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The update for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition is beginning to roll out, so why not check out the full list of changes while you wait? Here's all of the changes, courtesy of PlayXBLA:

Features:-

- Added Pistons & Sticky Pistons.
- Added Stackable fences.
- Added Shears – required to get wool from sheep, and to collect leaf blocks.
- TNT needs Flint and Steel or Redstone to detonate.
- Redstone wire will now connect to a repeater.
- New textures for Cobblestone and Brick.
- Added Character Skin Selector to allow players to choose their skin from the default skins, or from Downloadable Content skin packs.
- Added lighting improvements (brought forward from 1.8.2 update) and snow & rain improvements.
- Added a save file cache to improve the speed of displaying the saves list.
- Added ban list functionality to allow players to self-ban from levels they feel contain offensive content.
- Added a ban list section to the How To Play menus.
- Added an option for the host to limit online games to only players in their friends list (no friends of friends).
- Added a seed display to the level load screen (requires existing levels to be saved out again to add the display).
- Changed the tooltip display setting to in-game tooltip display, so that tooltips always display in menus.
- Added the crosshair to the list of things affected by the opacity slider.
- On using the quickselect bar, the opacity of the quickselect, tooltips, splitscreen gamertag display, and crosshair will be set to 80,
and will fade back down to the user opacity setting after 6 seconds of no quickselect bar use.
- Added some more Tips & Trivia to the loading/saving screen display.
Tutorial World changes & additions:-

- Added optional tutorial for Pistons and Redstone.
- Added a self-building bridge to the castle using Pistons.
- Added some sugar cane, cactii and clay to the world.
- Added a few other things for players to discover.

Fixes:-

- Fix for only the host being shown the pop-up when any player attempts to place lava near the spawn point.
- Fixed tooltip for Flint and Steel.
- Fix for Note blocks not showing notes.
- Fix for Leaderboard reads taking too long.
- Fix to block players re-entering a level they have been kicked from, until the level is restarted.
- Fix to stop players being able to join a game when they are not a friend of any player in the game.
- Fix for Netherracks re-appearing after being mined.
- Fix for a rare crash on entering the Nether.
- Fix for attacking enemies at a different level not damaging them.
- Fixed a problem causing some save games not to load.
- Removed Herobrine.


[Source: PlayXBLA]

Besides the following fixes below, the official update for Skyrim allows you to attack while on a horse! With Skyrim receiving it's first expansion with Dawnguard soon, now is a good time to get back into the game!

Bug fixes:

- General stability and memory optimizations.
- General AI pathfinding optimizations and bug fixes.
- Optimizations and crash fixes for data leaks.
- Fixed rare crash with lighting.
- Fixed crashes related to loading and saving games.
- Fixed crash with summoned creatures/NPCs.
- Fixed rare issue where saves would be corrupted.
- Improved logic for when ranged kill cams are played.
- Fixed issue with ranged kill cams while killing a dragon.
- Fixed rare issue with certain ranged kill cams not playing properly.
- Fixed issue with nirnroot lighting not properly cleaning up.
- Fixed issue where bow damage was being calculated incorrectly.
- Fixed rare problem with werewolf kill moves would not finish animating properly.
- In "The Break of Dawn" fixed rare issue where Meridia's Beacon would disappear from player's inventory.
- Fixed occasional issue where followers would disappear after player pays off a bounty after committing a crime.
- Fixed issue where certain creatures and NPCs would fail to respawn properly.
- Fixed rare issue with dialogue subtitles not displaying properly.
- Fixed issue with water appearing blurry when loading a saved game after creating a save underwater.
- Fixed issue where map cursor would occasionally disappear after closing a message box with Kinect enabled (Xbox 360).
- Fixed rare issue with shouts only performing the first level and not other unlocked levels with Kinect enabled (Xbox 360).
- Fixed issue where the shout buttons would stop working properly if users mashed LB and RB during cooldown with Kinect enabled (Xbox 360).


