Xbox One allows gamers to pause, save and load games at any point

Microsoft has revealed that the Xbox One will allow gamers to pause and save their games at any time, and reload them at a later date, which is a Godsend for players who don’t want to have to wait to find a checkpoint if they want to leave the console for a period.

According to Microsoft’s Ben Kilgore, “One of things that we haven’t talked about is the way the saved game architecture works. It’s more like a phone a little bit. So you are not going to lose your save game stuff as you are switching between tasks.”

It is not intended as a save game - rather, it will allow gamers to simply take a break from the console and come back to the game where it left off.

The Xbox One also features a universal pause. Simply speaking “Xbox, pause” will freeze the Xbox One til the user states “Xbox, on.”

The PlayStation 4 will have a similar feature as well.