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May 22nd, 2013, 01:06 Posted By: wraggster
Apart from its whiz-bang voice, motion and video capture features, the Xbox One also features some new tech under the hood to improve Xbox Live. In addition to a huge server boost and dynamic Achievements, the new Xbox Live will use a feature called Smart Match, which "uses advanced algorithms to pair players based on skill, language, and now reputation."
Microsoft hasn't provided further details, but it sounds like reputation is the biggest difference between Smart Match and TrueSkill, Xbox Live's current skill rating system. TrueSkill only takes player skill into account when creating matches.
Microsoft has also provided a little more info on the new persistent side of Xbox Live. Called "Living Games," the tech leverages cloud computing to create persistent worlds. The company adds that "your games stay in sync with the real world, which means the latest stats can be automatically fed into your sports games." Furthermore, "Advanced AI even allows your friends to play against your shadow when you're not available."
We're assuming Microsoft got the idea after a late night viewing of Michael Keaton's 1996 comedy smash, Multiplicity.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/21/xb...living-game-t/
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May 22nd, 2013, 01:05 Posted By: wraggster
Microsoft's reveal of its next-gen console, the Xbox One, was high on broad entertainment apps such as Skype, interactive programming, media management and Kinect-powered features. Games saw a smaller showing, with two new announcements and a trailer for Call of Duty: Ghosts. Indie games got an even smaller nod – that is, none at all.
E3 is right around the corner, with the Microsoft conference on June 10. Maybe that's where all of the Xbox One games are hiding, along with the console's indie plan. We asked a handful of indie developers what Microsoft's presentation today said to them specifically, and what they want to see at E3. Below we have responses from Rami Ismail of Ridiculous Fishing fame,Octodad's Philip Tibitoski, DLC Quest's Ben Kane, Charlie Murder's James Silva,Retro City Rampage's Brian Provinciano and Fez's Phil Fish.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/21/mi...s-sort-of-wei/
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May 22nd, 2013, 01:02 Posted By: wraggster
Thief, Eidos Montreal's reboot of the much-loved stealth series, has been been confirmed for Microsoft's Xbox One.Stephane D'Astous, general manager at Eidos Montreal, seems excited enough. "The next generation of home consoles allow us to create the best and the most immersive THIEF game ever," he said in the official press release. The feedback we have received so far is simply amazing and we can't wait to show more at E3 this year."Tom had a look at Thief earlier this year, when Eidos Montreal struggled to hide the fact that the game would be heading to next-gen platforms. Still, it sounds like a solid return for the series.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...d-for-xbox-one
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May 22nd, 2013, 01:01 Posted By: wraggster
Update #2: "An infrared LED on the front of the controller allows Kinect to automatically recognise you, making it easier to pick up and play." Fresh from an Xbox One fact sheet.Update: There's a teensy bit more information on Xbox.com about the new controller. The thumbsticks have a slightly new shape and grip texture, and there's "easier access" to all of the buttons, err, somehow."Feel jolts, crashes and weapons in high definition with vibrating Impulse Triggers," and the d-pad has been improved to register "both sweeping and directional movements".Best of all, the Xbox One controller magically "a wider range of hand sizes more comfortably"."Simply put, it is the best controller we've ever made."
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...igger-feedback
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May 22nd, 2013, 00:59 Posted By: wraggster
Xbox One's TV integration features will be limited to the US at launch, Microsoft has confirmed.
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 The new console allows users to navigate live television through Kinect using voice and gestures. Additionally, a 'snap' feature allows applications to be overlayed on TV for multitasking.The features are accessed by attaching the Xbox One to BT, Virgin, Sky, or Freeview boxes using a HDMI pass-through, which are sold seperately from the console itself.
Microsoft has said it is "anticipating a global launch over time".
"Our goal is to enable live TV through Xbox One in every way that it is delivered throughout the world, whether that's television service providers, over the air or over the Internet, or HDMI-in via a set top box (as is the case with many providers in the US)," it says on the Xbox news site.
