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‘Skulls of the Shogun’ Emerges as a Cross-Platform Gaming Pioneer

By Guest PostJanuary 30, 2013Technology17 bit, arcade inspired, christopher rubyor, classic, cloud, cross platform game, daunting, david, edgar in sarasota, game designer, ghost samurai warriors, goliath analogy, iowa city, logistical, lucy, magical animal monks, microsoft devices, modern, monumental task, mustachioed samurai generals, rod chang, samurai afterlife, samurai game, shogun, skulls, surface rt, technical challenges, turn based, windows 8, windows phone, windows phone store, xbox 360, xbox live arcade

Classic arcade-inspired samurai game “Skulls of the Shogun” is available today for download play on Xbox 360, Windows Phone and Windows 8. Delving into the afterlife of a famous general, this is Microsoft’s first modern cross-platform game.

REDMOND, Wash. – Jan. 30, 2013 — With the new game “Skulls of the Shogun,” players can do something new: Switch back and forth between all of their Microsoft devices as they bounce from battle scene to battle scene.

The game, released today, is the first to reach all Microsoft platforms. “Skulls of the Shogun” can be downloaded and played on Xbox 360 via the Xbox LIVE Arcade, and on Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 devices. (more…)

Female ‘Halo’ Player Takes Her World-Class Gaming to Microsoft

By Guest PostNovember 26, 2012Technologyalex crushed, alex hebert ruiz, barbie, chris charla, christmas, crystal hot sauce, def jam rapstar, halo 4, halo player, kinect star wars, Microsoft, microsoft game studios, microsoft studios, nintendo, play xbla, the frag dolls, video games, xbla tart, xbox headquarters, xbox live arcade

A onetime top 10-ranked “Halo” player, Alex Hebert-Ruiz is now at Microsoft, where she advocates for Xbox LIVE Arcade games when she’s not playing “Halo 4.”

REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 26, 2012 — Alex Hebert-Ruiz remembers the day she got her start as a gamer.

It was the Christmas she got a Barbie house and her brother got a Nintendo. She was 6, and she was hooked – on her brother’s gift.

“Don’t get me wrong, I loved my Barbie house,” she says, “but beating him at Duck Hunt was one of the great challenges of my young life.” (more…)

Xbox 360 Ushers in New Era in Entertainment With Five New, Exclusive Kinect Games by Legendary Japanese Creators

By Guest PostSeptember 16, 2010Technologycapcom, codename d, grasshopper manufacture, grounding, haunt, keiji inafune, kinect, Microsoft, microsoft corp., nanaon-sha, phil spencer, project draco, rise of nightmares, sega, steel battalion heavy armor, takashi, tgs, tokyo game show, xbox 360, xbox live arcade

TOKYO — Sept. 16, 2010 — Today, Microsoft Corp. and the industry’s leading Japanese storytellers showcased 10 transformative games, including five exclusive titles for Kinect for Xbox 360, the controller-free entertainment experience releasing exclusively on Xbox 360 this November.

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‘Skulls of the Shogun’ Emerges as a Cross-Platform Gaming Pioneer

Female ‘Halo’ Player Takes Her World-Class Gaming to Microsoft

Xbox 360 Ushers in New Era in Entertainment With Five New, Exclusive Kinect Games by Legendary Japanese Creators