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BID0 wrote:haven't we got that Assassins Creed already? I recognise the cover.
more heat than light wrote:twitter.com/majornelson/status/956558140690108417
S'alright.
rinks wrote:Nice to have Split/Second on BC. Is the 360 version of Crazy Taxi the one without the original soundtrack? Can't play it without Offspring's yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.
Peter Crisp wrote:rinks wrote:Nice to have Split/Second on BC. Is the 360 version of Crazy Taxi the one without the original soundtrack? Can't play it without Offspring's yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.
I think they also took out a lot of the ingame advertising which helped give the game a certain look. It just didn't play the same without them for some reason.
rinks wrote:Nice to have Split/Second on BC. Is the 360 version of Crazy Taxi the one without the original soundtrack? Can't play it without Offspring's yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.
Death's Head wrote:If anyone is interested, the Doom download is a rather ridiculous £3.39 at Amazon.
Some of the names being thrown around as possible acquisitions by Microsoft are, frankly, astounding, even unthinkable. But the fact that they are doing the rounds is instructive. The most recent one we heard (from a reliable source close to Microsoft) was, in fact, Electronic Arts. We also heard a whisper about Valve and about Korean outfit PUBG Corp., which Microsoft last year signed to a timed exclusive for its hit survival shooter, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds.
“Because of where we are in the lifecycle of all these things, I’m expecting to hear Microsoft announce something very, very shortly,” said van Dreunen.
Photek wrote:If MS bought EA I’d eat my own balls!
Microsoft acquires PlayFab, accelerating game development innovation in the cloud
Today, I am pleased to welcome PlayFab to the Microsoft family. PlayFab is a complete backend platform provider of services to build, launch and grow cloud-connected games. PlayFab’s tools are designed to be used by game developers across all platforms (mobile, PC and console). This acquisition extends the investments and work we’ve done on Microsoft Azure to provide a world-class cloud platform for the gaming industry.
As Satya Nadella noted in our annual shareholders meeting, “We’re mobilizing to pursue our extensive opportunity in a 100-plus-billion gaming market. This means broadening our approach to how we think about gaming end to end, about starting with games and how they’re creating and distributed, and how they’re played and viewed.”
Over 1 billion people play games, fueling a thriving industry whose ecosystem is evolving and growing quickly. Many industries are moving to the intelligent cloud, and this trend is true in gaming as well. This means an increasing number of developers are looking to create connected games for mobile, PC and console devices that have a significant emphasis on post-launch operations. However, the cost and complexity of achieving this through custom-built, server-side tools and technologies is high, and PlayFab offers developers a compelling model that scales naturally with their games’ players.
PlayFab’s backend services reduce the barriers to launch for game developers, offering both large and small studios cost-effective development solutions that scale with their games and help them engage, retain and monetize players. PlayFab enables developers to use the intelligent cloud to build and operate games, analyze gaming data and improve overall gaming experiences.
The PlayFab platform is a natural complement to Azure for gaming (Visit azure.com/gaming for more info). Azure, with locations in 42 regions worldwide, provides world-class server infrastructure, allowing creators to focus on building great games with best-available global reach. For gamers, this leads to a higher, faster degree of innovation and better experiences.
Incorporating PlayFab’s experience, growing network of game developers and powerful gaming-as-a-service platform into our product offering is an important step forward for gaming at Microsoft. PlayFab has served more than 700 million gamers and is currently powering more than 1,200 games with companies like Disney, Rovio and Atari. Its gaming platform powers some of the most prominent titles in the industry, such as “Idle Miner Tycoon,” “Angry Birds: Seasons” and “Roller Coaster Tycoon Touch.”
Together, Azure and PlayFab will further unlock the power of the intelligent cloud for the gaming industry, enabling game developers and delighting gamers around the world.
For more information on PlayFab, you can find a blog post from James Gwertzman, CEO and co-founder, here.
Thanx,
Kareem
BID0 wrote:The sooner the cloud buzzword dies the better. I’m actually sick to death of hearing it
BID0 wrote:The sooner the cloud buzzword dies the better. I’m actually sick to death of hearing it