The Xbox 360 digital retailer shuts down later this month on July 26. Amid a wave of value reductions and different end-of-life updates, nostalgic followers can relive the console’s earliest days through a brand new dynamic background modeled after the previous “Blades” interface.
For these too younger to recollect or didn’t get an Xbox 360 till years later, the Blades interface was the console’s first dashboard design. It was the very first thing gamers noticed from the console’s launch in 2005 till it was up to date to a completely completely different interface in 2008. Navigating it felt easy as butter, and a few diehards nonetheless consider it is the very best UI of any Xbox console.
Though it is much less detailed, and you’ll’t flip by way of the Blades of this dynamic background and listen to that satisfying “whoosh” sound, it’s good to see Microsoft acknowledge the 360’s like this. Right here’s the way you to make the Blades your Xbox background:
- Press the Xbox button in your controller to open the information.
- Navigate to Profile & system > Settings > Common > Personalization > My background > Dynamic backgrounds.
- Select Xbox 360 Blades below Featured or Xbox dynamic backgrounds
- Choose the background artwork you need utilizing the A button.
You’ll be able to learn extra concerning the impending Xbox 360 retailer closure and last updates by visiting this Xbox Wire article.