A series of jobs advertisements posted before Christmas have suggested that Microsoft plans to move in the direction of gaming.

Tech giants are looking for someone to develop “avatar integration, social interaction
and multi screen experiences.” So are we to expect that Microsoft’s Xbox live gaming to be featured on Windows Mobile some time soon.

The roles being recruited for are for a software test engineer a senior software test engineer and a principal program manager who will be responsible for bringing Xbox Live enabled games to Windows Mobile.

This would certainly support Bill Gates’s vision of Live Anywhere which was first suggested back in 2006. The intention eventually was to seamlessly bring gaming on mobile, PC and console platforms together. source – t3.com