14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has recently made some interesting announcements regarding its gaming business, but promised to offer even more details during the upcoming GDC (Game Developers Convention) 2015.
Microsoft has confirmed that between March 2 and 6, 2015, no less than 16 sessions will be held during said event. All of them are focusing on gaming, but some stand out and will be of major interest to PC and Xbox One gamers.
Surprisingly, Microsoft hasn’t announced anything specifically for the new HoloLens technology, but there will probably be some mentions of it in some of these sessions. You can find below the full list of sessions confirmed by Microsoft at GDC 2015:
- Designing games for a Windows core world; - Beyond binary choices: how players engage with morality; - The Future of gaming across the Microsoft ecosystem: creating games across devices; - Developing games for Windows 10; - Better power, better performance: your game on DirectX12; - Gaming consumer experience on Windows 10; - New opportunities for independent developers; - Developing with Xbox Live for Windows 10; - Xbox Live Multiplayer: introducing services for cross-platform matchmaking and gameplay; - Fable Legends: cross-device gameplay with Xbox Live; - Best practices for leveraging cloud-based user stats and achievements in Xbox Live; - Distributing games across Microsoft’s phone, PC and Xbox Marketplace; - Advanced DirectX12 graphics and performance; - Encore: better power, better performance: your game on DirectX12; - Sustained gaming performance in multi-core mobile devices; - PC games for Windows 10.
The company looks like it's finally focusing on PC and Xbox gaming
Microsoft seems to have turned its attention to gaming, an area that’s been neglected lately. Hopefully that will change in the coming months, as Microsoft promised big surprises for PC and Xbox players.
In other news, Sony only has 4 sessions confirmed for GDC 2015 and one of them is about its Project Morpheus and the development process for this virtual gaming device.