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Company who hosted the Xbox E3 2012 presentation just registered XboxEvent.com

XboxEvent.com registered by the same people who hosted the E3 2012 presentation for Xbox.

fluffydelusions4099d ago

I hope Balmer comes on stage like a mad man again.

Gazondaily4099d ago

What happened to J Allard? He was such a sound bloke.

bicfitness4099d ago

Phil will probably do the speaking this year. He's much more elegant than anyone MS has had in their roster in the last decade.

But watching Ballmer go red as a tomato and spaz out is always good for a laugh. Oh, well, there's still youtube memories for that:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

How they don't just muzzle him, I'll never know.

Oh, and I'm excited to see what MS announces. I'm hoping its not as Kinect heavy as forecasted. We need some real, core competition this gen.

TechnicianTed4099d ago

@bicfitness

Lol, Balmer's a nutcase. That video is hilarious :P

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blackbeld4099d ago

@bicfitness

Hahaha that video is Epic!

LOL

zeal0us4099d ago

Hope there won't be any Usher this time or any lame music event that is irrelevant to gaming.

UnholyLight4099d ago

Ballmer is the bomb. Love him, not your average "Suit" guy. You can tell he really loves what he does and I find it refreshing and hilarious to have someone like him come out and talk.

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO COME OOOOOOOOON!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

HammadTheBeast4099d ago

I hope they show more Kinect and hopefully Justin Bieber.

/sarcasm

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Irishguy954099d ago (Edited 4099d ago )

I wonder what'll happen.

MS has a great start to last gen...no reason for them not to have a great start next gen(assuming they ditched the 360/seems like it\ for the Nextbox)

shutUpAndTakeMyMoney4098d ago (Edited 4098d ago )

Did Bungie not want to get bought by them?? The devs who made xbox what it is and the ones who basically sold xboxs for 2 gens are now making multi-plat games an exclusive ps4 content. Is it just me or is that a huge turn around? That Would be like naughty dog making xbox games and exclusive xbox content.

Guess 343 and halo brand are the new face of xbox

irepbtown4098d ago

Anyone notice the date the record was created?

21st February 2013... a day after the PS4 announcement.

A fight indeed!

aceitman4099d ago

funny how this pops up just after the sony event.lol

Commandar_Shepard4099d ago

I hope Shane Kim comes up on stage to announce Resident Evil 5 for the 720. XD

(Those not familiar with the meme, at E3 2007, Shane Kim went on stage and told everybody that RE5 is coming to 360 as some massive megaton, even though we all knew that since 2006. He was confronted about this in an interview and was absolutely stunned when he found this out.)

Hellsvacancy4099d ago (Edited 4099d ago )

My mistake

adorie4099d ago

Lol. Someone made a story about a thread on Neo Gaf?
Because I read it there first. Credit goes to the user who put that info out. domain was registered the.next day of the Sony event.

josephayal4099d ago

dude, The Xbox 720 is a must Buy %100, Im definitely waiting a year or so after launch so that it can get a decent library of games like I do with every new console

NeoTribe4098d ago

Just admit your broke. Its ok.

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Hands Up For Games4099d ago (Edited 4099d ago )

Lets Get Ready To Ruuuuuuuuummmmmmbbbbbbllllllle eeeeeeeeee!

Its a great time to be a gamer!

Good_Guy_Jamal4099d ago

Michael Buffer could sue you for that. Guy has a trade mark on that phrase, how crazy is that?

Knight_Crawler4099d ago (Edited 4099d ago )

I should have TM YOLO...I was using before Drake made it main stream.

Edit: OT I would scream like a little girl if I hear c-c-c-c-c-c-c-combo breaker.

And also see a fury little cute foul mouth squirl on stage.

Gimmemorebubblez4099d ago (Edited 4099d ago )

This will have a micro- soft impact on the gaming world./s

/s means sarcasm

B1663r4099d ago

~No it doesn't it means you intend to substitute a null terminated string in a pritnf command in the the c programming language.~

You surround your sarcastic statement with ~tildes~ if you are intending to point out your sarcasm.

For example...

~you have a great sarcastic sense of humor~

Gimmemorebubblez4099d ago

I know its kinda lame right.... I was just bored.

