Xbox SmartGlass promises Halo Waypoint, HBO Go support within a few months
Microsoft has detailed the games and apps that will utilize SmartGlass support within a few months of its impending launch.
READ MORE >Xbox Music starts streaming tomorrow
Xbox Music will launch tomorrow on the Xbox 360, and October 26 on Windows 8, Microsoft has announced. The Music Pass, which will let you play unlimited music from its library, will cost $9.99.
READ MORE >"Just got an e-mail from them saying Zune software will work fine with xbox music and vice versa. ..."
see all 21 commentsNotch refuses to help certify Minecraft for Windows 8
Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson says he refused to help Microsoft certify Minecraft for Windows 8, saying he'd rather not have it run on the new OS at all.
READ MORE >"Notch is entitled to his opinion, but it's fucking annoying how the gaming community puts him on ..."
see all 110 commentsFirst Xbox Live games for Windows 8 revealed
Microsoft has revealed the first set of Xbox Live games that will be coming to Windows 8, some coming as early as October 26.
READ MORE >"So this replaces GFWL right? GFWL already took note of achievements and score and applied them ..."
see all 15 commentsWindows RT to support Unreal Engine 3
Unreal Engine 3 continues to expand its reach to new devices. Epic Games has announced that the ubiquitous multiplatform engine will be available on Windows RT when it launches later this year.
READ MORE >"I don't think this is true, you can deal with native code (c/c++) without having to deal with ..."
see all 14 commentsMinesweeper, Solitaire to get Achievements with Windows 8
Achievements are apparently coming to Windows 8's OS-standard games: Minesweeper, Solitaire, and Majong.
READ MORE >"Thanks! Now if only I could get achivements for clicking start and when my pc crashes! Microsoft ..."
see all 21 commentsCarmack: Nothing exciting about Windows 8
Microsoft may be excited about Windows 8, but id's John Carmack says he is there is nothing he is looking forward to in the new operating system.
READ MORE >"I should've just lol'd your original reply and moved on apparently"
see all 147 comments'Windows 8 is kind of a catastrophe,' Valve boss says
Valve head Gabe Newell is not a fan of Windows 8. "I think that Windows 8 is kind of a catastrophe for everybody in the PC space."
READ MORE >"You should try Linux Mint. It's Ubuntu with an interface designed to be as similar to Windows as ..."
see all 198 commentsWindows 8 launches October 26
Just when you'd gotten nice and cosy with Windows 7, certainly the finest version of the operating system in many a year, Windows 8 swaggers in, clad in a shiny but questionable new interface. Microsoft announced yesterday that it'll launch on October 26.
READ MORE >"the first thing what I will do if I even install win8 on a test partition is: - disable metro ..."
see all 37 commentsXbox Live coming to Windows 8
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 8 will included Xbox Live functionality.
READ MORE >"it would be cool if it would mean you could play your x360 games on pc."
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"Please. This is the dumbest thing MS has done since the Kinect. I wonder when they will collapse ..."
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