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NOVEMBER 2017
XBOX
ONE S
The Ultimate Games and 4K
Entertainment System

WELCOME
Welcome to our special look at the
Xbox One S. Yes a new Xbox One
with the S on it sees a smaller, more
modern looking console with more
power on the graphics front, HDR
gaming and of course that magical
4K video. The unit also comes
with a new controller that supports
Bluetooth and a textured grip so long
sessions are easier on the hands.
Gone are the days of “my consoles’
better then yours!” … no, today
gamers are more like to own more
then one gaming system, even if
it’s a computer or mobile device.
Gamers are simply that - gamers.
It’s not just about the hardware, but
the enjoyment of being immersed
in a game. But a good system can
greatly enhance your enjoyment of
gaming and the Xbox One S has
a bunch a great exclusives that
you will enjoy, including games like
Forza Horizon 3, reviewed as the
most beautiful game on Xbox by The
Guardian, with its high resolution
graphics, HDR and speed, it’s an
amazing experience. Gears of War 4
has gotten great reviews and if you’re
on Metacritic you’ll see it’s scored
extremely highly by sits like IGN. Of
course there’s Halo 5: Guardians
which upscales beautifully to 4K.
We hope you enjoy our guide to the
Xbox One S, and with Christmas
just around the corner we can’t think
of a better family gift that will keep
the whole family having fun over the
summer holidays!
Rob Jenkins
Publisher
Published by

XBOX ON
Sleeker, Slimmer, Sh
Introducing the new Xbox One S. Play
the greatest games lineup, including
Xbox 360 classics, on a 40% smaller
console. Experience richer, more luminous
colors in games and video
with High Dynamic Range. Stream
4K video on Netflix and watch UHD
Blu-ray... movies in stunning 4K Ultra
HD. Then get the enhanced
comfort and feel of the new Xbox
Wireless Controller, featuring textured
grip and Bluetooth... technology.
With all the biggest blockbusters
this year, everything you loved
about Xbox 360 is even better on
Xbox One. Now $399 for the 500GB
Xbox One S.
*4K streaming with select apps, see xbox.com.
Some apps require app provider-specific subscriptions
and/or other requirements. See xbox.
com/live. HDR functionality available with supported
games and TVs. Xbox One Backward
Compatibility feature works with select Xbox 360
games, see http://www.xbox.com/backcompat.
Xbox Live and broadband internet required for
initial download of game to console.
“Xbox One Backward Compatibility feature
works with select Xbox 360 games, see
www.xbox.com/backcompat.”

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WHY 4K AN
SHOULD GET Y
Take a walk into any store selling
TVs and it you’ll see the selling point
“4K” is all over the place. But what’s
so good about 4K? Well for starters
if you have a TV with 4K you’ve
got four times the resolution of a
traditional HD display. That means
even sharper, clearer pictures. So
while your current TV that is HD may
have a resolution of 1920 vertical
columns by 1080 horizontal, a 4K
screen has 3840 by 2160 which is
almost the same as cinema screens
running “Cinema 4K”
Watching 3D content that has been
filmed using 4K cameras means that
when the picture is split in two, then
you wear the glasses to bring the
movie into one screen, the resolution
drops due to the splitting. But
when content is made with 4K your
resolution is much higher and so you
still get HD images that are sharp
and clear to watch.
The new Xbox One S also has HDR
which gives you a higher dynamic
range when playing or watching.
Simply put, the Xbox One S will have
better details in dark areas and also
in the very bright areas. Colours will
be more true-to-life so all your viewing/playing
experience will be much
better.
What about content? Well, glad you
asked. 4K content is coming fast.
Content streaming companies like
Netflix will have 4K content coming
to Australia real soon. So to with
Amazon, who will soon have an app
you can use to watch 4K content
and subscribe to shows like the new
Grand Tour featuring Clarkson, Hammond
and May, which is filmed in 4K
with HDR!
In short the new system is future
proof - better image quality, higher
resolutions to match the new 4K (or
Ultra HD) TVs that many of us will
be buying or have already bought.
Oh and it’s very affordable for a
console with all this power… doing
a quick scan of current 4K players,
you would be paying (at the time of
this article - October 2016) around
$500, so an Xbox One S with a 4K
player, games system and controller
at the pricing we’ve seen is a very
good buy!

D HDR
OU EXCITED!
4K television display with comparison of resolutions.

