Major Nelson has posted some images of how the new dashboard works with currently purchased themes. Basically the all new grey dashboard is skinned with a slightly less grey look as your current theme image is displayed in a 3d style behind the new menu. Click the image to the right for a better look.
The segment from the Microsoft press conference detailing the new dashboard update and avatar system has shown up on Youtube (complete with amusing spelling mistake titles). Watch below as John Schappert gets very excited when introducing the new features followed by a few seconds of awkward silence:
Joystiq has posted a good bullet point article detailing some finer points on how the new Xbox 360 dashboard and experience features are going to work. Here’s some of the highlights:
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Games can reward you with items for your Avatar
They’re not ready to discuss the availability of lyrics, beat charts, etc. for Lips when using your [...]
Gamerscore blog is running a letter from Marc Whitten(some Xbox guy) detailing some of the new features that will be found in the new Xbox 360 dashboard coming this Autumn. The new features include:
Play from hard drive. Copy your games from the game disc and play directly from the hard drive. Not only will the [...]
Larry Hyrb A.K.A Major Nelson has announced on his blog that Microsoft have today taken action against Xbox Live accounts that have been deemed to have artificially boosted their Gamerscore. Cheating has generally taken the form of using other peoples saves games downloaded off the internet to instantly unlock achievements. Offenders will have their Gamerscore reset to 0 and will [...]
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