Microsoft to port games to Sony Playstation

Thanks to Keith Furman for the tip: Microsoft revealed late last week thatit would be working with games developer Psygnosis to port Microsoft gamesover to the Sony Playstation. The first three titles that will get converted are Age of Empires,

Paul Thurrott

May 31, 1998

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Thanks to Keith Furman for the tip: Microsoft revealed late last week thatit would be working with games developer Psygnosis to port Microsoft gamesover to the Sony Playstation. The first three titles that will get converted are Age of Empires, MotoCross Madness, and Urban Assault. Thedeal marks the first time Microsoft has allowed any of its titles to beported to a non-Windows system. When taken with the company's plans tocreate a games console with Sega (the Dreamcast) and its intention to pushgame development heavily (it is working on over 40 games right now), itseems that Microsoft is trying to make some inroads in the lucrative gamesmarket

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Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is senior technical analyst for Windows IT Pro. He writes the SuperSite for Windows, a weekly editorial for Windows IT Pro UPDATE, and a daily Windows news and information newsletter called WinInfo Daily UPDATE.

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