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Developers to gain access to pre-release hardware and SDK before public launch next year
Read More »Xbox One does not include a headset in the box
Microsoft’s Xbox One headset will not be included with the Xbox One hardware. The one-ear mono headset and microphone will be seen as an essential purchase for online multiplayer users, but will have to be purchased on top of the 429 console. Microsoft has, however, pointed out that Kinect includes …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid 5 might offer Kinect functionality
Hideo Kojima has expressed interested in utilising the Kinect camera in the Xbox One version of Metal Gear Solid 5. The Kinect itself brings a lot of different capabilities,” Kojima stated in an official Xbox interview, as noted by GamingBolt. I would like to see what I can do with …
Read More »E3 2013: Xbox One won’t launch in Asia till 2014
Microsoft says its adapting Kinect for smaller living rooms on the continent
Read More »MICROSOFT: Kinect Sports Rivals available at Xbox One launch
Rare’s best-selling sporting mini-game collection will return when Xbox One launches this November. Announced in an E3 2013 pre-show trailer before tonight’s Microsoft press conference, Kinect Sports Rivals has been confirmed as one of the next generation console’s launch games, according to Polygon. Rivals will include six new mini-games based …
Read More »Microsoft explains Xbox One privacy policy
Company moves to soothe 'monitoring device' worries
Read More »Disney announces Kinect title Fantasia: Music Evolved from Harmonix
Harmonix is working on an Xbox 360 and Xbox One title called Fantasia: Music Evolved. The game, due out in 2014, transports players to a breathtaking world where music and magic combine to transform extraordinary interactive landscapes in entirely new and creative ways” according to the press release. It is …
Read More »Xbox One Kinect functionality sparks privacy concerns
Politician questions how data from always-connected console will be used
Read More »UPDATE: Kinect 2’s visual DRM may threaten user choice
User privacy may be invaded as Microsoft patent suggests 'snooping tech' in motion sensor
Read More »UPDATED: The extent of Kinect 2’s visual DRM is beginning to emerge
Kinect 2 will be able to employ certain DRM measures depending on what it observes in the living room. That’s the conclusion suggested by a patent filed by Microsoft, and corroborated by sources talking to MCV in the weeks leading up to this week’s Xbox One reveal. ExtremeTech reports that …
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