The Microsoft Xbox 360 has been in the news recently and I thought it would be good to link to two separate articles from the last few days. First up.. Lucent has decided to sue Microsoft over its use of MPEG-2 decoding technology found within the Xbox 360. Lucent went after several companies in the past regarding their use of the decoding technology and it appears Lucent is at it again – this time with the next gen. console that we all love (or hate?). You can read more about it here on News.com.
Meanwhile, Microsoft has been busy with the gaming industry annoucing that they have purchased the UK game studio company Lionhead Studios. Lionhead is known for games such as Fable, The Movies, and Black & White. With this purchase, Lionhead will exclusively design video games designed for the Xbox 360 and the Windows platform. As is typical with many of its game company purchases, Microsoft will more than likely keep stay out of the way of Lionhead Studios while giving them far more resources than they ever have. Here’s more info on the purchase.
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