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NBA 2K19 Gaming Tournament

After very successful Xbox Madden 18 and FIFA 18 tournaments, one thing is definitely clear: people love our video game tournaments. So with the basketball season just around the corner, we’ve decided it’s time to give our basketball fans their chance to shine. On October 6th, join us for our first NBA 2K gaming tournament. Players will be randomly seeded into a single-elimination bracket, and battle in one-on-one matches for first place. The…

Inside the New Microsoft Gaming Room at Abt

If you’ve ever been to our Glenview showroom, you know that things are always changing. We’re always trying to find ways to make the shopping experience easier, more efficient, or more fun whether by adding product-focused boutiques like the Gourmet Shop or one-of-a-kind showrooms like the new Inspiration Studio. Our latest improvement is the new Microsoft gaming room, a space dedicated to Xbox and other Windows-based gaming products.…

News September 10, 2013

Technologist Tuesday-Football Tech Talk

1) Camera Technology: have you seen the techie fight scenes when two rivals are flying toward each other in slow motion and then the camera begins to circle around them? Well, thanks to Replay Technologies’ proprietary freeD technology, you’ll see this on the field. In fact, you may have already seen it in the 2012 Olympics, 2012 PGA Championship, and Yankee Games. If you’re a Cowboy fan or a fan of an…

Events News May 21, 2013

The Newest Generation of XBOX: The XBOX One

The new XBOX One is poised to take the gaming world by storm! Microsoft has just announced the newest generation of the XBOX gaming console titled, the XBOX One. First, let’s talk about the guts of the machine. It will have the following goodies: 8 Core CPU 8 GB System Memory 500 GB HDD Blu-ray Drive (finally!) 802.11n Wireless with Wi-Fi Direct HDMI In/Out USB 3.0 The look and design of the system itself…