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Microsoft Présente La Xbox One Les Pcistes mai 2013 mai 2013 qui serait exclusif à Xbox (ou peut être temporaire, inutilisable. Microsoft a néanmoins tenu a rassurer ça n’a pas été très clair)... Et Activision présentait que l’occasion sera possible mais donnera des détails les prouesses de son nouveau moteur pour Call of plus tard. On parle déjà d’un apss d’activation à News Duty : Ghosts... Mais avec un trailer sans gameplay. racheter... A surveiller mais c’est aussi une première Ghosts sera plus scénarisé qu’avan avec l’ajout de porte entre-ouverte mais les systèmes encore plus lean, ce se qui serait très intéressant au moins pour fermés. Rien que l’idée de blinder son disque dur sans Microsoft présente la Xbox One les PCistes. Les DLCs seront en exclu temporaire sur demander l’avis du joueur prête à discussion. 21/05/2013 Xbox One. Microsoft ne fait donc que confirmer sa stratégie des dernières années 360 : du service en On apprend que Kinect devra obligatoirement être a conférence d’une heure s’est Microsoft insiste énormément là dessus bien que ligne (dont les serveurs auront doublé pour passer à branché à la Xbox One pour être fonctionnelle. Que achevée. Et bien, on va résumer ce cela reste assez contraignant... A voir en conditions 300 000 avec une capacité allouée pour stocker ses ce soit pour naviguer dans les menus, ou les jeux, qu’on a vu et entendu... Pas grand réelles, ne tirons pas tout de suite de conclusion, fichiers en cloud), de la VOD, de la TV, beaucoup de la caméra doit être branchée. On apprend aussi. chose s’il faut la résumé avec des ceci n’est qu’un compte-rendu. La télévision sera au TV, du Kinect à la Minority Report encore une fois, un Cependant, première grande bonne nouvelle pour mots. On sait déjà que vous devriez coeur de l’expérience de la Xbox One. En effet 343 tout petit peu d’exclus et un soutiens de jeux multi les joueurs, tous les jeux en ligne auront droit à des l’appelé Xbox One. Ce qu’on peut Industries, développeur de Halo 4 mais aussi de la d’éditeurs tiers pour pas être vide. C’est triste à dire serveurs dédiés et ne serons plus cantonnés au P2P. traduire par une espèce de pureté et web serie Halo : Forward Unto Dawn (que l’on a sous- mais si vous prenez la conférence E3 2012 et cette Un très très bon point. Néanmoins, gérer des serveurs et d’unité dans la famille Xbox, une titré) revient avec une nouvelle série-live produit conf Xbox Reveal, c’est exactement le même schéma, dédiés coûtent beaucoup plus d’argent. Il est donc forme «d’origine» (ou rien à voir). ou du moins associé avec Steven Spielberg. On ne avec en plus la guest-star people pour emoustiller probable (mais rien de certain) que le jeu en ligne se fait pas d’illusion sur l’implication de Spielberg le tout (ici, Spielberg en differé de Cannes). On reste payant. Sony n’a rien communiqué à ce sujet Au moins, Microsoft dévoile la console lors de sa mais évidement c’est la classe. Le truc est que ça n’a notera que Microsoft a bien esquivé l’évolution mais il n’est pas impossible que l’éditeur s’aligne sur présentation, contrairement à Sony et sa PS4. La aps été très détaillé. Or, pourquoi associé ça à la conf du Xbox Live, à savoir sa potentielle gratuité pour la concurrence. L’E3 devrait être intéressante pour Lconsole est un parallélépipède de plastique noir Xbox One si ce n’est pour une exclusivité Xbox One, jouer en ligne, ses nouveaux services (liés au jeu jauger les deux politiques. Enfin, malheureusement laqué, reprenant les strates de la dernier 360s. donc pourquoi monter une série pour UNE console tant qu’on y est) et surtout on aura percuté sur une contrairement ce que l’on avait bêtement compris lors La console sera fournie avec un nouveau pad à la et non une distribution classique ? On en sait rien. accroche «connected and ready». Tiens, tiens cette de la conférence, le pad Xbox One aura encore besoin forme proche de la 360 mais modifiée, notamment Pour le fun, on a proposé l’idée d’un Videogames- connectivité obligatoire, qu’en est-il officiellement de piles AA, selon Wired... par une meilleure batterie (yeaaah fini les piles) show où le spectateur choisirait avec son pad la suite ? Pas un mot. De même que les caractéristiques de mais surtout elle aura des gâchettes à impulsion. de l’aventure... On en saura pas de plus. Le vague la console si ce n’est un puéril «8Go de ram CPU», Si Microsoft a autant misé sur les services TV de sa Une sorte de «vibreur» donc comme les manettes était de mise puisque Microsoft a été bien avare en histoire de se moquer ou