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lol 2 Halo games. Only thing I see that would remotely excite me is Banjo Kazooie.
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Looks like Dead Rising 3 too, I'm guessing? With the always magical (see also: retarded) usage of the number in the title as a letter?Comment
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Fantasia: Music Evolved for Kinect on Xbox 360 and Xbox One
Harmonix has announced Fantasia: Music Evolved for Kinect on Xbox 360 and Xbox One. In it, players will become the new apprentice of the sorcerer Yen Sid in Disney’s Fantasia.
Players will “explore and transform magical worlds” by unleashing their “musical creativity” through two modes: exploration and performance.
Users will be able to explore their environment thanks to a 3D cursor called “the Muse,” and cause various events to happen in the game world.
A meter is filled by collecting stars placed in the environment and this will open portals to the performance mode of the game.
The Disney Interactive title is out in 2014. Shots pulled from the game’s Facebook page are below along with the announcement trailer.
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So I keep seeing rumors that League of Legends could make an appearance at the Microsoft presser for the Xbox One.Comment
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There are still several big questions surrounding the next-generation video game consoles from Microsoft and Sony, and pricing is somewhere near the top of the list. According to Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter, however, the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 will be priced in line with expectations. The analyst on Monday issued a note ahead of E3 that looks to pinpoint pricing for these next-gen consoles. Patcher believes the Xbox One has a bill of materials (BOM) totaling $325 and the console will launch at $399. Sony’s PlayStation 4 has a BOM of about $275 according to the analyst, and it will cost $349 when it launches ahead of the holidays this year.
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While the Xbox One is expected to be $50 more expensive than Sony’s PlayStation 4, the analyst expects a subsidized option from Microsoft that would drop the up-front cost of the console when users sign up for a monthly subscription plan.
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“We believe the ability to watch live TV from a cable, telco, or satellite set-top box through Xbox One could entice an MSO to drive subscriptions through a subsidised box in exchange for a multi-year contract,” Pachter wrote in the note, which was picked up by Gamesindustry International. “The ‘always connected’ requirement for the Xbox One likely means that a broadband connection will be required, suggesting to us that ISPs may have an incentive to offer a subsidy as well.”
He continued, “In addition, Microsoft could conceivably subsidise the Xbox One through prepaid Xbox Live Gold subscriptions (as it has done on a limited basis in the past) or premium Skype functionality as well. Similarly, Sony could subsidise the PS4 through prepaid PlayStation Network subscriptions, but unlike Microsoft, it does not have a history of doing so.”
Microsoft and Sony will both announce additional details for their respective consoles during the E3 conference next week, and both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 will launch ahead of the holidays this year.
This article was originally published on BGR.com
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Video: Stunning trailer shows off Xbox One, PlayStation 4 capabilities
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Microsoft CEO Takes Xbox One to Hollywood
Honing in on Xbox One's marketability as a one-stop-shop entertainment system, Microsoft has taken its new console to Hollywood, where Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was escorted by his entertainment studios president, Nancy Tellam, on a visit late last week to lobby CBS, WME, and other companies in the TV business.
Deadline reports that these meetings are all part of Microsoft's effort to drum up exclusive content for Xbox One's sports, music, reality and scripted programming. Additionally, said one insider, it's "to reiterate Microsoft's commitment to transitioning its business to devices and services and to explaining that Hollywood entertainment is a big part of that. Microsoft in the past has just dipped a toe but now has a real commitment."
Tellam has been assisting with these negotiations in hopes of merging "the storytelling magic of TV with the interactive power of the Xbox One." Tellam, whose background is in Hollywood, arranged meetings with CBS chief Les Moonves, Sony TV boss Steve Mosko, and WME co-CEOS Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell to discuss the possibilities of creating new programming for Xbox One. Of course, the big TV project on everyone's minds is Steven Spielberg's live-action Halo series, which is likely a centerpiece topic at these meetings as well.
Time will tell if Ballmer's Hollywood tour was worth the effort. Deadline says Hollywood's major problem with Microsoft is that the company "moves slowly," and company watchers have already had mixed reactions to Xbox One (as have many hardcore gamers).
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The focus on the TV shit isn't bad right now, IMO. The one message they have all seem to be consistent about is that E3 will be the gaming reveal. So whatever. They just really better actually floor people at E3...and I don't know if anyone alive aside from Major Nelson is confident that they can do that. So the TV shit might be crap in 2 weeks, when we're looking at an announcement of 2 Halo games and a new Kameo or something, but for now, this shit can't hurt.Comment
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