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Associated Press | May 24, 2013
Imagine Sean Payton holding up a Surface tablet instead of a cardboard playsheet on the sideline. Envision Peyton Manning sitting on the bench and dissecting the last series from a variety of camera angles on his hand-held device instead of looking at still photos. Or sitting at home and pulling up real-time highlights on a Sunday afternoon. It's coming. The NFL and Microsoft, through its next generation Xbox device, are combining to upgrade interactive TV viewing of pro football games in a multiyear agreement announced Tuesday. The next step after that, perhaps as early as 2014, will be bringing technology to the sidelines on tablets. ... more
Associated Press | May 24, 2013
NEW YORK - Microsoft is the last of the three big video game console makers to unveil its latest gaming system. The unveiling comes nearly eight years after the Xbox 360 went on sale. It follows last fall's debut of Nintendo's Wii U and a preview in February of the upcoming PlayStation 4 from Sony. Each machine has a set of features designed to draw gamers away from rival consoles. There's one thing all three have in common, though: They are about more than gaming and include entertainment services such as television, movies and music. Here's a closer look at the three systems. More details are expected at the E3 video game conference in... more
Game Informer | May 24, 2013
GAME INFORMER Top10 List The editors of Game Informer rank the Top 10 indie games for May: Guacamelee (PS3) Battleblock Theater (360) Monaco (360, PC) Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers (3DS) Thomas Was Alone (PS3, Vita) Badland (iOS) Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien (Wii U) Eador: Masters of the Broken World (PC) Year Walk (iOS) Terraria (360, PC) Game Informer Top 10 is compiled weekly by the editors of Game Informer magazine, the largest computer and video game magazine worldwide. For up to the minute gaming news and information, visit Game Informer. more
Associated Press | May 22, 2013
REDMOND, Wash. - Will gamers want One? After four years of development, Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One entertainment console and touted it as an all-in-one solution for playing games, watching TV and doing everything in between. Microsoft wants the Xbox One to be central to your living room and packed the new Xbox with such features as the ability to change TV channels through voice commands. Although the device won't go on sale until later this year, at a price that hasn't been disclosed yet, Microsoft invited attendees of Tuesday's announcement event to take a closer look at the system. Based on limited time with the device, the Xbox... more
Associated Press | May 22, 2013
REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company unveiled the Xbox One, an entertainment console that wants to be the one system households will need for games, television, movies, sports and other entertainment. It will go on sale later this year, for an undisclosed price. For the past two years, Microsoft's Xbox 360 has outsold its rivals. But it's been eight years since that machine came out, and Microsoft is the last of the three major console makers to unveil a new system. In those eight years, Apple launched the iPhone and the iPad, "FarmVille" rose and fell and tablets began to threaten desktop computers, changing how... more