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                  Microsoft Unveils New Xbox One Game Console

   by Reuters

   Microsoft Corp  gave the world the first look at its new game console
   on Tuesday, hoping the Xbox One will attract existing video game fans
   while also becoming a hub for living room entertainment.

   The third-generation Microsoft console, coming eight years after the
   Xbox 360, was unveiled by games unit chief Don Mattrick at an event at
   the software company's campus near Seattle.

   The Xbox One is an "ultimate all-in-one entertainment system," Mattrick
   said.

   The console will launch worldwide "later this year," the company said
   without providing an exact timeframe.

   The new device interacts with a television, responds to voice and
   gesture commands, and includes Skype video calling, 15 exclusive game
   titles and original programming content.

   Acclaimed movie maker Steven Spielberg will be creating a premium
   television series based on Microsoft's blockbuster sci-fi game "Halo"
   for the Xbox One, the company said.

   The new console will offer exclusive National Football League content
   and eight new game franchises, executives said.

   It will have 8 gigabytes of memory, with an updated controller and
   new-generation Kinect sensor that communicates a user's voice and
   gesture commands to the console. The technology is built on the Xbox
   operating system and the kernel of Windows software to handle
   Internet-based content.

   The Xbox One will chiefly compete with Nintendo Co's new Wii U and Sony
   Corp's forthcoming PlayStation 4 for a bigger slice of the $65
   billion-a-year computer game market.

   But the world's largest software company also sees it as a broader
   strategic piece in the battle with Apple Inc, Google Inc and others to
   control consumer entertainment in the age of tablets and smartphones.

   Microsoft's stock was off 5 cents at $35.03 in afternoon trading on
   Nasdaq.
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