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Xbox One Offers Voice Controls, New Kinect, Original Content, TV Integration, NFL Partnership
The news from Microsoft’s Xbox: A New Generation Revealed event.News Byte
April Was a Loser for Videogame Industry
April was a cruel month indeed for the videogame industry. Sales of gaming hardware, software and accessories in the U.S. for the month peaked at $495.2 million, according to sales data from research firm NPD, down 25 percent from the same period in 2012. Retail software sales declined 17 percent year over year to $254.3 million. Hardware sales plummeted 42 percent from the year prior to $109.5 million. The top console for the month? Microsoft’s Xbox 360, though it sold just 130,000 units in April, down 45 percent from a year earlier.News Byte
Twitch App for Xbox 360 Will Let You Watch (But Not Stream) Game Videos
Videogame video-streaming service Twitch is getting an Xbox 360 app, the company announced today. The app will let owners of Microsoft’s console watch any of the site’s top 300 live channels, though it will not let them make their own videos, one of the features Sony has promised for its upcoming PlayStation 4. However, a Twitch spokesperson said Microsoft will show off the app in more detail shortly after its next-generation console event, “Xbox Revealed,” next week.News Byte
Microsoft Will Unveil New Xbox May 21
Microsoft will show off its next-generation Xbox videogame console at its Redmond, Wash., campus on May 21, according to invitations sent to reporters today. The Verge previously reported that the new Xbox, code-named Durango, will interact with owners’ cable boxes. Microsoft’s Nancy Tellem and Yusuf Mehdi shared numbers about its current living room fixture, the seven-year-old Xbox 360, at D: Dive Into Media in February.BlackBerry’s Pitch to iOS and Android Game Developers: We’re the Same, but Different
A few questions for BlackBerry games guru Anders Jeppsson.A Look Ahead at GDC: It’s Mobile vs. Consoles in Fight for Game Developers’ Attention
A few of the key trends and themes that are powering this year’s Game Developers Conference.Wii U Sales Still Lousy
Pii U.Okay, Microsoft — What’s Your Next Game Machine Going to Look Like?
At Dive Into Media, Xbox execs Yusuf Mehdi and Nancy Tellem weren’t ready to “launch” the new Xbox. But they dropped some hints. Here’s the full interview.Voices




