Microsoft employees may
eat their own dog food, but they won't have to code cross-platform Windows Phone 7 games
in their spare time -- Redmond job postings recently revealed that there's a studio for that, which will develop and publish first- and second-party titles on the company's dime. According to job descriptions, the newly-christened "MGS Mobile" will develop "showcase" Windows Phone 7 titles with an emphasis on
connected play, and also incubate titles from indie devs and partners like the original Microsoft Game Studios, its older Xbox-based sibling. Interestingly enough, games won't necessarily be limited to Windows Phone 7 devices, but may appear on "emerging mobile platforms" as well -- the idea being to advance Microsoft's position in the mobile gaming space rather than just pimp the WP7 platform. Is the world ready for Halo on
MeeGo? Oh, you bet your britches it is. Just don't expect to see Xbox games
on Android, yo.
Update: Looks like Microsoft's actually been on the job hunt
since June. It's just so hard to find good employees these days.
posted August 11th 2010 8:22PM
MGS Mobile? that is SO misleading, mostly because I'll buy any phone that will let me get my solid snake fix...
@safe travels
come to think of it, the psphone article says:
"Titles currently being shown off seem to be focused around some older PSX as well as new PSP offerings, with God of War, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and LittleBigPlanet possibly on tap"
does that mean portable ops too? I'm sold.
@safe travels Halo on Windows Phone 7 would be great, as long as we don't have any glitcher's ...
@safe travels does that mean "older PSX titles" like MGS1? because if MGS1 comes to WP7, I'll hire Marisa Miller to personally hand Steve Ballmer my $300 (I don't even care if it's less--he's getting $300 from me)
@Kireet
good point, good point sir.
@safe travels
You are confusing people, The PSPhone will be getting PSX classics, not Windows Phone 7.
@BlackedOut Ummm...mm.. I m confused. But I can make calls.
@metanup
You can also get downranked too
@BlackedOut
if people are confused that's their own fault. I commented on the fact that the division was called mgs mobile, which is what this article says. then i said: "the psphone article says" and talked about that. people's brains must be running on very little RAM if they're confused by that. heh.
@LlamaRiot Softspot fanboy?
@Kireet You should have a giant check made for ballmer.... Wait that costs 300 so you can only give him a giant check for 0 dollars
@safe travels http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/30/htc-hd2-plays-tekken-3-using-fpsece-emulator/
@safe travels
I think that game still comes on all Nokia phones, doesn't it?
Can't wait, yo.
@shinobi904
With your usual Xbox Live arcade deals of the week and what not, this is going to be gaming phone heaven
Agreed. I cant wait for WP7.
@shinobi904
Me either I really want this to come out, ill even replace my Evo.
I just hope there is a Mac sync solution...
@devildrifterx There already is. Its called buy a PC, in all seriousness thats what Microsoft is aiming for, a Microsoft ecosystem complete with a PC.
No way on Meego thats Linux based.. Blackberry and iPhone more than likely though..
@McDuckScrooged U mean Android and iPhone more likely
@McDuckScrooged Hmmm, Linux is actually the secret push point of all those great mobile OS - Meego, Android, webOS, Bada etc.
The mobile is simply their domain, you just can't take it, just watch.
@McDuckScrooged
You don't seem to know much about MS. It doesn't matter if Meego is Linux based, its main sponsors are Nokia and Intel and both are major MS partners.
MS will announce Office for Meego and Symbian in Nokia World. That means they don't care about Meego's status as a Linux based OS.
@NewBie Oh I know I love Linux as a platform (Debian / Ubuntu are my platforms of choice).. Its just that Microsoft absolutely hates it, Ballmer Likened it to Cancer and Bill Gates as like a Virus (because of the GNU/GPL)..
Balmer also called Linux Communism:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/07/31/ms_ballmer_linux_is_communism/ --> Thats from 2000
I really doubt they would allow Meego to gain an advantage, its a Linux based device and giving Linux any more credibility is only going to hurt them in the long run.
Blackberry and iPhone, yes I can definitely see that, blackberry integrates with exchange and other Microsoft platforms.. iPhone, Microsoft and Apple have a very weird relationship, office is on the Mac so I dont doubt they would release games for the iPhone as well. Possibly Symbian based handsets as well..
Any Linux based Handset, I dont know I really doubt it...
@Goc You do realise Meego will become a direct competitor to Windows in the tablets and netbook markets right ?
How is Nokia a Microsoft sponsor ? Nokia creates firewalls based on freebsd (or used to, not sure if they still do) and mobile phones running Symbian and now Meego.. I have never seen a Nokia phone run windows, or any Microsoft product for that matter.. Infact Nokia recently bought out Trolltech which produces QT which is a cross platform development environment and is the basis for KDE, one of the largest Linux desktops, most of the trolltech guys also develop kde .. Intel, dont really care about MS either, Microsoft depends on the x86 platform they depend on Intel, Intel has no real dependence on Microsoft either.. Sorry I fail to see your logic..
