Backward compatibility hits Xbox One in November

Most important of them all, is that users will be able to start playing games via backward-compatibility starting this November, with over 100 titles available at launch.

The impact on you at home: Unless you’re comfortable diving into the Xbox One’s innards to swap out the hard drive, your best bet is to use an external HDD. Console games have been getting larger and larger, with games like Call of Duty coming in around 55 GB with expansions and add-ons.

Microsoft has announced a brand new Halo game will be launching on PC/Windows 10 next year, as well as Xbox One. Needless to say, games from franchises that are owned by Microsoft such as Halo, Fable, Crackdown and Gears of War will also be backwards compatible. That changed last year with the introduction of a free-to-air TV adapter, and now it’s taken another step forward at Gamescom 2015, as Microsoft has announced a new DVR feature for the console. As well as expanding the library of games that’s available and bringing some of the features of Windows 10 to the console, the update has more to offer.

Microsoft says that this Holiday season Xbox One has the biggest game line-up in history leading into 2016.

Finally, the Xbox One is getting a dedicated Chatpad. Cortana, Microsoft’s digital assistant from Windows 10, is along for the ride, as well.

Are you ready for your Xbox One to get a whole lot more modern?

Xbox One users will be able to record live over-the-air TV, schedule recordings and download recorded shows to mobile devices, tablets, and PCs.

Xbox One owners, Microsoft said, will be able to record TV shows, movies and sporting events, noting that “the amount of recorded content is only limited by the size of the drive”.