XBLAFANS

Ascend: New Gods, the recently announced XBLA game from Signal Studios has been revealed as one of the first games to utilise Microsoft’s new SmartGlass technology. The action-RPG game is said to feature an “Oracle” that brings up a minimap of the current dungeon that you’re in, the instant you enter it. You will also be able to check out the stats of a new boss or player that enters your world to inform your decision to fight or flee. Players will also be able to wage war against other gamers directly from their mobile phone, racking up power and prestige that can then be transferred over to your Xbox 360 console.

Source: Game Informer and AscendGame.com

Oh no. I think you've summoned maxnyc with that thread title.

tee hee the glass is really smart hahaha theres no going back now that the glass is smart

sweet exactly what i wanted with that smart glass.... *talks to that moron at forbes magasin* see jackass.... that's what gamer want because that's what gamers do.... how many time i had to pause a game go on game faqs check for maps or look on game wiki for stats and all now i can find that fast and in a manner the dev wanted to.... fucking dumb bastard even patcher looks smart next you man /end of rant

My tablet costed 600 USD, and that's all I wanted to say.

Whenever i see the title of this game I think of God Of War Ascension.

Is having an extra screen handy really worth the price of a smart phone or tablet(luckily these are devices that many probably have laying around)? I mean HD games have enough screen real estate to put up a decent sized minimap and stats etc. Plus if you have to look down at your tablet or smart phone you may well have paused the game anyway. Now if we see something more like FF:CC then I suppose that wouldn't be to shabby but the same pitfalls apply. Too much capital for a not that much improved gameplay if the user doesn't have one lying around.

The companion app thing I can see as being quite novel. I just don't expect massive gameplay innovation or anything.

mine was twice that... and i can't wait to see what i can di with smart glass..... i didn't bought for the xbox.... would have bought it even with no xbox at all so smart glass is just straight up brownie points... especially since it will allow me to have even more actual play time out of my session by making easier to do/access thing i already use today.... if implemented well i'll probably end up using that even more than i use the kinect right now...

oh dood did you buy like a fully fledged Intel one or something? ><;

I'm sure thats not intentional 

didn't know intel was also doing tablet pc.... no i got meself a samsung series 7 slate 

http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/tablet-pcs/XE700T1A-A03US this one

can't say i'm 100% satisfied out of the box.... but that's because win7 is not optimized for tablets.. i have since then added win8 and have android and an android emulator on win7.... but once win8 officially releases it's gonna be exactly what i wanted... i bought it for that in the first place... after all it's one they gave away to devs at the built conference.... and i'm pretty sure it was also the one they use to show smart glass at e3 media brief....