By Don Mattrick, President, Interactive Entertainment Business posted June 19, 2013 at 2:00 PM

Last week at E3, the excitement, creativity and future of our industry was on display for a global audience.

For us, the future comes in the form of Xbox One, a system designed to be the best place to play games this year and for many years to come. As is our heritage with Xbox, we designed a system that could take full advantage of advances in technology in order to deliver a breakthrough in game play and entertainment. We imagined a new set of benefits such as easier roaming, family sharing, and new ways to try and buy games. We believe in the benefits of a connected, digital future.

Since unveiling our plans for Xbox One, my team and I have heard directly from many of you, read your comments and listened to your feedback. I would like to take the opportunity today to thank you for your assistance in helping us to reshape the future of Xbox One.

You told us how much you loved the flexibility you have today with games delivered on disc. The ability to lend, share, and resell these games at your discretion is of incredible importance to you. Also important to you is the freedom to play offline, for any length of time, anywhere in the world.

So, today I am announcing the following changes to Xbox One and how you can play, share, lend, and resell your games exactly as you do today on Xbox 360. Here is what that means:

An internet connection will not be required to play offline Xbox One games – After a one-time system set-up with a new Xbox One, you can play any disc based game without ever connecting online again. There is no 24 hour connection requirement and you can take your Xbox One anywhere you want and play your games, just like on Xbox 360.

Trade-in, lend, resell, gift, and rent disc based games just like you do today – There will be no limitations to using and sharing games, it will work just as it does today on Xbox 360.

In addition to buying a disc from a retailer, you can also download games from Xbox Live on day of release. If you choose to download your games, you will be able to play them offline just like you do today. Xbox One games will be playable on any Xbox One console — there will be no regional restrictions.

These changes will impact some of the scenarios we previously announced for Xbox One. The sharing of games will work as it does today, you will simply share the disc. Downloaded titles cannot be shared or resold. Also, similar to today, playing disc based games will require that the disc be in the tray.

We appreciate your passion, support and willingness to challenge the assumptions of digital licensing and connectivity. While we believe that the majority of people will play games online and access the cloud for both games and entertainment, we will give consumers the choice of both physical and digital content. We have listened and we have heard loud and clear from your feedback that you want the best of both worlds.

Thank you again for your candid feedback. Our team remains committed to listening, taking feedback and delivering a great product for you later this year.

Andaba revisando el face y de pronto me aparece Bill Gates para agregarlo como mis amigotes, entro a ver que veía y hacía 7 horas había posteado un viaje que tuvo por el canal de Panamá, bien interesante.

Fighting Fantasy: Blood of the Zombies by Tin Man Games
http://amzn.com/B009SI3OHG

Product Features
All new death endings, written by Ian Livingstone. Not available in the print book!
Kevin Crossley's amazing illustrations colorised for the app, making full use of the high-resolution retina displays.
Alternate artwork to unlock by Fighting Fantasy favourite, Martin McKenna.
Make the gamebook as easy or hard as you like and even turn on a special cheat mode to read it old-school!
An automated Adventure Sheet to keep track of stats and inventory.
Realistic physics based dice rolling. Shake your Android device!
Artwork gallery. Find an illustration in the gamebook and be able to access it full-screen forever.
Bookmarking system which saves your position in the gamebook, much like putting your fingers between the pages to remember your previous page when reading the paperback!
Specially composed soundtrack and sound effects.
Product Description
Fighting Fantasy, the world famous interactive gamebook series returns for its 30th Anniversary! Ian Livingstone and Tin Man Games present Blood of the Zombies!!

"Insane megalomaniac Gingrich Yurr is preparing to unleash an army of monstrous zombies upon the world. He must be stopped and his undead horde defeated. In this life-or-death adventure the decisions YOU make will decide the fate of the world. Can YOU survive or will YOU become a zombie too?"

Blood of the Zombies is a digital Fighting Fantasy gamebook, an interactive adventure in which YOU are the hero! You can only win through by choosing the correct path, finding equipment, avoiding traps and surviving combat.

“...it's surprisingly swift and exciting, with the hectic, minute-to-minute battling and health management beats of Left 4 Dead, and a real sense of the old-school RPG as you keep neat lists of the things you've collected...” – EUROGAMER 9/10 (for the paperback version)

Hidden Object - Kingdom of Dreams by DifferenceGames LLC
http://amzn.com/B00B5KHZA2

Product Features
Artwork by the legendary Phatpuppy Creations!
23 Beautiful Levels
3 Game Modes
3 Find Styles
GameCircle Integration
Product Description
Phatpuppy presents, "Kingdom of Dreams!"

