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Xbox One blends game and TV with Quantum Break

, May 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

Microsoft has revealed what's shaping up to be perhaps the most unusual game for the Xbox One, a blend of TV and gaming called Quantum Break. The new game, announced alongside the console, is the handiwork of Remedy Games, which also created Max Payne. Read The Full Story

Xbox Live upgrades for Xbox One: cloud-stored media and DVR for games

, May 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

As the Xbox One is shown to the public this week, Microsoft has made it clear that Xbox Live will not be left behind - in fact it's getting some major upgrades in the way of server power, for starters. Microsoft spoke up at the Xbox One event about updating from 500 servers when the service started to 15,000 today, and by the end of the year, having 300,000 servers to help usher in the Xbox One. This service will be working with cloud-stored music, movies, games, and saves for your games as well. It'll also be bringing forth DVR recording of games and media. Read The Full Story

Xbox One EA game lineup starts with FIFA 14

, May 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

As to no one's surprise, Electronic Arts made an appearance at Microsoft's Xbox One reveal event, and they showed off some of the new sports games that will be coming to the Xbox One. There will be a new FIFA, Madden, NBA Live, and UFC, all of which will release their next game on the Xbox One. Read The Full Story

Xbox One: Three software platforms in One

, May 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

Microsoft's new Xbox One will include three operating systems in one, enabling instant switching between TV and gaming content. The console uses not only "the best of" Xbox OS, Microsoft says, but the kernel of Windows, along with a third bridging platform which connects the two. Read The Full Story

Xbox One hardware “revolutionary” with 8GB of RAM, 500GB HDD

, May 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

Unlike Sony, who didn't reveal any details about the PS4 itself, Microsoft showed off the console box right away, and they even told us what's under the hood. Microsoft says that the Xbox One's hardware is "revolutionary" and it's also "connected and ready." The console has 8GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive. Read The Full Story

Xbox One introduces Skype video chat with Kinect

, May 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

This week the folks at Microsoft have let it be known that their next-generation console will be going by the name Xbox One, and with it will be coming Skype video chat for the living room. This gaming device is named "Xbox One" because Microsoft intends it to be an all-in-one home entertainment device, with Skype leading the way with group video calls through Kinect. Read The Full Story

Xbox One ushers in Xbox On voice recognition and command

, May 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

Microsoft just announced the Xbox One, the company's newest gaming console to succeed the Xbox 360. Right off the bat, the first feature that they showed off was Xbox On (not to be confused with the console's name). It uses the new Kinect sensor (which we have yet to hear details about) to do voice commands and hand gestures. Read The Full Story

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

, May 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

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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Xbox 720 console possibilities and how they’ll affect the Xbox 360

, May 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

This week Microsoft's next-generation Xbox is set to be revealed - at least in part - and the Xbox 360 will at last have a replacement. But for those thousands and millions of Xbox 360 owners, what comes next? Is this console doomed to go the way of the dodo, or will a software update pushed after the Xbox 720 - or whatever it'll be called - is released allow this soon-to-be-legacy console to continue to be relevant? Read The Full Story

Xbox LIVE “The Music Room” heralds Xbox 720 age of interactive TV

, May 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

Microsoft's big "Xbox 720" reveal isn't the only Xbox-related launch this week. The company has also announced a new interactive TV series, The Music Room, which will be exclusively available to Xbox LIVE Gold subscribers. The show will, unsurprisingly, focus on musical performances, but allow viewers on their consoles to shape the direction the content takes. Read The Full Story

Xbox 720 console prototype cuts tell of a stripped-down final release

, May 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week traffic in the game console realm has ramped up, and not just because Microsoft will be releasing one half of the information necessary to understand their next release in the Xbox 720. While Xbox evangelist Major Nelson makes sure the world knows that they'll be able to watch the whole event with a Live Video Player app on Windows Phone 8, SlashGear prepares by revving up the analysis engines and thumbing through the tiplines. Read The Full Story

Xbox 720: what’s to be expected at tomorrow’s announcement

, May 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week Microsoft is heading in to an event that will almost certainly reveal the next-generation gaming console code-named Xbox 720. While the specific specifications surrounding processor power and physical shape of the console will have to wait until tomorrow (at the earliest), there's plenty able to be assumed at this time in this device's abilities right out of the gate. Read The Full Story
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