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As we get closer to the launch of the Xbox One this fall, Microsoft announced that access to its new console’s coolest new features – the system’s DVR and TV guide, NFL on Xbox and Skype video calls – will require a paid subscription to Xbox Live Gold, which retails for $60 per year. While Continue Reading →

Microsoft and Sony are continuing to duke it out to win over the hearts and minds of gamers ahead of the holiday launches of the next generation Xbox and PlayStation. In an update to its information on the forthcoming Xbox One, Microsoft confirmed that features such as the ability to record and share videos of Continue Reading →

Netflix officially launched its personalized profiles Thursday, rolling out the new feature to iOS devices, the Xbox 360 and the PS3 as well as the Netflix.com website and a number of connected devices, including the Apple TV. The feature will allow Netflix subscribers to personalize a total of five profiles per account, which will each Continue Reading →

Inside sources at Microsoft have spoken to Digital Foundry about why the Xbox One hardware is so large, and what the tangible benefits of the larger footprint are for the user. Our information suggests the Xbox One design is based on an ambitious brief, essentially impossible to test in anything resembling real-life conditions, and so Continue Reading →

Now that Microsoft has done away with the controversial new policies it announced during the Xbox One’s unveiling, gamers are coming around and anticipation is mounting. Pre-sales of the console have been “through the roof” according to Microsoft, and some expect Xbox One sales to crush sales of Sony’s rival PlayStation 4 console. Now, if Continue Reading →

Microsoft will let developers publish their own titles to its Xbox One console, a move that could spur more development on the upcoming gaming platform. The company on Wednesday announced plans to let Xbox One buyers use the off-the-shelf hardware as a development unit, allowing people to create their own games that can be published Continue Reading →

Over the last few months, both Microsoft and Sony have been talking up the ability for their upcoming systems to record the last few minutes of gameplay in a persistent buffer that can be edited and shared online after the fact. Now we’re getting word on just how much recent gameplay will be kept cycled Continue Reading →

Last month, when Microsoft announced its now-famous reversal on the initial licensing policies and online requirements for the Xbox One, we argued that triumphant throngs of gamers should recognize that they were losing out on some potentially interesting features alongside the removal of online check-ins and the revival of used game discs. Now, some armchair Continue Reading →

Don Mattrick, the former head of Microsoft’s entertainment division who takes the reins as chief executive officer of Zynga on Monday, has been hankering to run all or part of the social-gaming company for at least three years. In 2010, Mattrick negotiated with Zynga founder Mark Pincus about buying the maker of such popular games Continue Reading →

The Xbox One may be a television game changer when it launches later this year, but Microsoft isn’t leaving the Xbox 360 to die. Microsoft announced a deal with Time Warner Cable to bring over 300 live channels to the Xbox 360 later this summer. The deal is similar to ones Microsoft already has in Continue Reading →