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• Xbox One has no secondary, hidden GPU stresses Microsoft's Penello

  Xbox One was rumoured to have a second GPU ages ago, amid theories that Microsoft was holding back the full potential of its console to further bolster it in new updates down the line. The company’s product planning director Albert Penello has poured cold water on the claims.

• Xbox One controller will be compatible with PC, Penello debunks "100% wrong" rumours

  Xbox One controllers were rumoured to be incompatible with PC, following claims that Microsoft was planning on releasing a PC-only pad. The company’s director of product management Albert Penello has now stepped forward to debunk the claims.

• Xbox One wins 'Product of the Year' 2014 award in consumer survey

  Xbox One has scooped its first consumer award. Microsoft’s next-gen console won the top home entertainment gong in 2014’s Product of the Year awards.

• Xbox One: optical headsets restricted to stereo, Dolby Digital support coming post-launch

  Xbox One’s digital optical output only allows headset sound in stereo, according to a few console reviews out there online. Microsoft’s Albert Penello has stepped in to say that full Dolby Digital support is coming after the console launches.

• Xbox One DRM rumours re-surface after Call of Duty: Ghosts offline issues, Microsoft replies

  Xbox One DRM concerns appeared again over the weekend after one gamer got his paws on a console and copy of Call of Duty: Ghosts ahead of the machine’s November 22 launch. It was claimed that the shooter couldn’t be played offline, and Microsoft’s Albert Penello has now stepped in to address the matter.

• Xbox One day one patch is not "really an optional thing," says Penello

  Xbox One will require a day one update to the system in order for it to function, according to the firm’s senior director of product management Albert Penello.

• Xbox One: cloud-based backwards compatibility would be "problematic," says Penello

  Xbox One isn’t backwards compatibility, but while the prospect of cloud-based Xbox 360 streaming is absolutely viable, Microsoft’s Albert Penello has explained why right now, it’s “problematic.”

• Penello: Microsoft "crunching" but Xbox One SDK bugs not as "dire or dramatic" as rumoured

  Microsoft’s Albert Penello has spoken out to calm yesterday’s rumours that the Xbox One’s SDK is in a sorry state indeed.

• Xbox One: new video explains why it's built for the future, watch here

  Xbox One has received another new video from Microsoft, this time explaining why the console’s use of the cloud, SmartGlass and Kinect mean it’s a machine built for the future. Watch it here.

• Xbox Live Compute gives free cloud tech to all devs, including dedicated servers

  Microsoft is making its Xbox One cloud servers free for all developers to use, including dedicated server support for all multiplayer games.

• Xbox One achievements will not be automatically recorded unless devs want it

  Xbox One’s DVR recording function was said to capture every single achievement you unlock earlier this week. Microsoft has now clarified the matter to say that it’s a feature that devs need to turn on in their games first.

• Xbox One: Penello addresses concerns over Kinect advertising capture

  Microsoft came under fire earlier this year after word spread that the company would use the Xbox One’s new Kinect sensor to track expressions and the audience for advertising purposes. Albert Penello has now taken to the internet to address those fears and debunk the strategy.

• Xbox One video capture shareable over Xbox Live only at launch, YouTube & Facebook by 2014

  Xbox One’s DVR functionality will be shareable over Xbox Live only come the console’s launch, with YouTube and Facebook sharing set to follow by next year, according to Microsoft’s Albert Penello.

• Xbox One: stand it vertically "at your own risk", warns Microsoft

  Xbox One should be played horizontally, Microsoft’s senior director of product management and planning Albert Penello has warned.

• Xbox One won't get a lot of "stuff" 360 has for "for a while", admits Penello

  Xbox One will miss out on some features Xbox 360 has had for a while now, according to Microsoft senior director of product management and planning Albert Penello.

• Forza 5 & Ryse: "I don't see anything better on a competing platform", says Penello

  Microsoft’s Albert Penello has stated that when it comes to Xbox One launch titles Forza 5 and Ryse: Son of Rome, he doesn’t see anything better on competing platforms.

• Xbox One always-online backlash "surprised" Microsoft, says Penello

  Microsoft’s director of product planning, Albert Penello, has said if he were to go back and “redo one thing” pertaining to the Xbox One reveal, it would have been not to introduce the “always online” functionality to consumers so early in the current market.

• Xbox One cloud could be used to replicate Gaikai streaming on PS4, suggests Penello

  Xbox One’s cloud functionality could be used to stream games in a similar fashion to Gaikai on PS4, Microsoft’s Albert Penello has suggested.

• Xbox One Family Sharing and ability to trade, loan digital games to be "revisited" in the future

  Microsoft senior director Albert Penello, like Xbox chief product officer Marc Whitten, believes the scrapped “family sharing” plan announced alongside Xbox One will return someday, along with the ability to trade downloaded games.