Buy.com has multiple new videos up showing stuff about the Zune HD. Both of them reveal some new things but this one at about 33 seconds in talks about games. The one shown on the screen looks like a 3D racing game.

• Zune Pass Video
• Zune HD Device Video
• Zune AV Dock
• Zune Car Pack
• Zune Ecosystem
• Zune Xbox

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Things You Need

• A Microsoft Zune running 3.1 firmware (or newer)
  
• Zune USB Sync Cable
  
• Zune Software 3.1 (or newer)
  
• Microsoft XNA Game Studio 3.0
  
• Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition

Places To Get Games

• The Zoone
• ZuneBoards

Installing The Official Games

1. Plug your Zune device into a working USB port on your computer using your Zune Sync Cable

2. Open up the Zune Software 3.1 or newer

3. Click on Settings

4. Go to the Device section

5.  Go to the Device Update menu item and then click on the Install Games button

6. Following the on screen instructions

How to Install User Made Games

1. Download Microsoft XNA Game Studio 3.0 & Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition

2. Install Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition first

• Open vcssetup.exe
  
• Click Next
  
• Read agreement and click next after accepting agreement
  
• Uncheck Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Edition
  
• Click Install and wait for download and install to finish
  

  3. Install Microsoft XNA Game Studio 3.0
  

• Open XNAGS30_setup.exe
  
• Click Next
  
• Read agreement and click next after accepting agreement
  
• Select No I Do Not Want These Rule Enabled and click Next
  
• Wait for install to finish
  
• Un-check Take me to XNA Creators Club Online Website and click Finish
  

  4. Go to Start > All Programs > Microsoft XNA Game Studio 3.0 and click on XNA Game Studio Device Center
  

  5. Make sure your Zune Software is Closed
  

  6. In the XNA Game Studio Window Click on Add Device
  

  
  

  7.  Choose the Zune
  

  
  

  8. Select your Zune from the list and click Next
  

  
  

  9. Wait for it to Test the Connection
  

  10. Click Finish
  

  11. Close the XNA Game Studio Device Center Window
  

  12. Open up your Favorite Browser and download any game from one of the sites noted above.
  

  13. Download the .ccgame version if available, if not available just grab the zip source and follow one of the two tutorials below.
  

  Install The .ccgame Version Of The Games 1. Make sure the Zune Software is not open and the Zune is plugged in
  

  2. Download the game in the .ccgame format, also known as the Creators Club game package
  

  3. Double click on the Downloaded File and click on Unpack
  

  4. Play the game on your Zune by going to the games menu item on the main menu and selecting the game of choice
  

  Install The Games From Source Files (.Zip) File
  

  1. Make sure the Zune Software is not open and the Zune is plugged in
  

  2. Download the game in the .ZIP format, also known as the Source Files
  

  3. Double Click on the Downloaded File and click on Extract All Files
  

  
  

  4. Click Next
  

  5. Click Next Again
  

  6. Make sure Show Extracted Files and Click Finish
  

  7. Click on the folder if any
  

  8. Double Click on the Game File
  

  
  

  9. Find the Zune Icon over on the right side and Right Click on it and select Deploy
  

  
  

  10. Wait For Deploying to finish, and have fun playing your games.

If you find this tutorial helpful please post about it and link to it on your favorite forums, and comment below.

As promised, I am making a blog post about how to get the new update. Just go to Settings > General > Check for updates. It will then say there is a update available, this is Zune 3.1. After updating it will prompt you to update your zune to  3.1 as well. Download and enjoy….

Today Microsoft Announced that Zune would be getting a slight update. The Device only update includes 3 games, bug fixes, and one or two new features. I’ll update my blog one I can figure out how to get them.

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