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Major Nelson Leaves Xbox After 20 Years
Major Nelson aka Larry Hryb has announced that he is leaving Xbox after 20 years as an icon of the console. Major Nelson Leaves Xbox Larry Hryb, mostly known as his gamertag Major Nelson, was the Director of programming for Xbox Live and often the face of many Xbox promotions…
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Many More FPS Boost Titles Heading Xbox Very Soon
The FPS boosting feature on the Xbox Series S and X is awesome, and it makes a great addition to the increases in resolution, as well as the HDR support they’ve already added to plenty of backwards compatibility titles. Some games saw their FPS doubled from 30 to 60, and…
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Major Nelson: DLC Passes Can be “Really Dangerous” For Multiplayer
The internet has revolutionized the way video games are made with a greater emphasis on competitive multiplayer. As a huge advocate of single player games, this does worry me slightly, but there’s still a wide range of solo experiences to keep me entertained. On another note, the connected nature of…
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Xbox One Backwards Compatibility Game List Revealed
Since it was revealed back in June that Xbox One would be introducing backwards compatibility for Xbox 360 games, Xbox fans have been anxious to know which games would be included when the function goes live later this month. Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hryb, Director of Programming for Xbox Live, has…
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Xbox Wireless Adapter For Windows Launches
Microsoft has today started shipping the Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows globally, allowing Xbox One controllers to be used with Windows 10 PCs, sans wires. Revealed back in June, Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hryb, Microsoft’s Director of Programming for Xbox Live, announced the official release of the adapter on his Major…
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Xbox 360 Update Brings Mass Storage Support and More
A new firmware update for Xbox 360 introduces support for external hard drives of up to 2TB in size. Despite the current-gen Xbox One hogging all the limelight of late, Microsoft is making great efforts to make 360 owners feel valued, and to help future-proof the console by letting gamers…
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Major Nelson Responds To Yesterdays Xbox One Ban
Yesterday was quite the roller-coaster of Xbox One information and yet another PR right hook from Sony that no doubt caught Microsoft at a bad time. First we brought you news that one user had gotten his Xbox One dispatched to him early by Target. He then uploaded pictures, most…
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Demo For Xbox One Friends App Released
A walk-through of the new Xbox One friends app has been demoed by Major Nelson, and has dealt with two of the most primary parts of the app, which are ‘friends’ and ‘followers’. The retired colonel takes you through the distinguishing factors between the two parts in this video demo. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktpqoJfTR3g[/youtube] In Xbox…
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Microsoft’s Major Nelson Answers Questions About Xbox One
Larry Hryb, better known to many in the gaming community as Major Nelson recently spoke out on Reddit to answer many of the big questions that he was asked, covering the subject of multimedia playback, HTML, flash memory and more. When asked if we will be able to playback our…
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