, Microsoft announced today that it has acquired, for a staggering $ 8.5 billion, Skype, the popular network of Internet telephony and messaging. The move surely designed to get the domain for this important market players will also have consequences for the Xbox: the home of Redmond has announced that Skype support soon and Kinect Xbox, Xbox Live allows users to talk and video chat with Skype users and vice versa.

And, although has not yet been announced, it is plausible to expect a Skype channel in the Xbox 360 Dashboard to be those of Facebook and Twitter, in which we can use the service. We will update you when we have more details.