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Microsoft pushed an update to their Xbox 360 gaming consoles yesterday (August 11) late night and with this update several new features are now available. The latest update bring with it features that improve your entertainment experience and give you new ways to express your individuality and connect with friends.

With this update, you can download full Xbox 360® games and play them without a disc, and you and your friends will be able to party watch movies online through Netflix! Dress up your avatar to impress with premium props and branded apparel from fashion labels. And this update allows every piece of game content on Marketplace to be rated, so add your personal ratings and see what others think is cool.

Games on Demand is now available for purchase on Xbox LIVE as part of the latest Xbox LIVE Update. You will be able to browse and purchase games through the Xbox LIVE Marketplace on the Web starting August 13.

Shop- Games on Demand are found in the Game Marketplace and include a large library of favorite titles right from the start.  More titles are added every Tuesday, so check back whenever you’re in the mood for a great new game.

Purchase – Purchase full games using Microsoft points or a credit card.  Games are downloaded directly to your console (hard drive required), and your purchase history is stored by Xbox LIVE, meaning you can delete games and re-download them again if you run out of space.

Playing and Sharing – As with other LIVE content, your game license is linked to your Xbox LIVE account.  Download your purchased games to any console you are logged into with your Gamertag, and anyone else can play on the console that your game was originally downloaded to.  No physical disc is required to play these games!

Find Manuals - Game manuals can be viewed, downloaded, or printed from Xbox.com. Just locate your game in Web Marketplace and select “See Game Manual”.

Ensure that you have the latest XBox Live Update (August 11th update) to be able to purchase Xbox Games on Demand.

The other very interesting feature in this update is the Netflix Streaming feature which offers you the ability to instantly stream movies and TV episodes from Netflix to the television via Xbox 360. Xbox 360 will be the only game console to offer this movie-watching experience, available to Xbox LIVE Gold members who are also Netflix unlimited plan subscribers**, at no additional cost.

From the Netflix Web site, simply add movies and TV episodes to your instant Queue, which will appear automatically on the TV screen via Xbox 360. Once selected, movies will begin playing in as little as 30 seconds. In addition to instantly streaming Netflix movies to the TV, Xbox LIVE Gold members can browse and rate movies, fast-forward, pause and rewind, all using either their Xbox 360 Controller or Universal remote.

In my opinion, this update is definitely very interesting. Especially, the Netflix streaming deal ( exclusive deal with Microsoft Xbox). This deal certainly closes the rumor mills which had been churning out rumors related to Netflix streaming coming over to the PS3 and the Wii. Now we know, that’s not happening. (period).

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