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Microsoft announces game creator Project Spark
Microsoft has announced Project Spark, a game creator similar to the one featured in Little Big Planet 2. Project Spark puts you on a blank world where you can a landscape by simply using the Kinect’s...
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Xbox One will cost $499 or £429
The console will release in November, at $499 or £429 – and in 21 European territories, 499€. Commentators later called it a “superpowered PC in a small box,” among criticisms that the system is a mid...
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Microsoft: If you have unstable internet, just get an Xbox 360
Microsoft advises that if your internet is too unstable that it can’t meet the Xbox One’s requirement to authenticate games once every 24-hours then you should just use the Xbox 360. “Fortunately, we...
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Xbox One can be authenticated via mobile phones
Xbox One owners unable to authenticate their console using broadband will be able to check-in through their mobile phone, according to Microsoft VP Phil Harrison. The method requires tethering your...
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Minecraft on Xbox One won’t let you transfer saves from Xbox 360
According to Microsoft’s Phil Spencer, Minecraft on Xbox One won’t simply be a next-gen console port from the 360. It will release with notable enhancements unseen from the Xbox 360 version which...
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Rumour: Leaked Microsoft “PR document” reveals intricate details
We found it on Reddit, and it was pasted to pastebin - a common method of leaking and distribution. It doesn’t mean it’s accurate, but it’s still fairly interesting. BootlegST karma’d his way into the...
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An Xbox Live ban will mean losing access to (at least some of) your games on...
The ongoing ambiguity and dubious DRM practices of Microsoft at the moment are in some ways reaching long awaited conclusions. On Twitter, the official Xbox support account told one user that if you...
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GAME named ‘participating retailer’ in Xbox One DRM scheme
Troubled brick-and-mortar retailer GAME have said they will work ‘hand-in-hand with publishers’ when it comes to the Xbox One’s controversial DRM scheme designed to curb disk-based game retail resales....
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Microsoft details how DRM reversal affects new Xbox One policy
Microsoft announced yesterday that they will be removing Xbox One’s DRM which includes its requirement to authenticate every 24 hours as well as second-hand selling restrictions. Today, Xbox One chief...
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Microsoft invests $700 million in Xbox One cloud services
Microsoft has spent a whopping $700 million on a new data center in Des Moines, Iowa, which will support Xbox Live as well as other cloud services. According to the report, this latest expansion,...
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Age of Empires coming to iOS and Android
According to a report from Polygon, Microsoft are going to bring Age of Empires to mobile devices. The game will be free-to-play, meaning it will likely be either a port, or similar to, Age of Empires...
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Microsoft will no longer charge developers for updates
One of the most vital difference between Microsoft and Sony, after the Microsoft TOS u-turn, was the Microsoft charge developers and publishers for every game update they release on the platform. Sony...
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Xbox One won’t launch in Japan this year
Microsoft Japan has announced that the Xbox One will not be launching in Japan this year because it falls below their top priority countries. “For the launch of Xbox One Japan is a Tier 2 country and...
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Reputation system on Xbox One will keep trolls together
The release of Xbox One will also see a complete redoing of Xbox Live. One of the big new features is an updated reputation system. Currently, this is limited to a simple five star rating, which...
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Microsoft suggest claiming the Xbox One as a business expense
As discovered in this Polygon article, Microsoft believe that the Xbox One can and should be claimed as a business expense. In this post, Microsoft write that the features included with the Xbox One,...
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Rumor: Microsoft to revise self-publishing policy on Xbox One
Amidst Microsoft’s policy u-turns on the Xbox One, it is rumored that the company is currently reconsidering allowing indie studios to self publish on Xbox One and Xbox 360. An unidentified European...
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Xbox One potential achievement whores will have to relax
Following the release of the Xbox One, Microsoft will be setting a cap on the achievement updates to make sure players don’t get “constantly overwhelmed” from wanting ample Gamerscore points. While...
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Xbox One GPU gets 53mhz boost
The Xbox One has been heavily criticized for having a less powerful GPU than the PS4, and costing $100 more. Now, in a podcast with Major Nelson, it’s been revealed that the 6.62% upgrade pushes the...
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Xbox One might be delayed until next year for you
Cutting to the chase, Microsoft have announced that Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and Switzerland will be seeing a 2014 launch for the One, but Australia, Austria,...
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Games for Windows Live Marketplace retires August 22
Following the retirement of the Microsoft Points currency system, Microsoft have announced that Games for Windows Live marketplace will also be coming to a close. “As part of the upcoming Xbox 360...
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