Xbox Social
The Xbox application is installed by default after the Win8 system is installed. It is the "game" magnetic block. After clicking, we will find that the entire interface is Xbox LIVE style. If you are using a Microsoft account to log in to the system, you will be logged in directly after entering the application.
Xbox LIVE in Win8
Below we will show how to use the Xbox app on Win8 from a novice perspective. Since the Xbox LIVE account is common to Microsoft accounts, even if you haven't signed up for Xbox LIVE, the system will assign you an account.
With the account, we can start to create our own data. The first is to compile the file. It contains the names, maxims, locations, and profiles, which can be edited directly in the app. There is also a “change player code”, which needs to be changed on the Xbox.com page.
Editing files
Then editing personal avatars, this is a very interesting process, and everyone can edit a personalized personal image according to their own preferences. The saved virtual pictograms will be visible directly to friends on Xbox LIVE.
Custom avatars
After the personal data is created, you can interact on Xbox LIVE. We can share our own materials so that more people can pay attention to us. Click on “Share File” The right sidebar will pop up the options menu. We can share our data using existing tools, such as Sina Weibo, OneNote, Everyone, and Mail.
Built-in sharing function
Of course, we can also add friends by ourselves. By adding a friend's button, we can search other users in Xbox LIVE, and then we can see his avatar, maxim and personal. Introduction and so on. The added friends will all be displayed in the friends list.
Adding friends
After setting up a social network, we can cooperate with them or play against them in future games, and increase the fun of the game through communication. Xbox LIVE is a gaming platform, not a simple collection of stand-alone games.
Xbox Games
Although socializing is very important in Xbox LIVE, the game is still the most important, even we can make it fun in a single machine. In the Xbox app, the game is the absolute protagonist. There is a collection of Xbox Games games built in, and new games are constantly being released. For example, the Angry Birds: Star Wars, which just went on the market, is online.
Selecting a game of interest in the Windows Gaming App Store, we can see the pop-up window with the option to set the appointment, which is mainly the greeting used when inviting multiplayer games. The main options here are “Play & rdquo; & "Browse Games”.
Xbox Games
Click “Play” will start running the game directly, but if the game is not installed on the computer, the system will guide the player to the Windows Store to purchase and install. Some of the games in the current Xbox Games are free, but there are some games that are charged, such as Angry Birds: Star Wars, but you can choose to play.
achievement. Because Xbox Games games are mostly equipped with an achievement system, this makes the game more interesting. Achievements can communicate with friends and earn points.
Browse Games
In the Xbox app, we can also browse through the achievements of all games by "viewing achievements", which can be sorted by game or by time. We can also view the achievements directly in the game while the game is in progress.
View Game Achievements
Play games in the Xbox app, the system will save the progress in real time and sync the achievements to the server. We will find that the games provided in the Xbox app will be marked "Xbox Windows" in the top bar of the chart, and only these games can be played through the Xbox platform, and the synchronized achievement system is set, so the game is also integrated with the platform. It is different from a stand-alone game.
The progress is saved on the server side
This is the Xbox in Windows 8, you can socialize and play, and the games on the most popular game platforms will definitely let you experience completely different games. pleasure. With the gradual opening of the platform, we will play more boutique games on it. If you are using Win8 system, then try it.