XBOX O
What’s New!
XBOX ASSIST
Xbox Assist is personalized to help
you optimize your Xbox experience
for the games you play and the way
you play them. You’ll find guides to
new features, how-to videos, suggestions
for features that might be
valuable to you and a lot more. You
already know there are many ways
to play with Xbox, and Xbox Assist
will help you find and take advantage
of even more.
On top of getting the most out of
your Xbox, Xbox Assist will provide
personalized notifications and tips
based on system, service and account
status. For example, Xbox
Assist can prompt you to take advantage
of unclaimed benefits such
as free game downloads; explain
how to automatically download
games so you can start playing
as quickly as possible; remap
buttons on your Elite controller so
that you get the most out of it; and
notify you if you are running out of
storage space. Xbox Assist also
enables you to easily browse
support content and launch troubleshooters
for common issues,
directly from your console. And
you’ll be able to check the status
of Xbox Live services and know
what’s going on with the features
and services that matter to you.
Read more at:
https://news.xbox.com/2017/09/29/introducing-xbox-assist/#JIVecRviKz2xxrjx.99

NE S:

NEW TITLES TO
STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT 2
The first Star Wars Battlefront got
good reviews with sites like IGN,
GameCritics and Play!Zine giving
the game scores of 80% plus on
Metacritic. The previews we’ve seen
written up have been immensely
positive and so this next iteration is
a must for Star Wars fans!
Master your own Star Wars hero’s
journey.
Embark on an endless Star Wars action
experience from the bestselling
Star Wars HD videogame franchise
of all time.
Rush through waves of enemies on
Starkiller Base with the power of
your lightsaber in your hands. Storm
through the jungle canopy of a hidden
Rebel base on Yavin 4 with your
fellow troopers, dispensing firepower
from AT-STs. Line up your X-wing
squadron for an attack on a mammoth
First Order Star Destroyer in
space. Or rise as a new Star Wars
hero - Iden, an elite Imperial special
forces soldier - and discover an
emotional and gripping single-player
story spanning thirty years.
Experience rich and living Star Wars
multiplayer battlegrounds across all
three eras: prequel, classic, and new
trilogy. Customize and upgrade your
heroes, starfighters, or troopers,
each with unique abilities to exploit
in battle. Ride tauntauns or take control
of tanks and speeders. Down
Star Destroyers the size of cities,
use the Force to prove your worth
against iconic characters such as
Kylo Ren, Darth Maul, or Han Solo,
as you play a part in a gaming experience
inspired by 40 years of timeless
Star Wars films.
You can become the master of your
own Star Wars hero’s journey.
A New Hero, a Story Untold
Jump into the boots of an elite special
forces soldier, equally lethal on
the ground and space, in an emotionally
gripping new Star Wars campaign
that spans over 30 years and
bridges events between the films’
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi and
Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
The Ultimate Star Wars Battleground
A Star Wars multiplayer universe
unmatched in variety and breadth
where up to 40 players fight as iconic
heroes, authentic-to-era troopers
and in a massive array of vehicles on
land and in the air - as battle rages
through the galaxy.
Galactic-Scale Space Combat
Space combat has been designed
for Star Wars Battlefront II from the
ground up with distinct handling,
weapons and customization options.
Join your squadron and weave in between
asteroids fields, fly through
Imperial Dock Yards and take down
massive capital ships as you pilot
legendary starfighters in high stakes
dogfights with up to 24 players and
40 AI ships.
Better Together
Team up with a friend from the comfort
of your couch with two-player offline
split-screen play. Earn rewards,
customize your troopers and heroes,
and bring your upgrades with you on
the online multiplayer battleground.
Master Your Hero
Not just an iconic hero - your hero.
Master your craft with customizable
character progression. Equip ability
modifiers, unique to each hero,
trooper class, and starfighter. Use
these ability modifiers to adapt and
modify your character’s core powers,
either as lethal active effects
on your opponents, helpful status
boosts, or tactical assistance, to
counter any opponent on the battlefront.
Split-screen co-op only available on
PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

