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Major Nelson wrote:Xbox Live Video Store Update for Europe and Canada
In case you missed it, the man across the pond (Acey Bongos) has all the details on the Video Store coming to Europe. Meanwhile, our friends to the North can get their update directly from the lovely Jade.
The main points is that the video store for these regions will be launching on December 11th. Check the appropriate post to find out more details, including what type of content you can expect for your region when it launches.
When I have details on when the Video Store is coming to your region, I’ll let you know. Until then please remember licensing for entertainment content is very tricky,
and everyone is hard at work to bring the Video Store to as many regions as possible. Thanks in advance for your understanding and not filling up the comments with queries about your region.
So they've final confirmed the Video Markplace is coming to Europe - on the 11th December. I've had a look at the list of titles available at launch it's a very mixed bag - but it's a start I guess........
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It's like another mouth - LamptonWorm
For people with a US Gamertag the US Xbox inside has a lot more content on it - videos of the dashboard being demonstrated, major nelson wittering at the camera etc.
Mark wrote:For all those lucky enough to have access to a devkit - Rez went up on PartnerNet today.
Just had a quick play at lunch - lovely! Especially with the visual style set to Glare. Glowy!
Hehe - I noticed in the options you can use as many spare pads as you've got as replacement Trance Vibrators. Thought it best not to try it out at work though...
Mark wrote:For all those lucky enough to have access to a devkit - Rez went up on PartnerNet today.
Wassit like? Can't wait to get hold of this one
Cheers
Bubba
.. well .. it's Rez .. it's HD ...
.. it's cool *SNIGGERS*
Sorry Bubba - missed your post earlier somehow. As Giles says it's basically a hi-def version of the PS2/Dreamcast game. It looks almost exactly how you remember it at first, but if you run the original version (included) the difference in resolution is really noticeable (then again I was lucky enough to be playing it on a 42" HD TV).
It also has a bunch of visual styles that you can switch between - I tried Bloom and Glare, but there were several others too. Glare was lovely, Bloom seemed subtler, but went OTT in a couple of places.
Cursor control seemed a little bit more sensitive than I remember (and I didn't see an option to adjust it), but I haven't played it in a while so I could be imagining it.
Overall then, it's Rez with lovely crisp HD visuals, achievements (which look tough but not impossible), and the option of 4-pad vibration for added *ahem* "immersion".
HGFB wrote:Microsoft hates silver members. Hates you real good.
Just a reminder that if you have a Silver account, you won’t have access to free content on the the Marketplace (like demos) when they are first posted. That content will be available to Gold level exclusively for one week, after which Silver members will have access to the free content.
The Fall update has a special message (above) to reflect this as well. If you have a Silver account and you see a piece of content that has a red circle with a slash through it (like the ‘Ryan Industries Plasmids and Gene Tonics’ content above) you’ll have to wait until a week after the content is released to access it.
This is not done to annoy our Silver members—limited time exclusive access to content is just one of the many benefits of having a Gold Xbox Live account.
Wassit like?
Can't wait to get hold of this one
£40 a year for feeling of smug satisfaction and a service that is free elsewhere. Way to go M$.
