Live Anywhere could enhance MMOs
by Jennie Lees 
{ May 11th 2006 at 6:00AM }
Checking in-game auctions from a mobile phone has been on our MMO wishlist for some time -- Live Anywhere will enable that, and other immersive features. Levelling up crafting skills via casual mini-games; chatting with guild leaders via PC or phone-based VoIP; sending in-game mail and IM from normal mail and IM clients.
We'll have to wait and see if Live Anywhere will support more unification, such as matching friends lists and clan systems both in-game and outside it, but there are definitely some really cool possibilities that this vision opens up for MMOs. It's up to Microsoft and developers to really deliver on this potential.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Daniel D @ May 11th 2006 6:07AM
this is going to be great just wait until they launch their handheld whatever it is, they will integrate this into it as well. Because of microsofts domination in the software market only they can offer a service like this as easy as this. They have all their bases covered, with msn hotmail et al
Kazi @ May 11th 2006 9:54AM
Will everything in xbox live be avaiable through live everywhere (in Vista and Cellphones)?
JamesE @ May 11th 2006 1:42PM
Could you please elaborate on the photo? I'm hoping what the photo means is that with Forza 2, you will be able to design cars on your PC, trade them from your phone, and race them on your 360. This would be absolutely amazing!
jennie @ May 11th 2006 8:10PM
#3 - Yes, that's an illustrative diagram of Forza 2 from the MS press conference and it means exactly that.
Asdf @ May 20th 2006 12:53PM
#1 There is no Microsoft handheld. It has been confirmed for some time now.