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See how the Xbox console hardware has evolved across three generations with this handy chart.

[Correction: The chart originally listed the Xbox One's RAM as GDDR3, not DDR3. Additionally, the original chart omitted the HDMI output and 7.1 Surround capabilities of the Xbox One. Game Informer regrets the error.]

Microsoft says that the Xbox One is roughly eight times as powerful as the Xbox 360 at the end of the day. In addition, the ramifications of Microsoft's cloud computing initiative could be significant. The company has stated that consoles will be able to offload calculations to cloud processors, which could be significant if developers find it useful to take advantage of.

* The Xbox One's Wi-Fi Direct capabilities allow it to use its multiple 802.11n Wi-Fi radios to communicate simultaneously with both a standard wireless network and directly with other Wi-Fi devices.

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In an E3 conference not so far away, EA will offer a first look at its upcoming Star Wars games. The ink has barely dried on the exclusive contract with Disney in the wake of LucastArts’ demise, but with next-gen consoles around the corner, it’s no surprise EA is keen to offer a glimpse of what’s to come.

The news was spilled on EA’s The Beat blog by Labels President Frank Gibeau, who name-checked Battlefield 4, EA Sports games, and the Need for Speed franchise as part of the company’s E3 showcase of next-gen games.

Around the time the post went up, Need for Speed’s Facebook page uploaded a new screenshot (below the break) of what’s very likely the next game in the racing series. The shot was tagged with the description “Have no rules, show no mercy.”

The screenshot completely negates any possibility of it, but we’re gonna call it anyway. At E3 next month, prepare to meet Need for Hyperspeed. You heard it here first.

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Publisher Electronic Arts announced today on the Battlefield Facebook page that the next game will be out this October on multiple platforms, including the recently announced Xbox One.

The release date is October 29. The systems included are PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. The game is powered by DICE's new Frostbite 3 engine.

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Are these the designs for Xbox One and PS4 game covers? The images come via the official Battlefield 4 site, where they’re pictured prominently on a couple of pages. They may just be EA mock-ups – no other companies, including Microsoft and Sony, have released any images – but maybe they are the real deal. We reckon they look elegantly crisp.

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Now that Microsoft took the veil off the Xbox One, we can get to the meat of the next-generation experience – games. Here is the list of titles we know are confirmed or suspected to be coming to the Xbox One:

Xbox One Exclusives

Forza Motorsport 5 – Microsoft Studios/Turn 10

Quantum Break – Microsoft Studios/Remedy Entertainment

Multi-Platform Games

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal

Battlefield 4 – Electronic Arts/DICE

Call of Duty: Ghosts – Activision/Infinity Ward

Destiny – Activision/Bungie

FIFA 14 – EA Sports/EA Canada

Madden NFL 25 – EA Sports/EA Tiburon

NBA Live – EA Sports/EA Tiburon

Thief – Square Enix/Eidos Montreal

UFC – EA Sports/EA Canada

Watch Dogs – Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal

Next-Gen Games Unconfirmed For Xbox One

The Evil Within – Bethesda/Tango Gameworks

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – CD Project Red

Wolfenstein The New Order – Bethesda/Machine Games

That's what we know so far – expect a deluge of additional titles as we move into E3 season. We will update this story with new additions as they are announced. 

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Crysis has thrown its card into the hat of today’s Xbox One announcements, to say that CryEngine 3 does indeed run on Microsoft’s new console. The company is already licensed to provide middleware and tools for Xbox One, which means that any developers looking to use CryEngine 3 to make their games will have no problem running the code on the new box.

There are a number of titles already announced for the Xbox One, but nothing using CryEngine 3 just yet. Don’t weep, though; We’re sure to hear about something soon.

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Microsoft put its new box on stage during its reveal event. Here’s the story behind that half-shiny black rectangle.

The new Xbox is already creating a bit of a stir, just based on its boxy exterior. Some see a futuristic device that will be at home next to any number of other consumer electronics. Others have compared it unfavorably to a decades-old cable box. Regardless of where you fit, Microsoft didn’t create the Xbox One’s shell impulsively. It’s the result of years of work and refinement. Here’s how Microsoft reached the finished product. (Click here for a look behind the controller's redesign.)

“We chose this direction because it felt understated, it felt more premium, and it felt more like entertainment,” says Carl Ledbetter, Microsoft’s senior principal creative director. “This isn’t just a gaming console. It’s really bringing a whole lot more in addition to games to people. We wanted it to feel like more about the entertainment system that people have at home and fit in with what people have.”

The system is about the same size as the original Xbox, though its 90-degree corners make it seem less monstrous. The console’s powerful innards require plenty of venting – the company clearly hasn’t forgotten about the Xbox 360’s so-called “red ring of death” – and fully half of the system’s top is designed to accommodate airflow.

The case’s proportion should be familiar, too. “This proportion is based on the cinematic aspect ratio of 16:9 and how that could be split in a 50/50 way,” Ledbetter says. The top is visually divided into two. “Half of that is a glossy finish, and half of that is a matte texture. We did exhaustive work on the vent design to create something that was more about a texture and something that felt like it could come from the world of the digital world of the UI and also allow the console to breathe really quietly.”

The box is a rich, shiny black (it’s a color that Microsoft is calling “liquid black”), and Ledbetter cracks a double This is Spinal Tap joke about the team turning black up to 11. The system lights aren’t pale green, but are instead a glowing white. “We switched to white for a couple reasons,” Ledbetter explains. “Number one is this is more than about just gaming, so we wanted to symbolize that it does more. Secondly, we wanted it to be different from 360. [The Xbox 360] has a signature green element, and this is different from that.”

Kinect 2.0’s design follows the same design cues as the main box. “In the last Kinect sensor, it had all of those camera windows in the front,” Ledbetter says. “This one is now all about feeling more clean, and we created this glasslike front lens on the front that essentially hides all the cameras behind it. What it does is it allows all this stuff to come through, but it’s not blasting you with all these details and components and technology stuff.”

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