The Zune HD media player will also be a portable gaming device, with a handful of games available when the sleek gadget launches Tuesday, a Microsoft representative told Wired.com.
At this summer’s E3 videogame conference, Microsoft said only that the upcoming Zune HD would play nice with the Xbox 360. But a series of video ads prematurely released this weekend — then quickly yanked at Microsoft’s request — hinted that Zune HD would be a platform for portable gaming, putting it in direct competition with Apple’s iPhone, Sony’s PSP and the Nintendo DS.
The leaked clips, originally posted by Buy.com, quickly spread across the web after they were pulled from the site.