Games

The popular “Settlers of Catan” board game has been transported to Microsoft Surface, according to SeattlePi. The game, which typically involves a physical board, die and cards, has been made entirely digital thanks to Vectorform, a multi-platform design company and Microsoft partner. Reporter Nick…

As promised, the Bing “entertainment experience” is getting into gear with updates for music, tv, movies, and now more games, too. According to this post on the Bing blog, those searching for free games on Bing have several new options, including Belle's Beauty Boutique, Carniball,Fishdom Spooky…

At the Game Developers Conference, Microsoft has been giving attendees a deeper look at the Windows Phone 7 Series platform, specifically as it relates to gaming. Already we’ve seen how games can be developed using Visual Studio to run on Windows PCs, the Xbox 360, and Windows Phones.   Now,…

Game developers attending GDC this week will get a first look at the latest version of the XNA toolkit – XNA Game Studio 4.0 – which provides the technology to create games for Xbox 360, Windows, and now, the Windows Phone 7 Series. Shawn Hargreaves posted on his blog about what’s new with this…

In this article, Brian Peek describes his PDC 2009 project, an XNA game named MindBlaster which uses a Nintendo Wii Remote in conjunction with MindSet brain-wave sensing headset from Neurosky. IntroductionBack in July of 2009 I learned of Neurosky's MindSet device via Engadget.com.  The…

On Wednesday, Zune HD owners got a nice surprise: new 3D games! According to a post on Zune Insider, there are now six new titles available, including Project Gotham Racing, Audiosurf Tilt, Vans SK8: Pool Service, Lucky Lanes Bowling, Piano, and Checkers. This addition brings the number of Zune…

How hot is the new Beatles’ edition of Rock Band? A new site called TweetMyGaming can show you. This dedicated, real-time Twitter tracker aggregates all the tweets about video games and displays them on its main page in a live-updating feed. You can see what games others are searching for at the…

Along with the other announcements at E3, Microsoft also revealed a new game download service called Games on Demand which will arrive on the Xbox 360 in August. Using a credit card, you’ll soon be able to purchase full retail games right from the console, saving you a trip to your local game…

The Windows Mobile Developer Team is giving away free games to those that follow their team’s Twitter account here at www.twitter.com/wmdev. The posts that include the name of the game and the registration code are designated with the word [FREEBIE] but they are first come, first serve. Only the…

Microsoft is teaming up with a handful of universities to study if and how computer games can be useful in education for teaching students math, science, and technology. The research project has Microsoft working with NYU as well as City University of New York, Columbia University, Dartmouth…