Microsoft plays game across three of their platforms

Get ready to never stop playing a videogame. I mean you pause it on one device, pick up another and play the exact same game at the exact same place where you left off. Sure, Microsoft has been talking about this forever, but it actually seems like they’ve got it working now. As demonstrated by Microsoft’s Eric Rudder at TechEd Middle East in Dubai the company is bringing their platforms together in a big way. You can see him do it in the above video.

Rudder starts to play a pretty basic looking platformer on his PC and beats the first level. He then jumps onto his Windows 7 phone and picks up where he left off, playing the game on that. He then turns to his Xbox 360 and starts to play on that exactly where he left off on his phone. Yea, it’s a little daunting to even think about. While this obviously wouldn’t work so well for every game (especially the phone part) the ease with which it can be done — as Rudder demonstrates in the video — is surprising.

Who is up for never having to pause a game ever again?

Microsoft Demos Game Across Windows Phone 7, Xbox 360, and Windows 7 [Gizmodo]