Rumors have been flying about Microsoft’s alleged deal to acquire Skype. Well, it has happened people. Microsoft has bought Skype for a whopping $8.5 billion dollars.  The acquisition of Skype will definitely broaden Microsoft’s ever growing market. Who could blame them for wanting to acquire a VoIP software that is so well known? Well, that is good and fine for them, but how will that affect us, the consumers?

According to several of the articles on the web, the acquisition means that you will start to see Skype being integrated into other Microsoft technologies, for example the Xbox and Kinect.  Which when you think about it, won’t be surprising.  

I personally wonder how this will affect their existing program, Messenger. Both programs provide

Extravagant or simple wedding? The Choice is Yours!

You don’t need to spend for a Grand Wedding Set to get the rights to get married through the newest Couple System feature in Flyff online. But the couples who were able to purchase the limited Grand Wedding Set has an additional bonus of

+5% Movement Speed +5 Stamina +200 Attack. Nevertheless, here are some of the most cutest and romantic photos of groom and brides  after the jump.

Groom: kunji26
Bride:angeljhen24
Server: Bubble

Bride: aLoHoMoRaQ5
Groom: Z3ON
Server: Shade

Groom: IamWhatIam
Bride: RmDanielle
Server: n/a

Bride: zYxBPjAnE
Groom: JesterzYxEL
Server: BUBBLE

Bride: TaOnGgOmA
Groom: dEatHkiZ
Server: BUBBLE

Groom:Kisame
Bride: LadyYukino
Server: Bubble

Bride:jinns
Groom:LLee16 (alt0151)
Server:bubble

Groom: uLTiMaDrAg0n
Bride: TnA
Server: SHADE

Wishing you both couples to have a long live marriage in Flyff and hopefully you’ll get married in real life!

You can also read my other flyff article in my wacky times and humor side blog below:

Marriage System in Flyff MMORPG Part 1: The Grand Wedding SetMarriage System in Flyff MMORPG Part 2: Here comes the brides

 

Source:
Couple Photos courtesy of Flyff Forum.
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 Project Natal Looms Ahead

 

Project Natal, Microsoft's bid to combat the huge popularity of the Wii was recently showcased at E3 2009. This advancement for the Xbox 360 platform, based on Israeli military technology, boasts a "controller-free gaming and entertainment experience". The device, which looks like a thin black external hardrive, is capable of full motion body capture, facial recognition, and voice recognition. To accomplish this, Natal is equipped with an rgb camera, multi-array microphone, depth sensor and custom propriety software. The device is meant to be placed on the top of your tv and completely discards the need for a control. This control-less factor is sure to be Microsoft's selling point for the console.

 

The emergence of the Wii and its meteoric success has shown everyone the future of the gaming industry. A more interactive, less restrictive future that meshes the player deeper into the gameplay itself. The gaming industry is continually breaking new ground and the need for a controller seems to be growing more obsolete as we speak. Who else is seeing virtual reality gaming a real possibility in maybe the next decade? 

 

Continuing its quest to bolster the Xbox 360's Japanese profile, a Microsoft Japan press conference has showcased Square Enix's Infinite Undiscovery, The Last Remnant, and Star Ocean for the console - with Namco Bandai also revealing a Tales of Vesperia Xbox 360 bundle for Japan.

Square Enix announced that Infinite Undiscovery, an Xbox 360-exclusive RPG developed by tri-Ace, will ship in North America on September 2nd, 2008, followed by its release in Europe and other PAL territories on September 5th and in Japan on September 11th.

Square Enix's The Last Remant, under development for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, will release globally for the Xbox 360 winter 2008. Star Ocean: The Last Hope, another Xbox 360 exclusive developed by tri-Ace, is scheduled for 2009.

Said Square Enix CEO and president John Yamamoto in a press statement sent to Gamasutra: "Square Enix is expanding on its commitment to deliver exciting gaming experiences to our fans all around the world. Infinite Undiscovery, The Last Remnant, Star Ocean: The Last Hope represent significant steps in bringing our titles to a global audience and to make each new release a global event."

Elsewhere at the

MYTHICA: Show of hands. Who remembers Microsoft\'s canceled Norse legends MMO, circa 2002-2004, entitled MYTHICA? You do? I\'m so proud of you my friends! Do you have a good, solid sense of what the game looked like?

Carolyn Koh chats with folks from the Microsoft PR group and gathers their views on Games for Windows, DirectX 10 and how they relate to MMOs.As you might expect, the usual PR smoke screens, jibber jabs and

A year ago this month, at the last really big E3 ever, Microsoft announced its Live Anywhere initiative, promising to rapidly extend Xbox Live to the PC and cell phones. Finally, your Xbox Live friends list, achievements, Live Arcade, and all that other good stuff would be accessible on those other platforms with over 100 million gamers. I was absolutely giddy. They didn't show the service off per se, but rather had a mock-up demonstration of what it would be like. You'd be sitting there on your PC and someone on the Xbox 360 would see you online, invite you into a cross-platform game, and away you'd go. They'd send you a message, and you'd get it on your phone, PC, 360—wherever you happen to be. You could edit your Forza Motorsport 2 car on your PC and then take it out on the 360 to drive. Sure it was just a mock-up, but the idea was to say, "This is what we're going for."

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This month, the first two Live PC games hit the market, first Halo 2 and then Shadowrun, and boy did Microsoft ever drop the ball on this one. Microsoft has set everything in place for Live on the PC to be a failure, an