Category: Xbox

We work hard to improve the shopping experience in the Microsoft Store, and are always looking for ways to improve the discoverability and purchase of the products and services we sell. Today, we are excited to announce that customers can begin using our improved Shopping Cart and later this week, our new Wish List– two of the most-requested features from our fans.

Shopping Cart

As we mentioned previously, we’ve extended the existing Shopping Cart to work with games and apps for the Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs.  Today, the feature is once again available for testing. Whether you’re shopping for games or apps for Xbox One and/or Windows 10 PCs, hardware or accessories, the improved Shopping Cart means you only have to go through checkout once.

How to add a game or app to the Shopping Cart:

1. Head to the Microsoft Store on Windows 10 PCs, online or on Xbox One (Xbox Insiders only)
2. Navigate to the product details page for the item you wish to add to your cart
3. Look for the “Add to Cart” button underneath the “Buy” button
4. Select the “Add to cart” button
5. To view your Shopping Cart, select the “Shopping Cart” button at the top of the Store navigation
6. To remove an item from your Shopping Cart, navigate to that particular item on your Shopping Cart, and select “Remove”

Ready to check out? Click on the “Checkout” button to the right of your cart to complete your order.

Not ready to purchase a particular item? Navigate to that item in your Shopping Cart and select “Save for later.” We’ll remove that item from your cart and save it in a handy location right below the Shopping Cart itself for future reference.

Additionally, the updated Shopping Cart is persistent and works across Microsoft Store on Xbox One, Windows 10 PCs, and online. So, if you add or remove an item from your cart in one store, those changes will be reflected in the others.

Xbox Insiders can begin using the improved cart today, and shortly after Windows Insiders can begin testing the feature. In a few weeks, all customers using the Microsoft Store on Xbox One, Windows 10 PCs and online can start using it.

Wish Lists

Later this week, customers can begin using the new Wish List feature, which supports all physical products and digital games and apps in the Microsoft Store. The persistent and works across the Microsoft Store on Xbox One, Windows 10 PCs and online, so if you’re shopping on the Microsoft Store on your Xbox and add a digital game to your wish list, that game will appear in your Wish List in the Microsoft Store on Windows 10 PCs and online.

is also supported within the Wish List, so customers will quickly be able to see when items on their Wish List go on sale.

How to add items to your Wish List:

1. Head to the Microsoft Store on Windows 10 PCs, online or on Xbox One (Xbox Insiders only)
2. Navigate to the product details page for the item you wish to add
3. Look for the “Wish List” button underneath the “Buy” button
4. Select the “Wish List” button
5. To view your Wish List, activate the pull-down menu at the top of the Store navigation, and select the “Wish List” option
6. To remove an item from your Wish List, navigate to that particular item on your Wish List, and select “Remove”

A customer’s Wish List can be kept private or made public and shared with others.

How to share a Wish List:

1. Click on the “Settings” link in the wish list
2. Select “Make the wish list public”
3. Then, click on the “Share” button to share with friends and family

Note: On Xbox, customers will be able to share their public wish list with a list of their Xbox Live friends.

The Wish List feature will be initially be made available to all customers in all supported markets using the Microsoft Store on Windows 10 PCs and online, as well as to our Xbox Insiders. The Wish List will be available to all Xbox customers in a few weeks.

Thanks to the fans who provided suggestions and feedback regarding these features on both the Windows Feedback Hub app and the Xbox Ideas site. And we’d like to give a special shout out to our Xbox and Windows Insiders who tested the previous iteration of the new cart. Please don’t hesitate to let us know how we can continue to improve your shopping experience. Thanks!

See the rest of the story on Xbox Wire

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EA Sports NHL 19 and adidas have teamed up to create something special for hockey fans, with unique Digital 6 jerseys being introduced in-game. Methodically created to honor the Original Six NHL teams, these designs are fashioned with the history of each city in mind. Learn more about each of these innovative jersey designs below and how to get them first in-game.

Boston Bruins

With the fighting spirit of a bear and a storied history that has defined their legacy, the Digital 6 jersey for the Boston Bruins pays homage to the league’s first American team. The seven stripes and 13 stars surrounding their prominent logo represents the country’s original 13 colonies, honoring the birthplace of a nation. The white color-blocking on the sleeves makes each player’s number pop, and innovative body striping is exclusive to this jersey. Unleash the attitude of a Bruin with this bold jersey in NHL 19.

