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" Yesterday, Microsoft unveiled its long-awaited successor to the Xbox 360 at their Xbox Reveal event in Redmond, Washington. By console announcement standards, it was a relatively by-the-numbers gathering, showcasing significant enhancements to existing features and a few surprises without showing all their cards before the E3 Expo in June. And they&amp;#039;ve already one-upped Sony by showing the actual console. If you had &amp;quot;Xbox 720&amp;quot; or the rumored &amp;quot;Xbox Infinity&amp;quot; in the name betting pool, sorry. The official name of the new Xbox is... 1. Xbox One: It&amp;#039;s less generic than &amp;quot;Xbox 4,&amp;quot; that&amp;#039;s for sure; just try not to confuse Xbox One with the original Xbox. Be sure you&amp;#039;re on the same page with your family when Xbox 360 and Xbox One hardware and software are on holiday shelves for the next couple years. Moreover, Xbox 360 games will not be compatible with Xbox One. 2. What it looks like: more like a box than any Xbox before it. It&amp;#039;s not as futuristic-looking as any of the Xbox 360 models, but it&amp;#039;s slick nonetheless. This is also the first Xbox featuring a disc slot, as opposed to a front loading tray. 3. Next Kinect: Not everyone was sold on the Kinect since its unveiling in 2010, so it was hardly surprising that Microsoft has been improving motion and voice detection for this next model. It&amp;#039;ll be worth giving Kinect another shot especially since it will come with the Xbox One. 4. Unified home entertainment: The first message Microsoft had was the awfully familiar story of one entertainment console owning the living room. Xbox 360 made for a fine first effort, but expect much-improved integration with Xbox One. It certainly beats the cable TV integration of Wii U TVii since Xbox One will actually let you multitask. Are you a movie geek who likes to IMDb-search a familiar actor while a movie is playing? Want to kill time with a TV show while you&amp;#039;re waiting for a multiplayer game to match you with proper villains? Xbox One can do those things. 5. Xbox, personalized: Xbox One catches up with what Windows 8 and Google/Android have done with passive user personalization. That includes recommendations based on tastes and better multiplayer matchmaking. This personalization starts with the voice-activated powering of the system, logging you on to Xbox One&amp;#039;s network automatically. 6. EA Sports goes new gen: EA&amp;#039;s lack of support for the Wii U was tough news for Nintendo and it was curious that they were a no-show at the PlayStation 4 reveal. They didn&amp;#039;t hold back here, confirming launch window releases of FIFA, Madden, NBA Live, and UFC. EA Sports isn&amp;#039;t exclusive to the Xbox One, but FIFA&amp;#039;s Ultimate Team mode will be, which is a big deal among many gamers. 7. Familiar and unfamiliar first-party software: It wouldn&amp;#039;t be a launch window software lineup without a driving game. Microsoft Studios unveiled Forza Motorsport 5. The footage wasn&amp;#039;t real time, but hopefully there&amp;#039;ll be actual gameplay at E3. Microsoft went on to boast that the Xbox One will have 15 exclusives within a year. One such game is Quantum Break by Max Payne and Alan Wake developer Remedy. The trailer was brief, showing a girl causing a lot of destruction with her psychic powers.  8. Third-party strong: Along with EA Sports, press releases were sent by third-party publishers confirming titles for Xbox One. Big names include Thief (above), Battlefield 4, Watch_Dogs, and Assassin&amp;#039;s Creed IV. 9. How much is it? We don&amp;#039;t know yet. Hopefully we&amp;#039;ll find out at E3 in June. 10. Can it play Blu-rays? Yes. 11. Who cares, what&amp;#039;s up with Halo? This second Halo trilogy has long since been official so Halo 5 is coming, though nothing new about it was revealed yesterday. Instead, Microsoft announced a new collaboration with 343 Industries and Steven Spielberg to create an Xbox-exclusive Halo TV series.  12. Who cares, what&amp;#039;s up with Call of Duty: Ghosts? The story of this latest CoD (above) is based in a near-future U.S. that lies in ruins and you&amp;#039;re part of a squad of underdog operatives with... an actual dog. Yes, the demo video showed a dog in a motion-capture suit. Polygon&amp;#039;s Arthur Gies put it best when he tweeted:    INFINITY WARD YOU BETTER LET THAT PUP LIVE YOU FUCKING MONSTERS \u2014 MOWMEN (@aegies) May 21, 2013    Regarding multiplayer, expect deeper character customization, a plus for many CoD clans. More importantly, downloadable content will be exclusive to Xbox One on the first day. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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