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Xbox One arriving 22 November

The new console will have the same on sale date in all 13 launch countries.

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Gamers can relax — we have a launch date for the Xbox One, and it's 22 November.

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It's the same date in all 13 initial launch countries: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, the UK and the US. Pricing is still AU$599.

This means Microsoft's console will beat the PlayStation 4 to Australian retail shelves, with Sony's offering not landing until 29 November.

In the US, however, the Xbox One will arrive a week later than the PS4's 15 November launch date.

The 22 November date was the US launch date for the Xbox 360 back in 2005, although it took a little while longer for it to arrive locally.

The Xbox One is also receiving one last tweak, it seems: a CPU clock-speed boost from 1.6GHz to 1.75GHz. It's unknown whether this increase will have any noticeable effect for gamers.