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This Game Will Take Cross-Platform To A Whole New Level
It was only recently that I learned how cool it can be to have a game work on multiple platforms. Playing Metal Gear HD Collection on both Vita and PS3 is remarkably cool, and points to a future where we can fit games more easily into our everyday lives.
Portal, Microsoft Flight Sim Touchscreen Controlled With Surface
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Can touchscreen controls ever replace – or even closely match – control input from a gamepad or keyboard and mouse? This demonstration of Valve’s Portal and Microsoft Flight Simulator played on Microsoft’s experimental Surface platform offers hope that it might.
Real People Play The Highest-Tech Catan Board Game You’ve Ever Seen
Back in July, our Luke Plunkett wrote about the high-tech future of board games. Then we saw a canned demo of classic game Catan on Microsoft’s surface. Now, watch real people play, as seen at PAX 2010.
Playing (Casual) Games On Microsoft’s Surface
They weren’t exactly impressive, but the Microsoft Surface tables set up at CES did have games running on them. Too bad they all seemed like the sort you’d find on an iPhone and not a $US10,000 interactive computer thingie.
Dubai Airport Getting Microsoft E-Zone
The Dubai bubble might have burst, but don’t tell Microsoft. The company is rolling out an Xbox 360 corner of Dubai International Airport’s Terminal 3 Emirates Business Lounge.




