Find unique hidden objects among the hauntingly beautiful images. This is a wonderful challenge for Hidden Object devotees.

"Kingdom of Dreams" contains 23 artistically-crafted levels, filled with items.

*New Training Mode Available!*

Three different modes of play!
-NORMAL Mode: Timed, limited hints and exciting bonus rounds!
-CASUAL Mode: Nice and relaxing experience.
-CHALLENGE Mode: An extra challenge for those that are willing to accept!

Three ways to find items!
-Find items by their PICTURE. This is the easiest mode and great for kids.
-Find by items by the WORD. This is great if your child is just learning how to read and a slight step up in difficulty for everyone.
-Find items by SILHOUETTE. This is a tricky way to play that will often surprise you once you finally find the correct object.

Tres años después, primer trailer! Tambien cambió de nombre de "Xerxes" a "300: Rise of an Empire".

Ninja Chicken Plus by Mominis Ltd.
http://amzn.com/B00CEBO09A

Product Features
30 challenging levels (and we know that they'll be more to come).
Dozens mission to complete to become a ninja.
Cool and unique graphics
Product Description
Ninja Chicken Plus gives you a better experience of the game you LOVE! What does it mean? NO ads, NO interruptions, ONLY fun and many special treats to come!

PlayScape is proud to present - "The Funky Chicken Who Thought He Was a Ninja!"

A terrible, most unfortunate accident has happened leaving our poor chicken with chicken dementia. This funky chicken now truly believes that he is a ninja and not just any ninja - the best ninja of them all! with the greatest powers ever bestowed on ninja before.

Our poor chicken is now on a (dangerous) ninja quest to prove to all of the other chickens that he is indeed a ninja. You can either stand by and watch this funky chicken crash into small, itsy-bitsy pieces or you can show the other chickens that we all have a ninja inside of us!

Mighty Dungeons by Laylio Games
http://amzn.com/B00BO0C3DW

Product Features
Dozen of hours of gameplay
3 campaigns
6 heroes with unique challenges
Wide range of monsters and ancient creatures
Powerful weapons, armors and potions
Array of magic spells to defeat evil in style
Regular content updates
Fully extensible: submit your quests, heroes, creatures and even entire boards
Product Description
Enjoy this fan-made dungeon crawler crossover between old-school boardgames like Heroquest, Warhammer Quests and good oldies like Diablo I and DungeonMaster.

- Available in English and in French

- Looks great on your mobile and purely awesome on your tablet

- Wander evil-packed dungeons and battle golems, demons and other soul-less creatures with dozen of hours of gameplay through 3 campaigns, 6 heroes, a plethora of weapons, armors, potions and magic spells at your disposal

- Use your headphones for pure immersion

- Loyal to its boardgame roots, the game engine is extensible so visit mighty-dungeons.com now to make this game your own: submit your quests, creatures and completely new game boards and enjoy the regular updates of content from your peers and the community. You can even get your own characters drawn and integrated into the game.

- Share with your friends and spread the word. The bigger the community, the more content we will all enjoy.

Quiz of Seers [QoS] - Ad Free by Blyts
http://amzn.com/B00CAVC57I

Product Features
Facebook integration. Play with your friends!
Three different modes!
Character selection
Multiplayer capabilities
10 different categories
Product Description
The ultimate Trivia challenge is here!

Goran the sorcerer has trapped you and the clock is ticking...
Are you smart enough to save yourself?

Prove your knowledge and defy players all around the world.
How much do you know about History, Science, Art, Geography or Music? This is your chance to learn and have a lot of fun at the same time!

Play 3 different modes:
✓ Versus: find friends and create 2 way turn based Trivia matches.
✓ Live: compete in real time with any player in the world! Be fast, but also be smart...
✓ Single: forget about internet connection and try to beat your own records.

Potions will ease your way! The more you have, the better.

Time is running...
Are you up to the challenge?

Y las cosas se pone peor

Microsoft's Xbox One preorder information page states that the console will only support Live in only 21 countries at launch, and therefore presumably won't work anywhere else.

If you were planning on preordering an Xbox One console, you'd be well advised to do yourself a favor and make sure you live in one of these 21 nations:

Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States