"The delivery of TV is complex and we are working through the many technologies and policies around the world to make live TV available where Xbox One is available."
Don Mattrick, president of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business, revealed the name of the company's third console during an Xbox reveal event at the firm's Redmond campus. Read the full Xbox One details here.
During the event Microsoft revealed the Xbox One release date as "later this year".
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...-us-at-launch/
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May 22nd, 2013, 00:58 Posted By: wraggster
According to an official fact sheet, the system "allows for new achievements powered by the cloud and offers more ways to earn, more frequent updates and the ability to share wins with friends".It adds: "An expanded achievements system captures videos of gameplay and continues to grow achievements over time, and Gamerscores carry over from Xbox 360."
The Xbox One's DVR functionality also allows the console to capture and save gameplay highlights:
"[Game DVR] captures and saves in-game highlights and epic moments to the cloud. Use editing and sharing tools to post game footage to your Xbox Live profile and social networks."
Additionally Xbox Live will receive enhanced cloud functionality, improved matchmaking and other social features. Read full new Xbox Live details here.
Microsoft has confirmed the Xbox One release date as "later this year" around the world.
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May 22nd, 2013, 00:54 Posted By: wraggster
Phones, tablets and game consoles typically offer single-screen experiences, that is, one app on screen at a time. Microsoft is challenging that idea, announcing what it calls "Snap Mode" at its next-generation Xbox event, taking a stab at home console multitasking. It's essentially a port of a well-known Windows 8 feature: separate apps can be pinned to the edge of the television's screen in isolated panels, allowing gamers to use Xbox apps while playing a game, or watch TV while simultaneously using Internet Explorer . Combined with the lightning-fast app switching Microsoft showed off on stage, it's definitely a big step forward for couchside computing.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/21/x...imultaneously/
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May 22nd, 2013, 00:53 Posted By: wraggster
Microsoft's introducing a new Kinect motion-sensing camera to go alongside its new Xbox One game console. The camera peripheral is getting some major improvements in its second iteration, and it's expected to ship with every new console at launch. One of the most impressive features is the ability to wake the console with just a voice command. Simply say "Xbox on," and you're ready to get gaming. In fact, you can shout all sorts of things at your new Kinect, such as "watch TV" or (wait for it...) "snap Internet Explorer." That's right, there is true multitasking built into Xbox One and you can move windows around or switch between tasks, with just a voice command. Of course, you can also navigate the various panels and screens with the usual hand waves and air pinches, should you feel a bit silly talking to your console.
On the inside is a 1080p camera -- a huge step up from the VGA sensor on the original Kinect. The new motion controller processes a stunning two gigabits of data per second to accurately read your environment. Everything about this second iteration of the Kinect is more accurate, in fact, from the number of reference points on your skeleton it monitors down to its ability to read your heartbeat. And it's powerful enough to bring that increased fidelity to not just one, but six skeletons simultaneously (should you have enough room in your pad for that many players). It even has the ability to talk to the standard Xbox controller for some Move-like functionality. Lift the remote and you'll lift your shield in the game, for example. For Microsoft, the Kinect is what ties the Xbox One experience together.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/21/m...t-is-official/
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May 22nd, 2013, 00:52 Posted By: wraggster
It may have taken two years and a new console generation, but Microsoft is finally making good on an old promise: Skype is coming to Xbox. Microsoft has been planning to port the internet telephony service to its home console since it purchased Skype back in 2011, but it never surfaced on the Xbox 360. Now, the service is poised to make the most of the next generation, leveraging the refreshed Kinect and voice enhancements for a higher-quality experience than its predecessor was capable of. Gamers can receive calls even while watching movies, and they can open them up side by side other apps and games in Snap Mode. Naturally, Skype can be controlled via voice, with commands to shut off the mic or camera, end calls and go full screen. Group video chat was given a mention, but it's still not clear just how many folks can be looped in.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/21/m...-leverages-ki/
