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Wednesday, April 1, 2009
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Xbox Avatar Clothing — Serious Business

11:40AM Michael McWhertor | Your “New Xbox Experience” avatar has just gotten some grown up clothes, eight new pieces of formal and business casual articles that will be a hit at your next Xbox Live con call. More »
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009
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360 Avatars Go A Little Bit Country, A Little Bit Western

6:30PM Luke Plunkett | It’s OK, Americans. Those European football shirts weren’t your thing. This, then, is your thing, a new “Western Wear” collection of avatar clothing that’ll have you reaching for an official Microsoft-branded six-shooter. More »
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Thursday, March 5, 2009
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The New Xbox Experience Will Soon Be Mandatory

12:30PM Luke Plunkett | Most people are more than happy with the improvements the New Xbox Experience brought to the Xbox 360’s user interface. Those unhappy, well, tough: it’s about to become compulsory. More »
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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Microsoft Finally Fixes NXE HDMI SNAFU

9:20AM Michael McWhertor | The Xbox 360’s “New Xbox Experience” wasn’t filled with the joyful noise of Avatar belches for some owners of the console. Some found their HDMI-ready systems without sound, which Microsoft is now, finally, addressing. More »
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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Prep Up Your NXE Avatar With New Threads

8:20AM Michael McWhertor | Your New Xbox Experience avatar just got a wardrobe booster, thanks to the fashionistas at Microsoft and Rare. It’s a noticeably preppy update to the Avatar closet, perfect for a weekend beach house getaway. More »
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Saturday, December 13, 2008

Trapped In A Glass Ball With Your Xbox Friends

12:20AM Mike Fahey | It’s a non-stop celebration over on the Xbox 360, as folks around the world awake to discover that Santa left them a mystical torture device disguised as the Xbox 360 Holiday Snow Globe. More »
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Thursday, December 11, 2008

New Xbox Experience Brought a Jump in Online Sales to Live

9:00AM Brian Crecente | Since the launch of the New Xbox Experience, the avatar-friendly, Xbox Live redesign, sales on the Xbox 360’s Live marketplace have as much as tripled, Aaron Greenberg, group product manager for Xbox 360 said today. More »
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Thursday, December 4, 2008

New NXE Avatar Clothing Is Useless For The Australian Summer

12:20PM Luke Plunkett | Today is December 4. First week of summer down here. So, today, I jump on my Xbox 360, and see there are new avatar clothes! New, entirely inappropriate avatar clothes. More »
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Sony Movies Now Available On 360’s Netflix

2:30PM Luke Plunkett | There was a problem last week when the New Xbox Experience rolled out – and Netflix support rolled out along with it – yet Sony’s movies were unavailable. Boneheads made conspiratorial mutterings. Netflix were more sensible. More »
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Monday, November 24, 2008

So, How Much Space Do Your 360 Games Installs Take Up?

10:00PM Luke Plunkett | The New Xbox Experience lets you install 360 games onto your HDD. Great news for anyone – like myself – who gets DISC READ ERRORS as often as the sun both rises and sets. But chances are, unless you splurged and bought yourself an Elite, or are new to the 360 world and own a 60GB unit, you have a 20GB HDD. And for you, space is at a premium. So you need to know how much room the installs actually take up, so you can get prioritising. More »
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