We’ve cranked up the volume for Xtival ’08 – 72 hours of controlled mayhem to never forget. Xtival is a three-day party that’s FREE for EVERYONE on Xbox LIVE. This year brings exclusive new music videos, HD movies and new games to download. You can chat to The Prodigy, our headline act, and even compete [...]

According to xbox360fanboy.com:
Now that you have had ample time to mess around with today’s newly released New Xbox Experience, we figured we’d point out a few NXE features that you may not have discovered.
Major Nelson created a list of the “Top 10 things to do when you get the New Xbox Experience”, which pretty much [...]

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Kotaku writes:
Criterion continues to deliver the Burnout Paradise goodness, this time with a preview of a very special vehicle coming next year as part of their new Legendary Cars series. The Jansen 88 Special is modeled after the Jansen P12, but it’s received a few modifications. Once you fill up the boost gauge, trigger it [...]

Arcade
Title: Vigilante 8 Arcade
Content: Vigilante 8: Arcade Full Version
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Size: 118.11 MB
Dash Text: Single Player, Xbox Live Multiplayer 1-8, Local Multiplayer 1-4, HD (High Definition). Take the wheel as fully-loaded auto combat revs into high gear with Vigilante 8: Arcade. It’s a down and dirty war on wheels where everyone’s riding shotgun. This [...]

Xbox 360 group product manager Aaron Greenberg tells Gamasutra that such an update at this stage is just the next step in a progression.
Aaron Greenberg states: “We are already delivering games and entertainment in high definition; we have already got storage built in,” he says. “We already have high speed internet connectivity — so we [...]

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via Gizmodo:
I don’t even know how this would work, but Xbox Evolved says that the next Xbox (720 or Next, whatever) won’t just be backward-compatible with games, it’ll be forward-compatible. What the hell does that mean? Forward-compatibility would mean that games made for the 360 will be able to take full advantage of the next [...]

Gizmodo writes:
Afraid your Xbox doesn’t have enough memory for the New Xbox Experience? So is Microsoft, and they’re willing to sell you the storage space you need for a much reduced price. You can now log on to the company’s Xbox site to see if you’re eligible for one of their special memory upgrade offers. [...]

Via: DLB.Podmatic.com / iTunes

According to Major Nelson the New Xbox Experience will officially launch on November 19th. Some features to look forward to are taking a picture of your Mii Avatar to use as your GamerPic, as well as the ability to surf the Marketplace on the web and buy stuff to be downloaded to your 360 later.

Via: DLBTV / N4G