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This White Xbox One Sure Is Snazzy. Too Bad It’s Only For Employees.

Images of an employee-only white Xbox One have been circulating today, and the design sure looks neat. Cooler than the black one, even. Too bad it’s just for Microsoft staff. At least for now. As for the image’s veracity… one source familiar with goings-on at Microsoft tells Kotaku it’s real, and IGN is reporting that…

Your Microsoft Points Will Be Exchanged for Real Money Today

If you haven’t already, when you connect to Xbox Live today, you’ll get the console update that finally does away with Microsoft points. I logged in just now and had 680 points turned into $8.50. Microsoft has said this was coming for some time, but now it’s official. There are still a few quirks with…

PlayStation Exec Explains Why They Keep Taking Shots at Xbox One

Andrew House, the Sony top executive who took another swipe at Microsoft and the Xbox One from the stage at Gamescom, has explained why Sony has made such arch references to the competition at its showcase events. Basically, Microsoft made them do it. “We constructed our E3 presentation because there was somehow a suspicion that…

Take a Guided Tour of the Xbox One’s Controller

If you’re picking up the Xbox One when it releases (whenever that is), this is the controller you’ll be spending a lot of time with. While we’ve posted our own impressions of its design, a video and this infographic, from Microsoft, should help you understand how it differs from the 360’s. In the video, Quintin…

This Multiplayer Shooter Wants To Build A Community Around Modding

Rekoil is, in the developer’s words, what would happen “if Call Of Duty, Quake, and Unreal Tournament had a baby”. That’s a big claim, but you can take a look at the video and see if they do it justice. Rekoil is planned to release for $15 at the end of October on the Xbox…

Microsoft Says They Won’t Sell Xbox One Without Kinect

It’s time to rule out those hopes of a cheap, Kinect-free Xbox One bundle, at least for now: Microsoft says it’s not happening. Following news that you don’t actually need the Kinect plugged in for your next-gen Xbox to work, many gamers started wondering if maybe Microsoft would strip out the Kinect and sell a…

Microsoft Responds To Sony’s Recent Jab About The Xbox One

In an interview with Eurogamer today, Microsoft Studio’s vice-president Phil Spencer responded to recent criticisms from Sony, noting that Microsoft’s willingness to listen to its customers was a strength, not a shortcoming. When Microsoft decided to change a number of its policies for the Xbox One—like ditching an always-online console and mandatory Kinect—some took it…

With Xbox One Gaining Momentum, Sony Still Has Confidence

The most remarkable thing about Sony’s Gamescom press conference today wasn’t the big game announcements (Sony still loves indie games) or the PS4 feature demonstrations (the new menu looks like a video game console menu). It was Sony’s overarching, at times infectious confidence. While the event didn’t have the same razzle-dazzle of their PS4 reveal…

Xbox One Kinect Can Be Used For Motion Capture In Your Living Room

Project Spark, the games-creation toolkit for Xbox One and PC, drew a lot of attention at E3 for a deep feature set. That includes all kinds of motion capture, using the Kinect 2.0 sensor. You can mo-cap in your own living room. Team Dakota, Project Spark‘s makers, told a Gamescom audience today that full-body motion…

Killer Instinct Characters Are $5 A Pop, But Wait — There’s More

How much would you pay for classic characters like Sabrewulf, Glacius and the newly-announced Thunder in the upcoming free-to-download Xbox One exclusive Killer Instinct? Microsoft has slapped a $4.99 price tag on each character’s head, but why buy piecemeal when you can get the whole shebang for $20? In case you missed it at E3,…

Here Are the Xbox One’s Launch Games

Microsoft confirmed the the Xbox One’s launch line-up. It’s over twenty games strong. If you were wondering what games you can pick up at launch, read on. Courtesy of Xbox.com and barring any last minute delays or surprises, this is the list of what they call “launch day” games: Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag (Ubisoft,…

Fighter Within Lets You Punch People in the Face

Ubisoft’s upcoming Kinect game Fighter Within for Xbox One puts you in a fighting game. Literally. It’s out this holiday. Check out the trailer above. The game is an Xbox exclusive, it seems. First the game is headed to Xbox One, and then Xbox 360. Fighter Within – Gamescom Trailer [PlayTheGame] To contact the author…

Now that’s dedication. Call of Duty Ghosts will have dedicated servers for Xbox One, Microsoft revealed. To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter @Brian_Ashcraft

Like Peggle? Well Peggle 2 is an Xbox One launch title. And Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare is hitting the console next year. Both are coming to Xbox One first.

Cobalt is headed to Xbox One, Microsoft announced today. Cobalt is a platformer developed by Oxeye Game Studio in collaboration with Mojang of Minecraft fame. The game is currently in alpha and can be downloaded for PC and Mac. via @Graeme Selvan [Twitter] To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find…

The Next Fable Is Called Fable Legends

There’s a new Fable! Lionhead Studios is working on an exclusive new entry in its action role-playing series. Called Fable Legends, the game is headed to Xbox One as an exclusive. You can play with up to three friends via co-op or alone with three A.I. companions. The game also lets you play as the…

Saints Row IV In 20 Minutes

Only one more day until you can get your hands on Saints Row IV! So you can kill 20 of the minutes between now and then by watching us run around and show off some highlights of the game. In the video we jump through various parts of the game, so if you want to…

How Sexy Is The Xbox One? So Flippin’ Sexy.

Mmmm…. video game hardware. It’s so sexy. It’s black and plastic, and smells like… plastic. It’s the sexiest. Touching video game hardware is literally as pleasurable as touching a human person. They should’ve called the Xbox One the Sexbox One. Or the Xxxboxxx One. Or just called it “Sex.” This humorous (and kinda shockingly racy!)…

Xbox One Sizzle Trailer Gives Us Another Look At Next-Gen

Sizzle trailers sure are fun to watch, don’t you think? Often more fun than actually playing video games. Well, okay, that’s a stretch. Sometimes. To kick off this week’s huge GamesCom conference in Germany, here’s a look at Microsoft’s latest Xbox One sizzle trailer, which shows off games like Battlefield 4 and Dead Rising 3.…

So Maybe Microsoft Does Want To Be More Like Steam

When Microsoft revealed their pre-180 plans for the Xbox One, some pundits theorized that they were trying to build a Steam-like digital network, complete with frequently-discounted games and a user-friendly, retail-free interface. With news that the Xbox One isn’t actually going to be as digital as Microsoft wanted to be, we’ve all kind of assumed…