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Possible Spectator Mode for Xbox2

Posted by Zonk on from the watching-you-watching-me dept.

BlueMoon writes "Spong.com posted an article about a new Microsoft job offering. The job details not only confirm the internal codename of the next generation Xbox console is Xenon, but it also reveals more information about Live features. It looks like many games will have a 'Xbox TV' feature allowing some sort of spectator mode with tickers at the bottom of the screen featuring recent high scores and game highlights, a tournament system, and tradable trophies."

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  1. Half-Life by Satertek · · Score: 5, Informative

    Half Life (and its mods) has had this for years, HLTV. You can just open up the spectate tab in Steam under servers and there they are.

    1. Re:Half-Life by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      HLTV is just a system where one "player" joins as a spectator, and everyone else connects to him, thus saving bandwidth. UT2k4 has UTTV also.

      This is a system of broadcasting games like they're sports events, which would be really cool and fun to watch.