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Free Games Coming to Xbox Live Gold Subscribers [Updated]
Existing Xbox Live Gold members will begin receiving two free games per month until the launch of the Xbox One in November. The first two games will be Halo 3 and Assassin’s Creed II. Fable III was already made free to Gold subscribers earlier today.
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The Xbox 360 has a New Design; It’s Available Today
The Xbox 360 has a new “smaller sleeker and quieter than ever” console design, available beginning today, said Microsoft. Specific features, such as hard drive size, were not mentioned. The design appears to mimic that of the Xbox One, coming later this year.
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Watch Microsoft’s E3 2013 Press Conference And More Live
With exclusive reveals, extended coverage and special appearances from some familiar Kotaku faces, Spike TV’s E3 2013 stream is an excellent choice for your watching all of the things needs. The Microsoft press conference kicks off at 12:30 Eastern, with tons of special sauce leading up. Enjoy!
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Redbox Takes a Mild Shot at Xbox One, PS4 Over Used-Game Concerns
While the rent-by-mail service GameFly is keeping quiet on what Xbox One may mean to its future, the kiosk rental service Redbox has begun a modest lobbying campaign to remind gamers that game rentals, used games, even taking them to a friend’s home are in serious jeopardy under the new console generation. A barebones site…
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Can Your Network Handle The “Optimal” Xbox One Experience?
Along with today’s clarification of the online requirements of the Xbox One, Microsoft also gave us an internet speed target: “For an optimal experience, we recommend a broadband connection of 1.5Mbps.” That doesn’t seem unreasonable. Let’s see how we do! A quick trip to Speedtest.net will tell you how your network is doing, and while…
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Xbox One Lets You Share Your Games With Up To 10 “Family” Members
Here’s another interesting detail from the Xbox news that popped up this evening. Microsoft says that 10 of your “family” members can access your shared games library. Not just on your console. On any Xbox One. Here’s Microsoft: Xbox One will enable new forms of access for families. Up to ten members of your family…
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Xbox One Kinect Privacy Concerns? Turn It Off. Pause It While Gaming.
Responding to worries that an always-on Kinect sensor recording camera and audio information would be a threat to user privacy, Microsoft offers a simple solution: the ability to turn the Kinect off, which they’d told us about. Better: pause it while gaming. You can also determine which personal data is or isn’t shared with others.…
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Xbox One Games Can Be Traded In, If The Publisher Enables It
After much waffling, Microsoft finally delivers a concrete answer on the ability to trade-in or resell your used Xbox One games — it’s not up to them. According to the “How Game Licensing Works On Xbox One” document released today by Microsoft, the console has been designed so publishers “can enable you to trade in…
By Mike Fahey
