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malfcn · Jul 1, 2014

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Earn free games for being an XBL Gold member.
Xbox 360 titles are yours to keep forever.
Xbox One titles are yours to keep during subscription.
New titles are available at the beginning of the month until the 15th.
On the 16th a new title becomes free to purchase until the end of the month.

Xbox One
00 | Max: The Curse of Brotherhood (Available until August 3?)
02 | Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition

Xbox 360
01 | ~~Gotham City Impostors~~
16 | BattleBlock Theater

System Versions and Update notes.
May also contain important patch information.

Xbox One
07.07.14 | OS 6.2.11274.0 (xb_rel_1407.140703-1704) fre

Snap Mode for Achievements

An easier way to track and view your achievements progress in real time without ever
leaving the game.
Search for Achievement Help on any Achievements youre struggling with. This will launch
Internet Explorer for you and deliver relevant tips and strategy content based on the
Achievement you are working on.

Double-tap to Snap

Double-tap the Xbox button on your controller to bring up Snap Center, where you can launch
Achievements or any other snap-able app, without leaving your current experience.
If you already have an app snapped, double-tap quickly switches between your game and the
snapped app.

Choice of Spoken Language

Xbox One owners can now choose their preferred Spoken Language in settings to enable better
voice control compatibility. This is in addition to the Country selection used to access the Xbox
store. For example, someone living in the United States who has an Australian accent may now
choose English (Australia) for voice control while still having United States selected for Country location.

Future Digital Bundles and Compilation Discs

Add the functionality for content publishers to create digital bundle and disc compilation offerings in the future.

Like Game DVR clips

The added ability to Like Game DVR clips and activity feed items from within SmartGlass.

Blu-Ray Player improvements

The Xbox One Console now supports BD-R/BD-RE.

Xbox 360
06.04.14 | Dashboard 2.0.16756.0

System Software/Xbox Live Changes

Entertainment apps can be accessed without paying for an Xbox Live Gold membership.

Links to other helpful threads about Xbox information.

Xbox Live Arcade News
Xbox One Download Games
The Gamertag Exchange
Games with Gold Discussion
Xbox One Hardware Troubleshooting / Q&A

Climb back through time and see how we got here.
These links provide a glimpse of discussion and information as it happened.

07.2014 | Drinkbox Juan - All in One Luchador
06.2014 | Something to do with EEEs
05.2014 | Doge & Order - Special Games Unit
04.2014 | Springtime Watersports
03.2014 | Dropping Titans like it's Hot
02.2014 | Don't call it a Drought
01.2014 | Definitively Bigger & Blacker
11.2013 | Jump In! The Resolution is Fine

aries_71 · Jul 1, 2014

Great, I was eagerly waiting for the thread. Right now, xbo July release list is lovely.

malfcn · Jul 1, 2014

Couldn't think of a catchy title.
And first week is a bunch of Arcade sales.
There is also some Black Flag content on sale.

KeyboardThug · Jul 1, 2014

Just wanted to say I love the thread. These always help me out a lot.

BusterJol · Jul 1, 2014

I wonder what unexpected ID@Xbox games we might see in July.

Twin Tails · Jul 1, 2014

what a barren month.

aries_71 · Jul 1, 2014

Big Jeffrey said:
what a barren month.

I never understood why publishers want to reserve their release dates to Fall, letting Summer totally barren. I would buy anything they give me now, but on October, with a huge offering, I will be more selective.

Jezehbell · Jul 1, 2014

aries_71 said:
I never understood why publishers want to reserve their release dates to Fall, letting Summer totally barren. I would buy anything they give me now, but on October, with a huge offering, I will be more selective.

Yeah it's pretty stupid, Watch Dogs and Titanfall are my only AAA games i've played this year, fall is full of great games and summer is empty. Frustrating.

SAB CA · Jul 1, 2014

I can understand why people think this is a bad time for gaming (I guess they think everyone should be at summer camps and hanging at the beach?), but I never understand why publishers don't just make games that'll release now, and then get "re-released" over the fall. Similar to the way PvZ: Garden Warfare has managed to give itself that "new game smell" with it's weighty free DLC. The big hit of the summer becomes a value-packed stocking stuffer by years end, and everyone ends up happy!

This seems like a pretty good time for Pier Solar to hit. I'd love to see Legend of Raven myself, but Nicalis is much too quiet with their release plans. :/

aries_71 said:
I never understood why publishers want to reserve their release dates to Fall, letting Summer totally barren. I would buy anything they give me now, but on October, with a huge offering, I will be more selective.

This is why I loved Summer of Arcade

It was a great way to push smaller releases into the public's eyes, while there was little else to buy....

...And then once people got their hands on the games, they found them to be as engrossing and worthy of their time as anything else they'd be likely to purchase.

