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Starting today at 2 p.m. PST, Delta and Omega Insiders will receive new fixes with the latest system update (1711.171203-1700). This update, which becomes mandatory tomorrow at 1 a.m. PST, is the same as yesterday’s Alpha and Beta update and focuses on networking and games/apps fixes. Read on to learn more about the specifics of this update and be sure to check out yesterday’s post for a list of known issues and current workarounds.

12/4 FIXES

Networking

• Fixed an issue which caused certain wireless networks to be missing from the list when scanning for available wireless networks.
• Fixed an issue which sometimes caused unexpected network disconnections when using a wireless connection.

Games/apps not installing/updating/launching

• We investigated reports of some users in ASIA/APAC (Australia & Pacific) countries who could not install, update or launch any games or apps and have conducted service changes in the global network that should resolve these errors.

Alpha and Beta Insiders will begin receiving the latest Xbox One system update (1711.171203-1648) starting today at 6 p.m. PST. The build will become mandatory tomorrow, Dec. 5, at 1 a.m. PST and focuses on networking fixes. Read on to learn more about the specifics of this update as well as about fixes introduced in the Saturday, Dec. 2, update. Current known issues and workarounds have also been shared below.

12/4 FIXES

Networking

• Fixed an issue which caused certain wireless networks to be missing from the list when scanning for available wireless networks.
• Fixed an issue which sometimes caused unexpected network disconnections when using a wireless connection.

Games/apps not installing/updating/launching

• We investigated reports of some users in ASIA/APAC (Australia & Pacific) countries who could not install, update or launch any games or apps and have conducted service changes in the global network that should resolve these errors.

12/2 FIXES

Store

• Fixed issues which sometimes prevented users from pressing B to go back when navigating the Store.

Privacy & online safety

• Resolved an issue which caused child accounts with family restrictions to retain the restrictions after graduating to an adult account.

Party Chat

• Fixed an issue which caused some users to lose all party chat audio and voice quality fixes.

Audio

• AVRs with HDMI-Passthrough should no longer break Dolby Atmos for Home Theater if the TV and console is turned on before the AVR.

KNOWN ISSUES: 

Display

• We are investigating reports of inaccurate RGB colors when displaying in 4K HDR mode while playing a UHD disc.

Tournaments

• The left and right navigation for selecting date and time during Tournament creation is currently reversed when the console language is set to Arabic or Hebrew.
• Left and right navigation in Tournament twists is reversed when the console language is set to Arabic or Hebrew.
• Left and right navigation in the bracket view of Tournaments is reversed when the console language is set to Arabic or Hebrew.

Avatars on Home

• Users wishing to represent themselves as an avatar can do so by changing their settings under My profile > Customize profile > Show my avatar.

Narrator

• Narrator may stop performing when reading large amounts of text.

Welcome to Next Week on Xbox where we bring you the latest details on upcoming games coming soon to Xbox One! This coming week we have several bundles of joy like the console launch exclusive Hello Neighbor, the tactical sci-fi game Battlestar Galactica Deadlock, and the lovely looking platformer A Hat in Time. Read on below for more details on these games and more.

Games

December 05, 2017

Steep Road to the Olympics is an expansion for Steep, the open world action-sports game that takes you on the journey to become an Olympic champion. Explore a massive open world, including iconic Japanese mountains as well as the Alps, where you will train for qualifiers to reach the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in South Korea. Pre-order now to get the Olympic Winter Games Mascot costume. Requires the full version of Steep.

Games

December 05, 2017

CREO World presents a wealth of fresh challenges for players in The Surge. Survive the raging mascots and explore the park’s attractions, before taking on a fearsome boss in the devastated park. Face this new threat, cutting and equipping 16 all-new weapons, new sets of armor, and new implants to upgrade and further customize the way you want to play. Requires the base game The Surge.

Games

December 05, 2017

A frenetic multiplayer fracas in which 4 players swing pointy swords, sling explosive pies & celebrate victory with exuberant aplomb. Choose from a wide variety of characters and bring the Godhead back to your base – before it unleashes its wrath upon you. 10 Godheads, each with its own game-changing ability to end its bearer’s life – including explosions, mind control & the ability to freeze foes

Games

December 05, 2017

Use your powers and find your playstyle to survive in Boiling Bolt, an immersive and explosive shoot-em-up! Slow down the time to make combos and enjoy the stunning 3D graphics. Help June to save the world alone or with a friend.

