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Microsoft is working on a number of improvements to Xbox One's party system. Responding to suggestions on Reddit that party invites and chat features are more confusing and laborious to use than their Xbox 360 equivalents, Xbox Live director of programming Larry 'Major Nelson' Hyrb said on...

PlayStation 4 is out tomorrow across the UK and Europe, hot on the heels of Xbox One. It’s a crazy time, but EA’s executive vice-president of EA Studios Patrick Soderlund reckons that we’ll be doing the next-gen dance all over again by 2018-19. He feels it’ll be a shorter cycle. Speaking with...

Microsoft's Games with Gold program closes out 2013 with muscly shooter Gears of War (nope, no numbers at the end of that) and co-op run-and-gunner Shoot Many Robots. That means Gold members on Xbox 360 can download Gears of War for free between the 1st and 15th of December, then they can...

The Xbox One is a big console, there is no hiding this fact. But when you put it next to the PS4, you begin to understand how big it actually is. In fact, it reminds us of the first Xbox, as that console was also, quite large. In the image above, you can see the PS4 sitting on-top of the Xbox...

New Grand Theft Auto Online details have emerged via a hands-on preview in the latest issue of Game Informer magazine. The details offer a little more insight into how the character creation system works, which involves selecting lifestyle choices to determine skills, as well as the nitty...

Xbox One’s policy u-turns have done little to dent Microsoft’s reputation, according to Xbox Europe vice-president Chris Lewis, who believes the company is, “genuinely in an enviable position.” Speaking with MCV, Lewis was asked to reflect on the policy changes and for his thoughts on whether...

The world of Grand Theft Auto Online is not locked in place, and has been designed to grow in size and ambition over time, Rockstar North president Leslie Benzies has said. Speaking in an interview with Game Informer, Benzies explained that Rockstar's dream is "to create an entire Grand Theft...

Infinity Ward is keen to explore how Kinect can work with future Call of Duty games, but its implementation in Call of Duty: Ghosts will be minimal, a rep from the studio has said. Infinity Ward executive producer Mark Rubin said at Gamescom that the Xbox One version of Call of Duty: Ghosts...

While Microsoft has made a big fuss about adding Skype support to the Xbox One console, the company has yet to release a Skype app for the eight-year-old Xbox 360. Unfortunately, it appears that Microsoft doesn't want to comment on any plans to add Skype to its second-generation gaming machine...

Respawn Entertainment co-founder Vince Zampella doesn't expect his new game, Titanfall, to outsell Call of Duty. "It's a new brand," he said as he compared it to the dominant Activision-published FPS series he also helped create before his departure from Infinity Ward. "You build up momentum...

Call of Duty: Ghosts may not included quick-scoping, according to Infinity Ward’s Mark Rubin. That’s either a huge relief or reason for concern, depending on which side of the one-shot fence you sit. Speaking on Twitter at the weekend, Rubin penned a statement on the matter to fans...

Microsoft has posted a inforgraphic along with a fact list, showing how you can still swap discs with Xbox One, and how the system allows you to download a game and play it on any other Xbox One console. All of this information has been posted before, but at least the company put it in an...

Microsoft Senior Director Albert Penello told Gamespot this week that the Xbox One could potentially, one day, offer backward compatibility using its Azure cloud service. This doesn't mean that Microsoft is actively pursuing backward compatibility in the Xbox One, a Microsoft spokesperson tells...

Earlier today, Microsoft confirmed that the Xbox One console had entered full production and would launch in 13 markets on November 22nd. While we still have 79 days to wait before they officially show up on store shelves, the process of packing and shipping units of the console has already...

Microsoft will continue to support Xbox 360 long after Xbox One launches this November. Xbox chief marketing and strategy officer Yusuf Mehdi said at the Citi Global Technology Conference yesterday: "If you look at Xbox 360 that platform [has] lasted for seven to eight years and it's going to...