Posts Tagged Microsoft

  • E3 2009: Microsoft press conference review E3 2009: Microsoft press conference review

    This year sees E3 trying to return to its roots after a disastrous 2008 show.  One of the biggest parts of any E3 show is the console manufacturers’ press conferences.  They typically range from the epic (introduction of the Wii) to the horribly, horribly wrong (introduction of the PS...

  • The future of “touch” games

    Nintendo may catch lots of flack for bringing gaming to the casual market, but their methods have certainly not fallen on death ears.  While the DS was far from the first touch-screen device, it was one of the first mass-market commercial ones.  It has since been followed up by Apple's iP...

  • Microsoft hits reset button for some Gamerscores

    Cheating is a splendid thing.  It allows you to get ahead without any of the effort of those you hope to emulate.  No wonder so many people do it.  Microsoft, however, is not a fan. That's why as of Tuesday, Microsoft struck back (yes, the evil empire struck back).  Those who had been artific...

  • Ever wanted a real flight simulator in your bedroom?

    Sure, playing Ace Combat or Microsoft Flight Simulator is fun, but does either fully capture the reality of flying a plane? Hardly. Well, that is unless you add a $17,250 hardware setup along with Microsoft's software. That's exactly what HotSeat is offering with their Flight Sim Chasis. The s...

  • Microsoft Excel the next powerhouse graphics engine?

    This video is both remarkable and pointless. Did you know you can render 3D graphics in Microsoft Excel? Did you care? Probably not for both, but upon seeing you'll have a hard time arguing it isn't a little cool to make such a bland work tool actually do something fun. Now, where are the modd...

  • Microsoft and EA sign massive in-game advertising deal

    Ever so slowly, the two gigantic balls of clay meld into one. Soon, will anyone be able to tell where one ends and the next begins? If you're the type to freak out and cite 1984 when just about anything in business happens, it's probably time to get out your tin foil hat. Microsoft and Electronic...

  • Sony confirms Xbox 360 looking Blu-ray

    Almost immediately after the death of the HD-DVD format, rumors began to swirl that Microsoft would introduce a Blu-ray add-on drive for the Xbox 360. Microsoft itself had even hinted they might do as much if HD-DVD were ever to fail. Now, it seems something is actually coming of all those rumors....

  • Google to bring cloud computing to gaming?

    Rob Enderle over at TG Faily has a fairly interesting piece up about the potential future of Google in gaming. What, Google? Did you think Apple was the only computer company considering a move into gaming? According to Enderle, Google may very hold the future to gaming. Cloud computing, central...

  • Microsoft takes on Nintendo and Sony in portable market…sort of

    Almost since the launch of the original Xbox there have been rumors of an X-Boy or some other cleverly titles portable gaming system. While it seems that every major console manufacturer must eventually dive into the portable market only to be eventually rebuffed by Nintendo, the rumors have persis...

  • Toshiba to drop HD DVD support

    The Hollywood Reporter is stirring rumors that Toshiba will drop support for HD DVD in the coming weeks. If so, this will finally bring to an end the long format war which many feared could get longer. It will also be more good news for Sony. Ever since the format war began between HD DVD and Blu...

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