One of Windows 8’s newer features is its ability to link up to your Xbox 360 console – and not that lame-o “media sharing” stuff that one finds in Windows 7. No, Windows 8 allows you to launch a game on your Xbox 360 from your PC and, ideally at some point in the future, play a game on your PC that’s “streamed” of-sorts from your Xbox 360. And, of course, you should also be able to bounce media back and forth between your Xbox 360 (and attached television) and your Windows 8 system.
But for all this to work – whenever Microsoft enables it – you have to first make your Xbox 360 and your Windows 8 PC meet. Click on the “Xbox Companion” app on Windows 8’s start menu to get the ball rolling: It’s a pretty easy process, and one that carries the potential for great, future reward.