Microsoft unveils new Xbox ‘One’.

The new Microsoft Xbox One is watched by a security guard. Picture: AFP

At an event at its US headquarters in Redmond, Washington, which was streamed around the world, the electronics giant said the new voice and motion-controlled device was an “all in one system” for games, live television, films and music.

Don Mattrick, president of the interactive entertainment business at Microsoft, told the audience and millions of people on the internet: “Today we put you at the centre of a new generation in the living room - where your games look and feel like nothing else, where your TV becomes more intelligent, where all of your entertainment comes alive in one place.

“Team Xbox is on a new mission - design and build an all in one system to light up a new generation of games, TV and entertainment.”

The sleek black console, with a new Kinect camera sensor and game pad, is the successor to the hugely successful Xbox 360 which sold a reported 77 million consoles around the world.

The new machine, which will released later this year, sees Microsoft add a blu-ray drive to its console and the use of video calling service Skype.

An upgraded Kinect camera allows the device to better analyse body movements and can even read a user’s heartbeat when exercising, Microsoft said.

Fifteen exclusive games, including eight new franchises, will be available on Xbox One within the first year of its release, the company added.

Hollywood director Steven Spielberg appeared on video during the event to announce a live-action television series of the video game franchise Halo.

A first look of the latest instalment in the Call of Duty series - Call of Duty: Ghosts - was also shown and will launch first on Xbox One.

Microsoft’s high-profile preview of the console follows the announcement of rival products from Sony and Nintendo.