New Delhi: Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One, an entertainment console that wants to be the one system households will need for games, television, movies, sports and other entertainment. It will go on sale later this year, for an undisclosed price.
The Xbox One took four years to develop and will be the launchpad for a "Halo" live-action video series produced by Steven Spielberg. Microsoft hopes its third-generation Xbox console will attract video game fans who are increasingly sampling games on mobile devices, while also becoming a hub for living room entertainment.
Here are the top 10 features of Microsoft's Xbox One:
1. TV on Xbox One: It lets users navigate and watch live TV from their cable, telco or satellite set-top box through the Xbox One. Microsoft is committed to bringing live TV through various solutions to all the markets where Xbox One will be available....
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03:07 PM, May 22, 2013
New York: Microsoft is the last of the three big video game console makers to unveil its latest gaming system. The unveiling comes nearly eight years after the Xbox 360 went on sale. It follows last fall's debut of Nintendo's Wii U and a preview in February of the upcoming PlayStation 4 from Sony. Each machine has a set of features designed to draw gamers away from rival consoles. There's...
08:48 AM, May 22, 2013
Redmond: Microsoft gave the world the first look at its new game console on Tuesday, hoping the newly named Xbox One will build on a solid core of gamer fans and become a hub for living room entertainment. The third-generation Microsoft console, coming eight years after the Xbox 360, was unveiled by games unit chief Don Mattrick at an event at the software company's campus near Seattle. The Xbox One...
11:32 PM, May 21, 2013
Seattle: Microsoft Corp is set to make a splash this week with the eagerly awaited unveiling of its new Xbox game console, eight years after the last version, as it seeks a larger share of the $65 billion a year global computer gaming industry. But the small device faces some big competition from the PlayStation 4 by Sony Corp and the Wii U by Nintendo Co Ltd in a shifting...
12:13 AM, May 19, 2013
The artsy video game developed swept the 13th annual ceremony Wednesday with six wins. ...
02:11 PM, Mar 29, 2013
Gesta Final starts with the user joining the 82 rebels who in 1956 sailed to Cuba from Mexico aboard the Granma. ...
12:46 PM, Mar 29, 2013
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09:56 AM, Mar 24, 2013
Lara Croft has been reinvented as a 21-year-old novice with no experience of raiding tombs, climbing or shooting. ...
07:36 AM, Mar 05, 2013
Sony, once the leading electronics player in the world, has just announced its PlayStation 4. The Japanese electronics giant dominated the gaming industry early in the last decade with the PlayStation 2 but it's struggled in recent years. ...
11:17 AM, Feb 21, 2013
Sony's PlayStation 4 event ended without it showing off the device or even mentioning anything about PS4's price. ...
06:55 AM, Feb 21, 2013
Sony's PlayStation 4 event ended without it showing off the device or even mentioning anything about PS4's price. ...
06:00 AM, Feb 21, 2013
Sony this month will host its first major Playstation meeting in two years. ...
02:38 PM, Feb 01, 2013
Los Angeles: The Walking Dead: The Game took a bite out of the Spike Video Game Awards. Telltale Games' interactive episodic series based on the zombie comic book franchise was selected as game of the year at Friday's extravaganza, which honors outstanding achievements in the video game industry over the past year. "Look, Walking DeadWalking Dead creator Robert Kirkman. "Thank you so much. You guys watch the TV show. You...
06:56 AM, Dec 09, 2012
Games can be both a welcome and an annoying diversion on Facebook, the world's most popular online social network. This year, Facebook crossed a big milestone - reaching 1 billion active users. Game companies such as FarmVille creator Zynga Inc. and Rovio Entertainment Ltd. of Angry Birds fame seek to tap into that vast base of users to gain more players for their games. This week, Facebook Inc. issued a...
01:05 PM, Dec 06, 2012
While Mickey Mouse has been the face of The Walt Disney Co. for more than 80 years, I don't think he's anyone's favourite toon. The kids in my family adore Ariel, Simba and Buzz Lightyear, while I have a soft spot for Scrooge McDuck. Mickey is more corporate logo than character, the smiling figurehead at the prow of the mighty SS Disney. And yet, here he is in Epic Mickey...
02:06 PM, Nov 30, 2012
New York: Zynga shares tumbled nearly 13 per cent in after-hours trading Thursday after the online game company and Facebook disclosed that they changed their relationship status to become less attached to each other. Zynga said in a regulatory filing Thursday that it will no longer have to display Facebook ads or use Facebook payments on its own properties - such as Zynga.com. In addition Zynga will no longer be...
12:50 PM, Nov 30, 2012
New Delhi: Exactly 40 years ago on November 29, 1972, Atari - the company in which a scruffy, young Steve Jobs worked before he founded Apple - announced the release of what is the first successful video game. It was the success of Pong that triggered the start of the video game industry, which is now bigger than Hollywood.Although it wasn't the first company to make video games, Atari was...
06:04 AM, Nov 29, 2012
Bangalore: The latest Call of Duty videogame had worldwide sales of more than $500 million in the first 24 hours of its release, a new record, game publisher Activision Blizzard said on Friday. Shares of Activision rose about 3 per cent following the news, even after the company said it remains cautious about the rest of 2012 and 2013 due to the macro-economic environment. The note of caution likely means...
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