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New Xbox 360 teardown cracks open the “offline gamers” console

, Jun 13th 2013 Discuss [3]

During Microsoft's E3 2013 press conference where they mostly focused on Xbox One games, the company also outed a new and redesigned Xbox 360 to hold gamers over until the Xbox One launch in November. Naturally, though, it was immediately bound for the iFixit teardown waitlist, and it's finally on the surgery bed getting its guts splayed out. Read The Full Story

Microsoft exec: Just get a 360 if Xbox One’s internet demands upset you

, Jun 12th 2013 Discuss [26]

Microsoft's demands for online connectivity for the Xbox One has divided opinion, and Xbox chief Don Mattrick probably isn't helping by arguing that those unhappy should just stick with an Xbox 360. The Interactive Entertainment Business head told GameTrailers that for those who lack reliable connectivity, there's still something they can play. "Fortunately, we have a product for people who aren't able to get some form of connectivity" he pointed out, "it's called Xbox 360." Read The Full Story

New Xbox 360: everything you need to know

, Jun 10th 2013 Discuss [15]

Today, Microsoft announced a new, redesigned version of the Xbox 360. While the company's E3 2013 press conference was mostly about the Xbox One, it seems they want to keep the Xbox 360 relevant for just a bit longer. After all, gamers still have until November before they're able to pick up a fancy new Xbox One, so a redesigned Xbox 360 will happily fill the void in the meantime. Read The Full Story

New Xbox 360 console design official

, Jun 10th 2013 Discuss [9]

The main focus of the Microsoft event will be the Xbox One, however that doesn’t mean we aren’t going to see anything related to the Xbox 360. In fact, Micrsoft kicked off the E3 2013 event with word of a new design for the 360 as well as an upgrade to the existing Gold setup. And nicely done, the updated Gold setup will bring free games starting in July.

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Xbox One sets sights on 400m sold, Xbox 360 aims for 100m

, May 24th 2013 Discuss [17]

With the Xbox One releasing later this year, many may think that Microsoft will leave the Xbox 360 by the wayside, but it seems that's on the contrary, as the company aims to sell 25 million units over the next five years, even with the console's successor on the market. Microsoft plans to move a whopping 400 million units during its lifetime. Read The Full Story

Xbox One gets trio of ‘cloud consoles’ for extra crunching Microsoft explains

, May 24th 2013 Discuss [7]

The 300,000-server-strong Xbox LIVE cloud for the new Xbox One will share processing duties with the console, Microsoft has detailed, responsible for "latency-insensitive computation" like filling in background detail or figuring out complex lighting effects. The split crunching had been broadly outlined before, but Microsoft shared some specifics with Ars Technica, including how the system would amount to roughly three virtual Xbox One consoles per the one in your living room, and what visual impact it would have for gamers without a persistent internet connection. Read The Full Story

Xbox One lack of backward compatibility is a non-issue insists Microsoft

, May 23rd 2013 Discuss [17]

Don't expect your shiny new Xbox One to care about your current stack of Xbox 360 games any time soon; Microsoft isn't convinced that backward-compatibility with gamers' existing titles is something the majority of people even care about. In fact, Microsoft interactive entertainment chief Don Mattrick told the WSJ, spending time looking at old games generally means you miss what's coming up ahead. "If you're backwards compatible, you're really backwards," he argued. Read The Full Story

GTA V Collectors Editions continue legacy of completist addiction

, May 23rd 2013 Discuss [2]

If you're a lover of the Grand Theft Auto series and absolutely need to own every little bit and piece from the creators of the series at Rockstar Games, you're about to need to start saving up. Two unique editions of Grand Theft Auto V have been shown this week by he creators of the series - one of them a Special Edition, the other a Collectors Edition. Read The Full Story

Why the Xbox One’s Used Game Handling Could Be Its Undoing

, May 22nd 2013 Discuss [48]

There is an awful lot of excitement to go around in the game industry today, as Microsoft has finally (finally!) shown off its next-generation console, the Xbox One. From images and videos of the device, it appears to be good-looking, should deliver high-quality gameplay, and will integrate a host of entertainment features I’ll be excited to try out.

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Xbox One requires Kinect to function

, May 21st 2013 Discuss [10]

This week as the Xbox One is introduced to the world, the company opposing Sony and their PlayStation 4 have taken an entirely different approach to its first reveal: console, Kinect, and controller included. If you decided that you weren't about to connect a motion-tracking device to your gaming console no matter what the trends in the industry, Microsoft and the Xbox One might have you thinking twice. In a close-up chat with an Xbox UK marketing director it's been revealed that the Xbox requires that its new Kinect device be attached at all times. Read The Full Story

Xbox One vs Xbox 360: What’s Changed?

, May 21st 2013 Discuss [12]

It’s all change for Microsoft and Xbox today, with the new Xbox One shaking things up in the gaming world and meeting Sony’s PlayStation 4 challenge head-on. The Xbox One has a lot to live up to, though: the 360 held the best-selling console torch for some time, and that’s something Sony would just love to steal away with the PS4. Join us after the cut as we run through the next-gen console and how it compares to the 360.

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Xbox One made official: The All In One home entertainment system

, May 21st 2013 Discuss [9]

This week Microsoft started their first major next-generation Xbox game console event off with a bang, showing the console and naming it all at once: the Xbox One. Before the event began, it was (once again) revealed that today’s reveal took more than just a weekend to create – Don Mattrick, , noted that “we’ve spent the past four years” working on this release alone. It was also made clear that “this is just the beginning” with “E3 right around the corner”, as it were – games galore will be there, without a doubt. Per the video announcement you’ll more than likely see on television before too long, Microsoft is “about the change entertainment forever … again.”

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