The Professional Gamer - August 22, 2013

Hello everyone, and welcome to this week's installment of the Professional Gamer. This week has been rather busy with everything keeping me away from my hobbies. Lots of work to do at home, overtime at the office, and getting ready to farewell some friends have kept me rather busy. Read on to see what I did manage to do.
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Xbox One No Longer Requires Kinect to Function

Another change in Microsoft’s policies, Microsoft has just announced that the Kinect will no longer need to be connected in order for the Xbox One to work. In a recent Ask Microsoft Anything, Xbox Corporate Vice President Marc Whitten revealed that Xbox One owners will be able to use all of the console's core functions regardless of whether the new Kinect sensor is connected. (Reported by IGN)

 

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Microsoft boosts Xbox One graphics performance

Since E3, Microsoft and the Xbox One has been talked about a lot; not about how amazing their console was but how the power compared to the PS4 was not up to par. People have been saying that the PS4 is 50% more powerful when it comes to raw graphics. Well today gamers and put a little simile on their faces because it was announced that Microsoft, was able to increase their GPU clock speed as they get closer to launch. Let’s Talk...

 

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CutthroatCon 2013

Looking for something to do this weekend? Want to get out and feel social in real life instead of just through a microphone? Then have I got news for you! CutthroatCon 2013 sponsored by Colorado Cutthroat Connection and NVGA (National Video Game Association) is back for its third year. Located at the Tivoli in Downtown Denver (across from the Pepsi Center).  It runs from August 2nd at 7:00 PM to August 3rd until around 11:00 PM. Head over here to see a full schedule of what they having going this weekend.