Chicago Blackhawks

Our first reaction to the Blackhawks’ Digital 6 jersey was a mix of wonder and awe, as the seven colors from their logo have been expanded to various areas of this design. No logo in professional sports features as many shades as Chicago’s jersey, which is why this design is so vibrant and powerful. Their iconic jersey crest color palette was expanded out onto the sleeves with bold striping that stays true to their legacy. The threads weaved into the striped pattern on the Blackhawks jersey give it a classic appearance, too, perfect for showing off in NHL 19.

Detroit Red Wings

The bold red and white stripes on the Red Wings jersey are inspired by Detroit’s automotive history, adorned with the kind of racing stripes that decorated many local muscle cars. This fresh take on the 1926-1927 jersey features an amped-up Red Wings logo front and center. Seize control of an attitude forged in the heart of Hockeytown with this incredible Red Wings sweater.

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal’s jersey celebrates the city’s francophone roots in a way that’s never been seen. Bringing together the traditional color scheme of Bleu, Blanc, and Rouge, this jersey pops with originality thanks to a number of special design choices that went into creating this look. The MTL abbreviation is a nod to how the locals refer to their city, surrounded by vivid striping and the iconic C from their crest used as the captaincy C. Vive les Habitants!

New York Rangers

The Big Apple is grand and larger than life, which is why the Rangers’ jersey features an oversized crest with New York emphasized as the center of attention. Bearing the revered Rangers shield and wrapping it all the way around their jersey creates a balanced look between Home and Away designs with a striking presence. Stand like skyscrapers above the competition with the Rangers’ Digital 6 design in NHL 19.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Blending the Maple Leafs logo with the Team Canada Summit Series jersey from 1972, this jersey makes each player look like a singular flying leaf. The untouched white area in the upper half of the jersey, combined with the frosted blue visor, pay homage to the winter cityscape when the ice has frozen over. Represent Toronto with this beautiful design.

Collect All Six in Hockey Ultimate Team

The Digital 6 jerseys will be available first in Hockey Ultimate Team (HUT) on November 5 before coming to more modes on November 19. You can acquire the Digital 6 in HUT in the following ways:

• Get one of six jerseys featuring your favorite Original Six team today by entering Hockey Ultimate Team. Redeem the Digital 6 choice pack located in the HUT store before November 19. Don’t miss out!
• Six HUT Challenges featuring an Original Six team can be completed to earn the remaining jerseys.

That’s all Xbox fans. We can’t wait to see you and your team out on the ice in these incredible new jerseys! NHL 19 is available now for Xbox One on the Microsoft Store.

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Starting at 2:00 p.m. PDT today, members of the Xbox One Preview Beta and Delta Rings will begin receiving a new 1811 Xbox One system update (181030-1920). Read on for more about the fixes and known issues in the latest 1811 system update.

New Features:

Family Settings

• Children signing up for new accounts will now be asked to add a parent only if required to by local privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR or COPPA). This means that some minors, like teens in the U.S., will no longer have to add a parent and join a Microsoft family during signup. Xbox privacy and online safety defaults will still be applied based on age, and in order to change those, the minor would need to add a parent on Xbox who can then change their settings. Minors not in a family can add a parent anytime in Settings > Account > Family settings > Add a parent. Joining a family would also allow the parent and child to use other family features like content restrictions, screen time, activity reporting, and spending.
• Children that are subject to local privacy regulations will still be required to add a parent during signup. While this will create a Microsoft family through which the parent can use family features like content restrictions, screen time, activity reporting, and spending, the parent will no longer be required to sign in on Xbox. If a parent wants to change their child’s Xbox privacy and online safety settings, the parent can sign in separately on Xbox and manage their family in Settings > Account > Family settings.
• Existing child accounts are not affected by this change and will remain with their parents in their current Microsoft family.

 Mouse & Keyboard Support

• We have enabled mouse support in this release.  Please check out the Quest in the Xbox Insider Hub to experience mouse and keyboard support in Warframe.

 Search Enhancements

• The search function has been enhanced across the console and will now return responses from the Xbox Assist application for example to help with help, support and troubleshooting.  Please check out the Quest in the Xbox Insider Hub to help us gather feedback.

Fixes:

Audio

• Several fixes to improve the stability of Audio and enhancements to Spatial Audio.  The fixes address the issue in which some users would experience no audio or inconsistent audio in games/apps.  The enhancements to Spatial audio improve the user experience.

Game Hubs

• Game Hub pages will no longer display a blank white square in the top left corner of the screen while in High Contrast Light theme

Networking

• Additional fixes to address the console loosing network connectivity at random times.
• Additional fixes to address the console fully powering off when it is placed into Instant On mode.

