NEW RELEASE APP: Plex streaming app Xbox One

Plex, the home media streaming app, is now available for free on the Xbox One.

To date, the apps were available in beta to Plex Pass customers, but now everyone can get their hands on the core app for free (without some of the features paying subscribers get).

The setup is very quick, and includes creating a Plex account, downloading the media server to your PC/NAS and then downloading the app on your console.

Plex can play nearly any format you have saved and it also catalogs your movies and shows with artwork, descriptions and more.

NEWS: The New Xbox One Backward Compatibility Titles Playable Today

Last month we launched one of the most requested features: Xbox One Backward Compatibility, with an initial set of more than 100 titles, allowing fans to take their Xbox 360 experience to Xbox One and still be able to play with their friends, take screenshots, stream and record in-game DVR clips. Today, we’re excited to announce even more Xbox 360 titles available now on Xbox One via Backward Compatibility.

Since launch on Nov. 12, fans have been enjoying Xbox 360 games on Xbox One for the first time ever, logging more than 9 million hours spent playing Xbox 360 games on Xbox One. And the most popular games fans from around the world have been spending those hours playing are Fallout 3, Gears of War 3, Just Cause 2, Assassin’s Creed II and DiRT 3.

*Disclaimer: Games and availability subject to change. Title availability varies by region.

New Additions to the Xbox One Backward Compatibility List

Braid		Motocross Madness
DEUS EX: HUMAN EVOLUTION		MS.PAC-MAN
Doritos Crash Course		Peggle
Fable III		Portal: Still Alive
Halo: Reach		Spelunky
Hydro Thunder		Splosion Man
Iron Brigade		Ticket to Ride™
Kane & Lynch 2		Zuma's Revenge!

Do you want to see a specific Xbox 360 title on Xbox One? Let us know. Fan feedback is essential in shaping the Xbox Experience, and it was integral in making Xbox One Backward Compatibility a reality. Keep voting for the Xbox 360 games that you want to add to Xbox One Backward Compatibility at Xbox.UserVoice.com.

NEWS: Forge Mode, New Multiplayer Maps Now Available For Free in Halo 5: Guardians

Cartographer’s Gift, the latest free update for Halo 5: Guardians, is now available, adding new maps, weapons, armor sets, assassinations and the highly anticipated Forge mode to the game’s multiplayer experience.

Cartographer’s Gift will automatically download and install for all Halo 5: Guardian players. For more details about all the new content included in the Cartographer’s Gift update, please visit Halo Waypoint.

A sample of the new content that fans can expect in the Cartographer’s Gift update includes:

Forge Mode – Forge has been rebuilt from the ground up for Halo 5: Guardians. Giving more power and control to the Forge community was the primary goal, and community feedback will continue to fuel the evolution of Forge.

New Weapons, Armor Sets and Assassinations – The classic M41 “SPNKr” Rocket Launcher, MARK IV [GEN 1] armor set and two new assassinations – “Nice Try” and “Oh Snap” – REQs have been added for you to collect for your arsenal.

New Warzone and Arena Maps – Four new maps – the Warzone map “The Battle of Noctus,” Arena map “Overgrowth,” and Big Team Battle maps “Antifreeze,” and “Entombed” – are now available in Halo 5: Guardians

NEW RELEASE: The Mall (app)

High-tech fitting rooms have been around for quite some time, but most of the gear stays inside a retail location. However, Xbox One owners can now have a personal setup in the comforts of their living room. Thanks to a new shopping app called The Mall, the console's Kinect motion-tracking camera and the software's virtual wardrobe tech drives the in-home fittings. Launching with the help of Von Bismark, a Dublin-based television e-commerce company and veteran of Microsoft Ventures, the shopping platform allows Xbox users to browse for new clothes before standing in front of their TV to try them on in real time.

When you find something you like, you can make the purchase using the PowaTag app. The payments system scans an on-screen (or physical) QR code tag to complete the shopping experience. The Android and iOS software stores your payment and shipping details so you don't have to worry about struggling to enter all of your info with an Xbox controller. The Mall is launching in the States today, with selections from brands like SoccerPro, Style PB, Grayers and Go2Games. Those names are said to be just the beginning as you can expect more variety in the future.

NEWS: Rocket League Is Coming To Xbox One This February

Rocket League, the award winning soccer-meets-driving sensation from Psyonix is coming to Xbox One this February!

Announced earlier this evening at The Game Awards 2015, Rocket League is currently one of the hottest titles on the PC and soon Xbox One gamers will be able to enjoy all of the same features, upgrades, and content found in the PC version, plus several significant additions including two Xbox One-exclusive Battle-Cars.

HogSticker – an alternate version of the Warthog from the Halo universe.
Armadillo – based on the the Armadillo from the Gears of War series.

For more information about Rocket League, check out the official website.

NEW RELEASE: Just Cause 3 Xbox One

Just Cause 3 Is Now Available For Xbox One

Explore a Mediterranean island paradise with complete vertical freedom – skydive, BASE jump and free dive in an open world with virtually zero limits. Glide through the air and swoop across mountains with your Wingsuit giving a new way to rain death from above. Use your Grapple and Parachute to scale buildings, hijack vehicles, move quickly or tether objects together for creative new ways to cause Chaos. Cause massive chains of destruction in military bases, harbors, prisons, police stations and communications facilities to bring down a dictator. Arm yourself with a wide range of explosive weaponry from shotguns and missile launchers to tank-busters and air-strikes.

NEW RELEASE: Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Is Xbox One

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege is the upcoming installment of the acclaimed first-person shooter franchise developed by the renowned Ubisoft Montreal studio. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege invites players to master the art of destruction. Intense close quarters confrontations, high lethality, tactics, team play, and explosive action are at the center of the experience. The gameplay sets a new bar for intense firefights and expert strategy in the rich legacy of past Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six games.

The offer includes codes for Rainbow Six: Vegas and Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 on your Xbox 360. The codes for these two games will be delivered to your Xbox message center in 7-10 days. You can redeem the code on your Xbox 360 console or at xbox.com/redeemcode.

NEW RELEASE: The Incredible Adventures Of Van Helsing Xbox One

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing

Put on your wide-brimmed hat, grab your weapons and embark on an incredible adventure in the gothic-noir world of Borgovia, where mad science threatens the fragile peace between monster and mortal. Be Van Helsing, monster-hunter extraordinaire and save the day with your charming and beautiful companion, Lady Katarina (who happens to be a ghost, by the way).

Xbox Live Gold members get this game FREE during the month of December 2015 with Games With Gold.

FREEBIES: Games With Gold For December 2015

For the month of December, Xbox Live Gold members will receive four new free games – two on Xbox One and three on Xbox 360 – as part of the Games with Gold program.

*Titles are available as free downloads for qualifying Xbox Live Gold members in all markets where Xbox Live is available. Some regions may offer different titles depending on market availability.

On Xbox One, Xbox Live Gold members can download The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing ($14.99 ERP) for free during the month of December. Thief ($29.99 ERP) will be available as a free download from December 16th to January 15th.

On Xbox 360, starting Tuesday, 01 December, Castlestorm ($9.99 ERP) will be free for Xbox Live Gold members through December 15th. Then on December 16th, Xbox Live Gold Members can download Sacred 3 ($19.99 ERP) for free through December 31st. And as an extra gift for the holidays, Gold members can get Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising for free from December 16-31.

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