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April 7th, 2015, 23:53 Posted By: wraggster
We hope you weren't banking on the Xbox One's promised voice messaging featureto set up matches and gloat over victories. Microsoft has released the console's April update, but voice messaging has been yanked from the finished release (it's still available to preview users) due to "feedback" from testers -- in other words, it's just not ready for prime time. Dedicated party chat servers will have to wait, too. While there are still some useful additions, such as detailed achievement notifications, game hub links and wider access to the "What's On" hub, you'll likely have to wait at least a month for the upgrade's former tentpole feature.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/06/x...pdate-arrives/
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April 10th, 2015, 23:59 Posted By: wraggster
For a lot of people, now that the Xbox 360 is in its twilight years it's transforming from a gaming device to more of a media center. It makes sense then that the first update going out to the console's preview program members is support for bigger external hard drives. Just how big? Two terabytes. Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb writes that the system won't reserve space on your drives in advance anymore, either -- if you only need 16GB for games, it'll only use 16GB for games. However! If you already have space dedicated to Xbox 360 storage you'll need to clear that before you can take full advantage of all that new room for game-related content. The functionality hitseveryone's consoles sometime later this year.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/10/x...xternal-drive/
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April 11th, 2015, 23:59 Posted By: wraggster
Anyone who buys a brand new Xbox One will be prompted with a special screen when booting up the console for the first time: A choice between "instant-on" and "energy-saving" power modes. The default in the US is instant-on, which enables updates and content downloads while the console isn't in use, and lets users yell at their Xbox Ones to turn them on. The energy-saving mode consumes less power and can save players an average of $6 to $15 per year in the US, Microsoft says. This isn't a new mode, but the move to offer power choices up front follows a March blog post from the National Resources Defense Council that was critical of the Xbox One's always-on default.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/10/x...saving-screen/
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April 12th, 2015, 00:16 Posted By: wraggster
Xbox 360 helped pioneer downloadable games on console, but its teensy-tiny external storage limitations still reflect those early days nearly ten years later. You won't have to wait too much longer to decommission your fleet of thumb drives, because an upcoming update will allow the system to use up to 2TB of storage per external device, according to the official Major Nelson blog.
Xbox 360 is currently only able to use up to 32GB of external storage, or 64GB if you have two USB drives plugged in. That was fine back when Castle Crashers was the new hotness in 140MB, but it's gotten more than a little restrictive in the age of Xbox Live Games with Gold. Of course, it doesn't help that Microsoft's proprietary internal hard drives are pretty light on storage for the price.
http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox-360-w...ernal-storage/
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April 13th, 2015, 21:33 Posted By: wraggster
Plenty of UK retailers are already selling the Xbox One for under £300, but now Microsoft is making this markedly lower price-tag official. Effective immediately, the console will be available from £299.99, or £30 less than before. A spokesperson for Microsoft told Eurogamer that it's a "UK-only retail promotion," which suggests the reduction could only be temporary. However, given how Microsoft handled a similar price-drop in the US, we suspect this'll be a permanent discount before too long, if it's not one already. By making this the official price, Microsoft is also encouraging retailers to drop the cost of their bundles even further. The console has few exclusives prepped for the first half of 2015 (Halo 5: Guardians and Rise of the Tomb Raider will change that this autumn) but if you've been mulling a purchase anyway, now might be a good time to take the plunge.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/13/xbox-one-300-uk/
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April 13th, 2015, 21:47 Posted By: wraggster
Microsoft has issued a statement about the energy consumption of the Xbox One following criticism from an environmental group.
Late last month, Noah Horowitz of the Natural Resources Defense Council posted a blog accusing the Xbox One's 'Instant On' mode – which keeps the box in a lower-power state when not in use, in order to download updates and games in the background – of being 'wasteful' and 'power-guzzling'.
Horowitz estimated that $250 million in additional energy bills was being spent in total by US owners unaware that their console remained 'on' when not in use, and that Instant On accounts for 40 per cent of all of the energy used by the machine.
Now Microsoft has retorted, posting on the Xbox Wire blog about the Xbox One's power usage.
It states that the Instant On mode was long-requested by fans, and that the mode's efficiency has been improved since the console's launch, with energy consumption reduced by a third in comparison with the feature at launch.
It also highlights the Xbox One's 'Energy-saving' mode, which uses less energy and, it's claimed, saves users between $6 (£4) and $15 (£10) in bills each month. The feature removes the console's ability to download applications in the background, as well as other abilities.
Seemingly in response to Horowitz' criticism that many consumers were unaware that their machine was using extra power by default, Microsoft also commented that new Xbox One purchasers would be given the option to choose between the Instant On and Energy-saving modes when they first boot up their machine in 'coming months'.
