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• Microsoft targets June 13 to launch original Xbox programming

  Things kick off with a live stream of the 13th annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival

• Xbox One software update will fix some major omissions

  A centralized way to view and manage installed content leads the changes in Microsoft's February 11 update for its gaming console.

• Microsoft: Xbox One will launch in fewer markets than previously announced

  New gaming console delayed until 2014 in eight markets, but Australia and NZ will still get it in November

• Microsoft Xbox navigates the revolving door of public opinion

  Microsoft can't seem to catch a break with gamers; every bit of good news seems to be followed by bad. Let's review.

• Swan song at E3: Microsoft's Xbox 360 gets a new look and free games

  The upcoming Xbox One may get all the glory, but the aging Xbox 360 isn't done quite yet.

• Atari files for bankruptcy, but it's not 'game over'

  Video games pioneer Atari has filed for bankruptcy in the US, in a bid to protect itself from its French parent company's debt problems.