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Fans of Tiny Tower and the Death Star are in for a treat. Disney has revealed its first shot at a Star Wars game having acquired the intergalactic license earlier this year. Developed by Tiny Tower maker NimbleBit comes Tiny Death Star. Similar to Star Wars’ fellow spin-off of the …
Read More »Microsoft ‘lost its way’ with PC game support
Computing giant aims to have first-party studios developing across all Microsoft devices in future
Read More »Corona SDK coming to Windows Phone in 2014
Support for mobile SDK extended to Microsoft’s mobile and tablet platforms
Read More »Microsoft boasts record first quarter despite gaming losses
$15 million loss now expected to yield 35-40 percent gain next year with Xbox One launch
Read More »Windows 8.1 glitch bricking RT devices
Update has been pulled, but one helpful RT user has created a workaround for those with crippled tablets
Read More »Microsoft lifts Xbox Live Gold restrictions for free-to-play title
Project Spark to be accessible to all Live users on Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC
Read More »Microsoft to replace Ballmer by year’s end
Executives from eBay, Ford and Nokia in the running to succeed departing CEO
Read More »Creative England and Microsoft debut Greenshoots funding programme
£250,000 pool to be divided between ten up-and-coming studios
Read More »The next stage for Halo
There was a time when you’d have been forgiven for thinking Halo had passed its peak. The Xbox super-brand, which made Microsoft a global player in games, never got that oft-mooted Hollywood movie. Neither Halo: ODST (2009) or Halo: Reach (2010) managed to top the sales of Halo 3 (2007). …
Read More »Five tips for creating Windows 8 apps
Intel Developer Blog: Softtalkblog offers advice on how to be successful on Microsoft's OS
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