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Microsoft Prudently Opts to Wait On New Xbox Announcement

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 05:59 PM PDT

Xbox successor mockup

Unlikely as it may have seemed, Microsoft has made it clear it has no plans to announce a new Xbox at this year's E3 in June.

"There will be no talk of new Xbox hardware at E3 or anytime soon," said Microsoft spokesperson David Dennis in a statement to Bloomberg. "For us, 2012 is all about Xbox 360."

OP-ED: Diablo III Finally Dated, But Is Physical or Digital The Way To Go?

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 01:25 PM PDT

Diablo III

We knew Diablo III couldn't be far off after Blizzard revealed it would ship the game without its PvP Arena mode. That feature will be delivered sometime after launch in order to avoid delaying the game yet again when the core content -- which is what most people are interested in above all else -- is nearly done. It's so close to being finished, in fact, that there are only two months left to wait: Blizzard has today announced a May 15 release date for Diablo III.

The wait for the game has been a long one, to put it mildly. Diablo II was released in mid-2000 and its lone expansion pack, Lord of Destruction, followed a year later. In the ensuing years a sequel was in development that looked a lot like its predecessor, but it ended up being canceled and Blizzard North was shut down. That resulted in the current decade-long wait for a Diablo sequel, though in the meantime numerous games like Torchlight and Titan Quest have tried to fill that void. And while it's remained highly anticipated even through this excruciating wait, Diablo III has been faced with a variety of controversies including its change in art direction, the always-online requirement, and the real-world money auction house.

Video: What Happened Last Week?

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 09:41 AM PDT

Welcome! Welcome! It's time for another sassy bit of text to accompany a 1UP video feature. This time around, we're talking about the Game Developers Conference, which is both the biggest developer-focused game conference in the U.S. and the reason two-thirds of the 1UP office is out sick this week.

This year's show saw a bunch of new announcements -- SimCity, Medal of Honor -- lots of interesting panels, and tons of indie games. So we decided to let everyone on the editorial team pick their favorite thing there, and the results are above.

Our Hopes (and Yours) for Halo 4

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 08:39 AM PDT

Microsoft gave the press its first glimpse of Halo 4 a couple of weeks ago -- not only the first chapter of a new trilogy for the series, but also the first original Halo to be developed by new series caretakers 343i -- and long-time fans Jose Otero and Jeremy Parish had mixed feelings on what they saw. While the game is easily the most gorgeous Halo title yet, the multiplayer left us with questions. And we've seen nothing whatsoever of the single-player beyond some impressionistic concept art that could represent practically anything. That's OK; it simply leaves us free to imagine what Halo 4 could be, and what we'd like to see for the Master Chief's next big adventure.

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