Microsoft hops games from PCs to smartphones
By Barry Collins
Posted on 8 Mar 2010 at 07:15
Gamers will soon be able to put down a game on their PC and pick up where they left off on their smartphone, according to Microsoft.
As part of a demonstration at TechEd Middle East, Microsoft demonstrated games that are transferable between PCs, Xbox consoles and Windows Phone 7 Series smartphones.
The system maintains the gaming session from device to device, allowing gamers to finish off a game they started on their PC using their smartphone on the way to work, for instance.
As you might expect, the demonstration game was hardly Modern Warfare 2. Instead, Microsoft showed off a basic Indiana Jones-style platform game, of the ilk commonly found on mid-90s consoles. Nevertheless, it raises the possibility that games served via Microsoft's Xbox Live service will be playable across multiple devices.
Windows Phone 7 Series is due to be released at the end of this year.
From around the web
It is also the simpler...
games which have the biggest draw.
There are lots more casual gamers, who play small games with little or no graphic power needed, which are suitable for this sort of cross-over.
By big_D on 8 Mar 2010 
It's about time Microsoft spent some time converging their platforms.
They have Windows phone, Zune, XBox, Windows, Media Center and home server in the consumer place and I swear sometimes the development teams have never spoken to any one of the others before.
Sometimes It defies common sense to the point of being laughable.
By JStairmand on 8 Mar 2010
It's all very well tilting the device to move left and right if the bus he is on is stationary! There are lots of games I try and play on my iPod that force the use of tilt controls that I just can't play on public transport!
By JamieC on 12 Mar 2010
advertisement
- Chrome's shine getting lost in translation
- BytePac: the cardboard hard disk enclosure
- How tech loosens our grip on reality
- Hokum watch: Safer Internet Day
- Why I'm deleting Adobe from my PC
- Prepare to be patronised: it's Safer Internet Day
- Dear Sony, Samsung and every other tech company in the world: stop trying to be Apple
- Will Apple's Final Cut Pro X update placate the pros?
- Smartr Contacts for iPhone review
- Switching to Office 365's Outlook Web App
- How to make Google AdWords work for your business
- The curse of sloppily written software
- Paying for your crimes with Bitcoin
- Behind the scenes: tech support for Formula 1
- The security risk of fat fingers
- Why Windows Phone 7 isn't quite ready for business
- When will Microsoft stop fiddling with Windows 8?
- Flash down the pan?
- Metro Style apps vs desktop applications
- Coping with Facebook changes
advertisement
Printed from www.pcpro.co.uk