The OFFicial Xbox One Thread

[Karl.]

I get free insurance with bank. Will register it tomorrow probably.

 

[John_Blazini]

i should ensure both my consoles ..what bank is giving free insurance lol

 

[vageneral08]

i should ensure both my consoles ..what bank is giving free insurance lol

Shit is different over there bruh

 

[Karl.]

i should ensure both my consoles ..what bank is giving free insurance lol

I pay a relatively small monthly fee for my bank account. I get a lot of perks with it.

So it's not really free but very cheap for insurance. £7 covers my iPhone, iPad and Xbox One.

 

[zombie]

This will be the last generation of x-box and I will never forgive microsoft for windows vista.

 

[Broddie]

Cortana has a new battle ahead. War with Siri.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2103...phone-8-1s-mashup-of-siri-and-google-now.html

 

[focus]

Project Spark Enters Open Beta on Xbox One

Ahead of full release later this year.

by Luke Karmali MARCH 4, 2014

Project Spark is now in open beta on Xbox One, Microsoft has announced.

Though slightly later than promised, the beta is now available on console having first appear on Windows 8.1 devices back in December. Anyone who participated in the PC beta should have automatic access to the Xbox One version, though anyone can sign up and get a key:https://joinprojectspark.com/

Cross-platform support and Cloud Saves mean that you'll be able to create something on a Windows 8.1 device then test it out on Xbox One and vice versa.

The game is expected to be released later this year. The good news is that Team Dakota has previously confirmed you won't need an Xbox Live Gold subscription in order to play the ambitious game-creation software when it's finally available to all.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/03/04/project-spark-enters-open-beta-on-xbox-one

Gotta find time for this in between Garden Warfare and Titanfall.

 

[John_Blazini]

gonna be a micro transaction fest.. i was looking forward to it but i dont know know .. ill try it

 

[focus]

Project Spark XO beta trailer

 

[John_Blazini]

Damn that shit looks dope ..

 

[focus]

Everybody should be getting the system update now.

 

[kanggoodie]

U beat me to it. Lol

 

[focus]

Improved Multiplayer & Party chat

Cross title party chat

Party chat on by default

Easier multiplayer invites

Easier multiplayer joining

Ability to see what the people in your party are doing

Improved Friends List + Profile

Improved friends list utility & speed of access

Ability to see people you recently played games with

See when friends are broadcasting, including live broadcast thumbnails in activity feed

Get to a friend’s profile faster using type-ahead suggestions

Contextual app menu actions on friends list and activity feed items

Enabled more multiplayer (join and invite) actions on user profiles

54 new contest-winning gamerpics

Twitch TV live streaming support

Broadcast gameplay on Twitch.TV through Xbox LIVE (When the updated Twitch app ships next week.)

Voice support for starting and ending broadcast

Bringing out social in home

See favorite friends currently online

See friends broadcasting gameplay

Miscellaneous shell improvements

Improved notification center experiences including “quiet mode”

View Game Clips while in snap mode

Protect user settings with passkey

Browser improvements

Control Bing and Google maps with gesture and controller

Quick search when highlighting a term on a page

When searching from Bing search on the console, direct link to Internet Explorer in order to see additional web results.

New Devices – Driver and Firmware updates

Firmware update to the Xbox One controller to support the Xbox One stereo headset adapter

Support for 1st and 3rd party headsets

Driver updates for the Xbox One Media Remote

SmartGlass Improvements

Push notification to your device for Xbox Live messages

Quickly see what a friend is doing including presence and recent

Enhanced viewing of personal and a friend’s game progress and clips

Ability to close snap from SmartGlass

Live TV

50Hz fix – users can set the Live TV app to display at 50Hz for full or fill modes

Volume up/down adjustments – user can tailor the number of volume increments when using “volume up” or “volume down” commands

IR blasting of power & volume to TVs/AVRs in all regions

AVR setup maps to include model number for most sound bars or AVRs when setting up TV

Improved Audio output support

SPDIF (optical out) now supports 5.1 Dolby Digital – enabling devices such as sound bars with only Optical In to be able to receive 5.1 Dolby Digital from console over optical

HDMI output now supports stereo uncompressed, 5.1 uncompressed, 7.1 uncompressed or 5.1 Dolby Digital live or 5.1 DTS

 

[John_Blazini]

No voice messaging -______-

 

[John_Blazini]

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[Karl.]

So what about notifications when a friends comes online?

 

[focus]

So what about notifications when a friends comes online?

"The March update that delivers Twitch will also bring back toasts to the Xbox, the little notification pop-ups that appear on the screen. Gibson said Twitch will have its own toasts, alerting you when a friend starts broadcasting. These pop-ups, which can be disabled, won't appear on live broadcasts for others to see. Microsoft clarified that while Twitch pop-up notifications (or toasts) are coming to Xbox One with the March 11 update, friend toasts won't be coming until the following update, which could arrive as early as April. "
http://www.polygon.com/2014/2/28/5456410/twitch-xbox-one-vs-ps4-streaming

 

[John_Blazini]

LMAO COD Ghosts MP free for the weekend damn

 

[Broddie]

The developers of Alan Wake and the upcoming Quantum Break now have an Oscar in their midst, further raising their new game's profile in Microsoft's big multimedia push on Xbox One. The third-person shooter, in which unforeseen anomalies fling bits of the world forward in time, will have a companion television show and visual effects work from some of the recognized talent behind Alfonso Cuarón's boundless space film, Gravity.

In a note on the official Remedy Games website, the staff congratulates Greg Louden for his work at London-based effects studio Framestore, which won an Academy Award last week for Best Visual Effects. According to Louden's resume, he oversaw shots of Gravity's computer-generated interiors, with a focus on the free-floating objects that surrounded Sandra Bullock's stranded character. The film was entirely pre-visualized and extensively animated, making it an even greater achievement in visual effects than it might first appear. Gravity was also given gongs for its director, cinematography, editing, musical score, sound mixing, sound editing.

At Remedy, Louden is working not only on visual effects for Quantum Break, but on scripting and designing events as part of level design. The environment for visual effects is arguably more challenging in games, which are expected to display high-quality graphics in real-time and in a way that responds well to the player. And even with top-notch effects, the approval of players may still be harder to earn than an Academy Award.

http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/05/quantum-break-nabs-an-oscar-winning-connection-to-gravity/

 

[John_Blazini]