Xbox One News: Windows 10 Hinted For Xbox One; Deals With Gold And Xbox One Counterfeits Detailed

Xie Enwei, General Manager Of Management And Operations Of Microsoft In China, Speaks During The Presentation Of The Xbox One — IN PHOTO: Xie Enwei, general manager of management and operations of Microsoft in China, speaks during the presentation of the Xbox One by Microsoft as part of ChinaJoy 2014 China Digital Entertainment Expo and Conference in Shanghai July 30, 2014. Reuters/Carlos Barria

With the announcement of the Windows 10 and its planned 2015 release date, it appears that Microsoft may be following the "one device for all" approach that it took with the Xbox One. When its next-gen version was announced, the name Xbox One was explained to mean that the console is a one-stop for media, entertainment and gaming.

The same may actually go for the Windows 10 itself. According to DualShockers, the mock-up for the Windows 10 has shown it off as an optimized OS for a variety of devices. Yes, including the Xbox One.

Touting the line "One product family. One platform. One store," the Xbox One may be seeing an update once the Windows 10 hits. How it will affect the next-gen console is yet to be confirmed.

Further detailed in a blog post by Microsoft, the company's statement said, "We're not talking about one UI to rule them all-we're talking about one product family, with a tailored experience for each device."

The universality appears to be on the part of the developers, as it will allow them to create a universal app that will be able to run on all of the devices and platforms provided. It's a centralized experience of what customers may actually be making use of now-only made easier.

Xbox One Counterfeiters Charged

With the Xbox One almost celebrating its one-year in the market come November, a new development has sprung up regarding counterfeit Xbox One consoles that have allegedly been sold way back. It seems that the counterfeiters, identified to be five people, have already been charged-four in the U.S. and one in Australia.

BBC reports that the accused parties had stolen information pre-release for the Xbox One, which allowed them to make counterfeit versions of Microsoft's next-gen console. Worse, these were reportedly sold on eBay for as high as $5,000 way before the Xbox One's actual launch.

Apart from the counterfeit Xbox One, the accused were also reported to have stolen pre-release versions of games, including "Thief" and "Gears of War 3." The accused persons are facing five years in jail.

Deals With Gold Until Oct. 6 Revealed

Apart from the "Forza Horizon 2," which has just made its debut this week, there are a few more games that you can avail of, this time for a lower price, thanks to the Deals with Gold at the Xbox Games Store. Major Nelson has announced via his blog that the discounts for the titles will last until Oct. 6, so better nab some of the titles before they're gone.

The Xbox One has a discounted title, "Sniper Elite III," and two add-ons, "Battlefield 4 Recon Shortcut Kit" and "Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag Season Pass," all of which have a 33% discount.

The Xbox 360 has a longer list of titles on discount. There's are four discounted games on demand: "NCAA Football 14," "Skate," "Skate 2" and Skate 3." The Skate series has a number of add-ons worth checking out. Besides this, the Xbox 360 is also enjoying a Ubisoft Publisher Sale, with 11 games discounted anywhere between 25% to 60%.

Here are the titles from Ubisoft, with the full list of games on discount accessible in the link above:

- Assassin's Creed Brotherhood

- Assassin's Creed Revelations

- Assassin's Creed II

- Assassin's Creed III

- Far Cry 2

- Far Cry 3

- Ghost Recon Future Soldier

- Splinter Cell Double Agent

- Rainbow Six Vegas

- Rainbow Six Vegas 2

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