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During the firm’s keynote at GDC today, Microsoft revealed that its Zune portable music player was staking a claim in the handheld gaming space by being able to play games made using XNA Game Studio. XNA general manager Chris Satchell demonstrated the portability of code between Zune, Xbox 360 and …

During its GDC 2008 opening keynote, Microsoft has unveiled its answer to the often-speculated idea of ‘a gaming YouTube’, with a service called Xbox Live Community Games – and Microsoft has got the ball rolling by adding a number of new games to the service made by amateur developers from …

GDC08: Microsoft gets ball rolling on community games

Epic Game has revealed Gears of War 2 for the Xbox 360 at this year’s GDC. Cliff Bleszinski unveiled the game during Microsoft’s GDC keynote, after Tim Sweeny had demonstrated the significant improvements to the Unreal 3 engine earlier in the show. Bleszinski claimed that Gears of War 2 will …

GDC08 KEYNOTE: Satchell demos XNA game distribution service to hit Xbox Live

GDC08 KEYNOTE:Capps and Sweeney unveils what's next for popular game engine

GDC08 KEYNOTE: Microsoft finally shows hand in portable games space

GDC KEYNOTE: Keystone will let players generate in-game money

Fable 2's freshly-unveiled cooperative mode might seem like an attempt to ride the zeitgeist but, as we found out when we spoke to Lionhead chief Peter Molyneux earlier this week, it actually serves to unite the warring factions of casual and hardcore...

GDC08: New features in first-party 360 title will widen game appeal and increase sales, says famed designer