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This quote from WinSuperSite explains the situation nicely: The misreporting of Zune's "global launch" When the Financial Times reported this week that Microsoft was getting set to launch Zune around the world, a lot of people got excited about the prospect of buying Zune HD portable media...

This post is one of a series that shows how to take the basic Platform Starter Kit from the XNA Games Studio and turn it into a more full featured game by taking advantage of the many tutorials and game examples published on the XNA Creators Club . Building a game for real – rather than just playing...

This post is one of a series that shows how to take the basic Platform Starter Kit from the XNA Games Studio and turn it into a more full featured game by taking advantage of the many tutorials and game examples published on the XNA Creators Club . As is the Platform Starter kit gives you platform style...

This post continues the enhancement of the Platform Starter Kit to make a version of the game to publish on Xbox Live Community Games. The default platformer starter kit has the level timer which counts down from 2 minutes causing a level restart if the player fails to complete the level within this...

This post is one of a series that shows how to take the basic Platform Starter Kit from the XNA Games Studio and turn it into a more full featured game by taking advantage of the many tutorials and game examples published on the XNA Creators Club . Having already added power-ups, lives, highscore and...

This week is all about using your Windows PC, Xbox 360 and your artistic skills to manufacture and sell Xbox games to bring in that little bit extra dosh. Or put another way: how to make money easily with Microsoft. The proposition. You have a Windows PC, and an Xbox 360. If you add some more free software...

Today the XNA Team has launched Dream-Build-Play 2008 . In Dream-Build-Play 2008 you can build your dream game to compete with other game developers around the world.  This year’s contest will feature Xbox360 development only and to ensure that everyone has access we will be giving away one...

David 'LetsKillDave' Weller announces on the XNA Team Blog the availability  of Community Games on Xbox LIVE!! Following on from GDC 2008 you now have the opportunity to try it out. Read more at the XNA Team Blog . Or jump direct here .

I'm playing with my robots again. This time I want voice control. I discovered that my Bluetooth headset doesn't deliver the quality required by the Windows Vista Speech Recognition function, so I was looking for another headset to use. I can already drive my robots around using a wired Xbox...

The latest issue of Popular Mechanics has a great article on the Lockheed Martin MULE robot which is currently in development.  The MULE is an impressive 2.5 ton unmanned ground vehicle with six wheels each independently powered with in hub motors - providing tremendous resilience to damage. Interestingly...