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eingestellt : Friday, January 16, 2009

Because of your feedback over the years and your desire to get more direct information about Xbox, we’ve created a variety of vehicles to communicate directly with you and keep you informed of everything new for Xbox. We love hearing your praise - and we learn from your criticism! We also want to make it easier for everyone...
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Fallout Returns!

eingestellt : Tuesday, October 28, 2008

After a ten-year hiatus, Fallout 3 made its return to the PC today. I’d like to congratulate the folks over at Bethesda. After a decade, the bar was set pretty high, and they worked countless hours to make sure your expectations were exceeded. Personally, I think the execution of this classic PC franchise could not have...
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Help With Games for Windows Naming

eingestellt : Tuesday, September 09, 2008

When we announced that Games for Windows – LIVE was completely free, we also stated we’d be bringing a Marketplace with demos, trailers, and downloadable content to your Windows desktop through a stand-alone client piece of software. This software will start with new downloadable content, but expand and improve to provide a greater level of interactivity...
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Games for Windows -- LIVE is now FREE

eingestellt : Tuesday, July 22, 2008

I love getting achievements when I play games. I love having the same friends list shared between my PC games and my XBOX 360. And I love not having to pick games from a list of servers, but just having matchmaking that puts me into a game. And today, we made some announcements that are going to make that much more common in Windows games... Games for...
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The Big Picture Games for Windows Event

eingestellt : Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Tony and I headed out to San Francisco yesterday to get some video coverage of the Games for Windows "Big Picture" event at our home-away-from-home Dogpatch Studios. You have seen the press release and the letter from John Schappert by now, and I'm looking forward to getting my hands on the games. I was able to sneak a glimpse of Bionic Commando...
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LEGO Indiana Jones Exclusive Demo

eingestellt : Tuesday, May 13, 2008

The movie is fast approaching, and if you've been waiting for the game - the wait is over! Not only is LEGO Indy Games for Windows branded, but the Games for Windows website has an exclusive PC demo - go grab it now! The official scoop: Be the first to discover “LEGO® Indiana Jones™: The Original Adventures” with an exclusive demo on GamesForWindows.com...
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Specs, bugs, and rock and roll

eingestellt : Sunday, April 20, 2008

Sure, you'd expect to see the first two at a game software company, but the latter isn't quite as common. Still, geeks love a good party as much as the next person, and they're more than willing to play the part, so the first annual Windows Gaming employees' Rock Band tournament brought out the wildest -- and the weirdest -- in my colleagues. ...
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Gamerscore Blogcast - 052 - Achievements, and the Gamer Caste System

eingestellt : Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Tony was out sick, but the rest of us were here delivering thoughtful content. No that's not a joke. It's a little different than what we usually deliver to your ears, feedback wanted! MP3 File: 12.4 MB, 36 minutes AUDIO podcasts - available via the RSS feed, or the iTunes feedVIDEO podcasts - available via the RSS feed This week Nelson, Sara,...
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Games for Windows Featured at CES 2008

eingestellt : Monday, January 07, 2008

We're focusing our booth on Games for Windows, to highlight some of the great games that will be coming to the PC. It's been a great year for Games for Windows--we've made a lot of progress since last year. We went from two titles announced last year, to 60 this year! In fact, 20% of the games sold for the PC were Games For Windows...
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Microsoft Unveils New Titles and Powerful Momentum for Games for Windows

eingestellt : Monday, January 07, 2008

New titles added to the Games for Windows portfolio; Games for Windows initiative and MSN Games going strong. ...(read more)
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Heading to Vegas for CES 2008

eingestellt : Friday, January 04, 2008

Chris, Tony, and are heading to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show. We're looking forward to meeting up with as many of you as possible. If you're going to be there, stop by the Microsoft Press Tent to say hi, or leave us a comment or email. Tony tells me he might let you ride in his super swank limo. Tune in...
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Heroic Archetypes in Video Games

eingestellt : Thursday, January 03, 2008

While reading Brian Keene's Dead Sea (I recommend the book to fans of the Zombie genre) some of the characters in the book were discussing Joseph Campbell's heroic archetypes. For those of you who didn't know, George Lucas based the story of Star Wars around Campbell's ideas and archetypes. I did some research on the subject (that sounds so much...
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XNA 2.0 Released

eingestellt : Wednesday, December 12, 2007

XNA 2.0 has been officially released today! For those of you that don't know about XNA, it is the Microsoft developed tool set based on .NET that allows developers to spend less time doing mundane tasks and more time on creating their games. There are several things about this release which are exciting. First, XNA supports many LIVE features...
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Gamerscore Blogcast - 043 - PR and Game Review Scores

eingestellt : Tuesday, December 04, 2007

We are going to try and keep 4 people on the podcast - no more - no less. We will be calling on Wolf to update us on the land of Games for Windows each month, so Tony is sitting this one out. Wanted to crank this one out today since tomorrow is Day of the Ninja. MP3 File: 12.0 MB, 35 minutes AUDIO podcasts - available via the RSS feed, or the...
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Gears of War for Windows Title Update

eingestellt : Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Gamers who signed in to Gears of War for Windows after 12:30 PST today likely noticed that a new title update is available for the game. The update addresses the Games for Windows – LIVE update issue (which I posted about some time ago) as well as fixes some various performance issues. So if you were curious – there you go. Have fun!
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