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Microsoft will wait "until the market responds" to 3D
Sony and developers alike might already be embracing 3D technology with or without glasses (in Nintendo’s case that is), but Microsoft is staying cool, waiting it out “until the market responds,” according to director of product management for Xbox 360 Aaron Greenberg. In an interview held at E3, Greenberg expressed his hesitation towards thinking the technology is already mainstream, ...read more
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Kinect about getting new audiences, core gamer to be catered to later
There may not be (m)any games that target the core gamer in Kinect’s early November launch line-up, but that will change, Microsoft assures. According to Albert Penello, senior director of global marketing for Xbox 360, the first wave of titles is all about reaching new audiences. “At no point have we ever said, ‘I don’t have any interest in having core games come out onKinect,’” ...read more
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Xbox Ghostbusters multiplayer glitches to be busted this fall
A year after its release, you may have thought there wasn't a ghost of a chance of any fixes being made to Ghostbusters. But Terminal Reality is going to give Xbox 360 players a reason to start busting ghosts in multiplayer again, with a patch that fixes glitches in the multiplayer Achievements. That means that, following the update, you should be able to get the "Egon's Guinea Pig" Achievement! ...read more
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Xbox 360 Slim, first pictures
Here it is: the eagerly anticipated (and one might argue, long overdue) Xbox 360 Slim. First outed by an Italian ad yesterday, the redesigned Xbox is an angular take on the Xbox 360 frame. We've got some pics, fresh from Microsoft's keynote. click read more for more images
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Call of Duty DLC to debut on Xbox Live until 2012
Following up on their partnership with Modern Warfare 2, Activision and Microsoft have announced a new agreement at E3 that will make Call of Duty DLC timed Xbox exclusives for at least the next three years, until 2012. Call of Duty: Black Ops DLC will be available first on Xbox Live, with PSN and PC releases likely to follow a few months afterwards. Considering the overwhelming demand for Modern ...read more
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Kinect moves into retail this November
According to Xbox.com, we'll be flailing our arms and jumping in the air with Kinect this November. Microsoft seems to be aiming directly for mainstream culture's jugular, with broadcast media getting body-ons this morning. Enjoy.
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Kinect leaked games list
Update: Oops! It looks like USA Today jumped the gun on the announcement and has since pulled the piece from its site. Stay tuned for Microsoft's official unveiling later. USA Today has spilled the proverbial beans on Microsoft's Natal project -- not only has the paper confirmed the Kinect product name, but they've posted a few of the games in the pipeline for the system. Here we go: check ...read more
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Kinect is in, 'Project Natal' is out
Update 2: Major Nelson confirms it: Project Natal is now officially called Kinect. Update: Oops! It looks like USA Today jumped the gun on the announcement and has since pulled the piece from its site. Stay tuned for Microsoft's official unveiling later. We've got either good or bad news depending on how you felt about the rumored name change for Microsoft's motion-sensing Project Natal. ...read more
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Kinect gets gesture-based Video Chat
Microsoft's Kinect unveiling pulled back the curtain on a new video chat program, aptly titled Video Chat. Here, gamers will be able to participate in face-to-face communication and even share photos -- remember Photo Party? The program is entirely navigated through gestures. No price nor a launch date was revealed by Microsoft. We'll let you know when we find out.
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Rumor: Xbox 360 Slim and Kinect outed by Microsoft ad
An alleged Italian Microsoft ad, originally found on Console Tribe, seems to have revealed a slim Xbox 360 alongside a renamed Project Natal, touting a 250GB HDD, built-in WiFi (it's the future!), and compatibility with "Kinect" -- presumably the new name for Natal. The advertisement leads back to the Italian Microsoft site and the source of the page tells us that Atlas Solutions -- a ...read more
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