Microsoft updates Xbox Live to outfit Xbox One with 300,000 servers, game DVR and more

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In addition to showing of its next-gen console, Microsoft also detailed changes that are coming to Xbox Live. The outfit has increased to 300,000 servers to power Xbox One users. Skype and Trending features offer social interaction while the onlin…


Xbox One runs three operating systems, including cut-down Windows for apps

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The latest update out the currently unfolding announcement in Redmond: the next-generation Xbox will run three operating systems simultaneously. Complementing Windows 8 and RT on PCs and tablets, there’ll be a third distinct version of Microsoft’s…


Microsoft confirms: Xbox will have Blu-ray drive

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Microsoft has confirmed what many saw as inevitable: the Xbox will have a Blu-ray drive. The company just announced that Sony’s victor in the drive wars will be installed in each of the new units to provide entertainment and gaming input, a 360 de…


Xbox One hardware and specs: Blu-ray, 8GB RAM, 500GB hard drive and more

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Slot-loading Blu-ray drive? Check. HDMI in and out? Absolutely. There’s 8GB of RAM to go up against the Sony PlayStation 4, USB 3.0 ports, 500GB of hard drive storage, WiFi Direct for communicating with the new controller and other devices, and a …


Microsoft shows off new Xbox One dashboard

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So, we’ve just seen our first glimpse of the Xbox One, and after being turned on by voice control, we’ve had a look at the new dashboard, too. It’s not a massive departure from the current one, but there are, of course, differences. As you can see…


Microsoft announces Skype integration for Xbox One, leverages Kinect enhancements

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It may have taken two years and a new console generation, but Microsoft is finally making good on an old promise: Skype is coming to Xbox. Microsoft has been planning to port the internet telephony service to its home console since it purchased Sk…


Microsoft’s new Kinect is official: larger field of view, HD camera, wake with voice

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Microsoft’s introducing a new Kinect motion-sensing camera to go alongside its new Xbox One game console. The camera peripheral is getting some major improvements in its second iteration, and it’s expected to ship with every new console at launch….


Xbox One’s ‘Snap Mode’ lets you use two apps simultaneously

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Phones, tablets and game consoles typically offer single-screen experiences, that is, one app on screen at a time. Microsoft is challenging that idea, announcing what it calls “Snap Mode” at its next-generation Xbox event, taking a stab at home co…


A new gamepad for a new game console: Microsoft’s next-gen wireless controller revealed

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Despite the few protestations gamers have with the Xbox 360 wireless controller, Microsoft is apparently updating its much-loved input device for the next-generation, Xbox One. At first glance, the controller looks rather similar to its successor,…


Microsoft unveils its next game console, the Xbox One

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Microsoft debuted the Xbox One this afternoon live from a tent on its Redmond, WA. campus, putting to end months of speculation about the company’s next-generation video game console. Microsoft exec Don Mattrick called it out as an “all-in-one” bo…