Players can currently select between the modes via the One's Power and Start Up settings menu.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/micro...ticism/0147905
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April 22nd, 2015, 21:36 Posted By: wraggster
The May Xbox One update preview is all about SmartGlass. First up, users will be able to turn their consoles on or off directly from the Xbox One SmartGlass beta apps on Windows, Windows Phone and Android. Also, the console will support Miracast screen mirroring from Windows PCs, Windows Phone 8 and some Android devices, including the Samsung S5 and Nexus 7. This allows users to display photos and videos from their smaller devices on the Xbox One screen. May also brings some Windows 10 updates: Preview members will have the option to stream live TV from the console to a PC with the Xbox app or directly to the SmartGlass app. To make this magic happen, users in Europe or Australia need an Xbox One Digital TV Tuner, while those in the US and Canada can use the Hauppauge 955Q TV Tuner. This update adds a power-saving option to the Xbox One set-up process, a new feature for US consoles in particular. Read the full preview rundown on Xbox Wire or watch the video below.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/22/x...ew-smartglass/
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April 23rd, 2015, 21:18 Posted By: wraggster
The May Xbox One update preview is all about SmartGlass. First up, users will be able to turn their consoles on or off directly from the Xbox One SmartGlass beta apps on Windows, Windows Phone and Android. Also, the console will support Miracast screen mirroring from Windows PCs, Windows Phone 8 and some Android devices, including the Samsung S5 and Nexus 7. This allows users to display photos and videos from their smaller devices on the Xbox One screen. May also brings some Windows 10 updates: Preview members will have the option to stream live TV from the console to a PC with the Xbox app or directly to the SmartGlass app. To make this magic happen, users in Europe or Australia need an Xbox One Digital TV Tuner, while those in the US and Canada can use the Hauppauge 955Q TV Tuner. This update adds a power-saving option to the Xbox One set-up process, a new feature for US consoles in particular. Read the full preview rundown on Xbox Wire or watch the video below.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/22/x...ew-smartglass/
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April 23rd, 2015, 21:49 Posted By: wraggster
Microsoft has unveiled its list of upcoming Xbox One and Xbox App features being previewed in May.
 Turn on your Xbox One with your smartphone. Jesus wept!
As detailed on the Xbox Wire, one of the new features will be the ability to power your Xbox One on and off via the SmartGlass app on Windows Phone and Android devices. You can find this under "Xbox One SmartGlass Beta" in the Windows store or Google Play.You'll also be able to customise your power-saving modes further in the initial setup phase. "Instant-on enables you to use the 'Xbox on' voice command and receive background updates to console, game and app updates," Microsoft community manager Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb explained. "Energy-saving mode is a low power state that requires you to press the Xbox button on your console to start up your Xbox One."The highly awaited voice messages are still in preview.As far as the Windows 10 Xbox App is concerned, the Game DVR for PC feature will be in preview. This allows players to record clips for PC games using the Windows 10's Game bar. To use this feature, press Windows + G and click "record that" to save the last 30 seconds of gameplay. Alternatively, you can press Windows + Alt + G to shortcut this feature.There's also a screenshot option wherein you can capture images by pressing Windows + Alt + PrtScr. Or you can click the "screenshot" button in the Game bar.The Windows 10 Xbox App's preview is getting Avatar App too, along with User Profiles and the Real Name Sharing option that came to consoles last month.For the full list of updates, head on over to the Xbox Wire.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ith-your-phone
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April 25th, 2015, 01:17 Posted By: wraggster
In the three months leading up to March 31, 2015, Microsoft reported a 24 percent drop in revenue from its Xbox division compared with last year, attributing much of the decline to sales of an "increased mix of lower price Xbox One" consoles. Microsoft cut the price of the Xbox One from $500 to $400 (and it ditched the Kinect) in June 2014, and it's knocked off another $50 since. The corporate Xbox arm includes both the Xbox One and Xbox 360, and Microsoft did not separate sales of each console in its Q3 2015 financial report. Hardware revenue overall was down just 4 percent, boosted by Surface tablet sales, which were up 44 percent over last year to $713 million.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/23/xbox-revenue-down/
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April 28th, 2015, 23:26 Posted By: wraggster
End of January we gave you a preview of features to come for Aurora 0.5b. We've all been pretty busy, but managed to get it done. Aurora 0.5b implements the following new features:
* ConnectX
* Content search
* Quick Views
ConnectX support is back (dll not included). You can once again load your games over the network through an SMB share.
Content search: Pressing X on CoverFlow will show the Browse window, in which you can search for titles by pressing X again. The search results will be reflected on the CoverFlow view as well, until cleared in the Browse window.
Our biggest addition to this release is Quick Views. We know some of you have been asking to bring back the tabs from Freestyle 3, however since the first releases of Aurora we've had our own ideas of how to combine multiple filters and sort orders into one view, allowing for a tabs like feature, that would be fully customizable. Due to the magnitude of the changes needed for this feature, it has taken us a few releases to actually implement it, but it is here today, in 0.5b.
http://www.eurasia.nu/modules.php?na...ticle&sid=3403
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April 28th, 2015, 23:38 Posted By: wraggster
via http://emu-russia.net/en/
Atari Jaguar emulator for Microsoft XBOX has been updated. Changes:
- Speed improvement thanks to having optimized the texture management (thanks to freakdave, madmab and weinerschnitzel!). This makes some games run a bit faster, and improves audio quality in other games.
- Some small improvements in the GUI (for example, now when you exit from a game, the GUI goes to that game in the rom list).
File: Download
News source: http://www.emuxtras.net
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