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And that's an understatement.

During Microsoft's hardware reveal event yesterday, not much was said about the new Kinect device itself. Sure, we saw what it could do in terms of navigating through menus and switching between The Price Is Right and the big NFL football match of the week, but what do we call the new device? "Kinect 2 for Xbox One"?...

Kinect One will help you shift the pounds

Microsoft has registered two domains this morning that could possibly point to one of the titles that they're set to reveal at E3 in a shade over two weeks' time. XboxFitness.info and XboxFitness.biz were picked up yesterday, while the company already owns the XboxFitness.com domain, and has done since...

Cross-console messaging and more.

According to The Verge, the next version of the Xbox 360's dashboard will enter beta testing in late June or early July, as preperations for the next Xbox console launch will be hotting up. The new user interface will feature a refreshed look, and will feature smaller "Live Tiles" a little more like the ones that...

May 21st can't come soon enough

As we get closer and closer to the reveal of the next Xbox, anticipation is quickly rising among the gaming community as to what exactly Microsoft will bring to the next-gen race. Possibly the most talked about debate surrounding the next Xbox is the name itself. According to the International Business Times and IGN,...

Destination Cologne

Once the Xbox Reveal show is a distant memory, and the post-E3 fallout has cleared, gamescom in Cologne, Germany is the place to be. Attendees this year will be in for a bit of a treat, as our good friend Graeme Boyd (AceyBongos to the Twitter set) has all but confirmed that the next generation Xbox will be on show at the event,...

Shot down.

Our good chums over at Nintendo Life have dug up a bit of tasty information via NeoGAF, that suggests that a new Sonic the Hedgehog title is in development at Sega (as you'd expect), but that itwill be heading to Microsoft's next-generation Xbox, as well as the Xbox 360. The new game - allegedly entitled "Sonic Excursion" - is apparently...

Domain name registrations point towards it.

The bloodhounds over at domain-watchers Fusible have spotted something that could point toward the name of the next Xbox, which is due to revealed on May 21st. Back in June 2012, Microsoft registered the phrase "Fusion" as a trademark, along with two related marks. Now, it seems that they've snapped up...

Ex-Call of Duty team forms up.

The intrepid folks at Kotaku are running a report today that claims that Respawn Entertainment - which features some of the folks that brought you the earlier Call of Duty titles, of course - are working on a brand new IP that will be exclusive to the Xbox 360, and Microsoft's next-generation console. Rumoured to be...

Swiftly pulled listings give away details.

UK supermarket Tesco and US retail giant Target have outed the title and release date of the next game in the Call of Duty franchise, it seems. Listings posted on the Tesco site even went as far as to provide a big old image of the game's cover (the word "Provisional" refers to the age rating), and...

Reliable source attempts to shed some light.

Having previously reported on the rumour that the next-generation Xbox would be revealed on May 21st, tech blogger Paul Thurrott has posted some more information regarding the system itself. In his latest post, Thurrott claims that the next system will be available at two differing price points in the...

Back to basics?

In confirming that the next Xbox will be revealed on May 21st, Microsoft may have given us a clue as to what the machine will be called, and what the new logo will look like. On the official invite to the event, the company uses what initally looks like a standard Xbox brand logo, which on further inspection, appears to have been...

Overlays, EPG, HDMI, oh my!

The boys and girls at The Verge have been hard at work once again, and have found some tidbits of exclusive Xbox 720 information that revolve around TV services. According to their contact, Microsoft is betting big on entertainment services in the next generation. We already knew that, but what we didn't know, is that...

...and it'll pause the show if you look away.

Following on from the rumour that Microsoft will be debuting a set-top-style Xbox 360-based device to sit alongside your next-generation Xbox and provide backward compatibility, there's also some information floating around regarding Kinect 2.0. The Verge have been provided with information that...

But the set-top device is a standalone machine, too!

According to an apparently leaked document, the next-generation Xbox WILL be backwards compatible, but only if you purchase a second device. The second machine - we'll call it "Xbox Mini" for clarity - will also work as a standalone set-top-style device, providing Xbox Live Arcade games, movies,...

New chip makes things tough...allegedly.

Bloomberg are reporting (via Engadget) that the next-generation Xbox is unlikely to support backwards compatibility thanks to the new chip that will allegedly power the device. The report, which quotes "people with knowledge" of the matter, suggests that the new machine will use an AMD x86-based processor...

Great for backwards-compatibility.

As well as spilling the old rumour-beans regarding the next-generation Xbox, Microsoft-watcher Paul Thurrott also talked about a new, cheaper Xbox 360 model - codenamed "Stingray" - that is apparently in the works. During his appearance on the What The Tech podcast, Thurrott stated that the new device would cost...

It's coming...

Originally, Microsoft had planned to unveil the next generation of Xbox hardware at the end of April, as we reported. Now though, it seems that there's a growing rumour (which has some merit to it) that suggests that the unveiling will occur on May 21st. Veteran tech blogger Paul Thurrott, speaking on the What The Tech podcast has...

"Views do not reflect customer centric approach"

As we reported yesterday, Microsoft Studios' Creative Director Adam Orth had a few things to say about the connection requirements for the next generation Xbox, via his Twitter account. Well while many people have taken that to mean that the next generation machine will require a constant internet...

Always connected, Kinect required

VGLeaks has posted some details and screenshots that are apparently from the Durango XDK (Xbox Development Kit) that allegedly confirm a few details about the next generation Xbox. The images - which aren't entirely convincing and could have been created in single-digit levels of minutes using Visual Studio 2012 -...