Gaming Industry Layoffs Continue as Arkane Studios Austin Closes

Microsoft, Bethesda to shutter Dishonored developer

"...who reported that it was being shuttered by the Microsoft-owned Bethesda Studios as part of a round of cuts...."

May 7, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Now Speaking at SXSW: Ozzy Osbourne, Trent Reznor, Janelle Monae

Plus: St. Vincent, Carrie Brownstein, Judd Apatow, Desus & Mero

"...• Former Microsoft CEO and founder of the non-partisan and non-profit USAFacts,..."

Feb. 11, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Announces Gaming Award Nominees and Hosts

WWE star Xavier Woods to co-host ceremony in March

"...Activision / Infinity Ward Gears of War 4 – Microsoft Studios / The Coalition Killer Instinct: Season 3 –..."

Jan. 25, 2017 Screens Post by James Renovitch

The Hightower Report

Free (Corporate) Speech; and Corporations Take the Money and Run

"...gone splendidly, with such giants as DuPont, Hertz, IBM, Microsoft, and PepsiCo rushing to grab the windfall. They've borrowed..."

Oct. 29, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Season of Sequels

Holiday gaming rehash or bold reinvention? We'll be the judge.

"...Gears of War 2 (Microsoft Game Studios, $59.99; Xbox 360) A very slight improvement..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Game Reviews

Halo 3

"...Halo 3Microsoft $59.99..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Screens Feature by Eric Sebesta

Controlling Their Own Destiny

So many questions for the gaming industry, so many Austin game developers to answer them

"...read this, millions of copies of the newly released Microsoft game Halo 2 are flying off store shelves at..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

In Play

Xbox brings the talk, but can it walk the walk with its latest sports-game line?

"...Microsoft Game Studios..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Screens Feature by Marcel Meyer

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...has become a new battleground in the fight against Microsoft hegemony; city officials have confirmed that they're running a..."

Dec. 26, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Short Cuts

Dobie goes digital, understanding Sikhism, and Tom Copeland celebrates two decades at the Texas Film Commission.

"...reality in Austin and elsewhere, as Landmark Theatres and Microsoft announced last week that they will be equipping all..."

April 25, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

No tape, no screen: The Dobie's new digital projector and the Alamo's windblown mishap last week.

"...System comes as a result of Landmark's teaming with Microsoft and Los Angeles-based Digital Cinema Solutions and uses Microsoft's..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

No Commitment Necessary

As the economy takes a dive, many high tech workers find themselves stuck on the temping treadmill

"...workers, according to the American Staffing Association's own estimates. Microsoft, in particular, became notorious for its open-ended contract policy,..."

March 9, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Naked City

Danny Thomas gets the Austin Police Association PAC endorsement; city signs contract with CSC; Bill Gates appears via satellite at the Austin Convention Center; election workers needed for the March 14 primary

"...dive (despite antitrust police efforts) is Bill Gates. The Microsoft king will appear via satellite at the Austin Convention..."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Mediatruck Makes Software That Makes Sense

"...another limitation with the r.e.d.d. System. "Their product supports Microsoft Access and Microsoft's Sequel Server, rather than some of..."

May 14, 1999 Screens Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

The Second Coolest Thing Online

"...for space on the major portals like Netscape, AOL, Microsoft, and others. No fly-by-night shady operator can afford this..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Screens Feature by John Avignone

Cyber Top Tens

"...2. Microsoft antitrust issues acknowledged. The Feds acknowledged the obvious --..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Cyber Send-Ups

Technology Parodies Itself

"...sincerest form of flattery, then the producers of Slate, Microsoft's on-line political magazine, should feel even more flattered now..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Screens Feature

CitySlurp

New City Sites Vie for Surfers

"...strike deals with content providers in many urban locales. Microsoft has announced a venture called CityScape. The first CityScape..."

Oct. 11, 1996 News Column by Chris Walters

Everything Everywhere All at Once Directors Return to South By Southwest

Daniels, Kara Swisher, AI, Mobile Suit Gundam for fest

"...by Vice President of Design and Artificial Intelligence at Microsoft John Maeda...."

Dec. 5, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Panel Recap: The Biz of Being Human: Volumetric Humans at Scale

Exactly what about people are volumetrics capturing?

"...who leads the Mixed Reality Capture Studios program at Microsoft...."

March 14, 2023 SXSW Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

GameStop: Rise of the Players

How a collapsed stock leveled up

"...Twitch stream, through a confluence of events (not least Microsoft and Sony building disk players into their next-gen machines),..."

Feb. 4, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Where’d You Go, Bernadette

Cate Blanchett steals away with what’s left of her dreams in Linklater’s coming-of-middle-age comedy

"...has retreated into anonymous domesticity in Seattle with her Microsoft superstar husband, Elgin (Crudup), and savvy daughter, Bee (Nelson),..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Partners With Corporations to Solve Mobility Problems

The City:One Challenge "puts residents at the center of the mobility conversation"

"...the city and corporate partners including Ford Motor Company, Microsoft, and Dell Technologies. The challenge aims "to help put..."

July 12, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Searching

Innovative thriller keeps the tension on the small screen

"...shown via the tech of the times, moving from Microsoft Windows heavily pixelated Internet Explorer footage to, eventually, Apple’s..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Zero Days

Chilling cyber warfare doc explores the Stuxnet virus

"...time, the Stuxnet virus ended up infecting millions of Microsoft Windows-running PCs worldwide, but more to the point, it..."

July 22, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The AggreGAYtor: July 30

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Microsoft and Google, two of the largest U.S. technology corporations,..."

July 30, 2013 Qmmunity Post

The AggreGAYtor: July 22

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Get ready to feel pity for Microsoft: anti-gay selloffs might have cost the corporate behemoth real..."

July 22, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Ouya: The People's Gaming Console

Could Julie Uhrman's Kickstarted project be the innovation the gaming industry was waiting for?

"...see the big-name platforms altering their strategies: "Sony and Microsoft already have marketplaces for independent developers (PlayStation Network and..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Sean Carey

About AIDS: July 27

Updates from the epidemic

"...• Microsoft and the Names Project digitize the memorial quilt...."

July 27, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2010: Animation

This year's five nominees for the best animated short Oscar are available for viewing. This year’s five Academy Award-nominated animated shorts include “A Matter of Loaf and Death,” the latest stop-motion Claymation piece from Nick Park and Aardman; “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” by Nicky Phelan; “The Lady and the Reaper" by Recio García; “French Roast” by Fabrice O. Joubert; and the winning “Logorama” by the H5 collective.

"...that bombard us to the point of numbness. The Microsoft butterfly flits through the air; cops come in the..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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