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Could Xbox Survive without Microsoft?
After less than a week as the new CEO of Microsoft, The Washington Post reports Satya Nadella is reportedly under significant pressure to “abandon… non-essential product lines” and refocus on Microsoft’s bread and butter—Office, Server, and other things their business customers buy in droves. That means Bing, Surface, and even Xbox are potentially on the chopping block.
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Rumor: Cheaper Xbox One scheduled for 2014
According to VG247, a “senior source” has ensured that Microsoft is planning to release a cheaper Xbox One this year. The source has not clarified if this new version would be disc-less and feature a Bluetooth adapter, but it seems that this new Xbox One version will be cheaper than the current $499 model.
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Titanfall Xbox One pre-load offer was 'error'
Titanfall will NOT pre-load on Xbox One for those who pre-purchase it digitally.
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New Benchmark Results Show PS4′s GPU Is Faster Than Xbox One, Can Play 4K Video Frames Faster
Bink 2 benchmarks reveal that the PS4 is indeed slightly superior.
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Console Wars Movie and Novel Starring Nintendo and SEGA is Happening
Before internet console wars, there were fan wars that took place in the in school yards. The biggest battle of them all was that of between SEGA and Nintendo. While the war has since ended, with Nintendo as the victor of course, it is still remembered as somewhat of legend. Someone actually had the guts to take on the giant that was Nintendo and didn’t fare too badly.
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Twitch is finally coming to Xbox One
You can now broadcast your Xbox One games to a potential audience of millions. Twitch live streaming is coming to Xbox One. Microsoft’s newest console is joining the fray four months after PlayStation 4’s successful Twitch integration. Within two months of its Nov. 2013 launch, PlayStation 4 accounted for 20 percent of Twitch broadcasters and 10 percent of Twitch’s minutes broadcast.
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Info on Next Call of Duty Emerges from Destination PlayStation: Graphics, Physics, Code Name and More
This week Sony Computer Entertainment held the behind-closed-doors Destination PlayStation event in Scottsdale, Arizona, where publishers showcased their upcoming line-up to representatives and buyers from retailers. ...Read More
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The day the Mario Kart died: Nintendo’s kill switch and the future of online consoles
Nintendo fans, mark your calendars for May 20, 2014. As Nintendo announced yesterday, that's the last day you'll be able to use the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection to play hundreds of online games on the Wii and Nintendo DS. Single-player modes for those games will still work, of course, but any parts of the games that require an Internet connection will be completely non-functional in a matter of months.
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What today’s console makers can learn from the ’90s Sega vs. Nintendo battle
Author Blake Harris still remembers the first time he started to see video games as a battle between multinational conglomerates. At the age of six or seven, he asked his dad to purchase the newly released Super NES as an upgrade to his much-loved NES. His dad refused, on the theory that "after the Super Nintendo, they'll come out with a Super Duper Nintendo, then a Super, Super Duper Nintendo," and so on.
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Xbox Live goes down, crippling the launch of 'Titanfall'
Now is the absolute worst time for Xbox Live to be down. Today marks the debut of Titanfall, the game that could make or break the Xbox One game console. It's a masterpiece of mechanical...
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13 Things You Didn't Know About Nintendo
Nintendo is one of the oldest and most beloved companies around. Seriously, after 120 years and counting, there are more than 200 Mario games alone and dozens of consoles and handhelds. But did you know that the original Mario and friends celebrated their victories with a bottle of bubbly? Here are 13 things you probably didn't know about (nearly) everyone’s favorite video game company.
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Xbox VP: It was a mistake to ‘sugar-coat’ the Xbox One controversy
Long before sales figures and game releases dominated the headlines, the only thing any gamer wanted to talk about was Microsoft’s radical online strategy for the Xbox One. As it was originally described, the Xbox One was going to be an online-only console in the strictest sense — if you weren’t connected to the Internet, the device wouldn’t function.
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The Competition Is As Fake As The Blood: Why New Video Games Are Always The Same Price
Video games have gotten ridiculously predictable. Not in stories, writing, or mechanics (although sometimes those, too) but in release, pricing, and distribution. When it comes to the big-budget blockbuster console-ready games, by now pretty much every player can recite the pricing timetable by heart.
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Sony announces Project Morpheus, a virtual reality headset coming to PlayStation 4
Sony is pursuing new virtual reality technology dubbed Project Morpheus for PlayStation 4, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida announced at GDC 2014 today.
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This is weird Nintendo
If we can glean anything from Nintendo's 124-year history, it's a willingness to experiment. The company, which originally sold playing cards, has at various points owned a taxi company, TV network, and even a love hotel chain. It wasn't until 1966, after over 75 years in business, that Nintendo released its first toy. The Ultra Hand was designed by Gunpei Yokoi, who would go on to make both the Game & Watch and Game Boy systems.
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Xbox One users to begin receiving warnings for bad behavior online
Microsoft is tweaking the reputation system on Xbox One this week, introducing notifications for players who are being penalized for "disruptive" or "abusive" behavior on Xbox Live, the company announced today.
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1080p for all? Performance gap between Xbox One and PS4 is fading away, Oddworld dev says
Right now, more high-profile games run in 1080p on PlayStation 4 than Xbox One, but the performance gap between the two competing systems is narrowing, according to Oddworld creator Lorne Lanning. Speaking with Xbox360Achievements, Lanning said the two consoles are "getting comparable."
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Is This the Last Console Generation?
Is the home game console market in trouble? Some analysts certainly think so. Despite reports of record-breaking sales for both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, some industry doomsayers are forecasting the end of the home console as we know it, citing increased competition from mobile games, a resurgent PC space, and spiraling costs in AAA-game development. So will the PS4, Xbox One, and Wii U be the last "generation" of consoles?
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Sony's Shuhei Yoshida Reflects on Two Decades of PlayStation
With the PlayStation 4, Sony has put forth a narrative of learning from past mistakes and re-focusing on features “for the players.” At the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., last night, Sony Worldwide Studios President Shuhei “Shu” Yoshida traced his own arc through four console generations and talked a bit about what’s ahead.
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Gold Box Deal of the Day: Titanfall $36.99 (38% off)
Today only, April 22, 2014, get a special price on Titanfall. Pick up a copy of the game for for Xbox One, Xbox 360, or PC for only $36.99, while supplies last.
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