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UK Chart: Call of Duty Ghosts is 3rd biggest launch of 2013
Call of Duty: Ghosts has debuted at No.1 on the UK all formats all prices chart for the week ended November 9. The game recorded the third biggest launch week sales of the year behind GTA 5 and FIFA 14, according to retail monitor Chart-Track. The Xbox 360 version of CoD Ghosts accounted for 62 per cent of sales, the PS3 edition for 34 per cent, the PS4 version for three per cent, and the PC ...read more
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Xbox One units shipped early are blocked from Xbox Live
Microsoft has said that gamers who have received Xbox One consoles prematurely will not be able to connect to Xbox Live. The platform holder issued a statement over the weekend after a 'systems error' within US retailer Target (as reported on Engadget) saw an unconfirmed number of Xbox One units mistakenly ship to pre-order customers. "Due to a retail partner's system issue, a very small ...read more
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Dead Rising 3 story trailer shows good guys, bad guys, dead guys
Capcom has released a new 'story trailer' for its Xbox One exclusive, Dead Rising 3. The video sets the scene for the new open-world zombie survival horror, which sees players take the role of new protagonist Nick Ramos, who struggles with other survivors to escape a city overrun with the undead. Dead Rising 3 is one of the most highly anticipated games among the Xbox One's launch lineup, ...read more
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Microsoft boasts about Xbox One 'Forza 5' 1080p resolution
Microsoft has tweeted about Forza: Motorsport 5's 1080p resolution. After recent revelations that titles such as Call of Duty: Ghosts and Battlefield 4 run at a higher resolution on PS4, Microsoft tweeted a reminder that the Xbox One is also capable of running games at 1080p. Responding to what has been dubbed "resolutiongate", Microsoft's Phil Spencer recently defended the console's ...read more
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Report: Xbox One dashboard, download details leak after consoles ship
Twitter user @Moonlightswami has posted impressions on the Xbox One after claiming to receive his console early from Target, Engadget reports. Moonlight Swami claimed that in its current state, the Xbox One takes 17 seconds to reach its dashboard during boot up. A 500 MB update was allegedly present after the console was booted for the first time, which could be the day one download that's ...read more
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Xbox One shipped early to two customers one gets banned by MS
Xbox One is already in the hands of two people, thanks to Target shipping the console out early – and one user has already had the console banned by Microsoft for hooking the machine up early. One of the Target customers, via Engadget, posted the console on eBay stating the proceeds from the sale would go to “my corporation to create products for Special Ed students.” The bidding got ...read more
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Streaming Xbox 360 games on Xbox One 'problematic' right now
Back in September, at a Microsoft company meeting, cloud-based games streaming was demonstrated using a copy of Halo 4, which was seen running on a PC and a Windows Phone with attached Xbox 360 controller. Albert Penello, lead planner on Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Kinect, said the technology is simultaneously "really cool and really problematic" to pull off. "It's really cool and really ...read more
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Xbox One day one patch is not “really an optional thing,” says Penello
Xbox One will require a day one update to the system in order for it to function, according to the firm’s senior director of product management Albert Penello. Speaking with Engadget, Penello said the system will not be usable straight out of the box, as consumers will be able to do “nothing” until the update is downloaded. “You need the day one update,” he said. “Functionally, ...read more
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Video: 12 minute Xbox One demo shows core features and user experience
Microsoft has released a 12 minute Xbox One walkthrough video. Hosted by Xbox execs Yusuf Mehdi and Marc Whitten, the comprehensive demo covers features like instant switching, biometric sign-in, Live TV, Skype, game DVR, OneGuide and more. Earlier today, Microsoft also announced the line-up of digital entertainment apps that will be available on the Xbox One release date of November 22, ...read more
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Microsoft reveals Xbox One entertainment apps for launch
Microsoft has announced the line-up of digital entertainment apps that will be available on Xbox One at launch later this month. The first wave of third-party apps will be joined by Microsoft's Xbox Fitness, Xbox Video, Xbox Music, Internet Explorer, Skype, SkyDrive and Upload services on the Xbox One release date of November 22, 2013. Users will require an Xbox Live Gold membership to access ...read more
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