Gaming on the PC, Xbox and Xbox Kinect
Links in September 2010
- Countdown is on for Halo: Reach: majornelson.com
- Origin PC's Big O desktop - half gaming PC, half Xbox 360, all muscle: www.engadget.com
- SilvAir Strike (Free online game): silverlawone.de/AirplaneAttackSite/SilvAirStrike.html
- Xbox 360 250GB plus Kinect bundle priced at $399 in US, £300 in UK: www.engadget.com
Links in August 2010
- Age of Empires Online: www.ageofempiresonline.com
- Age of Empires Online Wallpapers: www.ageofempiresonline.com/downloads/
- Age of Empires Online, Microsoft Flight and Fable III: www.microsoft.com/games/
- Big day for Microsoft games - Microsoft Flight, Age of Empires Online; Xbox Live for Windows Phone 7 titles revealed: www.liveside.net/main/
- Deep Inside Xbox 360 Kinect and Why It's the Future of Microsoft: gizmodo.com
- "How will the iPhone compete with this?": blogs.technet.com/b/keithcombs/
- Kinect - the backstory: blogs.msdn.com/b/stevecla01/
- Microsoft Finally Launches a Portable Xbox--Inside Windows Phone 7: www.fastcompany.com
- Microsoft Flight: www.microsoft.com/games/flight/
- Microsoft Flight Simulator is back! Less the 'Simulator': www.neowin.net/news/
- Microsoft's Xbox 360 leads U.S. market for second straight month: www.techflash.com/seattle/
- Ready. Set. Game.: mymicrosoftlife.com/2010/08/17/ready-set-game/
- Team Crossword - Work on Crosswords with your Friends: www.teamcrossword.com
- Why Xbox Might Be Microsoft’s Future — and Computing’s, Too: www.wired.com/gadgetlab/
- With Xbox LIVE and a Blockbuster Title Lineup, Windows Phone 7 Marks a New Era in Mobile Gaming: www.microsoft.com/presspass/
- Xbox Live launch titles for Windows Phone 7 finally revealed, we've got the full preview: www.engadget.com
- Xbox 360 console sounds: majornelson.com
- Xbox Live on Windows Phone 7 Preview: windowsphonesecrets.com
Links in July 2010
- Announcing Kinect Pricing, Xbox 360 4 GB Console and Holiday Bundle: majornelson.com
- Bing Games: www.bing.com/games
- Kinect Pricing, All-in-One Bundle Announced: www.microsoft.com/Presspass/Features/
- Meet a boy named 'Milo', Microsoft's creepy virtual human: www.techflash.com/seattle/
- New Games Come to Bing: www.bing.com/community/blogs/search/
- NVIDIA Announces GeForce GTX 460 Graphics Card: windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/
- NVIDIA at SIGGRAPH 2010 - Showcasing New Quadro Fermi-Based Pro Graphics: blogs.nvidia.com/ntersect/
- 'StarCraft' phenomenon gets new life: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Web Invaders: businesscatalyst.com/webinvaders/
- What DirectX 11 Is, and What It Means To You: gizmodo.com
- Xbox Engineering Blog: www.xbox.com/en-US/live/engineeringblog/
- Xbox Kinect (Australia): www.xbox.com/en-au/kinect/
Links in June 2010
- Coming Soon to the Xbox LIVE Marketplace: majornelson.com
- Connecting Windows Live Messenger and Xbox LIVE: windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/
- E3's Eve - Trends to Watch For: www.pcworld.com
- ‘Kinect for Xbox 360’ is Official Name of Microsoft’s Controller-Free Game Device: www.microsoft.com/Presspass/
- Kinect and Windows Live Messenger - soon to be bff?: www.liveside.net/main/
- Microsoft Kinect gets official, Video Chat announced: www.engadget.com
- Microsoft previews controller-free games for Xbox 360: www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/
- Microsoft unveils redesigned Xbox 360: www.msnbc.msn.com
- New XBOX 360 wallpapers: blogs.msdn.com/b/stevecla01/
- New Xbox Live Family Subscriptions Coming: mymicrosoftlife.com
- Project Natal "World Premiere" Starts This Year's E3 On A Sunday: kotaku.com/
- Where to watch the Xbox E3 2010 Action: majornelson.com
- Xbox at E3 2010 - The Future of Gaming and Entertainment: www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/xbox/
- Xbox 360 “Flare” Wallpapers: mymicrosoftlife.com
New links in May 2010
- Foxtel and Microsoft sign ground-breaking Xbox Agreement: www.microsoft.com/australia/presspass/