se comparer à la PS4 et ses Xbox One, la firme indique que ces services ne seront actuellement mais clairement sensibilisés sur nos jeux exclusifs : un Forza 5 où le clip vidéo (même 8Go de GDDR5 (ram graphique). Même s’il y a neuf disponibles que pour l’Amérique du Nord. Aucune doigts. Une bonne idée qui devrait faire profiter de pas de moteur in-game présenté) ressemblait plus à chances sur dix que ça n’arrivera pas. La Xbox One informaion sur l’Europe n’a filtré, comme par exemple nouvelles sensations pour les jeux de voitures ou de la course stylisée qu’à du réalisme habituel où les arrivera en fin d’année, dans le monde entier. Plus de si les contrats signés avec Canal+ sont reconduits shooters. Les développeurs auront tout le loisir de caisses roulaient en ville. C’était court, on n’a rien détails éparpillés dans la semaine, puis évidement à automatiquement de la 360 à la One ou si Microsoft programmer ces gâchettes. Kinect 2 est évidement vu. Remedy est de retour ! Mais pas pour Alan Wake l’E3 sont à prévoir. devra repasser par des négociations remettant ainsi à de la partie, avec une définition en 1080p, un bien 2. Un nouveau jeu appelé Quantum Break qui a été zéro ces services en ligne. On en apprendra plus dans meilleur champs de vision et un transfert de données étiquetté «narrative-driven game», ressemblant plus Pour l’instant aucune rétrocompatibilité n’est plusieurs mois, l’Europe n’étant pas franchement la plus rapide (2Gb de donénes par seconde). Kinect a une manière déguisé pour parler de «récit interactif». prévue pour cause d’architecture trop différente. priorité de Microsoft dans ce domaine. On apprend retenu beaucup l’attention puisque c’est au travers Et pour cause ce teaser mélangeait acteurs réels (dont Tout comme Sony et sa PS4. Surtout quid de la aussi que le disque dur de la console est inamovible. de la voix que l’on donnera des ordres au dashboard une petite fille étrange) et catastrophe à la Roland connexion permanente ? The Verge, qui a eu ses infos Mais n’importe quel disque dur pourra être branché appelé «snap». Microsoft a insisté sur les services Emmerich en CGi. Ca a l’air de mélanger du thriller au en provenance de Microsoft lui-même explique que en usb 3.0 pour y installer ses données de jeu ou tout annexes aux jeux vidéo où l’on devrait parler «Watch fantastique mais pour des éléments de gameplay, on la connexion permanente ne sera pas obligatoire simplement lire/copier des fichiers vidéos, musiques, TV» «VideoGames» «Play Music» etc pour basculer repassera (peut être pour l’E3). Enfin, EA et Activision pour jouer. Cependant, comme sur PC, certains images, ainsi que les fichiers de jeux téléchargés. sur les différents services Xbox. Grâce au partenariat apportaient leur soutient à Microsoft. Le premier éditeurs/développeurs pourront y avoir recours Enfin, les succès vont changer. Un même succès avec ESPN, des fonctionnalitées vocales pour accéder via sa filliale EA Sports où des images in-game (mais s’ils le veulent... Une manière de laisser la porte pourra se débloquer en effectuant des actions... sur aux stats du match et des joueurs lors d’un match bullshité comme la tradition le evut depuis l’ère PS1) ouverte sans se faire de mauvaise publicité. Ca veut plusieurs jeux ! Les «success whores» devront donc NBA, sera possible. On imagine alors le bordel de Madden 14 et FIFA 14 ont été montrés : gros plans dire qu’il est fort possible que ça arrivera... (comme acheter plus de jeux pour boucler les 100%. Notez lorsque vous matez le match avec vos potes, bière de visage, herbe, etc. C’était franchement classique récement Sims City sur PC, par exemple). Pour ce aussi qu’un développeur pourra ajouter autant de à la main... En parlant de main, Microsoft adapte et surtout on est habitué à voir EA Sports grossir les qui est de l’occasion des jeux vidéo, c’est délicat. La succès qu’il le souhaite par mise à jour. Enfin, les le «pincement» lancé à la mode par les iPhones. prouesses graphiques de ces jeux (de plus, ces vidéos première information que l’on a est que chaque jeu studios indépendants devront obligatoirement passer Sauf qu’au lieu de zoomer/rétrécir sur sa tablette, pouvaient impressioné seulement dans l’ordre du sera automatiquement installé sur le disque dur du par un contrat avec un éditeur s’ils veulent distribuer en mimant le geste dans le vide, vous agrandirez/ détail, de manière général on restait à peu près sage). joueur. Et par conséquent, le jeu sera lié au compte de leur jeu sur XBL, contrairement à Sony et Nintendo.
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