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What many suspected was coming has indeed happened: Microsoft just confirmed an upcoming Xbox event on May 21st, which we expect to be focused on the company's next-gen Xbox (http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/10/xbox-rumor-hdmi-passthrough/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget) console (informally codenamed Durango (http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/08/bloomberg-durango-amd/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget)). The company isn't diving into specifics at this stage, but the event is taking place on its own Xbox campus and should offer a "real taste of the future," according to Xbox Live programming director Larry Hryb. Don't worry too much that Microsoft will completely upstage E3, which happens just a few weeks later -- Hryb also promises that his firm will "continue the conversation" at the show, focusing attention on its game lineup (http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/27/battlefield-4-fall-2013/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget). Players will have a chance to stream the event through both Microsoft's services (including Xbox Live) and Spike TV, but you can be sure we'll be on the ground to share the news first-hand.
Ben Gilbert contributed to this report.
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Source: Major Nelson (http://majornelson.com/2013/04/24/xboxreveal/)
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