Xbox Live planned for Windows Mobile

Microsoft is planning to bring Xbox Live gaming to Windows Mobile phones.
Around Christmas the company was seeking various new employees such as:

principal program manager
software test engineer
senior software test engineer

The description for the principal program manager position, which has now been filled, said Microsoft wants experts who can bring “Xbox Live enabled games to Windows Mobile”.
Microsoft [...]

Digital comics go live on PSP

Sony’s Digital comics service has gone live on the PSP in both the US and Europe.
The service offers over 550 comics to download, from publishers such as Marvel, iVerse Media, IDW Publishing, Disney and 2000AD.
As well as a handful of free samples, prices range from GBP 1.19 / 99 cents and upwards, with content promised [...]

Online Survey Highlights UK’s favourite Websites

By Andrew Horsfall,
Marketing Assistant
at fhios.
A survey carried out over the summer has revealed the nations top websites. GfK NOP’s Connected Life survey was conducted online interviewing 1,996 UK internet users, aged 16+, with quotas set by gender, age, region and frequency of internet access, to balance out any potential bias from frequent internet users.
The online [...]

Future of Nintendo Wii is on-line

Even though the Wii has emerged as the market leader in sales of consoles, Nintendo have come under fire because the Wii has the least play on-line compared to rivals PS3 and X-Box.
Reasons for the lack of on-line gamer activity have been put down to a lack of quality games and a focus on titles [...]

Sony demo in-game ads on PS3

The latest release for Playstation 3 game Wipeout HD by Sony met with resistance from gamers. The video game was the first to feature in-game advertising.
The introduction of the HD video ads which appear in the games loading pages has already alienated Wipeout players. With gamers protesting that the addition of the ads has doubled [...]

New interaction paradigms

By Dr. Alex Dewitt,
Senior Research Consultant
at fhios.
Microsoft has recently unveiled its ‘Project Natal’ – a controller-less system for the Xbox 360. The concept is based on advanced technology with creates a 3D map of objects in front of a camera. Human tracking algorithms are then able to interpret the movements of points on this map. [...]