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Welcome to WPXBOX and today we will see how to launch an Xbox Game from Windows 8
To do this, You will need Smartglass which is companion app and can be downloaded from Windows 8 Store. Please make a search,
download and install.
Launch Smartglass and it will give you a simple instruction on connecting with your Xbox.
Click on get started and you will be asked to sign in to your Xbox and Remote Control Is turned on your Xbox.
On your Xbox, Go to Settings > System > Console Settings > Xbox Companion
Make sure your Xbox and Computer or Tablet is connected to internet.
Once connected and signed in, you will see the list of recently played games and if anybody in your friend list is playing, you will see the count
at the bottom of the tile.
Select the Xbox game you would like to play and make sure the game DVD is in the Xbox or you will be asked to insert one.
To launch the gane, you will need to hit Play on Xbox 360 and the game will start automatically.
If the game launch is successful, You will now seen a Game Specfiic panaroma screen which has loads of info on the game.
As of now Smartglass features are not completely implimented but you can use your tablet as controller using the Xbox Controls
option. Hopefully in future smartglass will help us view the map, location of other players, weapon postions etc.
As of now you can view your scores, medals, find game analysis etc.
You can also setu up beacon from here or in the last screen using the SET Beacon and setup a message.
Like you can see, Xbox Games section also helps you setup beacon before lauhcing the game.