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.
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Xbox SmartGlass SDK now available to developers
Microsoft Surface re-introduced as a handheld tablet
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."
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Microsoft Xbox Surface predicted back in 2010
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?
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Microsoft Media Event hits at 3:30PM PST in Hollywood
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?
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Xbox Surface tablet latest wild Microsoft rumor
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.
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Microsoft invites press to “Major Announcement” for Monday
This morning the press has been invited to a Microsoft media event that will take place in Los Angeles on the 18th of this month – that being this Monday. This event is being announced with what Microsoft is making out to be a super-secret cover, allowing attendees only to know the name of the city it’ll be in until the morning-of, when the actual venue will be revealed. This event takes place just one week after Apple started their Worldwide Developers Conference off with a keynote that revealed both new hardware and new software for future systems.
Microsoft’s E3 2012 Xbox keynote video goes live
Microsoft didn't stint on news in its E3 2012 media briefing, with fresh content deals, game previews and Xbox SmartGlass on show among other things, and now you can re-watch the whole event. The near-2hr video runs through all of the new Xbox 360 game demos, including Halo 4 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, as well as outlining Microsoft's new multi-screen strategy.
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Microsoft extends $99 Xbox Kinect deal to Best Buy, GameStop
Microsoft is extending its $99 Xbox and Kinect bundle to Best Buy and GameStop stores. The deal first rolled out in early May exclusively on Microsoft's online store, allowing customers to get the console and motion controller at a deep discount if they sign up for a two-year Xbox LIVE Gold Membership subscription.
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Xbox SmartGlass official as second-screen feature
At this year's E3 convention, Microsoft revealed Xbox SmartGlass, a feature that will allow Xbox 360 users to view content on multiple devices at once. This feature will allow you to view a movie on a tablet then push it to a larger screen while the tablet continues to provide interesting content related to the movie you've pushed. This technology is not unheard of, groups like Qualcomm showing it off at CES 2012 with AllJoyn, but this iteration is based solely in the Microsoft world.
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Battlefield 3 premium online service tipped
If you liked the thought of playing Battlefield 3 online for free (Xbox Live Gold fees excluded), and you liked the notion that everyone you were playing against was on the same field as you, you might soon be kissing those memories goodbye. According to a leaked document found on Neogaf.com, the game will charge a fee for users who want early access to downloadable content and for priority access on servers.
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Xbox father blames Zune failure on blinkered music industry
Ex-Microsoft exec and shepherd of both Xbox and Zune, Robbie Bach, has admitted that the Zune PMP was a cavalcade of mistakes, though argues his entertainment division team did try to replicate its successful gaming strategy with its iPod rival. Speaking at a Northwest Entrepreneur Network event in Seattle, Geekwire reports, Bach described the Zune project as "probably universally viewed as less of a success" than Xbox, though denied that either had succeeded or failed because they were part of the Microsoft behemoth.
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$99 Xbox set to save gaming as we know it
News that Microsoft has plans in place to offer up the Xbox 360 with Kinect up for $99 with a subscription contract may well be the savior the console industry needs to keep active here in 2012. This industry has seen waning interest in the past few years as the mobile world ramps up with smartphone and tablet gaming, due in no small part to the seemingly inexpensive nature of the smartphone and the mobile data-connected tablet. Could an Xbox 360 that also costs next to nothing but will end up costing customers a bundle in the end with monthly fees help Microsoft take back the cake?
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