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Games Coming to Microsoft's Zune Player

by Tim Stevens on February 21, 2008 at 02:17 PM

iPod May Own the Market, but Zune Has Games!

Microsoft's Zune just can't get any respect. With the recent launch of the new models, the players finally took shapes and sizes (and colors) that people liked. It certainly has the iPod beat in terms of functionality, with its song-sharing capabilities and compatibility with music stored in a number of file formats, but still nobody seems to care. Gamers might just start to take notice, though, with the announcement of games for Zune.

Microsoft's music player is now a game player, too, or at least will be later this year when titles start to see release. Right now, there's only one game, a space-shooter called 'Zauri,' and it's more of a demo than anything. The plan is for the Zune to receive games downloaded through Microsoft's online Marketplace. Games themselves will be developed through XNA, the company's game development platform that also supports the PC and the Xbox 360.

Details beyond that are slim, except that wireless multiplayer capability will be included. No mention of anticipated cost for games, or the specific availability for any, but we wouldn't expect to do much Zunepad gaming until the latter-half of this year at the earliest.

From Engadget

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Tags: portable gaming, PortableGaming, video games, VideoGames, XNA, Zune

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