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  • Xbox One E3 press conference failed to show a commitment to indies
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    Xbox One E3 press conference failed to show a commitment to indies

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    Among the many questions gamers had going into today's Microsoft XBox press conference was how the new console's relationship with indie games would change. Because while the 360 was a haven for indie games through Xbox Live Arcade and the Xbox Indie Games program, it certainly appeared that the Xbox One might be moving away from indies in "It's not you, it's me" fashion.
  • The Xbox One is why I’m proud to be a part of Gamezebo
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    The Xbox One is why I’m proud to be a part of Gamezebo

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    Following an endless wave of hype, rumors, pomp and circumstance, Microsoft unveiled the third generation of Xbox earlier today at their headquarters in Redmond, Washington. Though I suppose the location didn't matter too much. Press and gamer alike, you could watch it from anywhere - whether streamed to your desktop or sent straight to your TV via your soon-to-be-last-gen Xbox 360.
  • Windows 8 launches, PC games cower in fear
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    Windows 8 launches, PC games cower in fear

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    It's not often you'll see us address the launch of a new operating system, but Windows 8 is something of a special case. It's one of the boldest moves Microsoft has made in years, and shows how strongly they believe in the tablet market. Oh, and it's been touted by many as a serious danger to PC gaming.
  • Cloud gaming service Agawi joins forces with Microsoft [Interview]
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    Cloud gaming service Agawi joins forces with Microsoft [Interview]

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    Agawi, one of the bigger names in cloud gaming, is teaming up with Microsoft to enable streaming of several social, mid-core and hardcore games to upcoming Windows 8 PCs and tablets. To learn more about what the deal means for future Windows 8 users, as well as how it affects Agawi itself, we spoke with Agawi's VP of partnerships Krishna Hegde.
  • Atari brings host of arcade classics to browsers
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    Atari brings host of arcade classics to browsers

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    Microsoft and Atari have teamed up to launch "Atari Arcade," a browser-based portal featuring reworked versions of classic arcade games. The service is currently offering Asteroids, Pong, Lunar Lander, Missile Command, Combat, Centipede, Yars Revenge, and Super Breakout, although it sounds like more titles are on the way soon.
  • Free-to-play headed to Xbox 360 with Happy Wars
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    Free-to-play headed to Xbox 360 with Happy Wars

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    In the world of video games, free-to-play has fast emerged as a juggernaut. The majority of the top twenty grossing iOS titles, for example, don't have any price of admission to start. Over 70% of revenue in mobile comes from in-app payments within zero dollar games. It's quickly becoming the train you either get on, or from which you get out of the way.  Microsoft, it seems, is hopping aboard.
  • Microsoft takes Age of Empires Online free-to-play: but really, this time!
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    Microsoft takes Age of Empires Online free-to-play: but really, this time!

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    After listening to fan concerns about the game, Age of Empires Online creator Gas Powered Games and publisher Microsoft have, in their own words, "embraced [the] true free to play model" through a major summer update. And while that may sound a little cultish at first, I promise you, it involves less ritual suicide, and more free stuff.