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Fantastic update!

Overall I loved my time with the beta and can't wait for the full release next month. I woke up this morning and looked at my phone and it struck me that we officially have less than a month to wait now!

I did not play much of the competitive mode in the beta and I have heard quite a few negative grumblings about the balance there. I'd imagine given Bungie's track record with Halo that they will get that sorted out either by the time the game releases or with post release patches that tweak imbalances. For me the star of the show was the exploration mode. I thoroughly enjoyed cruising around on the sparrow taking on the side missions and in that process finding caves with loot chests and sometimes extremely high level enemies. The story mode was entertaining and even though it retread ground numerous times, I actually liked that. I liked having that sense of familiarity entering an area and then being led down new paths to continue on the story. I can certainly appreciate the opinion of those that are not as keen on re-using an area multiple times though, especially if you play multiple classes.

All told though, I think this game is going to be phenomenal fun for a long while.

This looks way more interesting than Unity.. so disappointed this is the Assassin's Creed on last gen consoles.

Sounds like a good time for me to sell Dishonored to Gamestop. I wish I had known this a couple of days ago. They had a promotion for an additional 50% trade in bonus. I sold my $16 used copy of Dark Souls for $11.50 back to them and of course got it free on Xbox GwG recently.

On Xbox One, both of these games were of interest to me. I almost pulled the trigger on Strike Suit Zero when it came out. Reminded me of the old Wing Commander games that I loved 15 years ago. I'll be snagging that for sure.

@mitcHELLspawn I can't wait for my beta keys later this week. This game was the tipping point to finally get on the PS4 train and I've pre-ordered the white Destiny PS4 bundle. As it is now I have hardly any friends that have upgrade to Xbox One, so I figured I might as well move to the console that was getting the most bang for the same buck.

I think we are getting very close to seeing the end of the cross generation development. Most of these games were in the pipe already when the Xbox One and PS4 were launching. We are coming up on them being a year old and I would guess almost all new development cycles are going to focus solely on the new generation.

This just may be the best update yet. Would have thought the external HDD support would be, but since you can't play back media yet from an external, I'm reserving overall judgement on that one. Honestly, I had been under the impression that the auto-download feature was available at launch. Imagine my surprise the first time I paid for a game via xbox.com while at work and got home and then had to wait half an hour or so for the game to download. Better late then never and to bundle it with pre-ordering, which I presume may indicate pre-loading(?), this is a fantastic update.

Also the activity feed update has me hopeful that I may finally find a reason to ever look at it. Does anyone know if it's possible to filter the feed to only show Xbox One activity that friends have had? The majority of my friends are still on 360, and seeing a ton of that really doesn't interest me when I'm on the Xbox One.. so it would be nice to either hide that or sort it by console if possible.

After spending 8-9 months with the Xbox One and using Kinect on a daily basis, I can say I'd be hard pressed to want an Xbox One without Kinect. Obviously it hasn't been utilized much at all for gaming, but it has added a few wrinkles to some multiplatform games, such as Battlefield 4. And I love navigating the system using voice commands. What I worry about now that they have unbundled it, is if this is the death of that peripheral. Will we see future improvements to how it functions, integration into future games, etc?

It's great that the Xbox One is seeing sales increases. I just worry about the cost, especially to those of us that were early adopters and the few like me that were really on board with the vision they had.

@EternalDragonX At one point I had all the tables on my 360. I think they have released 4-6 tables since that time. I'd definitely not say I got screwed here as I still have access to them on the 360 and I've more than gotten my money worth of gameplay. I just would never consider re-purchasing the same table I already own a second time. I totally agree though that this should have been worked out well in advance of the game coming out for Xbone.

I got my pre-order in today. Afraid to admit here that I went with the white PS4 Destiny console bundle. This game looks incredible and the idea that the Xbox versions were all getting less content (on top of the constant 1080p issue with all games) pushed me over the edge.

@DRL Just saw this on Twitter fro Zen Studios.

"We're pushing for content transfers from 360 to Xbox One, hoping to have some good news on that soon."

Sounds like this is definitely a MS policy. Fingers crossed.

hmmph.. I love Pinball FX2 on the 360. But I am most certainly not re-purchasing all the content I had previously paid for. I have over 30 tables on 360.. easily spent $50+ on the game. I'm glad they are doing well, but this doesn't sit real well with me. I'm pretty sure tables purchased on Xbox 360 are available on the Windows 8 Pinball FX2 app, so there is no real excuse other than cash grab if that's the case.

Split/Second is definitely a fun game. Picked it up during one of the end of year sales holiday of 2012.

Awesome! I remember playing the original waaaaaaaaaay back in the day on PC. This could be seriously fun. Doesn't hurt that graphically it looks pretty solid for a remake.

I watched a cinematic trailer for this a while back and was highly intrigued. Supposed to be similar to Dark Souls which is generally not a bad comparison for a game these days. I'm definitely going to be looking for this, but maybe not right at launch.

I need to get back into Titanfall. I bought the season pass when the first DLC pack came out and have only played the game once since then.

I watched the trailer for it and definitely got the Avatar vibe. Honestly I wasn't very impressed with what I saw. It wasn't a gameplay trailer of course, so not fair to judge it yet, but as an intro trailer for a new IP, it's officially not even a blip on my radar at this time. Destiny on the other hand... can not wait!

@ThreadShadow Considering it was free on Xbox One last month.. that's a good bet.

I'm tempted by The Witcher 2 at 67% off.

@Dohv My son just got his PS4 this weekend just so he could play MLB 14 The Show. After seeing the PS4 in action I'm officially wanting on to sit next to the Xbone..

