Director of programming for Xbox Live has Larry Hryb aka Major Nelson has hit a pretty significant milestone recently. He’s almost at one million followers on Xbox One, which is no small feat for any major figure but especially significant for him.

Responding to queries regarding the same on Reddit, Hryb stated that, “My job is to work on cool Xbox features with the incredible men and women on the teams but coming to reddit or tweeting are things that I do because I love what I do and the people and products that build them take that and do with it what you will
..,.,.. (all the periods/punctuation I should have used in this post)”

With regards to his “non-answers” regarding region locked languages and future of Kinect, Hryb said, “I share as much as I am able to share based on the current information. I don’t give specifics unless there are indeed specifics to share as giving out incomplete information it irresponsible.”

Hryb further stated with regards to his job, “I love working with the teams here at Microsoft – and it never feels like work which is kinda awesome.”

What are your thoughts on Major Nelson and his role in the community? Let us know in the comments.

Microsoft’s Larry Hryb (Major Nelson) has officially confirmed that Assassin’s Creed II will be the next game that becomes available to Xbox Live Gold subscribers via twitter.

Here is the official tweet from Larry Hryb:

“I can confirm that Assassin’s Creed II will be the next free title released in the Xbox “Games With Gold” Program http://mjr.mn/18vu90k”

Those who haven’t played Assassins Creed II yet will finally get a chance to try it out for free on Xbox 360. Assassin’s Creed II is one of the best Assassin’s Creed games in the series with Assassin’s Creed III not as successful.

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag will be available October 29th for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U and for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One once the systems launch this Holiday season.

Let us know if you’ll be giving Assassin’s Creed II a shot in the comments below.

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The first few updates suggest that Xbox One would require a fee to be paid when playing a used game after the game disc has been de-authorized on a previous system.

However, several Retail sources have told MCVUK the following regarding how it pre-owned games would work between the company and retail stores.

1) The game would have to be checked in every 24 hours via online while your Xbox One is connected to the internet

2) It’s possible to sell an owned game to a retailer only to those who have agreed to Microsoft’s T&C

3) Publisher of the title will receive a certain % cut of the sale

The latest update to this story was posted by Larry Hyrb on his Major Nelson Blog and this what he has stated regarding the Xbox One used-games topic.

“The ability to trade in and resell games is important to gamers and to Xbox. Xbox One is designed to support the trade in and resale of games. Reports about our policies for trade in and resale are inaccurate and incomplete. We will disclose more information in the near future.”

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