@McDuckScrooged You clearly dont understand capitalism you RED fool! read up on the USA, until then you are banned from these here internets.
@Ignoramus No No obviously not, Its never about serving your companies interests and your future platform sales ;)
@McDuckScrooged
You're completely over-simplifying MS's stance toward Linux, and as a result you're totally missing the boat on how it applies to Meego. Bottom line is that whether Meego is linux-based is COMPLETELY irrelevant to whether MS would release apps for it. If they decide not to support Meego, they wouldn't support it if it were non-linux-based either.
this post is weak compared to the previous one
@Mr Hett How? PS exclusives are sooooo lame.
can't wait for wp7
@koolerz1569 I'm looking forward to it as well.
I though it said "Oh, you betcha bitches" at first. Seems to fit pretty well too.
This is so ingeniously good work of them. Make the grounds for good gaming AND fill them with games!
@Very Powerfull Codfish
Its so ingenious... actually make games, then sell them... if only someone hadn't thought of it like 40 years ago!
GENIUS
@Wesscoast I can't decide whether you're a troll or just stupid. But anyways; you didn't see Apple or Google do this themselves to their new viable gaming platforms. This is like a kick start or something, compared to how slow Android gaming is picking up.
That's ok if we wont see Xbox games for android cuz were gonna have playstations anyways :)
@iWebDroidBerry if you buy the one android device that has it.... probably will be on at&t too.
Xbox live will be better because it will be on every wp7 device sold..... the millions who already have and love android will not.
@jagowar
You obviously didn't read the article smart ass. I highly doubt they would create a whole section in the market for one phone.
And not only that but the sony is working with google to bring the "ecosystem" to android, don't get your panties in a bunch bud.
@iWebDroidBerry You can have your boring PS exclusives, and youll still be individual and "cool" for liking a shitty brand.. *cough* Sony *cough*
@briguy266
I'd take ps3 over Microsofts buckle and dining ass. They're another apple. Hey well sell you a xbox with xbox live and no wifi capabilites so then you have to go buy a 50-99 dollar plastic wifi conector and hey then you can pay 40 dollars for a microphone headset. Don't forget the qwerty keyboard oh and you still need to buy that subscription
Besides the only worthwhile game imho is halo. And cod
Playstation has cod and kingdom hearts along with cod and god of war and that's good enoough
@iWebDroidBerry The rumored phone has specific things like the whole control pad part that ONLY those phones will have. Only the sony phone will have playstation branding and they can do it because android is open to everybody. I think there is pretty much 0 chance any other phone gets the playstation branding.
@jagowar
Where did it say the phone will has playstation branding?
It says sony will will make a gaming platform with a psp go like "form factor"!!!!!!! Not only tht but sony makes more than one phone a year and I'm pretty sure they're gonna keep this awesome feature to just one carrier since the PHONE will not be a PSP but and actual PHONE!!
@iWebDroidBerry directly from the other article.... "Apparently it's currently branded as a Xperia device, but it looks like it will carry PlayStation branding as well." Assuming its an xperia brand too I am assuming only those phones will get this feature and there are not a bunch of models of that line. Even if every phone sony makes has it I don't see the playstation brand leaving the sony line (to HTC and motorola which are the android devices people are buying).
Xbox live on wp7 on the other hand will work on every HTC, dell, samsung, etc device made.
@jagowar
The point I'm trying to make is that this playstation feature isn't going to be on only one phone like you initially said. And the only reason no one buys xperias is because they don't have anything to offer.
And not only that but not everyones gonna use there phone for gaming. Hell I probably won't and bi was bragging about it. But is sony is smart and released one of these psp phones on every carrier like *cough* the samsung galaxy line *cough**cough* then everyone that wants a psp phone can have one plain and simple
@iWebDroidBerry Fine so it will be on maybe 2 phones (which has yet to even be confirmed that there will be more than one pspphone.... I still say there will be only one).... that make you feel better?
It doesn't change the fact that the psp phone will not even be close to what wp7 will be in terms of market coverage. Remember you were the one who brought this psp crap into a post about MGS creating a mobile game studio.
@jagowar
The point I'm trying to make is that no one knows how many devices its gonna come out on asshole the the fact its that the WILL be an android device with playstation support! You had to be mr. Smart as and make the comment about the number of devices! I never said android gaming would affect microsoft and I was responding to the last few sentences of the post which you probably didn't read either! Android gaming was brought up in the post therefore its relevant.
You microsoft supporters are so damn cocky about a product that isn't even out.
I love Android and Xbox. This news along with the PSP Android phone is confusing me.
This studio has been talked about months before this job posting..... they already said they will be showing their games in august of which I expect some MGS mobile stuff (gamescom more than likely).
WP7 is changing the game yo.
@pinktacoyummm Yea...finally someone not copying the iPhone, it gets so annoying it's not even funny