-Source-

Xbox 360 Achievements.org

If you've ever wanted to use shouts or explore your inventory with your voice in Skyrim, you'll a get a chance to very soon. Bethesda have announced today that Skyrim will be getting Voice command support with players who have a Kinect device. Over 200 commands will be coming, and you can check out the video below to see an example of a few.

Fus-Ro-Dah!

If you were having issues importing a character's face into Mass Effect 3, today's released patch should solve that problem. During the week of the games release, some players encountered a bug that prevented characters from being imported properly, mostly from characters imported from Mass Effect into Mass Effect 2.

The patch is now available for Xbox 360, and should be for PS3 soon.

343 Industries is now in charge of all things Halo, and their first change will be tweaking some of the elements of Halo Reach. Key specific changes will come to the Armor Locking ability, Reticle Blooming, Enhancing the pistol to behave like the Halo: CE firearm, and Sword Blocking. From the Halo Waypoint Forums:

"Make damage bleed to health through shields possible.

Make reticle bloom configurable.

Modify Armor Lock.
• Sticky grenade will not be nullified if you use Armor Lock after being stuck.
• Damage received while in Armor Lock is transferred to remaining Armor Ability energy.
• How much the damage depletes your Armor Lock energy is configurable.

Modify Active Camo.
• Reduce the bonus time the player gets in Active Camo while standing still.
• Reduce the overall length of time the player can be in Active Camo.

Remove Sword block.
• Disable the ability to block Sword attacks using melee with anything other than another Sword.

Implement the classic Magnum from Halo: CE.

Enable playing Co-Op Campaign and Firefight without requiring a HDD."

These changes will no doubt change how we play Reach, and may meet with resistance from those who have been playing since it's launch. It's also important to note that these changes are not set in stone, and may change before the update.

-Source-

Halo Waypoint Forums

Hydrophobia had it's fair share of issues when it released this summer, but with a new title update and discounted price, it hopes to get your attention. After downloading the 4 MB update, I checked it out for a few minutes and the fixes are initially noticeable. The waypoints to your goals help a lot, and the camera is zoomed in more like a standard 3rd person shooter which I like, and the remapped controls are much better. Check it out if you already bought or videos of before and after if you haven't to see the differences. I might even play through it again and do a Re-Review, but not sure yet. Check out more below:


"Engage in mind blowing “flow combat” where emergent gameplay results in a never-the-same-twice experience. Unleash floating oil fires, electricity and the power of the water itself to wipe out your enemy as you discover the terrifying truth of the Malthusian agenda; Save the World, Kill Yourself."

Link To Trial- Hydrophobia Trial (1.1 GB)

Link To Full Game- Hydrophobia (800 MSP)

Loved playing Red Dead Redemption's free roam, but grew tired of players constantly killing you? Well all that trouble is over with a new update just in time for tomorrow's release of the Undead Nightmare Pack. Players can now choose a free-roam environment where it is no longer possible to kill other players so you can explore the western area in peace of others seeking to kill you.

The Update is available now, and you must simply boot up either the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 version of the game.

The multiplayer focued Arcade game Monday Night Combat is a great game, and Uber Entertainment has announced a title update to further improve the game, while also discussing DLC plans.

Improvements will be towards each class, UI issues, gameplay, and network combatibility.

DLC will be released in three packs, with the first one being FREE when it does arrive.

Check out the full list of fixes on Uber Entertainment's site, and if you're going to Pax, check out these items you can pick up from their below!









