Microsoft Details New Home Gold System for Xbox One
Microsoft have announced the new Home Gold system for Xbox One. The system allowing you to share a users Xbox Live Gold status with other users on your Xbox One. This means your family members can still use features like online multiplayer, the new DVR, and apps like Skype and…
Xbox One Console Unboxed
Major Nelson himself, Larry Hryb, has recorded a video for everyone of an unboxing of the new Xbox One, showing off exactly what you will get in the box. The video shows that the Console will now include a headset, something that Microsoft hadn't originally intended to include. Also shown is…
Xbox One’s DVR Runs at a Fixed Frame Rate and Resolution
Microsoft are adding DVR functionality to the Xbox One so you can record all of your favourite clips to share with friends. The clips which get recorded will be fixed at 30 frames per second and in 720p resolution. These settings are irrespective of the native settings of the game…
Microsoft Announce Xbox One’s GPU Upgrade
Confirmed today on Major Nelson's podcast by Xbox One chief product officer, Marc Whitten, Microsoft would appear to have made a few changes to the Xbox One's hardware since it's original announcement. “This is the time when we’ve gone from the theory of how the hardware works - what we…
Microsoft’s Next Free Games for Xbox Gold Members Revealed
Revealed at E3 this year, the Games with Gold promotion gives Xbox Live Gold Subscribers the chance to grab free games for subscribing to Xbox Live Gold. With Assassin's Creed 2's stint as the free title now finished, the next game to see the Games with Gold treatment will be…
Microsoft Confirms Xbox One Adaptor for Xbox 360 Headsets
According to Albert Penello, a lead planner for the Xbox One, Microsoft are currently working on an adaptor that will allow current generation wired headsets to work with the Xbox One. This information was revealed by Penello via Tiwtter in response to a question from a fan: @TheMVPlaya Yes.…
Microsoft Details Xbox One’s Reputation System
In a continuation from yesterday's news about the Xbox One' Smart Match system, Microsoft today released information on how the new Reputation system will work on Xbox One. Categorising players into 3 easily defined groups, the new system will mean that players will be able to rate other players based…
Microsoft Releases Details on the Xbox One’s Smart Match System
Microsoft have released new information regarding their Smart Match system which they are adding to the Xbox One. "Smart Match on Xbox One is completely re-engineered for a new generation of gaming - using advanced algorithms to pair players based on skill, language, and now reputation," "The advanced party system…
Microsoft Will Look Into Bundling Headsets With Xbox One
As previously stated by Microsoft, the Xbox One will not currently be bundled with a headset because of the fact that it is already bundled with the updated Kinect. However senior director of product planning at Microsoft, Albert Penello, has stated via twitter that the company have "heard the feedback"…
Microsoft’s Gamescom Showcase Event Date Revealed
Microsoft have revealed that they will be hosting a Showcase Event at Gamescom 2013 on August 20th. Amongst other things, Microsoft will reveal more about their self-publishing policies for Xbox One. Microsoft corporate vice presidents Phil Spencer and Phil Harrison, pictured below, will be the event's co-hosts, which will take place at…
San Diego Comic Con Xbox One Panel Reveals New Details About the Console
Microsoft’s most lovable (only lovable?) employee Major Nelson recently moderated a panel of Xbox One developers at San Diego Comic Con as they talked about some of the Xbox Ones new features. Sadly we didn’t get to go to San Diego, but here is a rundown of the features discussed.…
Microsoft Confirms Play-During-Download Feature for Xbox One
Microsoft has today confirmed that users will be able to play a game while it downloads in the background, potentially meaning the end of long download times for gamers. During the reveal event for the console in May, Microsoft said that all disc-based titles must be installed to the console…
Xbox One Chief Product Officer Marc Whitten Talks About The Xbox One’s Poor Messaging
In a recent interview with IGN, Xbox One chief product officer Marc Whitten talked about the companies failures in communicating it's message with the Xbox One launch, as well a the recent petition from some gamers to return Xbox One to it's original specifications, before Microsoft's so called 'Xbox 180'.…
360 Gamer To Become One Gamer This July.
360 Gamer, the UK’s most prolific Xbox magazine is being rebranded ONE Gamer, starting with their historic 130th issue which is being released on the 17th July. “Just as 360 Gamer has led the way with 100% independent coverage of the Xbox 360 for almost eight years, ONE Gamer will be…
Rejected Names for the Original Xbox Revealed
Games consoles aren't exactly famous for having great names. The PlayStation sounds like something either an 8 year old would come up with. Xbox was pretty much designed to include as many x's as possible because x stands for EXTREME!!! As for the Wii, anyone who defended that name…
Microsoft to hold a press-conference at Gamescom 2013
Microsoft will be hosting a press conference at this year’s Gamescom in August. CVG reports that Microsoft has contacted some developers already about this conference and the company will be announcing their plans soon. After having missed Gamescom last year, Microsoft are back this year with a new console to…
Microsoft Reveal More Details On Xbox One’s Reputation System
A while back Microsoft revealed plenty of new details about the Xbox One in a lovely little letter they posted on their website. One of the features they talked about was their updated reputation system which seek to keep like-for-like players together: "Reputation: Your new Xbox Live Reputation plays a…
Xbox One’s Kinect can scan QR codes
The Kinect for the Xbox One will have a nifty little feature; the ability to scan QR codes. This neat little feature will replace having to type in those annoying download codes. This was confirmed by Marc Whitten, the Xbox Chief Product Officer, via Twitter. Whitten posted this tweet in…
Don Mattrick Officially Named Zynga’s New CEO
Don Mattrick has jumped ship from Microsoft and has been "unanimously" appointed as the CEO of Zynga. Mattrick spent six years at Microsoft, the last three of them as the president of the Interactive Entertainment Business. He was responsible for the team that grew Microsoft's Xbox 360 global user base and helped…
Xbox Live Ultimate Game Sale Starting Next Week; Jam Packed Full Of AAA Goodness
According to Major Nelson, we've got a boat load of savings come our way next week in the form of the Xbox Live Ultimate Game Sale. Here is the full list of games which will be on sale during next week's sale: Assassin’s Creed 3 Bioshock Infinite Borderlands 2 Brothers…
Microsoft No Longer Charges Developers to Patch Xbox 360 Games
Microsoft has been the centre of scrutiny recently with all of the strange and odd policies for the Xbox One and the sudden retraction of said policies from their consoles. One of these was the need to charge indie developers to update their games on Microsoft software. Recently however, Microsoft has changed…