Microsoft's plans for 2012 involves creating a "universal" network tying in all the products and branches of the company into a more unified service with the main emphasis revolving around the Xbox Live experience.
The service and plan would be cloud-based and in a bigger scope than Sony's current process of how the PSP and PS3 can share media and game-related stuff.
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Imagine starting a game on your Xbox 360, then saving the game and heading out for the day. Now imagine pulling out your Windows Phone 7 and being able to pick up on that game where you left off; or being able to continue on your laptop PC. That'd be pretty sweet, right? That's what Microsoft's planning for a new Xbox LIVE-based service in 2012.
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Microsoft did hint that at least for the initial period of the service only certain games released in 2012 will take advantage of the new service. The company also previously stated their plans involving the new dashboard set to be released soon would be the first step towards the new "universal" service.
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Quick News Round-Up:
1) Namco reveals the PS3 version of the upcoming Tekken Hybrid will be having its own exlcuisve collector's edition. Included with the games are 2 CDs full of music from Tekken Tag HD and Tekken Tag 2, an art book containing art from every game and movie in the package, and Tekken themed costumes with accessories for PSN Home.
2) According to EA, the suppossed feud between Valve and EA isn't actually occuring and both companies still have a healthy relationship in tact. The boss of the European branch says the company still has its publishing deal for console games made by Valve and explains the need for Origin as a way to compete and co-operate with Valve software at the same time in a friendly manner.
3) Treyarch confirms the Call of Duty series will be expanding to "next-gen" systems after a recent job posting shows the studio is hiring software engineers to work on the game for a brand new console. While speculation about the new system ranges between the Vita, 3DS, and Wii U, it appears the Wii U might be the system being refrenced due to the others being a handheld and Activision previously announced the series would be arriving on the Vita and 3DS.