Tag Archives: Xbox One

Unbundled Kinect launching this October

A standalone offering of Xbox One’s camera peripheral Kinect will arrive in October, Microsoft has announced. The firm states Xbox One’s camera sensor will launch independent of the hardware on October 7th for $150. A digital copy of Harmonix’s Dance Central Spotlight is also included with purchase. Kinect was included …

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Xbox exploring 24-hour free game trials

Xbox One users taking part in the console’s latest software beta have revealed that Microsoft is testing free game trials. The feature will let gamers download a digital game and play them for 24 hours, for free. Max The Curse of Brotherhood was among the games available to download under …

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Microsoft said Diablo 3’s original 900p Xbox One resolution was ‘unacceptable’

The initial 900P resolution of Diablo 3 was unacceptable, Microsoft told Blizzard. It meant the hit PC publisher worked directly with Xbox in an effort to bump the resolution to 1080p. It is in contrast to previous Microsoft statements, who have said that they ‘struggle to see the difference’ between …

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Reddit app coming to Xbox One in the US

As if you needed more excuse to spend time on Reddit, Microsoft has created an app for it on Xbox One. Only coming to the US and Canada for now, Reddx can be snapped to the side of the screen and lets readers browse, submit and interact with subreddits. There’s …

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Warframe heads to Xbox One in September

Free-to-play shooter Warframe will launch next month on Xbox One, developer Digital Extremes has announced. The studio revealed the news during a presentation over the weekend (video below, skip to 7:45), stating that the game will arrive on September 2nd for Microsoft’s latest console. The title originally released in open …

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MCV @ GAMESCOM PREVIEW: Skylanders Trap Team

From the moment Bobby Kotick, Activision CEO, bemoaned the poor sales of Wii U, you knew Skylanders had a problem. The record-breaking kids IP that introduced the world to ‘toys-to-life’ was finding it harder and harder to find where the kids were playing. Wii and DS sales had fallen down; …

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Tomb Raider is Xbox One’s answer to Uncharted 4, Spencer says

Microsoft has admitted that its controversial capture of Square Enix’s Rise of the Tomb Raider as an Xbox exclusive is designed to fend off the threat of Uncharted 4. I’m a big fan of Uncharted and I wish we had an action adventure game of that ilk,” Xbox boss Phil …

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