Won't astound everyone, but is worth your time and cash.
http://www.destructoid.com/review-disney-fantasia-music-evolved-281980.phtml

polygon - 7

The original Fantasia was a thing of remarkable wonder and playful experimentation, and the fact that Fantasia: Music Evolved could capture even a small portion of that is an achievement. But, much like Apprentice Mickey, you're going to have to carry water for Music Evolved's strung-out structure before it lets you have any fun.

http://www.polygon.com/game/fantasia-music-evolved/13555
 
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This past Monday, we announced a slate of new customization options for Xbox One, including the ability to choose a custom color or achievement art as your background. We also promised more customization options coming down the road. For those of you in the Xbox Preview Program, those new options are beginning to roll out today.


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The latest Media Player update allows you to create customized Xbox One backgrounds using your own pictures. Here’s how it works:

  1. Connect a USB to console / Connect a source through DLNA
  2. Launch Media Player (either directly or through Settings>My Xbox > My background > Custom image)
  3. Navigate to source of your choosing (USB/DLNA)
  4. Navigate to folder/file of your choosing
  5. Select the jpg/png image – see it full screen.
  6. Once you are viewing the image full screen, hit the menu button.
  7. Select “Set as background”
  8. You will be sent back to the full screen view of the image. Hit nexus, see the image on Home.
To help select or create an image that will work best for the background, the Xbox Design Team created handy Photoshop template so you can see what parts of your pic will be blocked by the tiles. Download it here (Adobe Photoshop required to open): http://mjr.mn/XBOBackgrounds
If you make a great background, share it! Drop a link into the comments below for others to download and try.
Note: all links are automatically pulled into moderation, they’ll be approved within 24 hours.
If you are having trouble, remove the media player app and reinstall it. Read the comments below for more troubleshooting tips.
 
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