System – USB Keyboard

• Fixes to address several areas of navigation when using a USB keyboard:
  • Users are now able to scroll horizontally through the tiles displayed within the Welcome screen of official clubs
  • Users are now able to set focus to the Redeem Code or Launch Site button options within Xbox Live Messages
  • Focus will remain on the Profile tile when attempting to scroll down to the More Actions and Comments button option within the Activity Feeds
  • Users will now not lose focus within the Welcome tab of Official club pages when scrolling down the screen via the usb keyboard
  • Scrolling through Profile cards within the guide will appear without choppy navigation

System – General

• Fixes to address memory leaks that led to app and system instability.
• UI fixes to address spacing of text/Profile cards and game tiles throughout home.

Known Issues:

Profile Color

• Sometimes users may encounter the incorrect Profile color when powering on the console.

See the rest of the story on Xbox Wire

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A thousand games have launched through the ID@Xbox program – hopefully, you’ve picked that up by now. My name’s Glenn and I’ve been doing marketing for the ID@Xbox program almost from day one, so I’ve been around for the launch of all but a couple of these. (And I have the grey hair to prove it. Seriously, I had no grey hair before I started working on ID.)

Other than my impeccable grammar and stunning fashion sense, one thing I pride myself in is playing (nearly) all the ID@Xbox games. So, when we got to the 1,000 game milestone I thought to myself, “Hey, Self, I should write an article celebrating all the amazing, landmark, award-winning games in the ID@Xbox program!” And then I thought: “Meh – that’s exactly what everybody would expect, and ID@Xbox is about embracing all kinds of games – including new, unique and different games – from independent publishers.” And what I enjoy as much as anything else about working on the ID team is finding strange and usual games that you’d never see anywhere else.

So, here we go – some of the most unusual, strangest, and even flat out weird games that you can find on Xbox One, courtesy of the ID@Xbox program.

Anarcute – It’s cute anarchy. Get it? Your goal is to assemble a group of cute animals to take on the evil corporations ruling and ruining the world. As you march through the city wreaking havoc you recruit cute companions to join your cause Mob rule has never been so cute! And man is it cute. They make civil disobedience unbelievably cute. Even the music’s cute!

Goat Simulator – In this paradigm of sublime brilliance from the geniuses at Coffee Stain you play (as you might have guessed) as a goat. And you destroy things. And lick things. And when you lick things your goat tongue sticks to things. And can steal Deadmau5’s head. And jump on trampolines (so many trampolines). And you can morph into a tall goat (giraffe), or fancy goat (penguin), etc. And you earn points for doing things. And I guess there are missions – I don’t know, I was too busy licking things.

Headlander – Don’t lose your head over this one! In this 2D puzzle game with some light combat, you fly around as a head on a jetpack thing and suck off the heads of robots, then stick your head on their bodies, thereby gaining control of each robot’s specific abilities. While the “head sucking” premise alone would earn this game a spot on this list, the groovy sci-fi spin on “Austin Powers” kicks it over the edge – we would expect nothing other than something this unique from our friends at Double Fine, creators of Psychonauts, Broken Age, and others.

Level 22 – You’re late for work and you have to sneak to your desk without being seen by the boss or you’re fired! It’s a stealth game set in the world of work which sounds really simple, but it’s actually a pretty complex puzzle game with the addition of vents to crawl through, doughnuts to distract guards with, newspapers and coffee cups and all manner of office paraphernalia. And some of the achievements in this game are seriously meta. This was one of our earlier ID@Xbox releases and I played this thing into the ground. At work. While I should have been working. Don’t tell the boss!

Maize – I used to live in Iowa and I like corn. There I said it. I’m not sure if that’s why I was drawn to the game or if it was the incredible visuals and beautiful art portraying sentient corn exploring a farm and then a laboratory to unravel the mystery of why sentient corn exists in the first place. And along the way you pick up an obnoxious talking teddy bear robot companion who just simply cannot believe that he’s saddled with being a sidekick to a dumb corn stalk. I mean, can you blame him? If you like adventure games, and corn, and teddy bears, and hysterical writing, and corn, then this is the game for you. And if you don’t like all those things then you really need to put some time aside to reevaluate your life choices.

Roundabout – You’re a limo driver and for some reason your limousine is constantly spinning in circles. Sure, you probably could have stopped to get it fixed at any point – sounds like a transaxle (I have no idea what that means). But you just go with it. With your horribly broken car you pick people up, drop them off and undertake various missions. And it’s all intercut with full motion videos (FMV) of these wacky people you’re picking up being wacky. This one is worth playing for the FMV scenes alone, if not to simply try to find out why somebody would make a game like this.

Thomas Was Alone – Unlike a lot of the other games on this list, Thomas Was Alone isn’t a funny game. It’s a serious game about a group of characters, each with distinctive, well developed personalities and a sophisticated character arc that progresses throughout the story. And they’re blocks. Blocks of different colors and sizes, but basically squares are rectangles. But you really care about those squares and rectangles by the end of the story. You really do. It’s weirdly beautiful.

