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• Flower, Halo 2600 added to Smithsonian's permanent collection

  The Smithsonian American Art Museum has added thatgamecompany’s Flower and Ed Fries’ Halo 2600 to its permanent collection, Polygon reports. Both games were featured in the successful Art of Video Games exhibition, which is currently on tour in the US, and will join the museum’s “growing collection of film and media arts”.

• D.I.C.E. Summit 2014: speakers include Ed Fries, David Helgason, Sundance DiGiovanni, Clive Downie

  The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has announced the first round of speakers for the 13th Annual D.I.C.E. Summit, which will be held at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, February 4-6, 2014.

• Ouya's success can't be determined yet, says Xbox co-creator

  Ed Fries, one of the founding fathers of the Xbox, has said detractors are in no position to judge whether Android-based microconsole Ouya has succeeded or failed.

• Former Microsoft executive Ed Fries sees a possible future without "big publishers"

  Former Microsoft executive and “father of Xbox” Ed Fries said he was both surprised and impressed with his former company’s policy reversal on allowing self-publishing on Xbox One, and feels that in the future, the “big publishers” may vanish.

• Xbox co-creator: console manufacturers can't ignore Apple model

  Ed Fries, often called the “father of Xbox”, believes gaming platform holders need to wise up to Apple’s disruptive app-based business model.

• "There is still some magic left at Rare," says ex-MGS head Fries

  Ex-head of Microsoft Game Studios Ed Fries has said there’s still “magic” left at Rare, despite the studio moving away from its roots in recent years.

• Xbox father: Halo's success "almost a curse"

  Halo’s strong association with Xbox has been a threat to the franchise, Xbox hardware developer and one-time Microsoft Games Studio boss Ed Fries.

• Quick Quotes: Ed Fries on gaming's future in the cloud

  “I think that’s the question all the retailers are asking themselves. Part of what’s exciting as a game developer is that it’s easier and easier for us to make things and get them right out into the hands of people. There aren’t a lot of hoops we have to jump through or a lot of […]

• The Xbox Story, Part 4: Launching and Beyond

  The name was decided and the hardware shown: but what of the games? Patrick Garratt looks at the original Xbox’s launch line-up and the console’s release in the final part of our four-feature special.

• The Xbox Story, Part 2: Gunning for Greenlight

  In the second part of the story of the original Xbox’s launch, Patrick Garratt charts the terrific obstacles facing the console’s team as it pushed towards a final greenlight from Microsoft boss Bill Gates.

• The Xbox Story, Part 1: The Birth of a Console

  Xbox celebrates its tenth birthday this year, having launched in the US on November 15, 2001. In this four-part special, Patrick Garratt talks to members of the console’s original team and tells its release story.

• Ed Fries to keynote Nordic Game 11

  Father of the Xbox Ed Fries is set to give a talk entitled “Creativity and Constraint” at Nordic Game 11.

• Ed Fries joins Razer's Board of Advisors

  Razer has announced that ex-Microsoft Game Studios head Ed Fries has been added to its Board of Advisors.

• Fries: Japan was a bit negative over the original Xbox

  Former Xbox boss Ed Fries has said the original Xbox console was met with a bit of hostility in Japan.

• Activision was originally interested in Rare, says ex-Xbox chief

  Did you honestly think it was a straight-out love affair between Microsoft and Nintendo over the affections of Rare? Think again: a certain Mr. K was involved too.

• PS3 "putting up a much stronger battle now," says Fries

  In an interview with Gamedaily, the ex-Xbox exec responsible for Microsoft’s Rare capture, Ed Fries, has warned Microsoft that PS3’s worm is definitely starting to turn. “I think it’s obvious that Sony got off to a slow start; I think they made some pretty big mistakes and they’ve done a good job in the last […]