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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 07:46 BST

Microsoft announced Xbox One today, confirming the system won’t require an always-on Internet connection, despite many rumors to the contrary. Get a breakdown of everything that happened during the reveal below.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 11:38 BST

FIFA 14: Xbox One & PS4 will support EA Ignite engine, PC won’t

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FIFA 14 will support EA Sports’ new Ignite engine on Xbox One and PS4, but PC gamers will miss out on the new tech, the studio has confirmed.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 11:31 BST

Call of Duty: Ghosts developed by Infinity Ward, Raven & Neversoft

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Call of Duty: Ghosts development was aided along by fellow Activision teams Raven Software and Neversoft, Infinity Ward has confirmed.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 11:39 BST

Xbox One and PS4 games can be re-sold, confirms GameStop president

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GameStop president Tony Bartel has confirmed that both PS4 and Xbox One games can be re-sold at its stores, following confusion of how the re-sale of games on both formats will work.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 10:53 BST

Xbox One: Harrison sheds light on pre-owned fees, always online

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Xbox One sparked mass confusion last night, with talk of always-online functions, pre-owned fees and the need to go online once every 24 hours to. It’s cloudy at best, but here’s Microsoft’s Phil Harrison to help clarify the matter.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 10:40 BST

Xbox One hard drives cannot be replaced by users, Microsoft confirms

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Xbox One’s 500GB hard drive cannot be replaced by users, Microsoft has confirmed. However, if you want additional storage, the console will accept third-party USB 3.0 devices.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 10:34 BST

Fantasy Life: enhanced version announced, launches July

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Fantasy Life Link! is an enhanced upgrade of Level-5′s town-builder RPG, and it will boost the original game’s connectivity considerably. It’ll be available as a standalone release or a cheap upgrade for existing owners.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 10:22 BST

Altered Beast 3D heading to 3DS eShop Japan next week

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Altered Beast 3D is getting the 3DS eShop treatment, courtesy of Sega. It’s the arcade version and it’ll come with those odd voice-overs intact when it launches on May 29. Altogether now, ‘Rise from your grave’.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 10:10 BST

Heavy Gear Assault: Unreal Engine 4 mech shooter now funding Kickstarter

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Heavy Gear Assault developer Stompy Bot Productions has launched a Kickstarter campaign for a free and pay-what-you-want take on the series. It’s a chunky shooter, and it’s riddled with dynamic destruction.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 10:01 BST

Battlefield 3: double XP event this weekend, details inside

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Battlefield 3 developer DICE has announced another double XP weekend event, kicking off tomorrow.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 09:55 BST

Need for Speed: next-gen screen suggests PS4, Xbox One reveal

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Need for Speed could be heading towards some king of next-gen announcement for PS4 and Xbox One, following a screenshot teaser on the series’ Australian Facebook hub.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 09:31 BST

Xbox One will not support Xbox 360 peripherals, Microsoft confirms

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Xbox One will not support old Xbox 360 controllers or other devices, a Microsoft spokesperson has confirmed in a statement issued this morning.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 09:18 BST

Xbox One: was it a solid reveal? VG247 webcast inside

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Xbox One was unveiled last night at Microsoft’s Redmond campus, and now we’ve had time to sleep on it, Pat, Brenna and Dave have discussed the reveal, the console’s features, always-online, preowned and much more. Watch our banter here.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 09:22 BST

Samurai Warrior producer promoted to Executive Vice President of Tecmo Koei

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Hisashi Koinuma, the producer of many Omega Force games such as Samurai Warrior, Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage, One Piece: Pirate Warriors and Pokemon Conquest has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Tecmo Koei Games.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 08:15 BST

Who the devil..? Diablo III one-year anniversary infographic

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An infographic depicting many statistics from Diablo III in the last year has been posted on the Battle.net site in celebration of the first anniversary of the game.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 07:45 BST

World of Warcraft Escalation patch

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Patch 5.3, or Escalation, for World of Warcraft is available today delivering many additions. A new Battleground called Deepwind Gorge as well as a new Arena, The Tiger’s Peak, are included along with new scenarios Battle on the High Seas, Blood in the Snow, Dark Heart of Pandaria and The Secrets of Ragefire.
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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 07:28 BST

Kinect will make its way to PC

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Ben Kilgore, corporate vice president of interactive entertainment business has confirmed that the next-gen Kinect will be available on Windows PC at some stage.
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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 07:32 BST

No separation for Live Arcade, Indie and Retail games on Xbox One

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Microsoft’s Studios corporate vice president Phil Harrison has stated that there will be no separation between game distribution channels with Xbox One.
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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 07:09 BST

Xbox One Kinect is always on and listening

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As more and more details are released and clarified by Microsoft regarding the specification of the Xbox One features and functionality, it has been revealed that the microphone for Xbox One’s Kinect will always be on.
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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 07:09 BST

PlayStation store update for the US

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The US PlayStation store has posted a rather larger update, listing full games, ultimate editions, a preorder, some savings and bundles.
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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 06:05 BST

GDC Europe announce more talks for design and business tracks

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The organisers of GDC Europe have announced more talks for the event in August. As part of the design and business tracks, the new talks will take place from Monday 19 August through to Wednesday 21 August. These additions will be talks from Steven Masters on Assassin’s Creed III’s design, Don Daglow on the ‘treasures and traps’ of next-gen and Epic’s James Brown on empowering the player in storytelling.
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