Two Kotaku sources have added more credence to the rumor that the next Xbox, expected to battle the PlayStation 4 in late 2013 or early 2014, will be an always-online system, though it will be able to ...

Microsoft said users of its forthcoming Xbox One game console will be able to play games offline without establishing an Internet connection, and will be able to lend or sell used disc-based games.

There was a time when playing the latest Xbox game meant buying a new console and committing to a very specific ecosystem. That idea has been slowly changing over the past few years, and Xbox Cloud ...