Games

December 06, 2017

Rufus strives to leave Deponia and reach the legendary floating city of Elysium. However, a flaming saw blade grounds Goal and Rufus on Deponia again and, by accident, Goal’s consciousness is split. Now it’s on Rufus to convince all three parts of Goal to become one again. Venture back to Elysium with her and save Deponia from certain doom in this classic PC adventure game coming to console.

Games

December 06, 2017

Calling all fans of Banjo-Kazooie, Conker: Live & Reloaded, Kameo, and anyone else who’s up for a cute-as-heck 3D platformer! In A Hat in Time, you play as a space-traveling girl with a big top hat. While minding her bees’ wax, an accident causes all her fuel, the Time Pieces, to scatter across a nearby planet. Hat Kid must now jump, fight, and stitch new hats down below to fuel her ride back home.

Games

December 06, 2017

Rememoried describes itself as a surrealist explorative first-person adventure game. The basic element of gameplay is the ability to forget. Some elements in the surroundings change when the player turns away or leaves, and become more than just a direction sign: they become the way along which the player walks, flies and falls.

Games

December 06, 2017

Demons Age is a classic role-playing game, designed to be a modern successor to great classic PC western RPGs like Baldur’s Gate and The Template of Elemental Evil. Taking place in a whole new fictional world full of new fantastical locations and interesting characters.

Games

December 08, 2017

Console Launch Exclusive Hello Neighbor is a stealth horror game about sneaking into your neighbor’s house to figure out what horrible secrets he’s hiding in the basement. You play against an advanced AI that learns from your every move. Really enjoying climbing through that backyard window? Expect a bear trap there. Sneaking through the front door? There’ll be cameras there soon. Trying to escape? The Neighbor will find a shortcut and catch you!

Games

December 08, 2017

The Cylons have rebelled! Four years of war and a steep price in human lives have not been enough to unlock a deadly stalemate. Take control of the Colonial Fleet from the bridge of the mobile shipyard, Daidalos, and free the Twelve Colonies from the Cylon threat. Build your fleets, protect the Quorum alliance and prepare to dig deeper into the conspiracies of this heroic conflict.

Games

December 08, 2017

You are Earth’s last hero and it’s up to you to defend civilization from annihilation. Protect the cities, destroy the aliens and upgrade your fighter. Drive back the vile invading scum and save mankind in this frantic twin-stick shooter with its roots based in retro, side-scrolling classic arcade games like Defender.

We know you’re busy and might miss out on all the exciting things we’re talking about on Xbox Wire every week. If you’ve got a few minutes, we can help remedy that. We’ve pared down the past week’s news into one easy-to-digest article for all things Xbox! Or, if you’d rather watch than read, you can feast your eyes on our weekly video show above. Be sure to come back every Friday to find out what’s happening This Week on Xbox!

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Inside Xbox One X Enhanced: Dishonored: Death of the Outsider
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Steep Road to the Olympics Open Beta Comes to Xbox One Starting Today
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Xbox and Highsnobiety Launching Livestream Show Pushing Buttons
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Skyforge is Now Available on Xbox One
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Inside Xbox One X Enhanced: Ghost Recon Wildlands
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Battle the Enigmatic Dealer in Hand of Fate 2 Available Now on Xbox One
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Blue Angels Aerobatic Flight Simulator Available Now on Xbox One
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Become the Wizard of Legend on Xbox One in Early 2018
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G’day from Defiant Development! Hand of Fate 2 is launching on Xbox One today and we’d like to take the time to explain the way our weird and wonderful game works.

Like the original, Hand of Fate 2 is a dungeon crawler set in a dark fantasy world, where players must master a living board game of infinitely replayable quests. Every stage of the adventure is drawn from a deck of cards collected and curated by the player, and these cards represent everything from finding a magical sword in a cave to being ambushed on the road by an ogre.

