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We don't know when it's coming out, but the Xbox One is available for pre-order at European retailers Game and Zavvi. It's also up for "pre-order notifications" on Amazon, the Microsoft Store, GameStop and Best Buy. Best Buy's ad lists the Xbox One with a "holiday 2013" release window, though all we know officially is that it's coming "later this year." Game lists a pre-order holding price of £20 for the Xbox One, while Zavvi's pre-order down payment is £400. Zavvi also has a lineup of Xbox One games for £50, including Call of Duty: Ghosts and four EA Sports games.Continue reading Xbox One pre-orders, info lists live via Game, Amazon, Microsoft StoreXbox One pre-orders, info lists live via Game, Amazon, Microsoft Store originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 21 May 2013 19:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments

Blake Jorgensen, Electronic Arts's Chief Financial Officer, today stated that EA is indeed developing Wii U games. The news broke at the Stifel Nicolaus 2013 Internet, Media and Communications Conference. This comes in direct contradiction of statements by EA's Jeff Brown last week, who said the company had "no games in development" for Wii U.

Information about the Xbox One continues to trickle in after its official unveiling earlier today. The constant stream of rumors stating that the next Xbox would require an always online connection appear to have been off-base, but according to Kotaku, the console will need to access the internet at least once every 24 hours (for singleplayer titles) and an undetermined amount of time for other features. Microsoft vice president Phil Harrison spoke to Kotaku after the presentation and responded to their questions about the subject: "There are many devices in your life that require the Internet to function," he said. "Xbox One is no different in that it requires, at some point in the beginning and at various times through its on state, to connect to our cloud and to our Internet. That is to deliver Xbox Live functionality, that is to deliver download content to you, that is to deliver some of the innovations around TV and entertainment that we showed today. But it doesn’t require it to be online all the time." "For single-player games that don’t require connectivity to Xbox Live, you should be able to play those without interruption should your Internet connection go down. Blu-ray movies and other downloaded entertainment should be accessible when your Internet connection may be interrupted. But the device is fundamentally designed to be expanded and extended by the Internet as many devices are today."This is an excerpt from the full story which was originally featured on gamrReview, read the full version here - Xbox One Requires Internet Connection Every 24 Hours in Singleplayer - News

Namco Bandai has announced that the two latest releases in the Taiko Drum Master have shipped 500,000 units in Japan. The news comes from Siliconera. The two games Taiko Drum Master: The Little Dragon and the Mysterious Orb (3DS) and Taiko Drum Master: Super Splendid Edition (Wii) were only released in Japan and prove that the rhythm genre isn't dead yet. The games feature music from many popular franchises. The Wii title features music from Dragon Quest X, Monster Hunter Tri G and New Super Mario Bros. Wii. The 3DS title has music from SoulCalibur V, Tales of the Abyss, Tekken 3D Prime Editio, and even from the film My Neighbor Totoro.

The Xbox One doesn’t have to be online all the time, but it does have to be online. Not just once in a while — once a day, according to Microsoft vice president Phil Harrison. More »      

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Console can be played offline, but needs regular online connection. Xbox One will require an internet connection once every 24 hours, according to Microsoft vice president Phil Harrison.Click here to read the full articleRelated StoriesEA Sports Ignite Engine trailer teases next-gen FIFA, NFL, NBAXbox One: All the newsXbox One: Zavvi predicts £400 price, November 30 release dateXbox One 'does not target the highest-end graphics', says MS engineerXbox One: Expanded achievements system captures gameplay videos

We know there is some confusion around used games on Xbox One and wanted to provide a bit of clarification on exactly what we’ve confirmed today. While there have been many potential scenarios discussed, today we have only confirmed that we designed Xbox One to enable our customers to trade in and resell games at retail. Beyond that, we have not confirmed any specific scenarios. Another piece of clarification around playing games at a friend’s house – should you choose to play your game at your friend’s house, there is no fee to play that game while you are signed in to your profile.