Tue, Nov 09, 2010 | 20:35 GMT
Braben: Kinectimals does not use Milo & Kate tech
Frontier has said its feline-filled Kinectimals does not use any technology based on Lionhead’s Milo & Kate, despite comments made earlier in the week by Microsoft.
Studio boss David Braben told OXM the technology used in the title was in development before Milo & Kate, and Lionhead is not involved in any way.
“I’d like to address some stories that are currently circulating, that Kinectimals from Frontier is somehow related to Milo & Kate from Lionhead,” said Braben.
“Kinectimals has been in development since before we saw Milo. It is built using Frontier’s own technology shared with other Frontier games in development, and ideas evolved from earlier games like Dog’s Life.
“There has not been any involvement in the technology or design by Lionhead. Milo & Kate is a completely separate (and intriguing) development from Lionhead.”
The Kinect confusion started earlier in the week when Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg told an Australian gaming show Milo & Kate was just a tech demo, before clarifying it was still in development – it just wouldn’t be out this year.
It was also reported that day that Phil Spencer, VP of Microsoft Game Studios, had said the Milo tech was “showing up in other places, so Kinectimals is actually done at Frontier.”
So, to recap: Milo & Kate is still in the works but won’t be out by Christmas; Kinectimals uses its own tech, and nothing borrowed from Lionhead.
End of. Hopefully.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360, hardware
Tags: Aaron Greenberg, david braben, frontier, Kinectimals, milo & kate, Phil Spencer
11 comments
#1
Paavi
01/07/10, 3:43 pm
That smile those animals have, it’s just unnatural. Maybe it’s because they’re KINECTIMALS.
#2
StolenGlory
01/07/10, 4:05 pm
Stopped giving a toss about this whole situation about two articles back.
#3
Panou
01/07/10, 4:11 pm
Those smiling baby tigers just frighten me, I admit it. They really look like Joker in The Dark Knight… =/
#4
Gheritt White
01/07/10, 4:20 pm
Fuck Kinectimals, where the fuck is Elite IV???
#5
Blerk
01/07/10, 4:23 pm
In Elite IV you’ll actually have to wank off a Thargoid in order to get a good deal.
#6
Windsmeare
01/07/10, 4:24 pm
Two things come to mind looking at that picture.
1) I can’t help but be reminded of the cute but very evil woodland animals from South Park.
2) If they get out of line, can I smack a tiger?
#7
StolenGlory
01/07/10, 4:25 pm
@Blerk.
‘Thargoids’.
The absolute fucking bane of my existence in the 80′s.
#8
daytripper
01/07/10, 5:03 pm
‘Thargoids’…sounds like getting boils on your penis
#9
Dannybuoy
01/07/10, 5:08 pm
So basically they are saying they have nothing to do with the child grooming game
#10
Dr.Freeman
01/07/10, 8:09 pm
the smilin tiger: “give it a try ,put ur hands on me”
the tiger behind him whispering: “it’s my idea ,so am havin the fingers”
#11
DarkElfa
01/07/10, 8:16 pm
They will eat your soul.
No, seriously, they’ll eat it….and poop butterflies.