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Microsoft recruiting for its new 'Arcadia' initiative

By Salehuddin Bin Husin - on 19 Dec 2014, 8:53am

Microsoft recruiting for its new 'Arcadia' initiative

Arcadia, as any fan of Halo would know, is the location for some missions in Halo Wars, an RTS offshoot of the Halo series.

If you guessed a streaming service, you deserve a pat on the back. Yes, it seems like Microsoft is on the hunt for new talent again and this time it's for their new 'Arcadia' project. The project will reportedly be using the software giant's Azure cloud architecture as the backbone behind the new tech.

Like Playstation Now and the other gaming streaming services, it seems like Arcadia is geared to bring Microsoft's gaming prowess to users who want to play on the go. In fact, there seems to be some discussion of bridging out of the Windows ecosystem and extending the service to Android devices as well, though at this point nothing's set in stone.  

Microsoft, despite having its own OS in the mobile arena has previously dabbled on Android. Apart from its prolific Microsoft Office Mobile, the company also has the Smartglass app for both the Xbox One and the older Xbox 360. Thus, it's not beyond the realm of possibility for Microsoft to bring Arcadia to a rival platform.

If the rumors are to be believed, Microsoft is also considering the opposite; allowing Android apps on Windows devices. The current speculation has the software and hardware giant using Arcadia to stream not only Android games, but certain popular apps as well. In fact, streaming Android software isn't the only thing on the table. Microsoft might actually be looking into allowing Android apps to be installed on Windows devices.

Of course, all this is just conjecture and rumor. Word you hear from a friend of a friend of a friend who knows somebody who works at Microsoft type stuff. Whether or not Arcadia will have the Android integration and all that, nobody really knows for sure. What seems to be legit is that Arcadia will be a streaming service of some sort. Streaming games is probably a safe bet seeing as how Sony has its Playstation Now already up and running in Open Beta in the US. To think Microsoft wouldn't offer a competing service is pure lunacy. In fact, it's surprising that its taken Microsoft this long to get something like this off the ground.

Source: ZDnet

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