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Nintendo says Switch 2 will be officially announced before the end of March 2025

This is Furukawa, President of Nintendo. We will make an announcement about the successor to Nintendo Switch within this fiscal year. It will have been over nine years since we announced the existence of Nintendo Switch back in March 2015. We will be holding a Nintendo Direct this June regarding the Nintendo Switch software lineup for the latter half of 2024, but please be aware that there will be no mention of the Nintendo Switch successor during that presentation.

Profchaos7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

I'm excited for a switch 2 however I don't feel it will be coming this year as per the tweet in they are commuting to a reveal in this Japanese financial year in 2025.

Realistically we will get one last holiday season to focus on the switch because it would be madness for Nintendo to go into the holidays where the switch always performs well when they have announced a switch 2.

I'm thinking we see a announcement late Jan 25 personally with a release between March and June depending on when the software is ready and how strong the holday sales were if they need to boost those figures for the next earnings call or not

gold_drake7d ago

yea agreed. they'll probably match it with the new pkmn game they announced

VenomUK7d ago

So it begins!

Where one contender pulls out of the game, another comes back bigger and stronger.

Nintendo Switch 2 - let the games begin.

Cacabunga7d ago

A new Splatoon launch title for sure.. hoping they change the recipe and make it open world.

I think it’ll come out Q1 25. Let’s wait and see

H97d ago

There's a event in June for games on the switch and they said there won't be a switch 2 announcement so no way they will announce the console after june and still release it in the same year

Eonjay7d ago

So, I think they will shoot for another FYQ4 release (like with the first Switch) but I am confused by the headline:

'[...] Switch 2 will be officially ANNOUNCED before the end of March 2025' This implies that the Switch 2 isn't coming out till maybe holiday 2025 or maybe even 2026. I think they will be better served by NOT releasing when GTA 6 launches (unless there is some shocking reveal that it will run on Switch 2). Release early 2025.

Neonridr7d ago

I'd say it'll be released before March 2025 tbh.

notachance7d ago

Holiday announcement with summer launch

thesoftware7307d ago

It should be an interesting year; Sony, Nintendo, and MS all have new Hardware to show.

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PS5 Pro specs leak video taken down by Sony

Sony is taking actions as video by Moore’s Law is Dead, has been issued with a copyright claim.

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andy8527d ago

And people say it's all fake because Sony haven't said anything 😂 conveniently forget the PS4 Pro was only announced 2 months before release.

BeHunted27d ago

It's fake. There's no factual evidence other than his own made up specs.

Hereandthere27d ago

What were the specks Sony was afraid of showing?

Shikoku27d ago (Edited 27d ago )

Digital foundry put a video out saying what he leaked was exactly what they also knew about the PS5 PRO. So no it's not just stuff he made up

Babadook727d ago (Edited 27d ago )

If it’s fake what copyright does MLID infringe upon?

😂

andy8527d ago

Aye because they'd go to the effort of copyright claiming it if it didn't exist 🙃😂 you'd have to be a special kind to be thinking its not a thing by now

Cacabunga27d ago

They need to reveal it with uncharted killzone or a heavy hitter like this

Ironmike27d ago (Edited 27d ago )

U mean the specs that we'll established digital foundry which said these are the actual specs published a video on 2 weeks ago I mean they are only one of most trusted sites for tech information but they just made up a video for the sake of it

Christopher27d ago

I would love for it all to be fake, but lots of people are saying they've seen/heard the same thing. But, man, we 100% don't need mid-gen upgrades when we're failing hard to optimize current hardware.

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Seraphim27d ago (Edited 27d ago )

if I recall Sony lowered sales expectations for PS5 earlier this year. if that is the case we won't hear anything about a Pro until next year or shortly before/when it's dropping. After all, if the Pro was dropping this year/fiscal year they wouldn't have lowered expectations.

As for squashing rumors. Yeah, shit like this prevents potential buyers from adopting now, just like slim rumors in the past. It only makes sense to keep things under wraps from a business perspective. Despite living in a technological age of unfettered access to information we don't need to know whats going on behind closed doors be that at Sony, Nintendo, MS, or amongst any development studios. When the steak is done we shall feast.

