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Report: No fee to play used Xbox One games, Skype powers voice chat
Citing "sources familiar with the system," Polygon reports that the Xbox One will not require a fee to play used games. Instead, the console will perform regular online checks to verify disc authenticity and ownership. Polygon's sources note that used game sales will continue, as Xbox One g ...read more
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Report: Publishers to receive cut of Xbox One pre-owned sales
The Xbox One will support the used games market, but how this will happen and who stands to benefit has been a topic of much discussion this week. As Microsoft continues to allow speculation to run rampant, MCV has gotten in touch with UK retail sources who explained a plausible scenario of how the system ...read more
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Rumor: Xbox One to feature Skype remote play
Rumor has it that Microsoft's Xbox One console will feature remote play through Skype, allowing someone to remotely take over gameplay on the local console directly from a Skype call. Either player may break the remote play session at any time. Supposedly the feature is in testing phase right now, though Polygon's source notes that ce ...read more
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PlayStation Europe PS4 ad says 'Coming 2013'
A new PS4 ad in Europe provides further indication the continent can expect the console to arrive there this year. While Sony announced the PS4 was due "Holiday 2013" back at February's reveal event, the company declined to commit to which regions that window applied to. However, a new PS4 ad, first spotted in today's Metro newspaper in t ...read more
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Microsoft seeks patent for TV Achievements
The patent application, which was filed last November and spotted by GamesIndustry International, reads: "Television viewing tends to be a passive experience for a viewer, without many opportunities for the viewer to engage or have interactive experiences with the presented content. "To increase interactive viewing and encourage a user to ...read more
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Microsoft files complaint over XboxOne.com domain
Microsoft may have unveiled their brand new Xbox One console but one thing it didn’t do is launch new domains for that trademarked name. Sure, users can always go to Xbox.com but about XboxOne.com? Or XboxOne.net? Well those don’t belong to Microsoft just yet, and the company is fighting to get them. Curious folks have a ...read more
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Sky to 'explore opportunities' on Xbox One
Xbox One will let users navigate and watch live TV from cable, telco or satellite set-top box fed through the console. However, TV integration features will be limited to the US at launch, Microsoft has confirmed. But a Sky spokesperson told Pocket-lint: "We enjoy a long track-record of innovating with Microsoft on the Xbox platform and will ...read more
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Call of Duty Ghosts to feature Kinect voice commands
Call of Duty: Ghosts has been designed to incorporate Kinect voice commands. Eric Hirshberg, chief executive of Activision's game publishing arm, said in-game voice commands via Kinect "really excite us because of the level of responsiveness and detail". On Tuesday, Microsoft revealed that its next generation console ...read more
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PS4 and Xbox One 'a generation ahead' of high end PCs - EA CTO
Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are a generation more powerful than today's high-end PCs, according to an Electronic Arts exec. Writing on LinkedIn, EA chief technology officer Rajat Teneja noted that the horsepower of current high-end PCs will be dwarved by Sony and Microsoft's next-gen consoles. "Both th ...read more
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Revolution DLC free this weekend
The Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Revolution DLC pack will be made available free on Xbox 360 this weekend. The pack will be made available free this weekend only. After that, those who downloaded the pack free will need to pay in order to continue accessing the content. The news comes via Activision social me ...read more
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