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Ready to take the Xbox One dashboard for a test drive? Jason Sipes had a chance to take things out for a spin, and uploaded the results to YouTube. The system does a fantastic job of smoothly moving through tasks, from game to TV, with nothing but your voice to control it. Seems Microsoft’s voice…
The negative press towards the Xbox One just keeps coming. Can’t Microsoft’s next gen system catch a break? Once again we’re talking about the console’s power, or lack there of. However, I will defend them on this one. It all started with a tweet earlier today. Former IGN editor Jeremy Conrad put out a list of…
Some very good news for Xbox fans today. Microsoft has officially confirmed that the Xbox One will launch on Friday November 22nd, 2013. As we heard before, it will be available in 13 countries including the UK, US, and Canada. Microsoft has stated that the Xbox One is already in full production and will launch…
If you’re hoping to expand your Xbox One’s storage, you might be out of luck. Microsoft has confirmed that external USB drives will not be supported at launch. Xbox Community Manager Larry Hryb confirmed the news in a podcast recorded at PAX. “My understanding is that feature will not be there at launch because the team’s…
I’ve come back from vacation with yet more developing news on the eighth generation consoles. This week we’re learning a little more about how you’ll be able to share your gameplay videos. Unfortunately, you have to pay to let’s play. The Game DVR feature along with Skype will both require an Xbox Live Gold subscription….
It was bound to happen eventually. All the outrage over the Xbox One DRM scheme has paid off. Microsoft announced today that they would be stripping the controversial restrictions from the console. GiantBomb broke the story earlier this afternoon. Story developing. As of writing, Xbox.com has crashed due to the overload. UPDATE: Xbox Wire Q&A…
With the Xbox One being announced this week, we’ve finally rounded out the list of eighth generation consoles. Here’s a side by side comparison of specs for the Wii U, PS4, and Xbox One. Updated June 19th, 2013 Xbox One Playstation 4 Wii U CPU AMD “Jaguar” 8-core APU, x86-64 AMD “Jaguar”…
In case you were living under a rock, dear gamer, the new Xbox One was announced today. I must say I felt rather underwhelmed with Microsoft’s presentation. Especially after Sony’s strong showing back in March. Here’s a peak and some commentary at what’s coming up for the nextbox. It has an odd name When gamers…
More rumours for the next Xbox have come out today. This time they give as a small peak into what the console may have to offer it. Some of it is not good, at least according to IGN. VGLeaks put out several screenshots from the Durango development kit, the software used to program games for…
Dying gaming magazine Xbox World has decided to go out with a bang. They claim to have gotten the inside scoop from developers, delivering us the tastiest rumours Xbox 720 yet. The 720, which will be simply named “Xbox” will pack some fairly impressive hardware for a console. Blu-ray support, 8gb of RAM, Kinect 2.0, possible augmented…