Andre Yoskowitz
24 Nov 2009 14:17
Many gamers were enthusiastic with last month's announcement by Nintendo that upcoming Wii games would have an included autoplay system, an online help system for gamers struggling with certain chapters of the game.
According to Siliconera, Microsoft has patented their own in-game guide system, although details are still decently vague.
Microsoft director of games platform strategy Andre Vrignaud says the system will be very similar to that of GameFaqs, where gamers can pause the game if they get stuck, hop online and get help from user-submitted guides and tips. The XBL version will allow for screenshots, video clips and audio commentary as well, which is a pretty great innovation.
Developers will be able to add their own guides, but those will likely cost money as compared to user-submitted ones.