Xbox One’s upcoming UI overhaul looked even better at gamescom 2015

“You need an external hard-drive specifically for DVR because we want to keep the [storage] paths optimised between playing games and watching TV”.

While the DVR feature sounds like an awesome new addition to the Xbox One’s bag of tricks, it will take an initial investment to achieve. Utilising Microsoft’s cloud computing feature, the game will also apparently leverage processing power 20 times more than the capacity of an independent Xbox One console. This means that those who have free-to-air digital tuners in the U.S. and European countries will be able to record different programs for streaming to any device that run using Windows 10 beginning next year.

Mike Ybarra, head of platform engineering at Xbox, has revealed on Twitter that the Windows 10 update for Xbox One preview for testers is scheduled in September.

The company is focusing on the coming Christmas shopping and launched period, aiming to make the home console more attractive by delivering Halo 5: Guardians and Forza Motorsport 6 to gamers. Although Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) recently upgraded the Xbox one’s internal hard drive from 500GB to 1TB, most gamers already have the earlier version. They’ll also be able to stream those recordings over Wi-Fi to phones, tablets, and PCs, or use those devices to schedule recordings remotely. Alternatively you can just wait for the end of October and pick up a copy of Halo 5 all by itself if you’re not swayed or lured by the temptation of a custom livery Xbox One console and some matching game controllers.

Microsoft had initially positioned the Xbox One as a broader media device, and this fits right into that original pitch.

Cortana, meanwhile, is one of the first features announced to be part of the Windows 10 roll out. Both accessories are now up for pre-order; the controller is up for $149.99, and the ChatPad for $34.99 at the Microsoft Store. The game’s producer, David Jones, has told VideoGamer in an interview that the 100% destructible environments of Crackdown 3’s multiplayer mode will require four times the network bandwidth of an ordinary online game.