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Paypal will be included as a new payment option as of the upcoming May 19 dashboard update. It can currently be selected as a billing option when …
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Back on May 1 we told you that registration for the Dream.Build.Play was open. This competition gives independent developers the chance to win money and get their …
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Skype is quickly becoming the go-to term for an internet call much the way people use the term Google for doing an internet search. Microsoft is apparently well aware of Skype’s value, having purchased the company this morning for a sum of 8.5 billion USD. They plan to extend Skype support to the Xbox 360 and Kinect, Windows Phone 7 devices, and other unnamed devices. No details have been released as to any changes to free internet calling or paid calling plans, but given that Microsoft saw the value in Skype’s current business model it’s entirely possible that nothing price-wise will change. Hit the jump to see the full press release.
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According to some inside sources Microsoft already has working developer kits for the next Xbox system. According to this same source EA already has these consoles on there desks …
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Kinect seems to be a hit. In the past three months 2.4 million units have been sold, bringing the total above 10 million. This may yet prove that the …
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Ever since Sam and Max, Telltale’s wonderful point-and-click adventures have been absent from the Xbox Live Arcade, with Puzzle Agent and more recently, Back to the Future hitting PSN and PC, with the 360 missing out. Luckily, things have changed, and we could be seeing these titles making their way over to us.

The publisher and developer have announced that they have signed a publishing agreement, so it can bring these great titles as well as any future projects from Telltale over to the 360, although it’s unconfirmed yet whether existing titles will make the jump.
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Full House Poker was developed by Microsoft Games Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios.  It was released March 15, 2011 for 800MSP. A copy of the game was provided by the publisher for review purposes.

Last year, 1 vs. 100 pushed boundaries for what the digital space could provide on consoles by engaging thousands of players at one time in a game show like format. This year, Microsoft is back at it again with a spiritual successor of sorts in the form of Full House Poker. Players fill the shoes of their own avatars as they play the prevalent form of Poker (Texas Hold ‘Em), while attempting to expand their own virtual bankrolls. But do the cards deserve you going all in?

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Microsoft has posted advertisments on LinkedIn for 3 jobs which look like the inital steps in developing a next-gen console.  There are 3 jobs listed: a “hardware …
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Microsoft’s annual Dream Build Play competition has begun.  Developers are challenged with creating a game using Microsoft XNA Studio.  Winners receive the a publishing contract for Xbox Live Arcade, …
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Twisted Pixel is currently showing off The Gunstringer at Microsoft’s Xbox Showcase event in San Francisco. At that same event it was confirmed, although we all but knew already, that Gunstringer will be an Xbox Live Arcade game. This makes it the first confirmed Kinect title for XBLA, although there are some as yet unannounced XBLA Kinect games in the works according to Microsoft.

Alongside this announcement the guys at twisted pixel have released a new batch of screenshots, check out the gallery below. Read More