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Hot on the heels of the revelation that the Xbox One was in full production, and would be getting a CPU bump, Microsoft today announced the release date for their next-gen console: November 22, 2013.

The Xbox One will hit retailers in all 13 of its launch markets on this date, including Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, UK, and of course, the good old US of A. Microsoft expects to ship the Xbox One to more countries in 2014.

This puts the release date one week after the launch of the Sony PS4, which may give Microsoft a slight disadvantage in their holiday sales numbers, but I’m thinking that as long as they’re out prior to Black Friday, they should be on equal footing.

Not coincidentally, November 22nd is the same date the Xbox 360 was released in the U.S. and Canada – eight years ago if you can believe it.

Despite its initial sell-out of pre-orders, Microsoft is accepting a limited number of additional pre-orders for the Day One Edition of the Xbox One over the Microsoft Store.

[via Xbox Wire]

The $25,000 pricetag attached to Sony’s 84-inch UltraHD set—the one that’s been haunting your dreams since CES—may put that super-sized set out of your financial reach but that doesn’t mean everything 4K is prohibitively expensive. In fact, Sony’s new 55- and 65-inch sets are downright inexpensive (by comparison) and will be available for pre-order by the end of the month. More »

As we pointed out, European gamers will be able to pew-pew or grapple on the go with the Neo Geo X alongside their US counterparts on December 6th, and now we know for how much and where: £175 in the UK and €199 elsewhere at Funstock. For that sum you’ll get the handheld with a 4.3-inch screen, joystick, game card, AES-style charging dock with HDMI output and 20 pre-installed retro games — with more arriving soon. So, if you’re up for kicking it 1990s style that side of the pond, grab it at the source.

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Neo Geo X coming to Europe December 6th for £175 / €199 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 31 Oct 2012 07:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve already gotten our collective mitts on Sony’s Xperia TL, and come November 2nd, you’ll be able to do the same by plunking down $99.99 and inking a two-year contract with AT&T. In case you need a refresher, the LTE handset runs a skinned build of Ice Cream Sandwich, packs a 1.5GHz dual-core S4 processor, 13-megapixel rear-facing camera, NFC and a 4.6-inch 720p display powered by the firm’s Mobile BRAVIA Engine. Since Sony’s smartphone flagship is lucky enough to call itself the official James Bond phone, it’ll come stuffed with behind the scenes footage of the upcoming film Skyfall and Bond-themed ringtones, wallpapers and more. For the full lowdown on the Xperia TL’s arrival on Big Blue, hit the jump for the press release.

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Sony Xperia TL comes to AT&T on November 2 for $99 with a two-year contract originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Microsoft’s Surface for Windows RT appears to be flying off the virtual shelves, however it seems some of the customers who’ve pre-ordered will be waiting about a week longer than they thought. We’ve received several tips from readers in Canada and the UK indicating they’ve received emails (as seen above, check after the break for similar reports from Twitter) explaining that their tablets will be shipping on November 2nd, instead of October 26th as originally scheduled when they put their requests in days ago. There’s no reason currently listed for the delay, however we have contacted Microsoft for further comment on the situation. Currently the Surface is listed as completely sold out on the UK and Canada Microsoft Store sites, and in the US all three variants are no longer promised for delivery on release date. It’s been reported that Microsoft is building up to five million of the devices for launch this fall, hopefully they can all find their way to good homes sooner rather than later.

Update: A Microsoft spokesperson has responded, informing us that the emails sent out were incorrect, so “all customers should expect their devices by the original date given.” It will be following up with customers to let them know their shipping date has not changed, and you can read the full statement for yourself after the break.

[Thanks to Jack, everyone who sent this in]

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Microsoft Surface pre-orders in Canada, UK are not delayed (Update) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 20 Oct 2012 03:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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