It feels really weird not to have SoA to look forward to on the Xbox Systems.

Nintendad · Jul 1, 2014

I was hoping we'd get Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition today. Bummer.

theDeeDubs · Jul 1, 2014

Was hoping Thief would end up on DwG soon. Snagged that one.

Banjo-Kazooie · Jul 1, 2014

Looks like just Guacamelee and Magic for me this month. I'd imagine we will get a few indie titles also, most likely Pier Solar HD, and Nutjitsu/1001 Spikes for other regions other than US.

BeforeU · Jul 1, 2014

I am waiting for Deals with Gold they will announce today for this week. Hopefully we get some more than 1 game today on Xbox One.

Banjo-Kazooie · Jul 1, 2014

Ooo, I forgot, The Golf Club was announced to being out this month too.

Sanpei · Jul 1, 2014

Magic 2015

One of the best Xbox One exclusives...

The Real Napsta · Jul 1, 2014

Why does Battleblock threater have a line through it?

Banjo-Kazooie · Jul 1, 2014

The Real Napsta said:
Why does Battleblock threater have a line through it?

Because it isn't free until the 16th

Gowans · Jul 1, 2014

I hope some new random ID@xbox games hit this month.

The PVZ update today is gona keep me busy tho

Lima · Jul 1, 2014

Sniper Elite 3 is now available in the US and it's only $49.99. Surprising.

Silky · Jul 1, 2014

Kind of want Child of Light for 360 since it's on sale supposedly.

Steverulez · Jul 1, 2014

Lima said:
Sniper Elite 3 is now available in the US and it's only $49.99. Surprising.

Only £49.99 as well!

Redshirt · Jul 1, 2014

Will probably buy Magic and download Guacamelee of course, but that's about it for me this month.

Has the pricing for Magic been announced?

Ape · Jul 1, 2014

I haven't played From Dust, is it good for that cheap? What about I Am Alive?

Montresor · Jul 1, 2014

I hope I can blast through these three recently released downloadable titles and then finally catch up on some 360 backloggery.

Contrast
Valiant Hearts
Guacamelee

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A little off-topic but is anyone annoyed that there are suddenly new challenge achievements on Max Curse Of Brotherhood? There was no warning. I was just randomly viewing my achievements and then bam, I thought "Huh? That's not right. I already earned every challenge achievement in this game".

I did a little bit of shameful grinding and now I have only three left in Max: Beat 10 levels without dying, Beat all levels without dying, and Collect all evil eyes. I won't bother with the first two. But the last one is glitched. I collected all evil eyes a loooong time ago and it hasn't unlocked. Hopefully Press Play fixes that.

The Flash · Jul 1, 2014

Looking forward to Guacamelee. Super happy that it's going to be free.

malfcn · Jul 1, 2014

As always I will try to keep this up to date. Left the op a little blank because there wasn't alot of good image material, and something will probably stealth drop.

I'll echo the summer drought feeling. A steady release is easier to plan purchases. When there are few games available I may pick something up. When there are a ton of games, I have to be more selective.

And Forza is the first GOTY title for next Gen.

FrsDvl · Jul 1, 2014

Does anyone know around what time we can expect Guacamelee on the store?

malfcn · Jul 1, 2014

FrsDvl said:
Does anyone know around what time we can expect Guacamelee on the store?

Sometime tomorrow. Unfortunately games publish throughout the day now, and not around a specific time.

Banjo-Kazooie · Jul 1, 2014

Montresor said:
A little off-topic but is anyone annoyed that there are suddenly new challenge achievements on Max Curse Of Brotherhood? There was no warning. I was just randomly viewing my achievements and then bam, I thought "Huh? That's not right. I already earned every challenge achievement in this game".

I did a little bit of shameful grinding and now I have only three left in Max: Beat 10 levels without dying, Beat all levels without dying, and Collect all evil eyes. I won't bother with the first two. But the last one is glitched. I collected all evil eyes a loooong time ago and it hasn't unlocked. Hopefully Press Play fixes that.

I'm going to be honest and say I was a bit peeved when I saw it. Not that it's a huge issues i nthe grand scheme of things, but I was pretty happy I had collected everything in Max and got every achievement/challenge before they expired.

Now, for Multiplayer games, or games with replay value such as Kinect Sports, AC, ect, I am fully behind them adding challenges as the weeks go on, but for a single player game with no replay value once you have done everything, adding challenges to Max is pretty lame. I get that they wanted to add challenges because the game went free and they wanted to give all the new owners some new challenges, but for the people who already beat it it sucks.

By replaying the last level you can unlock a few, but like there's also one for collecting all the eyes (which I already did way back when) that apparently won't unlock unless I go through the game all over again and collect every one. Why would I want to do that when I already have?

