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xbox360.ign.com - 3/5/2009

NXE Becomes Mandatory

— xbox360.ign.com — UK, March 5, 2009 - Microsoft's New Xbox Experience is to become a compulsory part of the... Xbox 360 in the near future, with games to soon ship with the firmware update on-disc. The move will mark an end for the blade system employed by all consoles ... (more) NXE Becomes Mandatory

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kotaku.com - 3/5/2009

The New Xbox Experience Will Soon Be Mandatory [RIP Blades]

— kotaku.com — Most people are more than happy with the improvements the New Xbox Experience brought to the Xbox... 360 's user interface. Those unhappy, well, tough: it's about to become compulsory. Up til now, those who didn't like the looks of the NXE could, in ... (more) The New Xbox Experience Will Soon Be Mandatory [RIP Blades]

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digitalsomething.com - 3/5/2009

Xbox 360 NXE Becomes Mandatory

— digitalsomething.com — If for some reason you have resisted the New Xbox Experience, Microsoft has a surprise for you.... With the release of MLB 2K9 and HAWX, the firmware update will now be included on retail discs. It is not known if all games will include the update but we can only assume that most major titles ... (more) Xbox 360 NXE Becomes Mandatory

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Confirmed: NXE update on Xbox 360 game discs
Joystiq — ... There was a rumor floating around today about NXE shipping on Xbox 360 game discs (via MCV) and, as you can imagine, we were surprised. So we put in a question to Microsoft's Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb, who confirmed that Microsoft has begun including ...

The New Xbox Experience Will Soon Be Mandatory [RIP Blades]
Kotaku — ... compulsory. Up til now, those who didn't like the looks of the NXE could, in theory, keep their consoles off Xbox Live and keep rockin' the blades like it was 2005. But no longer. Beginning with HAWX and MLB2K9, 360 games will now come with the update on the disc, meaning if you don't have the NXE and then insert a new game, it'll be installed automatically, whether you like it or not. Don't worry. There are plenty of ways to make your avatar look sad. NXE now included as mandatory on-disc update [Darkzero] ...

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BeefJack — ... is releasing will have an update for the NXE that is mandatory. If you don’t update, you will be unable to play any of the new games. Bummer, I know, considering the update rips away my precious old school Xbox Dashboard. The first 2 games to have these updates are HAWX and MLB2K9. I assume that this is Microsoft’s way of getting the NXE to become the accepted standard for those Xbox users that do not go online. Well, all I have to say is that the blades will rise again! Source: Darkzero Tagged as ...