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The impressive TV functionality demonstrated in tonight’s Xbox One reveal will be available to everyone. Previous TV integration with Xbox 360 was dependent on specific agreements with suppliers and was mostly limited to the US. This is not the case with Xbox One. Instead, users will be able to attach …
Read More »Ubisoft confirms Creed IV, Watch Dogs and four more games for Xbox One
Hot on the heels of the Xbox One reveal, Ubisoft has announced it has at least six titles on the way for the new console. The publisher’s offering will include Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and Watch Dogs, which will be available for Xbox One by the end of the …
Read More »Xbox One gets pre-owned game fees
Computing giant says fee allows users to install game from disc and onto their account
Read More »Xbox One not backwards compatible
Xbox 360 owners won’t be able to play their games on the console’s successor, Microsoft has confirmed. Xbox Live VP Marc Whitten told The Verge that the newly-announced Xbox One console will have no backwards compatibility. "The system is based on a different core architecture, so back-compat doesn’t really work …
Read More »Microsoft lifts the hood on new Xbox Live
New service to be powered by 300,000 servers, more than the entire world's computing power in 1999
Read More »Call of Duty: Ghosts gets Xbox airing, DLC exclusivity
The new Call of Duty: Ghosts looks to pack an impressive next-gen tech punch. The game is built on a brand new engine and will also be set in a new world populated by new characters. A dog is even set to star as an actual squad member. And yes, …
Read More »Infinity Ward: We could have left Call of Duty
The team that invented Call of Duty said it could have abandoned the series altogether. Instead, developer Infinity Ward chose to leave the Modern Warfare brand behind, and build a whole new Call of Duty with a new engine and new characters. We all really knew we wanted to continue …
Read More »Activision: Call of Duty is not in decline
Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg has hit back at critics that claim the Call of Duty series is past its peak. At a special event that revealed the next game in the series – Call of Duty Ghosts – Hirshberg praised the franchises’ development teams, describing the process of building a …
Read More »Infinity Ward shows off stunning new Call of Duty engine
Activision and developer Infinity Ward has finally shown the world what it can expect from the next generation of Call of Duty. The upcoming new game in the series, Call of Duty: Ghosts, will use a number of new graphical techniques to make the game ‘more immersive than ever before.’ …
Read More »UPDATED: Microsoft reveals the Xbox One, out this year
Don Mattrick has taken to the stage in America to reveal the brand new Xbox. Called the ‘Xbox One’, the tagline is: "For the first time you and your TV are going to have a relationship." Furthermore, the machine will be launched worldwide later this year. Cloud is to be …
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