- Project Natal - You Are the Controller (Coming Holiday 2010): www.xbox.com/en-US/live/projectnatal/
Links for April 2010
- Complete Unmissable Mods Month: usercreated.org
- Fallout 1 and 2 Music Remastered: www.rockpapershotgun.com
- Gamania - Ill-gotten game gains: blogs.technet.com/mmpc/
- NVIDIA’s First DirectX 11 capable GPUs coming to market: windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/
- Xbox 360 System Update – USB Memory Support: blogs.msdn.com/xblops/
Links for March 2010
- Curse.com - The Go-To Site for Massively Multiplayer Online Games: www.microsoftstartupzone.com/Blogs/david_drach/
- Destination Imagination - Project Natal: xboxprojectnatal.tumblr.com
- Microsoft shows off single game running on Windows, Windows Phone and Xbox: www.engadget.com
- Xbox 360 250 GB Hard Drive now available: majornelson.com
- Xbox Project Natal – first impressions and predictions for a green Christmas: blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/
Links for February 2010
- AMD Announces Low-cost DirectX 11 Graphics Card HD 5450: windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/
- ASUS G71Gx Gaming Powerhouse: windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/
- BioShock 2: www.microsoft.com/games/
- NVIDIA’s Optimus Technology Brings New Level of Switchable Graphics: windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/
- Xbox LIVE Marketplace release schedule: majornelson.com
- Yet another DirectX 11 Graphics Card from AMD: windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/
Recent links since November 14 2009
- 7 Hot Games for Windows 7 for the Holidays: windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/
- 10 Best Xbox 360 games of 2009: www.msnbc.msn.com
- 30 commercial games released for free: www.gamesradar.com
- 35 Hot New Lost Planet 2 Screeshots: au.pc.gamespy.com
- Artari Video Games (Free, online): www.atari.com/arcade
- Best Puzzle Game 2009 - Crayon Physics Deluxe: au.bestof.ign.com/2009/pc/
- Difference between DirectX 10 and DirectX 11: on10.net/blogs/larry/
- Games for Windows LIVE: www.microsoft.com/games/
- Game Expands the Concept of Dark Energy for Mass Effect: www.scientificamerican.com
- Game Guide Archive: au.gamespot.com/gameguides.html
- Games on Demand for Games for Windows – LIVE: windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/
- Games on Demand from Games for Windows — LIVE: www.microsoft.com/games/en-US/community/newsarticles/
- Gaming with Children: www.gamingwithchildren.com
- Hands-On With Microsoft's Game Room - Classic Games Emulated On Your Xbox 360 or PC: g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/
- Kodu Game-Creation Tool for Kids Adapted for the PC: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- Laser defence (online game): www.mashooo.com/SilverlightGames/Laser_Defence.aspx
- Mass Effect makes physics cool: www.gamertell.com
- Open Rails - A MSTS compatible railroad simulator: www.openrails.org
- PuzzleTouch - Free Online Jigsaw Puzzles: puzzletouch.com
- So, do you think that there is yet another World of Warcraft account theft operation planned?: msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/
- So you just got an Xbox 360... now what?: majornelson.com
- Top 25 PC Games of All Time: au.pc.ign.com
- Xbox LIVE Update coming Nov. 17th: majornelson.com
- XBOX Project Natal named #5 in Time’s 50 Best Inventions of 2009: blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/
- You got the XBox, and now you want to put a simple game on it: blogs.msdn.com/devschool/
Not so recent links
- 5 great time-waster games: www.microsoft.com/athome/
- 7 Very fun games that are actually good for your brain: www.conceptispuzzles.com
- 10 Tips for Turbocharging Windows 7 Gaming: www.extremetech.com
- 11 upcoming games that will blow you away graphically: www.vgarabia.com
- 12 reasons PC gaming is better than consoles: www.techradar.com/news/gaming/
