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Past 12 months an 'incredibly exciting year' for game engine developer
Read More »Unity Focus: 2009 – The Year of Unity
A look over the engine's past 12 months
Read More »Xbox Live coming to Windows Mobile
Microsoft is planning to ramp up its mobile gaming activities, tying Windows Mobile into its Xbox Live community. At least, that’s what it says it’s doing in a job advert for a Principal Program Manager – Live Engagement Job, which was uncovered by MobileTechWorld: "We’re connecting players via the Live …
Read More »Games on demand arrives on GFWL
Having bought full-game digital distribution to Xbox 360 earlier this year, Microsoft has now gone live with its games on demand service for PC platform Games for Windows Live. The launch line-up includes Codemasters’ Colin McRae Dirt 2, Bethesda’s Fallout 3, Eidos’ Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, THQ’s Red Faction: …
Read More »Games for Windows introduces Games-On-Demand
Microsoft is to introduce games-on-demand as part of the Games for Windows Live service, mirroring the introduction of a similar retail portal on Xbox Live earlier this year. Titles confirmed for launch include Capcom’s Resident Evil 5, THQ’s Red Faction Guerrilla, Eidos’ Battlestations: Pacific as well as some indie offerings …
Read More »More Natal dev details revealed in February
Gamesfest conferences to feature special focus on new Microsoft peripheral
Read More »Microsoft reconfirms Gamefest return in 2010
And now USA, UK and Japan will get Xbox 360 and Windows dev conferences in spring
Read More »Windows 7 to advance PC gaming
Windows 7 will be the PC gaming platform of choice, Microsoft has told MCV. The firm is confident that a host of new technological upgrades – which includes DirectX 11 and multi-touch screens – will finally give consumers a reason to upgrade to a new operating system. We believe Windows …
Read More »Games For Windows Live 3.0 arrives
Microsoft has released the newest edition of its online PC service, Games for Windows Live. The most significant addition to Microsoft’s new platform is how users can access the Marketplace in the middle of a game. The Xbox 360 manufacturer says that when players buy an item from the …
Read More »Google takes on MS with open-source OS
First of all it took control of the browser market. Then Google attempted to become a software provider with apps like Gmail, Google Docs and Google Maps. Next came its bold new mobile OS but nothing to date compares to Google’s recently unveiled next move – the Windows-rivalling Google Chrome …
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