| Microsoft considering Office for the Mac App Store Posted: 30 Jan 2011 05:30 AM PST Posted by Devina Divecha on Sun 30 Jan 2011 Could Microsoft enter the App store? Currently, Microsoft doesn't sell its products on the Mac App Store (rather, it is challenging Apple over the App Store trademark), but we may yet see the day when Microsoft Office products will be made available.
We'd seen a glimmer of hope as far back as last year that Microsoft might enter the App store, but nothing materialized then.
Now Microsoft is admitting to looking at the possibility of offering Office in the Mac App Store, but hasn't decided what course of action to take yet.
Microsoft's Amanda Lefebvre told All Thing's Digital's Mobilized blog that they are looking at the option. She said, "It’s something we are looking at." They pointed out though that Microsoft Office is already available on the web in other places.
She said it's an option they haven't ruled out and will see how it relates to their business.
If released on the Mac App Store, Microsoft will have to compete with the already available Apple rival iWork Suite, which sells Pages, Keynote and Numbers.
In addition, Apple takes 30% of app sales, leaving 70% for the developer, so we'll have to wait and see how that condition is dealt with.
However, with Microsoft recently releasing OneNote for the iPhone via the iTunes App Store, we may just see Office on the Mac App store yet.
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Via: All Things Digital
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| Chime Super Deluxe landing on PlayStation network Posted: 30 Jan 2011 03:45 AM PST Posted by Devina Divecha on Sun 30 Jan 2011 Make your own music with Chime Super Deluxe Block puzzle game Chime Super Deluxe is soon coming to the PlayStation Network.
The game features a musical twist where players need to cover different grids in order to create rectangles called quads, which produces musical notes. As the game moves on, a song is created. Each time the game is played, a unique remix of pre-loaded songs is created.
Musical artists have allowed the developer Zoë Mode to use their music tracks in order to generate the music in the puzzle. There will be 10 music tracks and playable grids at launch and so far, 5 have been revealed.
Songs include Ooh Yeah by Moby, Spilled Cranberries by Markus Schulz, Brazil by Philip Glass, For Silence by Paul Hartnoll and Disco Ghosts by Fred Deakin.
Other songs will be announced eventually.
The game is already available for PCs and Xbox, and we hope to see this version in spring 2011.
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Via: EuroGamer
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| L.A. Noire website goes live Posted: 30 Jan 2011 02:00 AM PST Posted by Devina Divecha on Sun 30 Jan 2011 A game on post-war Los Angeles is on its way The L.A. Noire official website is now live, and the game is set to release for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in May 2011.
The crime thriller game has been developed in partnership between Rockstar Games and Team Bondi, and is set in 1947, in post-war Los Angeles.
The game uses animation technology that captures actors' in 3D and transfers that into the game, which means the gameplay feels more like you're watching a movie. In addition, this technology allows for gamers to read body language and facial expressions in order to help solve the crime.
The main character of the game is Detective Cole Phelps (played by Aaron Station, of Mad Men fame), who must solve a series of arson attacks, racketeering and murders. In order to do that, he must also face up to the underworld and members of his own department.
Gamers will have to find clues, interrogate suspects and indulge in car chases to get to the bottom of the crimes.
The official website can be found here and is starting to reveal a number of character dossiers, the first of which is Coroner Carruthers, a key contact of Detective Phelps.
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