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Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land Major Nelson takes a look at the revamped Xbox Live Marketplace (which is a little like “Action Figure Man: the How to Buy Action Figure Man episode” from The Simpsons) and of course concludes that it’s awesome. You can compare the two “experiences” with the images above (bigger on the jump) and more on Hryb’s flickr account. For those not necessarily wondering how streamlined their buying experience will be, just when it’s all over with, he says “The New Xbox Experience will ship later this year. As in before the New Year.” No real news there, but it’s nice to have his personal assurance.
If you were worried about how the Xbox 360 avatar creation system was going to work, don’t fret. Major Nelson has made this video showing us what we can expect when the fall update hits. It actually looks really solid with some very amusing animations. Now the only question is when can we expect to be making Mii’s quirky representations of ourselves? Something tells me it might be in November, but hey, you never know.
RPG-TV got a briefing last week on the Xbox Live Experience and was told that the Fall dashboard update would be hitting in November, i.e. this fall. Makes sense to me. Before I start sounding too glib, while the spring update has routinely landed in November, an update of this size could have theoretically been pushed back to later in the year. So it is nice to have Microsoft telling some on the record that we can expect our sexy new look and deeper features in three months or so. Preview of New Xbox Experience + LIPS [RPG-TV]