Players need to build their adventure deck wisely, as their opponent, the enigmatic Dealer, has challenging cards of his own that must be countered through strategic card selection, roleplaying, tactical real-time combat and sometimes, just dumb luck.

Hand of Fate 2‘s new campaign mode is built around 22 challenging scenarios that will push players’ deckbuilding skills to the limit. Are you smart enough to untangle an assassination plot against the head of the thieves guild? Can you build a fortress strong enough to withstand a Viking assault? Are you brave enough to escort a simple farmer back home to meet his ex? (That last one might surprise you!)

Our challenges are designed for multiple playthroughs, so if you don’t get the gold medal in the battle against Drakmar the Mighty, don’t fret! Jump ahead, unlock some new equipment and encounters, and come back with a fresh deck. There are multiple solutions to each problem, so get experimenting!

Everyone at Defiant put their heart and soul into developing Hand of Fate 2 and we hope it shows in the final product. We’ve got big plans for the game in 2018, so if you want to keep up with our latest updates, check out our Twitter (@defiantdev) or Facebook pages.

See you at the table!

We’re continuing to put out new 1711 builds this week focused on general stability and performance. Our latest system update (1711.171128-1839) will be made available to Alpha and Beta Insiders starting today at 2 p.m. PST and becoming mandatory tomorrow at 1 a.m. PST. This update includes a fix to various streaming apps, such as Twitch, YouTube and HBO Go. We’ve also expanded our Known Issues list, which can be found below with current workarounds included for several items.

FIXES:

Apps

• Fixed an issue which would sometimes cause streaming video content to unexpectedly crash. This issue affected multiple apps including Twitch, YouTube and HBO Go.

KNOWN ISSUES: 

Wi-Fi

• We are investigating reports of degraded Wi-Fi- performance. Current workaround, which has been successful for some users, is to hard reboot the console by holding the power button for 10 seconds.

Games/apps not installing/updating

• We are investigating reports that some users cannot install games or apps. Current workarounds that have proven effective for some users include changing Wi-Fi networks quickly, plugging in an Ethernet cable and disabling IPV6 on your home network.

Sound

• AVRs with HDMI-passthrough will break Dolby Atmos for Home Theater if the TV and console is turned on before the AVR . Current workaround is to power on your receiver before turning on your Xbox One console.

Display

• We are investigating reports of inaccurate RGB colors when displaying in 4K HDR mode while playing a UHD disc.

Tournaments

• The left and right navigation for selecting date and time during Tournament creation is currently reversed when the console language is set to Arabic or Hebrew.
• Left and right navigation in Tournament twists is reversed when the console language is set to Arabic or Hebrew.
• Left and right navigation in the bracket view of Tournaments is reversed when the console language is set to Arabic or Hebrew.

Avatars on Home

• Users wishing to represent themselves as an avatar can do so by changing their settings under My profile > Customize profile > Show my avatar.

Narrator

• Narrator may stop performing when reading large amounts of text.

Many of gaming’s most compelling stories come from those who’ve helped to create our favorite Xbox One games. In our Inside Xbox One X Enhanced series, these creators will share the behind-the-scenes accounts of the work involved in enhancing these epic games for Xbox One X, how they’ve helped chart the course of the world’s most powerful console, and what that means for the future of gaming. Today, we’ll be chatting with Arkane Studios’ Dinga Bakaba, Lead Designer on the series-ending action game Dishonored: Death of the Outsider.

What specifically is your development team doing to enhance Dishonored: Death of the Outsider for Xbox One X?

We used the unique GPU power of the Xbox One X to leverage Dynamic Resolution with cutting edge graphics fidelity. Shadows quality, textures definition and level of details are at their best. The extra CPU power also helped us to make the framerate steadier even under heavy Dishonored-style combat situation.

How do these enhancements impact the gaming experience?

The immersion is magnified and the experience is true to the original intentions. Looks better, feel better.

Why did your development team choose to focus on these enhancement areas?

Given the powerful GPU and the 12GB GDDR5 of graphic memory we wanted to use it to reveal the deep and detailed world of Dishonored.

How do you expect fans of Dishonored: Death of the Outsider will respond to seeing/playing it on Xbox One X with these enhancements?

