CNET's sister site GameSpot is the world's leading site for video game news, reviews, features, and more. Visit us at www.gamespot.com. According to Microsoft marketing executive Mike Nichols, the ...

Speculation had been mounting for months that a move like this was in the cards at Microsoft, but now it's actually happening: head of Xbox Phil Spencer confirmed today that starting on June 9 (in all ...

Depending on your view of things, Microsoft has either done a lot of backpedaling or a lot of listening to people’s concerns about the Xbox One. The company now says Kinect won’t have to be plugged in ...

Pour one out for Microsoft’s toy that allows players to flap their limbs around like a crazy person—the Kinect for Xbox is dead. The news comes from Fast Company and was officially confirmed by ...

When Microsoft removed Kinect from the lower-end Xbox One bundle (making the promise of what Kinect would be go up in smoke,) it also announced that it would make the Kinect sensor for Xbox One ...

As the new consoles quickly approach, individual big-budget games are receiving their customary multiplatform comparisons. A continuing trend among the few next-gen multiplatform game comparisons you ...

Microsoft's planning and marketing director Albert Penello believes the public's perception of Kinect will change once they get their hands on an Xbox One. Speaking with OXM, Penello said one of the ...

The tale of the Microsoft Xbox Kinect is one of those sad situations where a great product was used in an application that turned out to be a bit of a flop and was discontinued because of it, despite ...

After Xbox head Phil Spencer tweets about a console power boost, the company confirms units without Kinect can access more of its GPU. Nick Statt was a staff reporter for CNET News covering Microsoft, ...

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