Category Archives: Windows Phone 7

Microsoft has announced its financial result for Q4 and fiscal year 2011, both of which ended on June 30. The report finds the firm’s Entertainment & Devices Division showing growth for both Q4 and FY11, thanks to sales of Xbox 360, Kinect, and Xbox Live.

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Microsoft will dial in Xbox, PC and mobile under one existing OS, according to This is My Next.

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Classic claymation point-and-click adventure The Neverhood may be resurrected as a mobile release.

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We’re all for swooping in to save the day at the last second, by this is getting ridiculous. After a strong 2010, Microsoft’s been eerily silent about what’s next for its old-but-not-over-the-hill box. Or at least, that’s been the case as far as games go. But the whole “videogame console” thing is only half the battle, and Microsoft’s now got a much larger target in its sights: “entertainment.”

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Holiday weekends just mean even more entertaining dribbles of almost-news than usual. Venture within and be fully informed.

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Microsoft has detailed some of the new features of its upcoming Windows Phone update, Mango.

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Microsoft has announced that Angry Birds and quite a few other titles will be landing on Windows Phone 7.

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Flash alternative Silverlight is said to be on its way to the Xbox 360, granting the console the ability to run Windows Phone 7 games and applications.

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Microsoft has announced record second-quarter revenue of $19.95 billion for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2010. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $8.17 billion, $6.63 billion and $0.77 per share, respectively.

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Wait, Geohot’s decided to open fire on another ultra corporation – even with his face still stinging from Sony’s giant lawsuit-slapping hand? Why, that’s absolutely preposterou–

Huh? Microsoft’s offering a free phone, you say? And thus concludes the part of the ride where the world makes sense.

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The 2010 International Mobile Gaming Awards nominees are in, and while firm favourites like Plants vs Zombies and Epic-developed Infinity Blade are no brainers, the list is full of more obscure delights to tickle your portable gaming fancy.

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Microsoft as filed a motion for summary judgment with the US Patent and Trademark Office over Apple’s application to trademark the term “App Store”. According to the filing, Microsoft believes App Store is considered a generic term and competitors other than Apple should have free rein to use it.

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Microsoft has no plans to release a handled gaming platform. It has said this so many times in the past, we’d spend an entire day adding links to the quotes.

However, if you really want a Microsoft game console to take with you on-the-go, consider the Windows Phone 7 as the closest thing you’ll get to it.

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Halfbrick’s Phil Larsen has told VG247 that casual slicer Fruit Ninja is Windows Phone 7′s most popular game.

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Independent Australian developer Halfbrick has already seen significant success on multiple platforms with its range of variously sized downloadable titles. Maybe you’ve heard of one of them; Steve Ballmer’s CES 2011 keynote featured three mentions and two videos of the addictive, best-selling Fruit Ninja.

We spoke to Marketing Director Phil Larsen on working with Microsoft, developing for Windows Phone 7, and the sudden highlighting of a little game about cutting up healthy treats.

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