Microsoft testing Xbox poker title

When Microsoft chose to cancel pioneering online game show 1 vs 100 earlier this year it promised that it would be applying the lessons it had learnt to a future project – and now we have an idea of what exactly that it likely to be.

An invitation sent by Microsoft Game Studios to a number of Xbox Live users names new title Full House Poker. Kotaku reports that the game will allow thousands” of players to compete simultaneously in an effort to win experience points and chips.

It will support Xbox avatars and keep track of player’s overall progress between game sessions.

Nothing else is known as of yet.

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