{"id":643541,"date":"2013-02-22T15:44:15","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T20:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=763583"},"modified":"2013-02-22T15:44:15","modified_gmt":"2013-02-22T20:44:15","slug":"the-console-wars-begun-they-have-microsoft-may-announce-new-xbox-at-april-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/643541","title":{"rendered":"The Console Wars, Begun They Have: Microsoft May Announce New Xbox At April Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"70\" src=\"http:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/xbox1.jpg?w=100&amp;h=70&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-tc-carousel-river-thumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Image (1) xbox1.jpg for post 105504\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 7px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A number of <a  href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/2013\/02\/reports-microsoft-planning-to-unveil-xbox-successor-at-april-event\/\">solid reports<\/a>, including a new <a  href=\"http:\/\/whois.domaintools.com\/xboxevent.com\">domain name, XboxEvent.com<\/a>\u00a0registered to Microsoft, are pointing to an Xbox event in April. While most console reveals happen at E3, as evidenced by Sony&#8217;s mystery-filled conference, Microsoft will probably announce specs and some launch titles and leave the money shot for Los Angeles in June.<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/www.computerandvideogames.com\/392950\/industry-expects-microsofts-response-to-ps4-in-april\/\">Computer &amp; Video Games<\/a> reported the rumor today and <a  href=\"http:\/\/www.vg247.com\/2013\/02\/22\/microsoft-likely-to-showcase-xbox-720-in-april-reveal\/\">VG247<\/a> corroborated it. Considering the timing of Sony&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/tag\/PS4\">PS4<\/a> announcement, it makes perfect sense for Microsoft to join in the hoopla surrounding next-gen consoles.<\/p>\n<p>The <a  href=\"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/5982986\/we-know-all-about-the-next-xbox-from-someone-who-says-theyve-got-one\">next Xbox<\/a>, code-named Durango, will require an improved, included Kinect sensor to play and will support game &#8220;sections&#8221; that allow you to play one portion of the game while the rest loads or downloads. It will support 1080p 3D video and run on 8GB of RAM.<\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com\/763583\/\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=-xJfOSBSFtM:nyOUwi7rnaw:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=-xJfOSBSFtM:nyOUwi7rnaw:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=-xJfOSBSFtM:nyOUwi7rnaw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=-xJfOSBSFtM:nyOUwi7rnaw:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=-xJfOSBSFtM:nyOUwi7rnaw:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of solid reports, including a new domain name, XboxEvent.com\u00a0registered to Microsoft, are pointing to an Xbox event in April. While most console reveals happen at E3, as evidenced by Sony&#8217;s mystery-filled conference, Microsoft will probably announce specs and some launch titles and leave the money shot for Los Angeles in June. Computer &amp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-643541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}