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Global tech giant Microsoft is to pay a record 178m ($290m) issued by the US Supreme Court for infringing a patent. Canadian company i4i originally sued Microsoft in 2007 after discovering PC word processor program Word had infringed a patent relating to text manipulation software. Despite several appeals, the judges …
Read More »Windows 8 embraces Xbox Live
Microsoft is to include the firm’s Xbox Live gaming platform in the upcoming Windows 8 according to a Seattle Times report. Microsoft interactive entertainment marketing chief Mike Delman told the Seattle Times in an interview that Xbox Live will be "built into the PC" and that online service will be …
Read More »E3 2011 – All the news
Over 100 news articles covering all the twists and turns at this year's expo
Read More »Bleszinski: You have to work with hackers
E3 2011: Epic Gamesâ?? design director encourages industry to embrace the hacking community
Read More »MS denies Alan Wake 2 green lighting
Phil Spencer has said that Microsoft have not greenlit a sequel to Remedy Entertainment’s Alan Wake, following claims by the latter studio that work was underway on a new franchise title.Speaking to Joystiq at E3, the Microsoft Studios corporate vice president talked down the sales impact of the original game, …
Read More »Kinect to feature in all MS Xbox games
Microsoft has for the first time said that it envisages a time when every firth party game produced for Xbox 360 will incorporate some level of Kinect functionality. "It’s not a mandate that everything we do in first-party has to support Kinect right now," Microsoft Game Studios’ boss Phil Spencer …
Read More »Microsoft: All our game studios should use Kinect
Some Kinect features 'make everything better in games', says Phil Spencer
Read More »Microsoft: We haven’t greenlit a new Alan Wake
E3 2011: Phil Spencer dampens expectations for Remedy horror sequel
Read More »E3 2011: Gears 3 gets LE controller
Epic’s Xbox 360 only Gears of War 3 is to get a dedicated Limited Edition Xbox 360 controller, Microsoft has revealed. Designed jointly by Microsoft and Epic, the pad will boast Gears themed styling and will include the transforming d-pad found in recent limited editions. Also included in the SKU …
Read More »E3 2011: Mass Effect voice control is 360-only
The voice commands featured in Mass Effect 3 will only be available on the Xbox 360 version. BioWare’s Casey Hudson, executive producer of Mass Effect, has said that BioWare is only bringing voice commands to Kinect because the device’s internal hardware is handling the voice recognition, according to Kotaku. He …
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