"Windows Phone 7 isn't just Microsoft's attempt to compete against Apple's iPhone. It's also the introduction of the first portable Xbox platform. During GDC today, we talked to Xbox Live GM Ron Pessner and XNA Game Studio manager Michael Klucher about how games integrate into the mobile platform and what gamers and developers can expect in the future." If you're intereste...

Chillingo has recently announced Crystal, its social gaming platform for the iPhone, which provides developers with a “fully integrated and transparent framework to include social features in their games.” The free for everyone platform, Chillingo sees it as iPhone’s answer to Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)’s Xbox Live. In that sense, it will enable players to create their

Found under: Windows Phone 7, Windows, Xbox 360, Gaming, One of the most important features of upcoming Windows Phone 7 phones will be gaming and Microsoft is well aware of that. Its direct competition Apple already has two devices that are used for gaming a lot the iPhone and the iPod touch so Microsofts mission is not that easy. But it looks like Microsoft is taking the job pretty seriously and ...

Microsoft has gone further into the details of Xbox on its Windows Phone 7 Series platform, and the way that its popular gaming service will be tied into its mobile OS. Joe Belfiore – the vice president of Windows Phone – was the man who showed off the details of the Windows 7 and he saved the Xbox integration until last. Windows Phone 7 Series handsets will have premium games and will...

Namco Bandais incredibly popular Xbox Live Arcade game Pac-Man Championship Edition has long been rumored as a prospective iPhone and iPod Touch title, but the company has stayed remarkably quiet about the subject. It broke its silence this week however, confirming that the game will be available in the App Store this Thursday. Featuring all of

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told Gizmodo in an interview today that the Xbox 360 gaming console will finally get a Blu-ray add-on, though he didn't say when it will arrive or how much it will cost. He backtracked a bit to a "no comment" when Gizmodo pried for more information. Yesterday we found out that Bing will offer live search of public Facebook status updates. Now we have a vague time f...

We already got a look at Microsoft's little XNA show-and-tell as relates to Windows Phone 7 Series, but our colleague Andrew Yoon over at Joystiq had a chance for longer sit-down with Xbox Live general manager Ron Pessner and XNA Game Studio manager Michael Klucher at GDC today, and he's been kind enough to share the interview with us. The main topic of conversation was the company'...

You are probably aware that one of the big things with Windows Phone 7 is integration with the Xbox gaming platform, and while at GDC, joystiq managed to grab hold of Ron Pessner, the general manager of Xbox Live and Michael Klucher the XNA Game Studio manager. The guys then set about interviewing the two on

Chillingo announces Crystal - the social gaming platform for the iPhone at Develop Conference in Brighton today. Crystal will embrace the powerful features of the new iPhone OS 3.0 and provide developers with a fully integrated and transparent framework to include social features in their games. Crystal is iPhone’s answer to Microsoft’s Xbox Live. Crystal will be free for everyone. It ...

Close to the 30-year birthday in 2010 of the PAC-MAN, the latest PAC-MAN hit "dot-chompin" iPhone, iPod touch and mobile in PAC-MAN Championship Edition, from NAMCO. Legendary game creator, Toru Iwatani, the mastermind behind the original PAC-MAN game, helped design PAC-MAN Championship Edition for its original release on Xbox Live Arcade. Namco has replicated this experience, bringing detailed gr...