What is Valve Doing with Steamworks?
Valve is doing something different to most developers, that much is clear. The just-announced Steamworks developer suite is more evidence of it....
READ MORE >Valve: A New Type of Games Industry Entity
With the recent purchase of Turtle Rock Studios, Valve has added yet another point to its ever-growing list of categorizations: parent company....
READ MORE >"I actually think they've been like that ever since H-L1 was overhyped to the skies... but I'm ..."
see all 9 commentsCES 08: Microsoft Announces New Titles Under Games for Windows Banner
Amidst an already busy CES, Microsoft also announced nine new titles set for Games for Windows branding, to be released in 2008. Alone in the...
READ MORE >"No they aren't. Bungie for one have no intention of releasing Halo 3 for any other platform."
see all 13 commentsXNA Game Studio 2.0 Allows Online Live Multiplayer; New Dream-Build-Play Contest Announced
Microsoft has announced the release of the latest version of its XNA Game Studio suite, which allows enthusiast-level developers to create Xbox 360...
READ MORE >"ugh this is pissing me off... I'm trying to install it but it says i need SP1 for Visual Studio ..."
see all 13 commentsPeter Moore Leaves Microsoft to Lead EA Sports, Ex-EA Exec Mattrick to Join Microsoft (Updated)
Update: An SEC filing from Electronic Arts today revealed Peter Moore's salary at his upcoming position to be $550,000 per year, with a potential...
READ MORE >"They totally canned him. That whole oops-that's-going-to-cost-$1B isn't a bright spot on the ol' ..."
see all 85 commentsUniverse at War to Support PC to Xbox 360 Play
Petroglyph's upcoming real-time strategy game Universe at War: Earth Assault will support cross-platform multiplayer gaming between Xbox 360 and...
READ MORE >"This might be interesting. If nothing else, it'll be a decent proving ground of what's allowed ..."
see all 17 commentsShadowrun Q&A
Shadowrun Post-Launch Interview on FiringSquad chats with FASA Studios manager Mitch Gitelman about the newly released PC / Xbox 360 multiplayer...
READ MORE >"The man runs a never ending line of bs, and none of it even remotely convincing if you have the ..."
see all 21 commentsMicrosoft Game Studios' Shane Kim
During Microsoft's San Francisco launch party for the Halo 3 "Friends & Family" beta test, I was able to sit down with Shane Kim, corporate VP of...
READ MORE >Xbox to Turn First Profit in 2008
Microsoft Entertainment and Devices president Robbie Bach (pictured left) has revealed that the company should see its first Xbox-related profit in...
READ MORE >"that won't happen b/c if people had to pay the real price of a console (ignoring what nintendo), ..."
see all 19 commentsLate Night Consoling
Super Stardust HD, Snakeball announced for PSN [ps3] Sony-sponsored blog Three Speech has announced that the PS3's PlayStation Network will be...
READ MORE >"super stardust hah cool i remember when i first played that on my amiga, the graphics kicked ..."
see all 23 commentsPC Gaming Looks to Rebound in 2007
With sales increasing and growing support from the development community, PC gaming may at long last be on the rise, The New York Times reports....
READ MORE >"A bit more commentary: OK, I'm behind the technology curve in the World of Consoles. OK. Shoot ..."
see all 43 commentsGames For Windows Live Q&A
There's a Games For Windows Live Q&A on 1UP, asking Microsoft's Peter Moore and J.J. Richards why PC gamers would possibly want to pay for this...
READ MORE >"I have very mixed feelings about this. On one hand this will standardize the server browsers, ..."
see all 8 commentsGames For Windows - Live Preview
The MGS_HiredGun blog on IGN has been updated, taking a look at Games for Windows -- Live which is being used by the Halo 2 Vista port. The...
READ MORE >Games For Windows Writeup
There's a Games for Windows event writeup on Voodoo Extreme, offering impressions of Crysis, World In Conflict, Age of Conan, Shadowrun and Halo 2.
READ MORE >Games For Windows Q&As
Gamasutra and Next Generation both have interviews with Microsoft folks, asking them about the Games For Windows Live platform (story).
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