Microsoft details Xbox 360 updates
Microsoft has confirmed a pair of small updates to its Xbox 360 gaming platform, one to launch today and the next tomorrow, designed to restore missing functionality and offer a cleaner look to player's Gamercards.
Today's update restores the ability to have a console load a game the instant it's turned on - the so-called 'boot to disc' mode. In an earlier update, Microsoft had made the decision to remove this functionality in order to encourage use of its redesigned dashboard interface - which, incidentally, contains numerous adverts for downloadable content and streamable films.The update, which is mandatory for all Xbox Live users, has gone live today and will download and install the next time an Xbox 360 is connected to Xbox Live.
The second update, due to go live on the company's servers tomorrow, changes the appearance of the console's Gamercards - personalised identification cards that contain player information such as reputation received from other players as a result of multiplayer gaming, the most recent games to be played, and a player's Gamerscore.
While the layout of the Gamercards in general will be overhauled, the biggest change is the removal of the Gamerzone - a self-selected category that is supposed to represent the player's gaming style, choices included 'Underground,' 'Recreation,' and 'Family.'
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