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Microsoft has teamed up with one of Hollywood’s biggest filmmakers to bring Master Chief’s adventures to TV. The platform holder announced a live-actio Halo TV series is currently being made between 343 Industries and Steven Spielberg. "I’ve been playing games for decades," the award-winning director said in a pre-recorded video. …

15 exclusive games to be released on in the first 12 months, eight are original franchises

Microsoft has named some of the games heading to Xbox One. Forza 5 has been confirmed as a launch title for the machine and looks to up the visual ante over anything we’ve previously seen in the series before. Also shown was new Remedy title Quantum Break. It started with …

Microsoft is revamping its online gaming service for the launch of its next console, Xbox One. During today’s Xbox reveal, the platform holder confirmed the new Xbox Live service will be powered by a whopping 300,000 servers. According to Microsoft, that’s more than the entire world’s computing power in 1999. …

Electronic Arts’ sports division currently has four games in the works for Microsoft’s new console, including FIFA 14. EA Sports’ Andrew Wilson took to the stage during today’s Xbox One reveal, announcing the new titles would be the start of a new "broad strategic partnership" between Microsoft and EA, a …

Microsoft has detailed the key tech innovations that will power the Xbox One. Three operating systems will run inside the system – the Xbox dashboard, a kernel version of Windows and a third that allows for seamless switching between the two. MS proudly claims to have eliminated wait times, with …

New Kinect can read heartbeat, emotions, change screen and detect slightest wrist rotations

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 …

Computing giant spills the beans on its next-gen console

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 …