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Microsoft Encouraging Cross-Platform Games for Windows Phone 7, Xbox, and PC
PUBLISHED: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
When Window Phone 7 was first unveiled last month, Microsoft promised integration with its Xbox Live service, but was light n details. Today, this company announced a development tool for creating games for Windows Phone 7, Xbox 360, and Windows.

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Palm Gives Developers Advanced Tools for Creating webOS Games
PUBLISHED: 3/9/2010  BY: Ed Hardy
Palm, Inc. has released a beta version of the webOS Plug-in Development Kit (PDK). This gives game makers the tools they need to create high-end titles for this platform. Companies with early access to this PDK have released a range of 3D games.
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Sony Working on a PlayStation Phone and an iPad Competitor
PUBLISHED: 3/4/2010  BY: Ed Hardy
Sony is working on a smartphone that will be able to play games created for the PlayStation Portable, according to a new report. This company is also supposedly putting the finishing touches on a larger device designed to go up against the Apple iPad.
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Nintendo DSi XL Will Offer Two Larger Screens, Much More than Games
PUBLISHED: 2/25/2010  BY: Ed Hardy
Nintendo has revealed the U.S. release date for the DSi XL, which will keep the same clamshell shape as the current versions, but with dual screens nearly doubled in size. In addition to playing games, this device will have a web browser and an e-book reader.
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Palm Brings 3D Gaming to the webOS
PUBLISHED: 1/8/2010  BY: Ed Hardy
Palm's webOS was created with a focus on the Web, but users wanted high-end games, too. Palm has now answered this request by modifying its operating system to allow for 3D gaming. Several games have been released as well.
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Ovi Store Now Available to AT&T's Nokia Phones
PUBLISHED: 1/7/2010  BY: Antoine Wright
AT&T has announced support for the Ovi Store on those Nokia smartphones that it currently sells, as well as for future devices. This makes it the first U.S. carrier to support Nokia's on-device software store.
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Palm's webOS Gets Support for Running Native Linux Apps, High-End Multimedia Tools
PUBLISHED: 1/4/2010  BY: Ed Hardy
When developing the webOS, Palm decided to make it very easy to create applications with simple tools. While this has advantages, there was a significant disadvantage: at launch, this platform was not suitable for high-end games. Palm is making progress in changing this, though.
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Xbox Live Client Now Available for iPhones
PUBLISHED: 11/29/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Hard-core Xbox gamers and iPhone users can now use their smartphone to send/receive messages from other Xbox Live users and keep track of their friends' stats.
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Gameloft Promises Android 2.0 Games
PUBLISHED: 11/25/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Recently, there were reports that one of the biggest mobile game developers had lost interest in Google's Android OS, but Gameloft says that it's prepping games for several versions of this operating system.
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Microsoft's Smartphone Software Store Expands to Windows Mobile 6.1, 6.0
PUBLISHED: 11/16/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Windows Marketplace for Mobile, Microsoft's on-device app store for smartphones, was once available only for devices running the latest version of Windows Mobile, but support has now been extended to models running previous versions.
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Palm Demos Graphical webOS Development Tool
PUBLISHED: 11/6/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Palm demonstrated an upcoming development tool for webOS apps yesterday. This graphical tool has been designed to simplify the process of making software for devices like the Palm Pre and Pixi.
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Nokia Phasing N-Gage Gaming Network into the Ovi Store
PUBLISHED: 10/30/2009  BY: Antoine Wright
After several years of lackluster performance, Nokia's gaming network, N-Gage is officially being merged into the Ovi Store, with the N-Gage brand and social network being shuttered late next year.
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Catalog of webOS Apps Now Available on Palm's Site
PUBLISHED: 10/20/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Palm, Inc. has answered the requests of many, and created an online listing of all the third-party webOS software that's on the market. Previously, this information could only be found in the on-device App Catalog.
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