During development, many of us just stopped suddenly to watch, attracted by the gorgeous visuals. Some people were getting very close to the screen just to see how many details their eyes could catch in the distance. We can’t wait to see the reactions of the players. We expect them to be astonished by the visuals and thrilled by the whole enhanced experience.

How has the process been to get the game up and running on Xbox One X?

It was pretty short and straightforward. Leaving us some space to push the limitations back again and again.

What enhancement were you most excited about to explore leveraging for Dishonored: Death of the Outsider on Xbox One X?

4K UHD, definitely.

What does 4K and HDR mean for your game, games in the future and development at your studio?

4K is a game changer and soon it will become the new standard. Death of the Outsider shows some very detailed geometry which is magnified in 4K, revealing details, no aliasing and a crisp picture.

HDR provides a vivid and life-like color panels, which is something we are excited to leverage in the future.

Thanks to Dinga for taking the time to chat with us about Xbox One X Enhanced. We’ll be bringing you more interviews with more developers in the future, so stay tuned to Xbox Wire!

Yesterday’s Alpha and Beta system update (1711.171121-1645) is now available to Delta and Omega Insiders. If you’re a member of one of these two Xbox One Update Preview rings, then you may have noticed the update starting at 2 p.m. PST today. The update will become mandatory tomorrow at 1 a.m. PST and continues to deliver on fixes to 1711, specifically improving upon the stability and performance of the Guide, streaming apps and game installations. Read on to learn more about the fixes unique to this update and check in on the Known Issues in our previous post here.

FIXES:

Guide

• Fixed an issue that caused the Guide to crash unexpectedly

Installation

• Fixed an issue that could cause games to fail to install

Streaming Video Fixes

• Fixed issues which caused some streaming video apps to fail to show video and ads

We have a new system update (1711.171121-1645) coming to Alpha and Beta Insiders today starting at 2 p.m. PST. This update, which becomes mandatory tomorrow at 1 a.m. PST, continues to deliver on fixes to 1711, specifically improving upon the stability and performance of the Guide and game installations. Read on to learn more about the fixes unique to this update and check in on the Known Issues in our previous post here.

FIXES:

Guide

• Fixed an issue that previously caused the Guide to crash unexpectedly

Installation

• Fixed an issue that could cause games to fail to install

Welcome to a new edition of Next Week on Xbox! In a few days we’ll have an eclectic mix of new releases, like the arcade shooter Sky Force Reloaded, aerobatic flight simulator Blue Angels, the horror adventure of Black Mirror, and the mind-bending underwater sci-fi game SOMA all landing on Xbox One. Learn more about these games below and come back every week to find out what’s Next Week on Xbox!

Games

November 28, 2017

Following the suicide of his father, David Gordon visits his ancestral home for the first time in his life. A life that is soon threatened by the dark secrets that claimed the sanity of many Gordon’s before him. In this modern re-imagining of the acclaimed gothic-horror adventure series, it’ll be up to you to uncover the horrible truths, buried under generations of silence and fathoms of stone

Games

December 01, 2017

Enter the world of SOMA and face horrors buried deep beneath the ocean waves. Delve into locked terminals and secret documents to uncover the truth behind the chaos at the underwater facility PATHOS-II. Seek out the last remaining inhabitants and take part in the events that will ultimately shape the fate of the station. But be careful, danger lurks in every corner: corrupted humans, twisted creatures, insane robots, and even an inscrutable omnipresent A.I.

Games

December 01, 2017

Join the Blue Angels and experience acrobatic flight at a brisk 400 mph just 18 inches from your partner’s wing. Face the challenging official maneuvers aboard F/A-18 fighter jets and a C-130 transport aircraft. An assisted flying system allows everyone to learn even the most extreme stunts where anyone can experience the thrill of a real aerobatic pilot according to their abilities.

Games

December 01, 2017

Sky Force Reloaded is the spirit of the classic arcade shoot ‘em ups, captured with modern visuals and design. This new entry in the series will keep you entertained with all the things you’ve come to love in scrolling shooters: meaty explosions, incinerating lasers, colossal bosses and diverse aircrafts to pilot.