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Watch Out Spotify: Xbox Music Is Finally Coming To iOS & Android

These days, all-access streaming music services no longer feel like unlikely magic tricks—they’re a convenient, widely adopted way to listen to music. There’s clearly a lot of money to be made in streaming music, and big technology companies aren’t going to sit idly by and let upstarts like Rdio and Spotify corner the market. Enter…

Every Game Coming Out Between The PS4 And Xbox One

PlayStation 4: November 15. Xbox One: November 22. But when do the games come out? And don’t forget that they’re still making games for the Xbox 360 and PS3, which we will soon have to refer to as the “old consoles” (can you imagine?). In the one-week span that we’ll be getting Sony and Microsoft’s…

Somebody Already Has An Xbox One

Last week, the first Xbox One consoles rolled off the production line. So, naturally, we’ve now got video of someone using one, a whole two months ahead of the machine’s launch. In this clip – uploaded earlier today – you’ll see the lucky/wanted man give us a quick tour of the control pad, console and…

Watch Some Hot Sexy Xbox One Dashboard Action, Right Now

[Update:] The video has since been removed. Someone with a copy of Ryse and, apparently, an Xbox One or hardware strong enough to run that game, released this video yesterday, showing less about the game and the new console and more about how the dashboard performs on it. Awesome. The Xbox One dashboard. That really…

The First Xbox One TV Commercial Has…No Video Games In It

Behold, the very first North American TV commercial for the Xbox One. You will note, by the time you get to the end, that there are no video games in it. Time to get upset? Reminder: the Xbox One exists to make Microsoft money. If you give a shit about the Xbox One and you’re…

First Xbox One Units Packed, Ready For Launch

Microsoft wasn’t kidding around when it said yesterday that the Xbox One was in “full production”. One day later, and we’ve got shots of the very first retail units (like, the very first), boxed, sealed and on their way to…well, warehouse, I guess, since the console doesn’t go on sale for over a month. [Microsoft]

Dying Light‘s Nighttime Zombie Chase Almost Gave Me A Heart Attack

There are precisely one billionty video games out there that ask you to imagine what it would be like to survive the zombie apocalypse. But it’s rare to find one that makes the setting feel like anything more than just morbid fun or creepy explorations. It’s hard to inspire genuine, adrenaline-rushing fear. The kind of…

Now that we know what Day One is, the Microsoft Store sent out an email letting everyone know that the Xbox One Day One Edition’s are still available for preorder, if anyone would like to partake. Web operators are standing by.

The Xbox One Comes Out on November 22

After a morning filled with speculation and buzz, we finally know when we’re getting Microsoft’s next-generation video game console. The Xbox One is scheduled to hit store shelves on November 22, with a previously announced price of $500. Previous rumors ran the gamut, pegging the date as early as November 8, though the smart money…

The Xbox Infinity Could Have Been A Microsoft Fake-Out

Remember when people thought the Xbox One was called the Xbox Infinity? Turns out that actually was one of the names “in the running” at Microsoft for the console’s final branding. In an interview with Forbes, Albert Penello, Senior Director of Marketing and Planning for Xbox, said “The name Xbox Infinity was in the running,…

The Xbox One Is Now In “Full Production”, CPU Got A Little Faster

The launch of the next generation just got a little more real. Speaking at the Citi Global Technology Conference, and noted by GeekWire, Xbox’s Yusef Mehdi told attendees that Microsoft is now in “full production”. Which means right now, as you read this, somewhere in China, thousands of Xbox One consoles are rolling off the…

The Internet Votes Gabe Newell To Be The Next CEO Of Microsoft

Valve boss Gabe Newell might not be too keen on heading back to Microsoft after his crazy-successful stint as founder and CEO of one of gaming’s most beloved companies, but he’s winning this poll nonetheless. Created by a software developer named Jerome Lambert, the website Next Microsoft CEO asks people to vote on who should…

Xbox One’s External Storage Not Ready For Launch

Good news reminder: the Xbox One supports external storage. Bad news update: the Xbox One won’t support that feature at launch. While announcing the capability at E3 back in June, consoles released in November won’t let you plug in an external drive, Microsoft’s Larry Hryb explaining in a podcast that “the team is working on…

Here’s A Look At A Fun Brawler That Also Features Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows has a few notable features. Fun dialogue, a name that’s way too long, and fun multiplayer beat-em-up gameplay. TMNT: Out Of The Shadows is out now on Xbox Live Arcade and personal computers via Steam for $14.99, and it’ll be on PS3 in September. Watch Us Play…

Gearbox working on two next-gen titles. At their PAX Prime panel this afternoon Gearbox announced that they are working on two brand new IPs for the next generation of consoles. No word so far on what those might look like. The news comes as a surprise to no one. It’s just a matter of time…

Borderlands 2 DLC imminent. T.K. Baha’s Bloody Harvest Headhunter Pack, the new DLC for Borderlands 2 that Gearbox announced a while back, will release in October with plans for more Headhunter packs to follow. Still no word on pricing, but we do know that it won’t be part of the season pass.

Stop The Presses: I Think The Next Halo Game Will Be Called Halo 5

Everyone, you won’t believe this. This may come as a shock. I’d like you all to be sitting before I deliver this news: it looks as though the next Halo game is going to be called ‘Halo 5′. I know, crazy right. Halo 5 follows Halo 4, which followed Halo 3, which followed Halo 2,…

Minecraft Xbox 360 Getting Mass Effect Mash-Up DLC

Minecraft is generally about exploring your very own world, hollowing it out, hoarding its resources, and building a utopia for yourself and your farm animals. That’s about to change, though, with the expansion announced today. Microsoft, Mojang and BioWare revealed in a press release this afternoon that the Mass Effect “Mash-Up Pack” for Minecraft on…

Xbox One TV Features Might Not Require Gold Subscription After All

It’s no secret that Microsoft’s messaging surrounding the Xbox One has been convoluted, and it seems even the company’s own representatives don’t quite have a grasp on all the console’s features and policies. But some of the TV-related features that Microsoft previously said will require an Xbox Live Gold subscription might not after all. The…

The Official Xbox One Doritos And Mountain Dew Are Here

A new flavor of Mountain Dew Game Fuel, a shiny bag of Doritos and a card explaining what these things have to do with the Xbox One arrived on my doorstep bright and early this morning, so I made a video and drank some soda. For you. As mentioned in the vid, there’s a party…