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Xbox Live Update: Inside Scoop
Well, it's been a long day and night, but the upgrade is now complete, and Xbox Live™ is back online.
If you’ve been reading about this upgrade (formerly codenamed Tsunami), you might be wondering where all the fabulous features are. Well, they’re in there, you just can’t see ‘em all yet. We built in a ton of gaming goodness, and right now, there are a lot of game developers working their pasty little fingers to the bone on using these features in their new games. But, you won’t be able to see them, use them, and love them until the games currently in development are spinning in your Xbox video game system. But, when you do, baby, you’ll soon wonder how you ever lived without ‘em!
But, don’t despair. You’ve got a cool new feature that you can use right now. You know that Friend Request you wanted to send last night when Xbox Live was down for this upgrade? Well, now, you’ve got the option to attach a 15-second voice message to it! Go ahead, try it … we’ll wait for ya.
Back already? Kicks butt, doesn’t it? While we’re waiting for the new games that support the new features, we’ve got another little surprise up our sleeves. Come late May, you’ll be able to see your Friends List in your MSN® Messenger tab. So, as you’re instant messaging your buddies, you can see if your Xbox Live Friends are online or off as well as which game they’re playing. How cool is that?
Here’s the deal on when features will be available:
Voice Messaging with Friend Requests: Available now. Read more about it.
MSN Messenger Integration: Coming in late May.
In-Game Voice Messaging: Available when games that support it hit shelves.
Teams: Available when games that support it hit shelves.
Competitions: Available when games that support it hit shelves.
Title-Managed Online Storage: When games that support it hit shelves.
It's the upgrade that happened a week ago, and hopefully you've already noticed the Voice messaging facility....the rest depends on games in the future.