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Why Microsoft Should Acquire A Major Game Publisher

, Jul 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

Microsoft’s success in the gaming market has been nothing short of astounding. From starting out as a company with little knowledge about how the market works to becoming the leading console maker for over a year, Microsoft has cemented itself as a major player.

However, the one thing the company is missing right now is a deep first-party game lineup. 343 Industries will undoubtedly help with the Halo 4 launch, and every now and then, something good comes out of Microsoft Game Studios, but I think it’s about time the software giant acquires a major publisher.

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Microsoft patent hints at scalable console

, Jul 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

The idea of a console that could be upgrade over time isn’t new, but Microsoft has filed a patent for that very concept. The company applied for the patent back in December 2010, which details a console that could “satisfy quality of service guarantees for multimedia applications such as game applications while allowing platform resources, hardware resources in particular, to scale up or down over time.” Read The Full Story

Xbox Kinect PlayFit launches today in the US

, Jul 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

Many may have thought that the Wii Fit was a silly idea, but that didn’t stop it making ridiculous amounts of money for Nintendo. Why not apply the same principle to the Kinect? Kinect PlayFit has been officially revealed today, and will be made available as a free download for any Xbox Live members in the US. PlayFit will be making its way outside the US too, although international gamers will have to wait until next week. Read The Full Story

Xbox LIVE is down for everybody, not just you

, Jul 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

For a little over an hour now here in the first half of the day on July 6th, 2012, Microsoft's Xbox LIVE network has been down and out. This problem appears at the moment to be regional, this meaning you very well could be accessing the network provided you're in the right city, but as it stands, quite a bit of the network is down completely for prospective users. Xbox Support member Khoa (aka KN) has let the Twitterverse know that they are "actively investigating" the cause for the downtime and are planning on having it back up soon. Read The Full Story

Xbox 8 (Infinity) set for 360 replacement

, Jul 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

This week a collection of domain names have been transferred from Chinese cybersquatter (not as dirty as it sounds) to Microsoft, one of them being not Xbox720, but Xbox8.com. This domain name could very well represent the 8th Xbox in the very distant future, but more likely it's got to do with either the infinity sign or the imminent release of Windows 8 - made ready and willing to work with the Xbox in a massive amount of ways, most of them involving content sharing. Read The Full Story

Microsoft plans Xbox Music to rival iTunes, Spotify

, Jun 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Microsoft is reportedly planning to make a big push in its music service to rival that of Apple's iTunes as well as popular music streaming service Spotify. According to Bloomberg, citing inside sources, the new Xbox Music will combine the best features of both rival services so that customers can purchase songs and sign up for music streaming. Read The Full Story

Xbox Kinect $99 deal starts today

, Jun 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week you'll be able to head down to your favorite GameStop or Best Buy location and pick yourself up an Xbox with a Kinect for just $99 USD. THere's a catch, of course, in that you've got to sign up for two years of Xbox LIVE Gold, that costing you an additional $14.99 USD a month. THe cost of the beast you're buying from one of the two stores listed this week will over the course of the contract end up costing you $99 + $360, a price that's quite a bit more than your everyday average $299 for the package with no contract. Read The Full Story

Xbox SmartGlass SDK now available to developers

, Jun 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

Microsoft’s SmartGlass aims to use your smartphone or tablet as a second screen in the Xbox 360 gaming experience, and the company has now released the SDK that will allow developers to build the functionality into their games. The SDK is now available on the Game Developer Network for registered partners, and Microsoft is including a SmartGlass JavaScript library, an Xbox SmartGlass Studio, as well as a demo application. Read The Full Story

Microsoft Surface re-introduced as a handheld tablet

, Jun 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week Microsoft has re-introduced their own creation as a smaller version of itself: Microsoft Surface in the form of a handheld tablet. It was Steve Ballmer himself that came onstage at the start of this event, beginning his talk with a bit of a teaser with "cloud computing and entertainment" and ending up letting us know the big bang right from the start: "and in all that we've done, Windows is the heart and soul." Ballmer let the audience know that Windows in all powers 1 billion computers (and more, we must assume) across the earth, and that "Windows 8 re-imagines the product." Read The Full Story

Microsoft Xbox Surface predicted back in 2010

, Jun 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you've got a rather good memory and do truly believe that the engineers who create devices like the Xbox and the operating system Windows are that good, it does appear likely that Microsoft leaked today's Special Event secret back in 2010. Back then a fellow by the name of Bill Buxton, Microsoft's then Principal Researcher, spoke about how the Microsoft Surface, which had been in the works since 2007, was going to get a whole lot smaller rather quickly, or as he said it: "I believe you will see [a cost-effective Microsoft Surface in people's living rooms] in three years." This combined with the leaked "Xbox Surface" document we saw earlier makes a rather enticing case, wouldn't you say? Read The Full Story

Microsoft Media Event hits at 3:30PM PST in Hollywood

, Jun 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

This morning the folks at Microsoft are releasing the details for the special media event that will take place tonight revealing no less than a spectacular surprise the likes of which we've not yet heard, but certainly have been tipped off about. This Microsoft event will be taking place at Milk Studios in Hollywood, California tonight at 3:30 PST and one main presentation will be made for a bit of an after-event with eyes-on action will take place afterward. What could Microsoft possibly have in store for us on this fine Summer afternoon? Read The Full Story

Xbox Surface tablet latest wild Microsoft rumor

, Jun 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

With B&N out of the picture, speculation about Microsoft's launch today turns to Xbox integration, with sources claiming that the company's Surface multitouch table will share its DNA with a game-centric slate. The so-called Microsoft Xbox Surface tablet will, according to purportedly leaked specifications from Shifted2u, have a 7-inch 1280 x 720 multitouch display and connect wirelessly to a "stationary computing device" base station with twin 3.1GHz IBM processors, a custom 28nm AMD GPU and 250GB of speedy storage. Read The Full Story
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