Redshirt said:
Will probably buy Magic and download Guacamelee of course, but that's about it for me this month.

Has the pricing for Magic been announced?

I'm going to make an educated guess of $15

Redshirt · Jul 1, 2014

It looks like Guacamelee is free to claim on the 360 right now, at least through the Web store. Not sure if this is a mistake or a surprise.

op_ivy · Jul 1, 2014

Ape said:
I haven't played From Dust, is it good for that cheap? What about I Am Alive?

for that price, go for it. fun little game that didnt quite live up to my expectations

chugen · Jul 1, 2014

i don't see Call of Juarez Gunslinger in the OP, it's on sale too and really cheap, finally bought it, awesome game

malfcn · Jul 1, 2014

chugen said:
i don't see Call of Juarez Gunslinger in the OP, it's on sale too and really cheap, finally bought it, awesome game

Added. I either missed it, or it wasn't on the XBLA page when I updated.
Also, the Season Pass for AC4 is supposed to be on sale, but isn't showing for me.

BananasWithGuns · Jul 1, 2014

Nice, didn't realize Magic had gotten a release date. Looking forward to that.

Seems like a fairly lackluster month at first glance but Guacamelee, Magic and the Destiny beta will keep me busy for most of it.

Redshirt said:
Has the pricing for Magic been announced?

It's up for pre-purchase on Steam for $10. Hopefully that price will apply to the Xbox One version as well. There's also a complete bundle listed on Steam that seems to include some bonus cards for $35 but I have no clue if they'll offer that on other platforms.

NavyPharaoh · Jul 1, 2014

This is the first summer in over 5 years without the summer of arcade and I hope it's the last. That was one of Microsoft's most influential and unique additions to console gaming. To not continue that tradition would be an oversight on the Xbox team's behalf.

Bsigg12 · Jul 1, 2014

Should be a surprisingly busy month with smaller $10-15 dollar titles and the Destiny beta.

ScoopEE · Jul 1, 2014

Hoping Magic is only $10. Between that, Guacamelee and now Snap Achievement tracking, I've got a lot of retro-gaming clean-up to do!

malfcn · Jul 1, 2014

Also, the math is all messed up on the platforms for certain sales.

AC4 - Guild of Rogues (Xbox One) = $1.99
AC4 - Guild of Rogues (Xbox 360) = $2.09

Banjo-Kazooie · Jul 1, 2014

I was wondering if Magic would go F2P this year to try and follow Heartstone model. Guess not though since it's up for $10 on steam.

Miles Quaritch · Jul 1, 2014

Sigh, I was looking forward to playing Guacemelee only to learn it's not available until tomorrow?

Damn you MS.

Archpath1 · Jul 1, 2014

Pretty alright nothing crazy

PVZ did get a free update today
New map,mode,skins,characters awe yeah!

malfcn · Jul 1, 2014

Really should have a Summer of ID@XBOX to promote games. Maybe next summer?
And why can't Child of Light be on sale for Xbox One too?

The Real Napsta said:
Why does Battleblock threater have a line through it?

Banjo-Kazooie said:
Because it isn't free until the 16th

Changed that to reduce confusion. Sorry!

Fleshfeast · Jul 2, 2014

Redshirt said:
It looks like Guacamelee is free to claim on the 360 right now, at least through the Web store. Not sure if this is a mistake or a surprise.

False alarm, it's just a video.

malfcn · Jul 2, 2014

Fleshfeast said:
Confirming this, just grabbed it for free.

Redshirt said:
It looks like Guacamelee is free to claim on the 360 right now, at least through the Web store. Not sure if this is a mistake or a surprise.

Sure that isn't the video? The webstore has no game listed for me.

Lima · Jul 2, 2014

Grabbed what? The game is not even out yet. Not on the web store. You guys downloaded the video.

Fleshfeast · Jul 2, 2014

malfcn said:
Sure that isn't the video? The webstore has no game listed for me.

ermmm, yea, it's just a video. My bad haha. It didn't say trailer, so I just assumed it was the game.

EDIT: It always throws me off when it just says the name of the game. Sometimes the only place to see if it's a trailer, dlc, etc, is by looking at the icon.

Redshirt · Jul 2, 2014

Sorry about that. It was a SlickDeals goof, and I repeated it here without checking it first.

Wizman23 · Jul 2, 2014

It's up on XB1. Playing now

Steverulez · Jul 2, 2014

So, heres something weird... I tried to get Guacamelee STCE via Xbox.com and it worked but when I went to pay it said I could use the money in the Microsoft account (£17~)

When I did a double check (clicked on I am Alive as it was a cheap and if I accidentally bought it I would mind) and it was back to credit card...

malfcn · Jul 2, 2014

$0.00+tax backed by you funds. That's weird..

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