Posts Tagged ‘ windows phone ’

So, what about Windows 8 on the next Xbox?

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I'm about to discuss an idea currently couched in fantasy, but one that's probably occurred to more than one Windows, Xbox, or Windows Phone user already. The cards seem laid out. The coincidences and similarities seem too great to ignore. Also, there's this: we're talking about one company, Microsoft, and its products. Here we...

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Xbox Live available in new Windows 8 preview

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Microsoft has launched a Consumer Preview build of its new Windows 8 operating system, which includes Xbox Live functionality. Xbox Live for Windows 8 allows you to access the Games Marketplace to buy and browse Xbox 360 and Windows Phone 7 titles. Video and music are also available to purchase and download to your...

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Microsoft eyeing Xbox LIVE gaming on iOS and Android

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Microsoft is looking to extend Xbox LIVE to iOS and potentially Android and other platforms, according to a new job listing at the company, extending the company’s gaming reach beyond its current Windows Phone focus. The posting, spotted by LiveSide, calls for a software development engineer to ”define, design and implement Xbox LIVE mobile...

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Yes, Microsoft Will Bring Xbox Live Games To iPhone and Android

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In a blow to Windows Phone 7, Microsoft will soon build apps that let iOS and Android users play its wildly popular Xbox Live games, a developer familiar with Microsoft’s plans confirmed today. (more…)

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Windows Phone getting four fresh Xbox Live gaming titles, optimized for Mango

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It looks like our friends over at Microsoft have outed a quartet of new Xbox Live games that will be delivered to the Windows Phone Marketplace in the not-too-distant future. Being billed as “optimized for the newest Windows Phone 7.5,” the aforementioned — and somewhat familiar — titles include: Age of Zombies by Halfbrick,...

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Windows Phone 7.5 Mango gets new Xbox Live games for 2012

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Microsoft has revealed new Xbox Live game titles for its Windows Phone 7.5 Mango platform. The complete list of games is posted on the Windows Phone 7.5 Games web page, most of which the company had revealed before. But since the New Year, Microsoft has added four new titles that should have mobile gamers...

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APP OF THE DAY: My Xbox LIVE – CIO.de – CIO.de

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If you have an Xbox 360, then you will also have access to the console’s online network, Xbox Live. Having been limited to Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform up … (more here…)

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Microsoft Offering $25 ‘Apps Card’ for New Windows Phone Purchases

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Microsoft said Friday that it will give customers who purchase a Windows Phone a free $25 “prepaid app card” to buy Windows Phone apps and Xbox games. (read on…)

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Official Xbox LIVE App Hits iPhone and iPad

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Considering Microsoft has their own mobile operating system they have been trying to draw a customer base toward (Windows Phone 7), I never really expected this to happen — but it finally has. Xbox LIVE users can now access and edit their account on the go with the new My Xbox LIVE app for...

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Microsoft Releases Xbox Live App for iPhone and iPad

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With the release of My Xbox Live for iOS, Microsoft finally brings a little bit of Live to a platform other than Windows Phone 7. (more…)

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