- 20 Games That Changed Gaming Forever: www.pcworld.com
- 100 of the Best Legal Free Full Version Games You Can Download Online: downloadfullversionpcgames.com/blog/
- At 25, ‘Tetris’ drops into place as gaming icon: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31068278/
- Batman Arkham Asylum Review: www.escapistmagazine.com
- Children with disabilities can play the Xbox 360 - letter from parents: blogs.msdn.com/xboxvoices/
- DirectX - GPU Device Drivers - Driver Distribution: blogs.msdn.com/directx/
- Electrifying the Gaming Industry: www.teslamotors.com
- First DirectX11 game is...: kotaku.com/5371466/and-the-first-directx11-game-is
- Games for Windows Program Gets an Update: windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/
- Halo 3 ODST on Xbox: www.xbox.com/en-AU/games/splash/h/halo3odst/
- Hemisphere Games Osmos: www.hemispheregames.com/osmos/
- Hottest Hardware (PDF document): www.pcgamer.com/pdfs/Aug09_HotHW.pdf
- How many cards can you toss into a basket: blogs.msdn.com/tzink/
- How you can play Halo 3 - ODST Firefight before anyone else: majornelson.com
- Lucidity - Dreaming of a New Kind of Game: blogs.msdn.com/xboxvoices/
- Microsoft Continues Supporting Flight Simulator X Deluxe with New Downloads: bhandler.spaces.live.com
- Microsoft & Flight Simulator Insider Release Free FSInsider Newsletters: bhandler.spaces.live.com
- Microsoft Releases Free PC Game Demo - Batman: Arkham Asylum: bhandler.spaces.live.com
- New Games for Zune HD: zuneinsider.com
- Quakelight: www.innoveware.com/quakelight.html
- RoboZZle – a social puzzle game: blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/
- RoboZZle online puzzle game: www.robozzle.com
- Roleplaying Games - the best and the worst: au.pc.ign.com
- Silver Games Checkers: www.relandermultimedia.com/Games/Checkers.aspx
- Take a Look at DirectX 11: on10.net/blogs/larry/
- Top 25 Most Explosive Games: www.gamedaily.com
- Upcoming Games for 2009 You Shouldn't Overlook: www.nextgenplayer.com
Free online games
- Dungeons & Dragons Online Becoming Free-to-play: www.shacknews.com
- Jigzaw puzzles online: puzzletouch.com
- Neon Maze (Online game): au.games.ign.com
- Silver Arcade - Free Online Games: www.silverarcade.com
- Tetris Free Online Games: www.tetrisfriends.com
- This is the only level (Online Game): www.silvergames.com
Xbox
Links below include news about the Xbox:
- Best Xbox 360 games of 2008: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28244122/
- Binary Body Double - Microsoft Reveals the Science Behind Project Natal for Xbox 360: www.scientificamerican.com
- CES 2010 Xbox news: majornelson.com
- Download Internet Explorer with extras for XBox 360 fans: blogs.msdn.com/robmar/
- Games for Windows - LIVE: www.microsoft.com/games/
- Get to Know Xbox LIVE: blogs.msdn.com/xboxvoices/
- Lionhead Milo Project - Milo Tech Demo on Xbox Motion Controller: www.youtube.com
- Microsoft announces "Project Natal" motion controller for Xbox 360: www.engadget.com
- New Dashboard, PAX 2009, and Xbox LIVE Indie Games: blogs.msdn.com/xna/
- New XBOX Natal video: blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/
- Project Natal - Your Body IS the input device: blogs.msdn.com/jbarnes/
- Top 20 Xbox LIVE Games of 2008: majornelson.com
- Top 20 LIVE Games on Xbox of 2009: majornelson.com
- XBox 360 Australia: www.xbox.com/en-au/xbox360/
- Xbox 360 System Update now available: majornelson.com
- Xbox Engineering Blog: www.xbox.com/en-US/live/engineeringblog/
- Xbox Live gets 1080p Zune video store, Netflix browsing, Twitter and Facebook integration: www.engadget.com
- XBox Live Marketplace: www.xbox.com/en-US/live/marketplace/
- Xbox LIVE wins a Guinness World Record: majornelson.com
- Xbox LIVE Marketplace release schedule: majornelson.com
- Xbox Project Natal Motion Sensor Controller: www.youtube.com/user/xboxe3
- You got the XBox, and now you want to put a simple game on it: blogs.msdn.com/devschool/