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Microsoft has shown off Xbox One’s capabilities as an entertainment platform with the new interface. Controlled by Kinect, the Xbox One allows owners to use voice commands to navigate menus and activate different apps. The console is activated by calling "Xbox On", with Kinect recognising the user and taking them …
Read More »Microsoft unveils Xbox One
Computing giant spills the beans on its next-gen console
Read More »The New Xbox launch – WATCH IT HERE FROM 6PM
Microsoft will reveal the new Xbox at an exclusive American press event at 6pm tonight UK time. But the good news for UK gamers is that you can see the whole thing live right here. The video below will go live at 5:50pm tonight (May 21st 2013). What are we …
Read More »Next Xbox reveal – What we know so far
All the key rumours on Microsoft's step into the next generation of consoles
Read More »Job losses rock Trion Worlds
Defiance developer Trion Worlds has been hit by a "massive" round of layoffs. Sources speaking toIGNclaimed that more than half of the company has been let go, with some claiming as many as 80 per cent of staff were laid off. It has also been claimed the most of the …
Read More »Report: IllumiRoom to light up next Xbox reveal
Tech designed to project game experience outside of the TV
Read More »The four pitfalls the PS4 and next Xbox must avoid
John Riccitiello on how Sony and Microsoft can revitalise the console industry
Read More »3DS game giveaway gets TV ad push
Nintendo is giving away 3DS games, and is promoting the offer via TV. The firm’s ‘So Many Games’ promotion is a buy-three-get-one-free offer. Consumers who register three recently released 3DS titles will get a download version of a fourth one free. The games in the promotion include Luigi’s Mansion 2, …
Read More »Marmalade adopts Google Play game services
Mobile SDK initial supporting achievements and leaderboards for Android
Read More »Riccitiello confident that next-gen consoles will prosper
Former EA boss John Riccitiello believes that PS4 and the new Xbox will both be commercial successes. I can’t keep track of the number of people who have told me they don’t believe the new consoles, long rumoured to be coming from both Microsoft and Sony this fall, will succeed,” …
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