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If you follow our Xbox Windows Phone editorial coverage, then you know I’ve often been critical of the Xbox certification process. Microsoft created a set of certification policies back in the Xbox 360’s early years that were intended to ensure the highest quality game releases and discourage the release of buggy games. These same policies were then extended wholesale to subsequent Xbox platforms, including Games for Windows Live (PC), Windows 8, and Windows Phone.

Problem is the aging and restrictive policies weren’t designed to reflect the changing nature of the games industry, and certainly not to account for the differences in development between consoles and platforms like Windows Phone. Modern game development isn’t about shipping a game and then trying not to ever update it. No, games these days (whether they have In-App Purchases or not) are updated continuously throughout their life spans.

Indie hits like Minecraft and top smartphone games like Angry Birds and Cut the Rope would never have remained as relevant as they are without the constant stream of updates and support from their developers. And the Xbox certification policies dating back to 2005 have been nothing but an impediment towards that kind of support. BUT it turns out that Microsoft discreetly relaxed their policies towards updating games earlier this year – on the Xbox 360, at least.

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Detailsof two forthcoming Samsung Galaxy smartphones have emerged online, revealing some interesting gen ahead of their official unveilings.

Benchmark scorecards posted on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, confirm numerous specs that are on board the much-rumoured Galaxy S4 Mini and the freshly uncovered Galaxy J Active.

The Galaxy S4 Mini (model Samsung-SGH-I9190), which is essentially a smaller edition of Samsung's latest flagship phone, packs a 1.7GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 chipset with an Adreno 305 GPU, a display of unspecified size with a 960 x 540 resolution and the usual connectivity options such as Bluetooth 4.0, GPS and Wi-Fi 802.11n.

Allthough there’s no information on the camera, if rumours can be trusted the S4 Mini is expected to feature an eight-megapixel rear-mounted camera, along with the new and improved camera app that debuted on the standard-size S4.

The J Active (model Samsung-SGH-I537), on the other hand, packs a 1080p HD display (size unspecified) and a 1.9GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 Plus processor.

The Active is widely said to be a sporty, ruggedised kit offering all the features you expect from a modern smartphone, but with superior protection against shocks, knocks and drops and possibly water and dust resistance too.

It’s still unknown exactly when the handsets can be expected to hit store shelves, but word on the street is that both the S4 Mini and the J Active could tip up sometime in July.