Microsoft has annouced that its Windows Phone 7 OS will be able to intergrate with the Xbox 360.
Vesa-Matti Paananen, a Microsoft Business development executive from Finland said, “The idea is not to make a mobile version of Halo as such, the idea is to extend gaming to mobile” at a Monday Mobile event Tallinn, Estonia. Paananen also said that games could be synchronised in the cloud so that players might require to accomplish a task on their mobile device before they could go to a new level on the Xbox 360.
Paanenan also said that the company’s “three screen approach” refers to mobile, personal computers and consoles. He said that “We are going to announce more on the IPTV side, but right now the third screen refers to the game console".
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To find out more about the Windows Phone 7 SDK visit the Windows Phone Developer Blog here or download the free version here.
Via: Bloomberg