Published November 30, 2007
As promised, Microsoft is bringing some early gifts to your Xbox 360® just prior to the holiday season. Beginning at 0200 A.M. PST on December 4, 2007, the Xbox 360 Fall Dashboard Update will be available for all connected Xbox 360 consoles free of charge, bringing an array of new features and enhancements to the leading gaming and entertainment system.
Among the key new enhancements are the previously announced Xbox Originals game download service, Family Timer parental control feature, and expanded social networking experiences. Xbox 360 owners can also look forward to enhanced navigation, profile, and video features and Xbox LIVE® Arcade Hits.
This free update will be digitally distributed over Xbox LIVE to the more than eight million Xbox LIVE members worldwide (Xbox LIVE Silver and Gold) with no disc or hard drive required. If you don't have an Xbox LIVE account, you can easily sign up for the free network by connecting your console to a broadband Internet connection. New features and enhancements include:
MORE DOWNLOAD OPTIONS

• Xbox Originals: With this new service, announced on November 13, you can download-to-own full original Xbox® games that were previously only available at retail. The digital shelves will always be stocked with classic titles, such as Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, Crimson Skies®: High Road to Revenge™, Halo®, Fable®, Fuzion Frenzy®, Psychonauts™, and more as the catalogue grows over time, at 1200 Microsoft Points per game.
• Xbox LIVE Arcade Hits: On Xbox LIVE Arcade, the Arcade Hits program kicks off as some of the best-selling Xbox LIVE Arcade games become available at permanently reduced prices, making it easier than ever for everyone to build a library of downloadable games! The first games to become Arcade Hits will be Bankshot Billiards 2™ and Lumines™ Live!, which will be available for 800 Microsoft Points each, and Marble Blast Ultra, Small Arms™, and Zuma® Deluxe, which will be available for 400 Microsoft Points each. With free trial downloads for every game and over 100 games to choose from, Xbox LIVE Arcade offers something for every member of the family.

Find out what's new at Xbox.com from your dashboard.
NEW WAYS TO KEEP UP TO DATE AND CONNECTED

• Inside Xbox: A new direct feed brings current news straight from Xbox.com into the Xbox LIVE Dashboard providing an easy, predictable entry point where you can discover what's new in game releases, events, Xbox LIVE Marketplace offers, and lots more.
• Enhanced online profile: If you're interested in sharing a few more details about yourself you can go beyond your motto and further personalize your profile with an expanded bio. The extended bios will be visible to "Friends Only" or the entire Xbox LIVE community.
• Expanded Friends List access: A quick and easy way for gamers to expand their personal community on Xbox LIVE, members will be able to see the Friends Lists of other Xbox LIVE members, boosting their social networking experience on the service.

ENHANCED OVERALL EXPERIENCE AND CONTROL

Aw man, these are good updates! Too bad my live runs out on december 4th, lol! I gots no moneyz to renew my account till Christmas, have fun playin the new maps without me guys :*(

cool updates didnt reade it all tho

this still doesn't say anything about clans grrrr i am going to be really mad

SWEET! Looks really cool. Can't wait for Tuesday!

Wish they were getting clans.

cant wait hopefully it snows so i get no schoolz xD

is anyone eles having problems with the update. it messed up all of the Call of Duty servers and wont allow anyone to play in a party. Also it is making my dashboard freeze up all the time and be extreamly slow.

I called customer support and they must be flooded with calls because we were on hold for about an hour. (and microsoft is normally pretty good about not putting you on hold for a long time)

They must not know what the problem is yet because the rep told me and my firend to do this:

1 Take your disk out.
2 Go to system
3 Click on Memory
4 Click "Y"
5 Press this sequence X,X,LB,RB,XX
6 It takes you to the matinence menu
7 Select yes and it delets all of the currupted files on your hard drive.

at first i was excited because it seemed to work. So it must be a temporary fix for the dashboard problem becuase about 30 min. later it was slow again.

Post it up if you find anythign about this online. I am extreamly annoyed that microsoft hasn't done anythingn about this yet. Also, who wants to see their friends friend list. Personally I think all this update did was waste your time with a download. But thats just me.

People are slowly beginning to report all the problems. IDK, i'm afraid to update it now..