After months of rumors and speculation regarding a Kinect-less bundle for the Xbox One coming, Phil Spencer – the new Head of Xbox has announced that starting June 9th, 2014 – a separate Xbox One bundle at the price tag of $399 will be available which doesn’t come with the Kinect.

This is GREAT news for gamers as the $499 price point of the Xbox One back in November was hugely off-putting when compared to Sony’s $399 price point for their Playstation 4.

Xbox Live – Games With Gold

Following the huge success of Xbox LIVE’s Games with Gold program, Xbox revealed that in 2014 they would be expanding the program to Xbox One, and starting this June players on the Xbox One will be able to pickup Max: Curse of the Brotherhood and Halo: Spartan Assault.

Xbox 360 users will be getting THREE FREE games in June, those titles are Dark Souls, Charlie Murder and Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition.

Xbox LIVE Gold no longer required for Entertainment Apps

One thing Xbox LIVE has done wrong in the eyes of many people is lock Entertainment Apps behind a paywall by requiring users to own a Gold membership to use Netflix, HBO Go, Twitch and more.

Starting in June, Xbox LIVE Gold will no longer be required to access these apps, anyone who picks up both an Xbox One & Xbox 360 will be able to use them as long as they have an internet connection.

An image released by Xbox shows a full list of all the upcoming changes to Xbox LIVE following this announcement.

What do you think about the Xbox One without Kinect? Will you be purchasing the console now if you were holding out before? Discuss on our forums now!

Source: Xbox Wire