Xbox have announced that their new Xbox Game Hubs feature has started rolling out to selected users of the Xbox Insider program. The new feature will give players further information about a game before they hit play.

This will be different to the Clubs feature that seems to be continuing when Xbox Game Hubs are implemented. Speaking on the official blog post, Xbox had the following to say on Game Hubs:

“Game hubs will appear whenever you select a game from your recently played games lists or your installed games list, and they include a bunch of information that we hope you’ll find as useful as we do. You’ll see information relevant to the game you’ve selected, such as your player stats, achievements, friends who are playing, recent captures, available add-ons, events, and more!”.

One aspect of the Hubs that does immediately jump out though, is that purchasable DLC is instantly in the middle of your screen when you enter the Hubs, seemingly an attempt to get more players on to the Xbox Store to purchase extra content.

There is a social side to the new Hubs as they provide an overview of which friends play the game and when they last did, handy for identifying prospective coop buddies.

Tom Warren from The Verge posted a walkthrough detailing some of the new Xbox Game Hubs features over on YouTube:

As with anything in the Xbox Insider program, users are requested to submit feedback to help Microsoft develop the new feature ahead of a full rollout to all Xbox console users at some time in the future.

What do you think of the new Xbox Game Hubs? Is there something else you’d like to see built in? Let us know in the comments below.