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Quantum Break Announced Xbox ONE Exclusive + Trailer

Jose Estrella — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:06:24 +0000

Remedy developers of Alan Wake and Max Payne have announced an exclusive title for the Xbox ONE this afternoon at the consoles reveal. Quantum Break which will be utilizing how you interact with a game using the Xbox ONE’s Kinect, the chooses you make will all come to play in this new ground breaking title. Remedy has also prepared a trailer for us, it looks to have pieces of gameplay in it. Check it out below and more news on Quantum Break will be revealed as E3 approaches us.

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Let’s Talk About Microsoft’s Press Conference

Daniel Vogt — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:49:55 +0000

With every initial reveal for “the next big thing,” in this case Microsoft’s first new console in eight years, we’re always going to be left out of some key details. Price, release date, the specifics. Microsoft threw a lot a us from Redmond this morning:

-A New 8-Core CPU with 8GB of RAM, 500GB HDD Storage, and a Blu-Ray drive, and USB 3.0.
-A new Kinect that ships with EVERY box.
-A new Halo TV show produced by Steven Spielberg.
-EA Sports…stuff. (Yay for new engines!)
-Something about cloud storage and computing?
-Oh yeah, and next year’s Call of Duty.

So where does that leave the gamer? Multiple presenters during the conference reminded us of Microsoft’s core goal: to make the Xbox One the center of the living room. This is also Nintendo’s Wii U goal, and Sony’s ideal PS4 goal. With that, Xbox One is clearly in the lead with immersing television, Skype, Bing, online streaming…

…oh yeah. AND gaming.

We here at Dual Pixels were a bit let down. With PS4′s reveal in February, Sony spent a good 2+ hours convincing it’s audience that they plan to take gaming seriously by blending the power of social media WITH gaming. Not only that, but we saw a variety of demos for many different games and tech demos from multiple developers looking to push the envelope of technology further than the eye can see. They radically redesigned the controller and added touch-capability along with a button just for sharing your experiences directly from the console to the internet. They also teased the capability of being able to remotely control a friend’s controller inside and outside of a game.

Didn’t they also have a few minutes of next-gen character model admiration?

(Top, Xbox. Bottom, PS4)

Well of course they did. It’s new technology! But Sony shows much more promise in delivering content to GAMERS by E3. Microsoft spent an hour telling us how it plans to take over the living room next year, which means getting non-gamers interested too.

And as I’m writing this, Sony’s stock as gone up by 8.5 percent (and counting). Microsoft’s has gone down by half of a percent. The “always on” controversy hasn’t been addressed yet, but it seems Microsoft has confirmed a way to get around used games. We haven’t even SEEN the Playstation 4 yet, but it seems this will be the biggest console war yet.

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Sony’s Stock Rises As Xbox One Disappoints

Brandon Brown — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:37:44 +0000

Following the lackluster reveal of the new Xbox One console, Sony’s stocks rose sharply showing that investors are sticking behind PS4 as the next-generation consoles look to hit the marketplace. The Xbox One unveiling focused primarily on the inter-connectivity the device offers with multimedia and gaming. Microsoft often emphasized the “clutter” of your living room devices, however, we didn’t see anything exciting in regards to what gamers want — games. Technology is a key focus of any game developer’s projections for their title, with 8GBs of RAM (likely DDR3), an 8-core CPU, and most importantly a Blu-Ray drive there is space for creativity. Probably the most significantly announced feature of the Xbox One is the fact that it supports Blu-Ray, giving its games more room to breathe as apposed to the claustrophobic storage capability of DVD-DL. Investors have also taken note that Sony will be earning royalties from the included technology within the new Xbox, stocks are currently up 8.63% as of the time of this article.

Source: Finance Yahoo

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EA Sports Reveals EA Ignite + Exclusive Xbox ONE DLC

Jose Estrella — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:34:41 +0000

EA has announced today at Microsoft’s Xbox ONE reveal, that they are using a new next gen engine for their upcoming games for the next generation of systems. EA is looking to create more immersive and fluid worlds in the way we play sports games. EA has stated that all there sports titles releasing in the next 12 months will be using the engine including Madden 25, Fifa 14, UFC, and the return of NBA LIVE. EA also has announced a(n) exclusive mode for Fifa on the Xbox ONE called Ultimate Team Mode, while not much details, it will get revealed shortly at E3 and will appear only on Xbox ONE.

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Phil Spencer: 15 Xbox One Exclusives In First Year

Brandon Brown — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:45:43 +0000

Phil Spencer, speaking at the Xbox One reveal, has let us know that Microsoft has 15 planned Xbox One exclusives in preparation for making a debut on the console. Eight of these new titles will be brand new I.P.s; something we’ve been hoping Microsoft pursued. Stay Tuned.

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Forza Motorsports 5 Revealed For The Xbox ONE

Jose Estrella — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:40:53 +0000

Microsoft announcing a sequel to its prime racing franchise Forza Motosports 5 Launching on Xbox One. Coming from the spin off Forza Horizon. Turn 10 studios is looking to bust out all the stops , it will be available at launch and utilizing all Xbox One Features. Check back with us for more news on Forza Motosports 5.

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Xbox “Snap” Lets You Run Multiple Apps At Once

Brandon Brown — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:21:30 +0000

Xbox Snap is a feature coming to Xbox One that allows you to run multiple applications seamlessly. In a demonstration, Microsoft has shown us the ability to watch movies and “snap” Skype onto your display similar to Windows operating system. Here’s a screen below.

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Xbox One Announced

Brandon Brown — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:11:26 +0000

The new Xbox is Xbox One, the sleek looking console is a rectangle is detached from the Kinect hardware and as previous rumors suggested the controller is slightly different from the Xbox 360 counterpart.

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Leaked Call of Duty: Ghosts Gameplay Ad

Brandon Brown — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:51:45 +0000

The first gameplay ad/trailer for Call of Duty: Ghosts has been shown prior to the Xbox unveiling. Check it out below.

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The New Xbox Is Called Simply, The Xbox?

Brandon Brown — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:23:44 +0000

In an Apple esque style, it seems Microsoft has choosen to simply call the next generation Xbox…Xbox. While watching an ad relating to the next generation console Microsoft has no subtitle extension for what we believe to be Xbox (Infinte/Infinity) or Xbox 720. A Call of Duty: Ghosts ad that appears before a GameSpot video shows the new “Xbox” prior to a live video podcast of GameSpot staff. Check it out here.

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