It’s finally coming! The long awaited next-generation console offering from Microsoft might be announced via a live stream on Xbox Live and Xbox.com at the 21st May at 6pm. Speculation at the console have been rife up to now months, with rumours of “always online” functionality, and a more controlled environment for second hand games causing controversy for the PlayStation 4 rival.

It’s also expected that a whole roster of games for both the subsequent-generation Xbox and the PlayStation 4 will be announced at E3 in June.

Will Microsoft prove the cynics right? or will the subsequent Xbox be the simplest thing to happen to gaming because the NES? Only time will tell.

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