Source- Uber Entertainment

Been having problems playing online with Red Dead Redemption? You're not the only one. I have been able to play free-roam longer than 30 mins, but now Rockstar has released a title update to fix the problem. Check out all the details below:

The main issues fixed by the title update are as follows:

•Resolved various NAT incompatibility issues
•Improved connectivity to multiplayer for users with slower connections
•Improved reporting for Shootout and Gang Shootout games
•Fixed instance where Mo Van Barr would not appear as a bounty
•Fixed multiplayer titles not appearing for some users in the outfitter
•Fixed instance where lawmen stopped responding even though the player was wanted
•Fixed Issue with hogtied victims disappearing when ragdolled
•Fixed crash in Free Mode when cooking dynamite and going into the water
•Fixed audible glitch at the end of some cutscenes
•Fixed Solomon's Folly Action Area not ending after posse leader teleports in late
•Corrected Social Club 100% Tracker so stats update properly
•Various multiplayer issues addressed including load screen hang-ups and UI glitches
•Eliminated miscellaneous game crashes
Additionally, this update includes support for a new playlist by popular demand, Hardcore Free Roam supporting only expert aim. This playlist will be released once this title update has time to propagate on both consoles. We will update this post with the word as soon as that playlist is confirmed as functional.


Source- Rockstar Games

Although the Gears of War 3 buzz is starting to build, Epic hasn' forgotten about supporting their middle Gears title as Gears of War recieves another title update that adds social matches and fixes some more exploits. Check out some highlights below:

Improvements

-Adds a new public multiplayer match option called Social Xbox LIVE (aka player matches), open to anyone who owns all downloadable maps

-You can join Social Matches in progress and can quit any time without penalty, although players who quit a match early don’t receive earned experience (XP) from that match.

-Social matchmaking lets your party join a match in progress. If a match is not found, your party hosts a new match, filling any empty player slots with bots.

-Social Matches automatically cycle to the next map without further matchmaking.
Teams are rebalanced between matches based on XP level without splitting parties.

-If you quit, your spot is taken by a bot until a new player joins the match. That new player can join while the match is in progress.

-If you join a match in progress, you are assigned a team based on XP level and party size.

-If you join a match in progress, you replace a bot at the earliest opportunity: at the first bot’s death for respawning game types (for example, Annex) and at round completion for Warzone, Execution, and Wingman.

-Before the match begins, teams are balanced based on XP without splitting parties.
Renames Private Matches to Custom Xbox LIVE Matches and makes these matches invite-only.

-Adds the ability to join Horde sessions that are in progress.

Exploit Fixes

-Title Update 6 fixes these other issues as well:
An issue that could cause your profile to be overwritten, erasing XP level, and achievement progress.

-An issue that could cause a campaign save slot to be overwritten if you previously chose to continue without saving and then signed in.

Source- Gears of War 2 official forum

The N64 classic was a hit when it arrived on Xbox Live, and now it's getting some new tweaks and fixes today with it's first title update. The full details are below, and the update is available now, and will automatically download when you start the game:

-Legacy controls

-Southpaw (left-handed) controls

-Swap Triggers control option

-Lock Sight control option

-Precision Aim sensitivity tuning

-Hardcore (No Radar, No Auto-Aim, No Highlights, Combat only) matchmaking playlist

-Gamma (brightness) option

-Secondary Fire Reset option in Combat Simulator

-Quick Menu select using either Left or Right stick

-Player Handicap reinstated in local multiplayer

-Client player progress recorded in Live Co-Op game

-Progress recorded for all primary players (main player on each console) in Live Challenges

-Counter-Op progress recorded for both players if Jo player successfully completes the level

-Achievement fixes including 'Tools of the Trade' (anyone who's earned but not received it will now do so), ‘Who Needs Enemies’ (awarded to Counter-Op player after a full mission's progress), ‘How's That For Starters?’ (awarded to Counter-Op player if Jo player completes first level)

-Increased duration of explosions to better match the N64 experience

-Laptop Gun sentry mode performance adjusted to match the N64 experience

Source- Rare News

The only game to not support Play from Hard Drive, can now be played from the Hard Drive! The Crackdown Team has released an update that will allow players to put the on their hard drive. I'm not sure of the space required, but when I find out, I'll post an update. Enjoy, Agents!