Tag: 360

It wasn't really a secret that Microsoft had big-time gaming ambitions for WP7 -- the demo video above is from way back in March of this year. As hardware specs begin leaking and the release date approaches, it's time to make sure that someone is developing awesome games for the platform. Over at the Microsoft Careers site, there's a new job posting which makes it pretty clear that the ...

First instant messaging distracted us from our day to day work, now it's set to distract our gaming life too. Microsoft has announced that they will be integrating Windows Live Messenger on Xbox 360 consoles. This new addition allows users to chat straight from their televisions using Messenger. How will users type though? Well, Microsoft has developed a virtual keyboard on the Xbox 360 where ...

Russell Heimlich over at our sister blog DV Guru has a great article on Microsoft's step into the living room (beyond gaming) with their TV offering, which soundly beats Apple's actual delivery of their iTV device. We have all known for awhile that Microsoft was aiming for our living rooms with the sexy stylings of the Xbox 360 and the many media-streaming features it offers. Along with HD-DVD ...

Despite Microsoft's recent efforts to include parental controls in their products such as Windows, XBOX, and others, they say features alone are not enough. Microsoft is launching a campaign to help parents understand and take advantage of the features that exist in Microsoft products to protect their kids from unwanted content. The "Safety is no game" campaign aims to teach parents how to block ...

PRweb has a cheery article on a website of questionable practices, at least in my mind. The article states that the site gives gamers FREE unlimited access to games, software, albums, music, and movies to download to your XBOX 360. Take one look at the site and you'll see what I mean, it looks like a scam. A site whose URL starts with www.officialmoviedownloads.com doesn't look great to me. The ...

There's a rumor about that later today at the Game Developers Conference in San Jose Microsoft will announce the availability of a game development kit for the Xbox 360 that anybody may buy for $100. That would be fantastic news for small, independent developers who want to break into the console market, and I think it would make perfect business sense for Microsoft. But I'm not sure I believe it. ...