Telephone gaming gets hotter still
What we are currently seeing with mobile telephones is the fastest and biggest ever change in video gaming. Developments are almost daily as the competitive war between handset providers power […]
Crystal ball
Halo MMO: 300,000 simultaneous players?
The rumour mills are running hot after Microsoft put the following in a job advertisement: “And that’s not all, Microsoft is currently building a backend capable of hosting a 300,000 […]
Will this beat World of Warcraft?
One of the effects of capitalism is that competition drives prices down. Hence globalisation enables us to buy far more stuff with our money than ever before. And where something […]
Smelly games coming soon?
Human beings evolved as hunter gatherers in the African Savannah (unless you are one of those who think we were created by magic). Video games exist inside the electronics of […]
Microsoft patents “magic wand” gesture controller
In a speech earlier this month Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, said: “Pay attention to the stuff we’re announcing in the next month on Xbox”. So we have it from […]
I have seen the future of gaming and it is 3D
Last night at the IGDA meeting in Leamington Spa I saw a presentation and then a demonstration of 3D gaming from Andrew Oliver and Aaron Allport of Blitz games. Most […]
Inside Microsoft’s future home
Screens and user interfaces absolutely everywhere. Technology gets every cheaper which is good because it would cost a fortune to implement this sort of stuff. One thing is for sure, […]