Soda Drinker Pro – This is the crème-de-la-crème of weird games. This is the Mt. Everest of strangeness. This is the Mona Lisa of bizarre-o land. To describe this game in writing is an affront to the majesty of its absurdity, but with apologies I’ll give it a try. You drink soda. And you’re really good at it. And you drink soda on the beach, in a park, in a city and in various other locations appropriate to the activity of drinking soda. If you have mad skillz you can locate some bonus sodas. Sounds amazing, right? But wait, that’s not the half of it – literally. If you manage to stumble through some texture on one wall in level two you are transported to a completely different game. And that game is… also quite unique. There are some turtles and clocks and… who am I kidding I can’t possible describe it. If you have the chops to be a Soda Drinker – and not an amateur soda drinker – then check it out. (And if you’re from the Midwest and you say “Pop” I guess you’re out of luck.)

And so, that’s my list. There are many, many more strange and weird games that you should check out. Honorable mentions include: I Am Bread, Manual Samuel, Stay, The Magic Circle, Three Fourths Home and so many more. Please, go check out some of the weirdness that the ID@Xbox program delivers!

See the rest of the story on Xbox Wire

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Starting at 2:00 p.m. PDT today, members of the Xbox One Preview Alpha Ring will begin receiving a new 1811 Xbox One system update (181030-1920). Read on for more about the fixes and known issues in the latest 1811 system update.

New Features:

Family Settings

• Children signing up for new accounts will now be asked to add a parent only if required to by local privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR or COPPA). This means that some minors, like teens in the U.S., will no longer have to add a parent and join a Microsoft family during signup. Xbox privacy and online safety defaults will still be applied based on age, and in order to change those, the minor would need to add a parent on Xbox who can then change their settings. Minors not in a family can add a parent anytime in Settings > Account > Family settings > Add a parent. Joining a family would also allow the parent and child to use other family features like content restrictions, screen time, activity reporting, and spending.
• Children that are subject to local privacy regulations will still be required to add a parent during signup. While this will create a Microsoft family through which the parent can use family features like content restrictions, screen time, activity reporting, and spending, the parent will no longer be required to sign in on Xbox. If a parent wants to change their child’s Xbox privacy and online safety settings, the parent can sign in separately on Xbox and manage their family in Settings > Account > Family settings.
• Existing child accounts are not affected by this change and will remain with their parents in their current Microsoft family.

 Mouse & Keyboard Support

• We have enabled mouse support in this release.  Please check out the Quest in the Xbox Insider Hub to experience mouse and keyboard support in Warframe.

 Search Enhancements

• The search function has been enhanced across the console and will now return responses from the Xbox Assist application for example to help with help, support and troubleshooting.  Please check out the Quest in the Xbox Insider Hub to help us gather feedback.

Fixes:

Audio

• Several fixes to improve the stability of Audio and enhancements to Spatial Audio.  The fixes address the issue in which some users would experience no audio or inconsistent audio in games/apps.  The enhancements to Spatial audio improve the user experience.

Game Hubs

• Game Hub pages will no longer display a blank white square in the top left corner of the screen while in High Contrast Light theme

Networking

• Additional fixes to address the console loosing network connectivity at random times.
• Additional fixes to address the console fully powering off when it is placed into Instant On mode.

System – USB Keyboard

• Fixes to address several areas of navigation when using a USB keyboard:
  • Users are now able to scroll horizontally through the tiles displayed within the Welcome screen of official clubs
  • Users are now able to set focus to the Redeem Code or Launch Site button options within Xbox Live Messages
  • Focus will remain on the Profile tile when attempting to scroll down to the More Actions and Comments button option within the Activity Feeds
  • Users will now not lose focus within the Welcome tab of Official club pages when scrolling down the screen via the usb keyboard
  • Scrolling through Profile cards within the guide will appear without choppy navigation

System – General

• Fixes to address memory leaks that led to app and system instability.
• UI fixes to address spacing of text/Profile cards and game tiles throughout home.

Known Issues:

Profile Color

• Sometimes users may encounter the incorrect Profile color when powering on the console.

See the rest of the story on Xbox Wire

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Welcome to Next Week on Xbox, where we cover all the new games coming soon to Xbox One! Every week the team at Xbox aims to deliver quality gaming content for you to enjoy on your favorite gaming console. To find out what’s coming soon to Xbox One, read on below and click on each of the game profiles for pre-order details (dates are subject to change).

See the rest of the story on Xbox Wire

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