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Resource File Might Hint at Future Plans for Xbox Game Room

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Someone picked apart the resource file for the Microsoft Game Room - the PC version of the Xbox Game Room that launched this week - and found a curious Star Wars image that doesn't seem to fit anything.

Blogger TechKnight looked in the Game Room's director and noticed a sizable file. Figuring it held clues, he went looking for .png headers, then wrote a script to pull them out. What he found can be seen here in its entirety.

Activision's presence in this has been known; apparently some of its games were supposed to go into Gamepack 2 (they didn't). It looks like Microsoft has already planned out four more, though.

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What is interesting is the use of the Clone Trooper picture. TechKnight speculates it might be to announce Atari's vector-graphics Star Wars game whenever that arrives, which would be massive. It also very well could be a stray image that means nothing.

There are also some 20 extra or unused achievement/badge icons, including a curious one on the top row, fourth from right, depicting Pac-Man, Air Man and Quick Man. Either way, I've found the launch catalog to be a smidge, well, skimpy, so it's good to have an idea of what else is on the way.

Hidden Resources in Microsoft Game Room [Games, Life and Stuff]