I played a good amount of Guacamelee this weekend. I'm close to the end now and really love the game. I had no idea what to expect from the game and only downloaded it because it was free. If someone had mentioned it was Metroid-esque at any point in time leading up to it launching on Xbox I would have been amped beyond belief for this title.

Surprised to see Child of Light already on sale on 360. Also kind of wishing I hadn't sold my ACIV for Xbox One as I really would like to play that some more.. especially seeing sale prices on DLC for it.

I miss the plain old Tecmo days. I never knew anything form Koei but was a huge fan of NES game like Tecmo Bowl, Ninja Gaiden, Rygar and Mighty Bomb Jack. In fact looking back at that list I realize they made some of my most very favorite games of that era. Rygar was amazing on NES and Mighty Bomb Jack was a way underappreciated game from that time.

tl;dr - Should have just rebranded as Tecmo and returned to the glory years!

Ohh that looks good! Is this going to be a retail release or digital?

That certainly looks good to me. I'm not familiar with this title but love the classic 2D RPGs of the 80s/90s. I'll be keeping my eye on this one.

Sweet! Curious to see what all the fuss is about. Of course with the good comes the bad.. Only 1 free game for July for anyone that already got June's offerings.

I've never heard of this but I dig the art style.

Nice.. I missed both of these when they were new so this works out great!

My question is why an employee has these detailed documents on Google Drive and isn't using 2-step authentication? That sucks to say the least and I will do my best to avoid any spoilers. I hate to see people do this to a development team that's been working hard on a game for a long time.

I can't wait for this game. I'd love a compilation of all the Rocksteady Batman games in one collection where the older ones were remastered for the current consoles.

@Gamer83 Sunset Overdrive is being published by Microsoft Game Studios so it stands to reason that it would be an exclusive. Just like I'd love to see Bloodborne being developed by From Software on the Xbox One, it's published by Sony. Destiny on the other hand is a bizarre case to me. It's made by Bungie and published by Activision.. not sure why they would take a multi-platform game almost everywhere and make it a console exclusive in one country.

Wow.. that's a bit egregious in my mind.

I loved Geometry Wars and may just have to give this a shot.

I was real excited about this feature most of all especially when I saw Insanity. Unfortunately it only had 2 workouts and then directs you to order DVDs to continue on. I haven't looked back into it in months so maybe they have added more workouts? I've dropped 30lbs this year with an aggressive treadmill routine and would love to branch out into more full body workouts so I look forward to seeing what you report. May be time for me to look back into the fitness app and see what's new.

@MegaKillScreen You're totally right about achievements being cumbersome currently. I personally don't know that I would ever feel the need to snap the achievements while playing a game.. but it can't be worse than it is now. It's bizarre to me that a system that was so simple on 360 was made worse on a new console.

You had me at "Legend of Zelda-esque"

I saw that commercial 3 times last night and it had no effect on my Xbox. I have to laugh at the tweet from Nick Davis.. if you aren't home, how would you know that commercial was turning on your Xbox One.. and more importantly, why is the TV even on if you're not home?

This was one of the few ID@Xbox games that really stood out from the pack in the 3-4 minute barrage of indie games shown near the end of the MS conference. I'm definitely sold on this one!

Until this year's E3 I wasn't interested in Sunset Overdrive. But that E3 trailer is so gonzo that there is no way I can't be onboard!

@PeTitosaurus Sure did! I'll be real interested to see how much progression Lara Croft makes from last years game to this new one. The title alone makes it sound like this is the game that will elevate her to that veteran adventurer that we've come to know over the years. Looking forward to it!

Is the character transfers for the GTA Online or does that include single player? Regardless, I will absolutely be picking this up. I never finished it on 360 and a chance to see it on next gen hardware is a no brainer.

Now if they would only announce Red Dead Redemption 2....

My 10 year old plays Minecraft on 360 and on his Android tablet and loves it. I've been tempted to pick it up to see what the deal is but figure it's probably worth waiting for the X1 edition. Better late than never to get on board, eh? Have they announced any pricing at this time? It's fairly cheap on 360 but for some reason I don't expect that to hold true for next gen.

I read a nice piece on this game last week that really had me excited for it. This trailer really does nothing for me though. Hopefully we see a lot more come out from E3 about it.

Very good review. I guess I need to get off the fence and pick this game up soon.

I certainly hope there is some Tomb Raider announcements at E3. The reboot of the franchise was absolutely fantastic.

That looks like it could be pretty sweet. I'll be keeping an eye on this one.

hmm I have no idea what is really happening there. I can tell immediately though that I would not want to play it. (I found the music annoying more than anything)

I had the Day One Edition and traded it in when they had a 20% trade-in bonus on Thief if I remember right.. been a while. Figured I would pick it back up at some point down the road on the cheap. But I just read a ton of details this morning on Forza Horizon 2 and it sounds like that is clearly the Forza game to wait for. If this had included all DLC content so far, I'd be on board possibly.

I'm still interested in how this turns out. Would love a Sherlock Holmes game that played like LA Noire. The first trailer they released gave me that vibe.

I love the Borderlands franchise.. I'm just bummed this isn't on Xbox One. I'd say it's 50/50 on whether or not I pick this one up. One Xbox One there would be no question.

If they keep the price around $5 I'll be interested.

NHL Gamecenter!!!!!! Why that wasn't available at launch like it was on PS4 is criminal if you are a paid subscriber like I am. I just paid for a sub to Crunchyroll.. so this is really nice news too! Won't have to cast a tab from my PC to my Chromecast anymore. Hopefully these are released pretty soon. (Obviously they have a few months to worry about getting the NHL app released)

I had Hulu Plus for a few months and honestly couldn't find anything I really wanted to watch on it. May give it another look to see if anything has changed over the past year though.