EXPERIENCE
CALL OF DUTY WWII
No mission too difficult. No sacrifice
too great. Duty first! Yes Call of Duty
is back with the promise of the newest
game returning to its roots. Set
in WWII you begin with a treacherous
landing in Normandy on D-Day and
then battling your way across Europe
in some of the most iconic locations
of the war. There’s the promise
of classic COD combat and real
camaraderie with the in game characters.
Stunning visuals and sound
and three different game modes including
- Campaign, Multiplayer and
Co-op. Here’s the rundown:
THE DEFINITIVE WORLD WAR II
CAMPAIGN: Call of Duty: WWII tells
the story of the unbreakable brotherhood
of common men fighting to
preserve freedom in a world on the
brink of tyranny. Players enlist in a
gritty, intense journey through the
battlegrounds of war. The Campaign
features bold, lifelike visuals with the
kind of blockbuster cinematic authenticity
that only Call of Duty can
deliver.
BOOTS ON THE GROUND MULTI-
PLAYER: Call of Duty: WWII Multiplayer
engages players in grounded,
fast-paced combat across many of
World War II’s most iconic locations.
Players will also enjoy exciting new
ways to interact and socialize with
their friends and the Call of Duty
community.
HIGH-OCTANE CO-OPERATIVE: Call
of Duty: WWII’s co-operative mode
unleashes a new and original story.
Play with your friends in this next-level
standalone game experience full
of unexpected, adrenaline-pumping
moments.

MUST-HAVE: D
DESTINY 2
It’s one of the hottest selling games
on any format and on Xbox One S.
It’s sitting high on our partner - VG
Chartz’s latest sales chart and offers
games a rich story, multiple coop
game modes, 4v4 competitive
multiplayer games including five different
PVP modes, plus you get to
discover expansive, never-beforeseen
worlds and spaces to explore.
• Customize your character’s
weapons and armor with an allnew
array of gear.
• Discover Lost Sectors, complete
new Adventure missions, or rally
to Public Events with other
Guardians.
• Introducing a brand new Guided
Games system that helps players
find like-minded groups to
experience Destiny 2’s most
challenging activities, like the
Raid.

ESTINY 2

XBOX ONE
XBOX ONE S CONSOLE 500GB + ASSASSINS
CREED ORIGINS (FULL GAME DOWNLOAD)
Sleeker. Slimmer. Sharper.
40% smaller. Internal power supply.
Play the greatest games lineup, including
Xbox 360 classics, on a 40%
smaller console.
High Dynamic Range
Experience richer, more luminous
colors in games like Gears of War 4
and Forza Horizon 3. With a higher
contrast ratio between lights and
darks, High Dynamic Range technology
brings out the true visual depth
of your games.
4k Ultra HD
With four times the resolution of
standard HD 4k Ultra HD delivers
the clearest, most realistic video
possible. Stream 4k content on Netflix
and Amazon Instant Video and
watch Ultra HD Blu-rayTM movies in
stunning visual fidelity with High Dynamic
Range.
Xbox Wireless Controller
The new Xbox Wireless Controller
features a sleek, streamlined design,
textured grip, and Bluetooth
for gaming on Windows 10 devices.
Enjoy custom button mapping and
improved wireless range, and plug
in any compatible headset with the
3.5mm stereo headset jack.
Position your console vertically with
the included stand.
IR Blaster
Configure your Xbox One S to turn
on other devices, like your TV, audio/
video receiver, and cable/satellite
receiver. Whether you’re playing a
game or watching a movie, the integrated
IR blaster will get you to the
action faster, allowing you to leave
your remotes behind.

BUNDLES!

XBOX ONE S CONSOLE 500GB + MIDDLE-
EARTH: SHADOW OF WAR GAME + MORE!
Another console bundle we’re keen
on is the 550gb console with Middle
Earth Shadow of War.
Buying this bundle gets you :
Xbox One S console - 550 GB version
plus wireless controller, Middleearth:
Shadow of War I Legendary
Champions War Party and Exclusive
Epic Sword of Dominion!
Age rating: Mature/Adult.
In the epic sequel to the awardwinning
Middle-earth: Shadow of
Mordor, go behind enemy lines to
forge an army, conquer Fortresses
and dominate Mordor from within.
Experience how the award-winning
Nemesis System creates unique
personal stories with every enemy
and follower, and confront the full
power of the Dark Lord Sauron and
his Ringwraiths in this epic new story
of Middle-earth.
Included with the bundle is the Legendary
Champions War Party with
four Legendary Champions from different
tribes for your army, and the
exclusive Epic Sword of Dominion.
Plus: Get instant access to over 100
great games with 1 month of Xbox
Game Pass included. With the biggest
blockbuster titles, over 100
console exclusives, and three generations
of games, there’s never
been a better time to game with
Xbox One.

XBOX ONE S
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