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Microsoft Has No Clear Solution For Xbox One Disc Drive Issues

If you got an Xbox One today and your disc drive isn’t working, Microsoft has no answer for you yet—they say to contact their customer service people for help. Microsoft doesn’t have a fix yet for the issue, which has caused Xbox One Blu-ray drives to make a horrible grinding noise when they try to…

Tips For Using The Xbox One

So you’ve got a new Xbox One. Now what? “Xbox, do something!” We’ve got some advice. If you have a 360 and are short a socket, consider juggling power bricks The Xbox One and the Xbox 360 don’t use the same power brick, but the cable that connects the bricks to the wall is the…

Wreck-It Ralph, Rapunzel and Frozen Disney Infinity Toys Are Out There

The third round of Infinity figures is hitting stores today, bringing Wreck-It Ralph and Vanellope, Tangled‘s Rapunzel, and Anna and Elsa from Frozen to Disney’s cross-property toy box. Now all you have to do is find them — at three different retailers. Dammit, Disney. Not only are you releasing four products (Anna and Elsa come…

Xbox One Disc Drive Issues Reported By Small Number Of Users

Several Xbox One buyers have reported disc drive issues affecting their brand new consoles, and although we don’t know just how big a problem this is, the videos floating around are a little nerve-wracking. In the few videos I’ve seen so far, all posted this morning on YouTube, new Xbox One owners pop in game…

​Killer Instinct: The Kotaku Review

The main reason I want to keep playing Killer Instinct is to hear the announcer go absolutely crazy when I do amazing things. The first time you hear him scream out “Combo Breakkkkerrrrr!!!!” you’ll understand. “Ready? Fight!” I’ve never wanted to please those omniscient voices commanding me in fighting games. Sure, hearing them bellow “K.O.!”…

My First Few Hours of Lightning Returns in Pictures

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII hit store shelves all across Japan yesterday and you can bet it has already found a home on my PS3. So last night, I sat down and spent a good five hours with the game—all the while jotting down notes and taking pictures for your enjoyment. [Spoiler Warning: Of course,…

Crazy Man in a PS4 Costume Tries To Crash an Xbox One Party

On YouTube, Megwin TV is a Japanese comedy collective. One of its members dressed up in a DualShock 4 costume and tried to get into an Xbox One launch party. That not only takes some balls, but also a large fake controller. Trolling Xbone Launch in PS4 Costume [Megwin TV] To contact the author of…

Xbox One Game Changed Between Reviews And Release

Crimson Dragon, the spiritual successor to Panzer Dragoon, just came out, but already the game is being altered after it received, well, let’s say mixedreviews. Saying he has “heard the feedback” on the game, director Yukio Futatsugi is ringing the changes, which include generally making the game easier. “I’m excited to have the opportunity to…

Welcome To The Next Generation, Everybody

That’s it. It’s past midnight. The Xbox One is now on sale in North America, having gradually rolled out across Australasia and parts of Europe earlier in the day. With the PS4 being released last week and – depending on your definition of “generation” – the Wii U on shelves last year, the “next generation”…

Xbox, Go To Los Angeles. Xbox? Xbox?

Spike’s Geoff Keighley uses the power of Kinect to throw the station’s coverage of the Xbox One launch event across the country. Or, tries to. I bet it sounded good on paper. If you want to follow along yourself, and haven’t already been doing so, you can catch it here

Here’s The First Human To Buy An Xbox One

The first person to buy an Xbox One in line in New York City tonight is not the first person on planet Earth to buy an Xbox One. That honour, thanks to the placement of the international date line, went to New Zealand’s Dan Livingstone. Beating out my own antipodean purchase by a mere two…

The first man in the world to buy a PS4 meets the first man in line to buy a North American Xbox One. It’s like a Christmas kick-around in the trenches. Xbox [Twitter]

​We Brought An Xbox One To The Xbox One Launch Event… Chaos Ensued

Tonight in New York, Microsoft is hosting a massive launch party for the Xbox One. In a few short hours, the people in line will have their own new consoles to take home. Ah, but Kotaku already has an Xbox One. Maybe the folks in line would like to check ours out while they wait?…

Well, Microsoft’s Xbox One Launch Event Sure Seems Interesting

I’m picturing some poor schmuck at Microsoft accounts getting a bill for the Xbox One’s launch event in NYC tonight in a few months’ time, looking at it, then jumping straight out a window The company is going to ridiculous lengths tonight, not only taking over Times Square but doing stuff like having zombies shamble…

Armored Trucks Full of Xbox Ones Rolled Through New York City Today

Nintendo once delivered me a Wii in the trunk of a police car. Today, Microsoft is delivering some of Manhattan’s first Xbox Ones in armored trucks, as seen in this image spotted via Reddit user Space_Honey. See more of those trucks here and here

​Xbox One’s Missing Audio Options Are Coming, Microsoft Says

In my review of the Xbox One, I noted that the console came with a curious audio omission. The optical audio output jack was unable to output Dolby 5.1 or 7.1 digital audio. That’s a substantial bummer for anyone who uses a Dolby-only gaming headset. Today, Microsoft’s Albert Penello addressed the missing feature and said…

What The Inside of An Xbox One Looks Like

You’ve seen what the Xbox One looks like on the outside. But that big black box holds stuff on the inside too, y’know. And thanks to the iFixit folks,we can get a glimpse of innards of an Xbox One—pictured above. Neat, eh? Interestingly, the outside of the console contains no screws. Thankfully, it seems you…

The Xbox One Is Huge Compared To Other Consoles

The original Xbox 360 may have been a bulky hunk of hardware, but the Xbox One is huge. Seriously. We did some comparisons in a video to show you exactly how huge we mean. Watch here: Be sure to stick around for my usual antics. And in case you missed it last week, we gave…

Plants Vs. Garden Warfare Could Sell A Few Xbox Ones Come February

If I hadn’t already purchased an Xbox One for work purposes, Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare‘s Team Fortress 2-meets-HGTV vibe would surely have me in line for a console come February 18. Or February 20 if I am in Europe, 21 in the UK. Look, where I am does not matter. What matters is that…

Ryse: Son of Rome: The Kotaku Review

Ryse: Son of Rome is what I want from a next-gen game. It’s something different. And it’s something impressive. Ryse is also a game I expected to not like very much, so let’s give it one more label: a pleasant surprise on day one for Xbox One. Seven years in the making by a collection…