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May 22nd, 2013, 00:51 Posted By: wraggster
So, we've just seen our first glimpse of the Xbox One, and after watching the console boot by voice command, we've had a peek at the new dashboard, too. It's not a massive departure from the current one, but as you can see, the theme is a little plainer and cleaner than the Xbox 360 dash, while keeping the tile-like appearance also common to the Windows UI. The Home screen can now be personalized, and while you'll recognize most of the tabs running along the top, "Trending" is fresh -- this tab shows what TV's popular amongst your friends, as well as what's hot within the entire Xbox Live community. Also, "My Pins" now gets its own dedicated tab, rather than being a tile on the Home screen. How you use and navigate the dash is where the real innovations lie, like the next-gen Kinect voice control and Snap Mode multitasking.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-dashboard/
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May 22nd, 2013, 00:50 Posted By: wraggster
Microsoft's Xbox One is promising even more second-screen support than we saw on the Xbox 360. An improvement of the SmartGlass integration we've seen pop up on the Xbox 360, Microsoft says it can make your mobile device feel like it was "built" to work with your console. The current SmartGlass app has seen over 10 million downloads, and it looks like Microsoft is aiming for more this time around. It will also be able to screen scrape video, encode it to h.264 and send it over to your second screen, although what will work on which devices is still unknown. What is mentioned in the press release is that it will support multiple devices at once, for multiplayer and shared entertainment. It's also promising exclusive experiences with its NFL partnership that attach to SmartGlass and Skype integration, so we'll expect to see more about that in the future.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-smartglass/
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May 22nd, 2013, 00:49 Posted By: wraggster
The engineers in Microsoft's windowless next-gen Xbox silicon lab are rattled. And understandably so. We're in their office, after all, and we have a mess of cameras in the one place you're not allowed to have cameras (or even cellphones). We're obviously outsiders on Microsoft's multi-building, security-heavy Mountain View campus, especially given our quartet of esteemed escorts: Todd Holmdahl, Ilan Spillinger, Nick Baker and Greg Williams. These four gentlemen are leading the charge on both Microsoft's next big thing and, perhaps more importantly, a major effort to internalize silicon architecture at the traditionally software-focused megacorp.
The skittish engineers aren't worried we'll film the mess of 24-inch LCD screens running video-compression tests, or the rows of desks with water hose stations used for temperature stress tests, or even the sea of circuit boards in various states of disrepair -- that's all standard for any Silicon Valley computer lab. It's really just a single chip that's causing concern: a custom-built Microsoft SoC that sits at the heart of the Xbox One. It's this SoC that has us in Mountain View, Calif. -- in Silicon Valley, literally down the road from Google -- a mere five days before Microsoft will unveil its next game console to the world. Over six hours last Friday, we learned not just about that SoC, but also how the company plans to utilize it in the new console. We spoke with its four lead hardware architects. We toured the labs where they are testing the silicon, and where the next-generation Kinect was born. What follows is more than a look behind the silicon that drives the next Xbox -- it's a deep dive into the changing approach Microsoft's taking to creating devices.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/21/b...n-inside-look/
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May 22nd, 2013, 00:48 Posted By: wraggster
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" is as useful a phrase as it is folksy, and though the Xbox One is a complete reinvention compared to the Xbox 360, the controller is in many ways little changed. It's a bit more rounded, a bit softer to the touch and features redesigned trigger buttons with their own discrete rumble controllers. The d-pad is revised, and the analog sticks have more texture. Also, the battery backpack is no longer quite as pronounced. In other words, we think it's going to be great. Check out our gallery of comparison shots in the gallery below!
http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/21/x...troller-fight/
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May 22nd, 2013, 00:46 Posted By: wraggster
The Xbox One's 50GB Blu-ray discs will automatically rip to your 500GB hard drive, Microsoft tells us, and it looks like you won't have to wait til they're done to get going. That's according to the Xbox One landing page on Xbox.com, spotted by our friends atJoystiq, which says, "With Xbox One, you can start playing immediately as games install. And updates install seamlessly in the background, so your games and entertainment won't be interrupted."
