Gaming’s top 25 public companies generated $54.1B in revenue last year
Nearly every gaming sector has a representative in the top 10 publicly traded companies except for Web-based social apps.
Phil Harrison is using top-secret Microsoft tech at his new startup
Harrison says he is collaborating with Microsoft and Xbox boss Phil Spencer on something new at his own company.
Microsoft Research shows off Handpose, an amazing real-time hand-tracking system
Thanks to the Kinect, Microsoft is well known for its expertise in developing motion-sensing systems. While the technology has improved over the years, tracking human hands still has a long way to go. Enter Microsoft Research’s Handpose.
Visual Studio update makes it easier to build games with Unity, Unreal, and Cocos2D engines
Microsoft will surface more information about those game engines in Visual Studios as well.
March 2015 NPD: PS4 beats Xbox One; Battlefield, Bloodborne lead sluggish March game sales
The industry shrunk in March despite the launch of anticipated new games.
Halo: Spartan Strike launches on iOS, Windows, and Windows Phone — with no microtransactions
343 Industries and Vanguard Games launched top-down shooter Halo: Spartan Strike on multiple platforms today. With 343 Industries being a Microsoft subsidiary, of course Microsoft’s platforms are supported, including Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.
Microsoft heeds environmentalists’ criticism, improves Xbox One’s power options
Microsoft is listening, and it is willing to make changes.
Xbox Live is down on Xbox 360 (update: not anymore)
You may run into some problems playing games on Xbox 360 this afternoon.
Zynga’s head of game studios quietly left before CEO change from Mattrick to Pincus
Former Xbox Live exec left in March. Two new data experts have also joined Zynga.
Microsoft slashes one-year of Office 365 Home, Xbox Live Gold, Xbox Music Pass, and Skype Unlimited to $149
Microsoft's subscription deal just got even better.