Xbox One launch set for November

Microsoft will officially kick off its Xbox One on Friday, November 22.

The new console will be available on that date to consumers across all 13 of Microsoft’s initial launch markets, Larry Hryb, aka Xbox Live’s Major Nelson, confirmed in a blog posted Wednesday. Those markets include the US, the UK, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, and Spain.

The Xbox One will land in more countries starting in 2014, Hryb added.