JackBNimble26d ago

By the time games are actually made to take advantage of the pro spec's the ps6 will be released or close to it.

jznrpg27d ago (Edited 27d ago )

Just announce it already! I want to preorder one asap. But in reality they don’t want to lessen PS5 sales until Pro is ready to launch so I understand the business part of it. September is probably when they announce it with an early November launch like the PS4 Pro

Ironmike27d ago

Pro won't lessen sales sames ps4 pro never and the ps4 pro was more relevant at the time cos move to 4k this not needed

RaidenBlack27d ago (Edited 27d ago )

Yea, my brother got his PS4 (coz of a good deal) after the PS4 Pro's release.

darthv7227d ago

^^same here. I got a base 4 for only $100 off a guy who bought the Pro. then a few months later I found a guy on craigslist selling a pro for $100 because it was left behind by his former roommate who moved out. That was the beginning of my obsession to buy up the different variants of the PS4 that were released.

As of now I am really only missing the 500m one and the gold slim but otherwise I have pretty much all the other retail ones. https://consolevariations.c...

crazyCoconuts27d ago

Anyone with 4K that appreciates 60fps is gonna disagree about it not being needed.
DLSS is a god send for Nvidia, and there's been nothing like it for AMD...yet ...

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DeadlyFire27d ago

They will announce it around E3 timeframe about May-June whenever they do a showcase for the year.

neutralgamer199227d ago

Just announce it this thing will sell well

Ironmike27d ago (Edited 27d ago )

I don't think it will pll still haven't seen the potential of ps5 yet

Cacabunga27d ago

agreed, but it might sell if they announce some 1st party games to lead the way. if people see the difference with the base version they can move on. for my sake I am still gaming mainly on PS4 (still not finished with RDR2 due to lack of gaming time). I have a huge backlog on PS5 I am hoping to get into.

mark3214uk27d ago

why? game makers havnt even come close to maxing out current spec yet, were getting al lthese new TFlops and game maker are making crappy remakes not worthy of the ps3

Minute Man 72127d ago

The guts of the 5 and X are 5 years old

fr0sty27d ago

People keep saying that, yet we still have games running at near HD resolutions, 30fps, and ray tracing features turned off.

PRIMORDUS27d ago (Edited 27d ago )

I would take that video and upload a torrent of it, fuck that copyright bullshit. If your going to do something that has a chance of being taken down, make a torrent first share it. Then Sony or any other company is helpless and you can laugh in their faces, taunting them to try to take it down 🤣

LoveSpuds27d ago

With kind of analysis and advice, you could be a lawyer for Trump!🤣

tronyx1227d ago

As much as the PS4 Pro didn't represent a major % in the playerbase, announcing a 'better' model will hinder sales from the 'base' model. They are right, business-wise.

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XDefiant misses launch window, Ubi says a new release date will be announced after stress test

XDefiant was originally supposed to be out in summer 2023, but following a seemingly-successful beta test in April of that year, it was bumped to October 2023, and then delayed again to an unspecified future date. In its February 2024 financial report, Ubisoft slated XDefiant for launch in the fourth quarter of its 2023-24 fiscal year, which ended March 31.

A week before that date arrived, rumors surfaced that the game would be delayed yet again, and a few days later Ubisoft made it official.

"The game has always been community-first, with player feedback as a top priority," the development team said in the update. "While we hoped to go live by the end of March, there are still some improvements that we need to test before that."

Ubisoft said it's "finishing preparations" for a server stress test that will run for 12 hours on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. "After this short test, we expected to be able to lock a launch date and start sharing more about exciting content XDefiant has to offer in the future!"

just_looken42d ago (Edited 42d ago )

The previous news was from the team/rumors this is ubisoft themselves now saying the game is delayed again no new date set but they will have a stress test on a date that has not been set.

So the game is delayed to _____ TBD
Network stress test at ____ TBD

Ubisoft we make games whenever for whoever we just do not care

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X-2342d ago

I'm just going to be honest here and say what people seem to not want to, XDefiant success is going to be short-lived and it's because it's a game that's going to be under Ubisoft's umbrella. The development team can be absolute rockstars, but with Ubisoft steering the ship it's not going to go anywhere.

Profchaos42d ago

It could be a truely amazing game (it won't be) but with Ubisoft it will be monitized within a inch of its life.

smolinsk41d ago

The game is dead move on. It's the same with the Finals. These short period hype games doesn't last.

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