[update] New Xbox Dashboard preview now avaiable

[philcruicks]

last box on the preview channel that was added after you got accepted for the Dashboard Preview

Not showing up, last one is Help and Tips for me....humm annoying much!

[Y2Stu]

nothing on my preview channel :/

[BGM]

Mathachew, you're treading on unstable ground posting that picture mate. That screenshot is confidential information which you agreed not to release to anybody not in the program when you signed the NDA.

hardly it's just a notification.

the dashboard isn't even downloaded yet at that point.

[(Spork)]

looks like its usa only im downloading it myself

[Knightwolf20024]

its also in canada , finished downloading my self

[thenut]

Anyone else who boots up the ME3 beta PM me so we can play, discuss, etc. :shiftyninja:

[Knightwolf20024]

i dont think we were suppose to see this , this beta has story in it and its really really rough still in the alpha stages. missing textures and buggy animations.

[Smashing Pumpkin]

Can't see it in the United Kingdom, made a new xbl account with an american hotmail account but still nada :(

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

the only playable thing is the multiplayer, like above said, mising heavy textures, animations, and only parts of single are in there.

[Macrohard]

Just out of curiosity, for those of you who are seeing the ME3 beta, do you have a Gold subscription or no? Wondering why some can see it and others can't (me of course being one of the latter)...

[Knightwolf20024]

apparently they removed it , it seems it was a goof on microsoft's end.

[NoLiMiT06]

Oh well never really cared for the ME games anywho :p

[DR3AMxCATCHER]

So, I'm hearing it was more of an ALPHA build than a beta.

[(Spork)]

So, I'm hearing it was more of an ALPHA build than a beta.

i would agree with that

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

i would agree with that

agreed

[Knightwolf20024]

any one looking for a download dont bother this beta is useless with out the servers. so you cant play anything not multiplayer or the single player.

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

any one looking for a download dont bother this beta is useless with out the servers. so you cant play anything not multiplayer or the single player.

i played multiple matches of its horde mode and 2 sections of its campaign, unless they take the servers down off and on

[Knightwolf20024]

they have taken the servers offline probaley to stop the leak i doubt they will come back up till the multiplayer demo. when you try and play singleplayer you get " you must be connected to EA network to play this demo"

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

they have taken the servers offline probley to stop the leak i doubt they will come back up till the multiplayer demo. when you try and play singleplayer you get " you must be connected to EA network to play this demo"

ahh, i didnt play long, felt to Gears Of Warish

[thenut]

I enjoyed it. Bugs and all. There was A LOT of stuff revealed and it was amazing.

But I'm one of the biggest Mass Effect fans around. :)

[Guest]

So is this going to be the most pointless preview program in history? Isn't the official release date about a week from now? Still no changes...

[Stephen Mitchell]

Since I signed up yesterday my console will not connect to XBL, my girlfriends console in the other room connects no problem...

I signed up the beta and my connects no problem.

[Guest]

Oh and why would a EA + BioWare game beta "accidentally" end up being pushed with an update for dashboard? Surely it's a planned publicity stunt.

[+Ryster Subscriber²]

hardly it's just a notification.

the dashboard isn't even downloaded yet at that point.

Try reading the agreement you signed up to... it says releasing information about "preview program materials", not just the dashboard update itself. The private mechanism for submitting your console information IS preview program materials, whether you like it or not :)

Now, whether Microsoft actually care about these kind of breaches is entirely a different question, but you won't find me risking it.

So is this going to be the most pointless preview program in history? Isn't the official release date about a week from now? Still no changes...

There is NO official release date. The last thing I read officially from Microsoft was that they were targeting (ie. date is not set in stone) the end of the year.

[Kirkburn]

Oh and why would a EA + BioWare game beta "accidentally" end up being pushed with an update for dashboard? Surely it's a planned publicity stunt.

Because there's an internal beta of the new dashboard, and the Mass Effect 3 testing is being run on it. Possibly because it requires stuff in the new dashboard? I don't think it's that hard to imagine.