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Ex-Age Of Empires Devs Working On Microsoft Strategy Game

Microsoft’s “Project S”, a secret strategy game that we uncovered earlier today, isn’t a Halo title. It is, however, being worked on by by former Age of Empires developers.


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Microsoft Seeks Testers For Secret ‘Project S’ Strategy Game

The people who publish Age of Empires and Halo Wars have a secret real-time strategy title in the works for Games For Windows Live, which Microsoft Games Studios is calling “Project S”. Other people are alpha testing it now.


June 9, 2010
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Games On Demand For Windows, Now With Less Painful Waiting

Microsoft is getting serious about on-demand Games For Windows, convincing publishers like Capcom, Rockstar, Ubisoft and others to bring their PC wares to Games on Demand “day-and-date” with their release in stores. There’s better news.


May 5, 2010
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Hunted: The Demon’s Forge Eyes-On

The head of Hunted: The Demon’s Forge developer, inXile Entertainment, doesn’t take comparisons of his dark dungeon crawler to Gears of War unkindly – even if you’re labelling it Spears of War and Gears of Warcraft.


A Brief New Look At Brink

Why the long faces? Because this is our only new look at Splash Damage’s first-person shooter Brink, a game that we would’ve had a brand new look at, were it not for one attention starved volcano.


May 4, 2010
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Consider This Further Notice: Game Room Back On Schedule

After a brief delay (and scary sounding update) in the flow of updates to Microsoft’s Game Room virtual arcade for Xbox 360 and Games For Windows, things appear to be officially hunky-dory.


March 26, 2010

Resource File Might Hint At Future Plans For Xbox Game Room

Someone picked apart the resource file for the Microsoft Game Room – the PC version of the Xbox Game Room that launched this week – and found a curious Star Wars image that doesn’t seem to fit anything.


February 26, 2010
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Holy Cheap PC Version, Batman: Arkham Asylum!

If you’ve manage to hold out this long on Batman: Arkham Asylum, you’ve made a financially wise decision. PC gamers can get Rocksteady’s fantastic Batman effort from Games For Windows On Demand for a pennies on the dollar.


February 11, 2010
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BioShock 2 PC’s Missing Gamepad Support Also Pissing People Off

The lack of true widescreen support in the recently released BioShock 2 isn’t the only shortcoming that has PC gamers steamed. The lack of gamepad support, including the Xbox 360 controller, isn’t sitting well with the typically keyboard-and-mouse loving crowd.


January 30, 2010
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No Mature Games Allowed In Xbox Game Room

One of the biggest potential stumbling points for the 360′s (and PC’s!) Game Room – having to secure an endless stream of ESRB ratings – has been solved in a fairly unique way by Microsoft.