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Microsoft considered releasing Xbox One without a disc drive following E3 2013

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 2, 2014
2 min

Slow Internet speeds and large games prevented Microsoft from manufacturing an Xbox One without a disc drive as a way to deal with gamer outrage over digital-rights management.

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Wii U, 3DS eShops will go offline for 12 hours of maintenance starting later today

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 27, 2013
2 min

The maintenance will begin today at 1 p.m. Pacific.

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The best gaming memes and gifs of 2013: Xbox One, Kaz Hirai, and more

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 25, 2013
4 min

As it is wont to do, the gaming community decided to voice their criticisms and goofs with some silly images, gifs, and memes. We went back and looked through the last year to find the best and funniest and gathered them together for you.

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eBay users have sold around 65K PlayStation 4s and 33K Xbox Ones

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 23, 2013
2 min

Shoppers spent approximately $50 million on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on eBay.

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2 min

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The top gaming stories of 2013

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 20, 2013
5 min

Next-gen consoles, disastrous game launches, and copyright controversy topped 2013.

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5 min

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Xbox-only documentary series to kick off in 2014 with investigation of the Atari E.T. landfill

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 19, 2013
2 min

Filmmakers will begin excavating the New Mexico landfill that is the reported resting place of millions of copies of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari gaming system.