This year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo just got a little less exciting, everybody.

In a statement released to the media, Microsoft has confirmed “that there will be no talk of new Xbox hardware at E3” this year “or anytime soon.”

The company went on to confirm the general consensus that Xbox 360 and its range of games, combined with Kinect and its planned titles, will remain Microsoft’s core videogame focus for 2012.

Here’s the full statement as written:

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Say what you will about the bugs and other issues players may have encountered in Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, but the enormous open-world action RPG was an epic achievement.

Not only was that open-world vast, but it was brought to life with a menagerie of creatures, stretching plains, towering mountain ranges, ancient ruins, living towns and villages and some of the best visuals yet. That’s not even mentioning everything running under the hood with the dynamic quest system, the way the world worked in spite of (and because of) your presence and many more big and small touches.

Now, Bethesda is ready to do it all over again and start work on new technology for “an unannounced game on future-generation consoles.”

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What’s been the big rumour doing the rounds this day, January 6th 2012?

Why, nothing less than news surrounding the formal announcements of Sony and Microsoft’s next consoles at E3 this year.

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