And that's not all they've sussed out in details -- the Xbox One will also have a 1,000-person friend cap. How does that tie into the Skype integration? Good question! That's not clear just yet, but it stands to reason that they're independent of each other.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/21/x...s-friend-list/
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May 22nd, 2013, 00:43 Posted By: wraggster
You've already read our hands-on with Xbox One's new Kinect and wireless gamepad, but perhaps you noticed our inability to test the gamepad's new "impulse triggers?" Well, we're glad to tell you we've just mended that exception.
First things first, though -- we got hands-on with the new gamepad in a more finished state (which is to say "with the impulse triggers and the new Start / Back buttons). The most noticeable difference is one that most gamers will likely overlook initially: the new texture on the edge of the analog sticks. Head below with us for more!
http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/21/h...ulse-triggers/
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May 22nd, 2013, 00:43 Posted By: wraggster
 With each subsequent console generation there's an undercurrent of fear, a concern that this will be the cycle that finally kills off something many hold near and dear: the used game. Though these scratched-up disks and carts are often overprized and come with incomplete or unfortunately creased manuals, they're still better value than the shrink-wrapped titles.
With the announcement of the current next-generation of consoles the discontent raised again. Is the axe about to drop on the used video game market? Is this the iteration that will prevent you from borrowing something from a friend? Not if Microsoft has anything to say about it. The Xbox One does support used games and itdoes support game sharing -- but the details are in some cases a bit murky. Join us after the break for an exploration of what we know.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-used-games/
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May 22nd, 2013, 00:29 Posted By: wraggster
Crytek and Nvidia support Microsoft's latest console
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Engine developer Crytek has put its support behindrecently-announced Microsoft's Xbox One console. Crytek is an officially-licensed provider of middleware and tools for the new system.
"We offered assurances over two years ago that CryENGINE 3 was ready for the next generation of consoles, and time has revealed that promise to be true," said Crytek director of global business development Carl Jones. "As developers begin to create new games for Xbox One, our technology and unparalleled support will ensure CryENGINE 3 users remain at the forefront of the industry now and well into the future."
Nvidia also announced Nvidia PhysX and Nvidia Apex support for Microsoft Xbox One. Both physics solutions help developers with simulating "rigid bodies, clothing, fluids, particle systems and more."
"We are excited to extend our PhysX and APEX technologies to Microsoft's Xbox One console," said Nvidia PhysX product manager Mike Skolones. "We look forward to the Xbox developer community taking advantage of PhysX and APEX along with Xbox One's processing power, programmability and next-generation features to design cutting-edge games that deliver an unparalleled and ultra-realistic experience."
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ne-development
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May 22nd, 2013, 00:29 Posted By: wraggster
Xbox UK marketing director squashes always on rumours, but used game position remains ambiguous, and backwards compatibility is out
Xbox UK marketing director Harvey Eagle has confirmed that Xbox One will require neither a constant internet connection, nor will it block used games.
At a London event to coincide with the Xbox One unveiling in Seattle, Eagle was blunt when addressing the widespread concern that the new console would need constant connection to the internet to function.
"The answer is no," he said. Xbox One will be able to play games, watch stored video and play Blu-rays regardless of online stability. However, the features of the system have been built with the internet and the cloud in mind.
"Xbox One is designed to always be connected to the internet," he added.
Eagle also addressed two other hot-button topics: used games and backwards compatibility.
On the former, the news is hopeful, if somewhat ambiguous. Eagle stated that Xbox One, "will support the trading and re-selling of used games," though he mentioned that a number of "policies as to how that will work" were still being discussed. Further details will be shared in due course, but the console will not fundamnetally block used games in any way.
For backwards compatibility, on the other hand, the picture is altogether more bleak. The architecture of the Xbox One will preclude Xbox 360 games from being played on the hardware, and the same is true of digital games downloaded through Xbox Live. All music and movies will be available to download through the revamped online service, but Xbox 360 game software will not be compatible with the Xbox One.
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