Face to face with the new Xbox

The new controller for Microsoft's next-generation Xbox One entertainment and gaming console system is shown front and center with older-generation controllers behind it. Photo / AP

Herald games reviewer and writer Troy Rawhiti-Forbes was at the global unveiling of the new Xbox this morning.

Catch up on his views and impressions of the latest hardware from Microsoft, direct from the United States, below.

* Troy Rawhiti-Forbes travelled to the Microsoft HQ in Redmond, Washington, courtesy of Xbox.