New Xbox Live Update: Full Game Downloads, Expanded Netflix Features and More

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The updates and features to the Xbox platform keep coming, and coming fast. There have been a ton of announcements of features and new games, and it looks like they’re rolling them out as they get them, rather than wait for all in one. Good or bad depending on if this go ’round has the features you wanted.

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Games on Demand looks pretty great; you’ll be able to download full games, including manuals, and you’ll have access to them forever, meaning free re-downloads in case you delete them. The new Netflix options include "movie parties" that sound sort of awkward, wherein you and a bunch of other avatars sit around and share digital popcorn (we are not making this up, see the press release below). But it’ll also give you more control over your Instant Watch queue and supposedly give you smooth playback even with a finicky Internet connection. No luck yet on the Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm, or Zune video additions we were promised at E3.

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