Influenced by Blizzard's Battle.net
- by Ben Kerry Yesterday, 2pm
Following on from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's current remarks about the future of Xbox, outlet Windows Central has actually gone into the Xbox owner's strategies – consequently exposing a brand-new cross-platform effort obviously going on at the Redmond business.
According to the website, in specific press reporter Jez Corden, Microsoft is dealing with some sort of “cross-platform Xbox guide” to utilize throughout numerous video gaming systems. Sources inform the outlet that this effort is called ‘Project Rainway', which Xbox HQ has actually been motivated by Blizzard's Battle.net platform in spinning this up.
“Sources inform us that Microsoft is likewise dealing with a set of in-game APIs and interface functions, called Project Rainway, which is some type of cross-platform Xbox guide menu.
Microsoft has actually been influenced by the in-game Battle.net social functions seen in Hearthstone, Diablo IV, and World of Warcraft, which lets you share and interact cross-platform.
This implies that for video games working on other platforms from Xbox, they will still have an Xbox taste and in-game Xbox systems, perhaps even cloud conserves.”
What those “other platforms” would be stays to be seen, however it's most likely safe to presume that any PC-like gadget or portable system of that ilk might use this – if it pertains to fulfillment. Whether something like this might ever deal with PlayStation and Nintendo systems is up in the air, however it's certainly less most likely to be targeting those competing console platforms at this phase.
All of this is simply reported info at the minute so that's worth keeping in mind, however it does follow on rather fittingly from Nadella's newest remarks – and from Microsoft's ‘This is an Xbox' project, obviously. It appears like we've got a fascinating couple of years ahead of us, folks.
What do you make from this reported task going on at Xbox HQ? Speak with us about it down below.
[source windowscentral.com]
Ben is a News Writer at Pure Xbox, and is a fan of action, racing and straight-up shootin' in any Xbox video game he can get his hands on. When he's not clutching an Xbox controller like his life depends on it, Ben invests his time listening to music that's far too old for him, viewing football on the telly and most likely consuming someplace.
