Tag Archives: natal
Tue, Mar 16, 2010 | 20:36 GMT
Bleszinski finds new motion controls “very interesting”
Epic’s Cliff Bleszinsk has said that he finds motion controls to be very interesting, and seems to like Natal the most.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, Microsoft, Sony, peripherals
Tags: Cliff Bleszinski, epic, Move, natal
Sun, Mar 14, 2010 | 20:34 GMT
Rein: “It’s too early to say” if Epic will develop games with motion control
Mark Rein has told VG247 that it’s too early to say if Epic plans on utilizing the motion controllers from Microsoft or Sony in any of its games.
Sat, Mar 13, 2010 | 08:48 GMT
More Reggie on Move: “I’m blushing I’m so flattered”
Reggie Fils-Aime’s told IGN that Sony’s imitated Wii so strongly with PS Move it’s brought a flush to his face.
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Posted in: GDC 2010, Hot, Microsoft, Nintendo, PS3, Sony, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: natal, PlayStation Move, project natal, reggie fils-aime
Sat, Mar 13, 2010 | 07:52 GMT
Reggie: Competitors’ race to motion is “embarrassing”
NoA boss Reggie Fils-Aime has told Kotaku that Nintendo would have been “embarrassed” to be part of Microsoft and Sony’s catch-up to motion gaming.
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Posted in: GDC 2010, Hot, Microsoft, Nintendo, PS3, Sony, Wii, Xbox 360
Tags: natal, PlayStation Move, project natal, reggie fils-aime
Fri, Mar 12, 2010 | 17:55 GMT
Greenberg on Move: “Only Natal makes you the controller”
Microsoft production boss Aaron Greenberg’s thrown out a response to Sony’s Move reveal earlier this week, saying that Natal’s the only solution for controller-free motion gaming.
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Posted in: GDC 2010, Hot, Microsoft, PS3, Sony, Xbox 360
Tags: Aaron Greenberg, natal, PlayStation Move, project natal, ps move
Wed, Mar 10, 2010 | 06:41 GMT
EA: Lack of Tiger Woods 11 Natal support down to “timing”
EA Sports has told VG247 that Tiger Woods 11 won’t be supporting Natal thanks to launch “timing”.
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Posted in: EA, GDC 2010, Hot, PS3, Sports, Wii, Xbox 360, iPhone
Tags: arc, gem, natal, tiger woods, tiger woods 11, Tiger Woods PGA Tour '11
Fri, Mar 05, 2010 | 22:58 GMT
Molyneux talks Natal, says it’s been updated since X10
Peter Molyneux has revealed that there have been “countless revisions of cameras and countless revisions of software” updates made to Project Natal since it was first shown to the press.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360, hardware, peripherals
Tags: natal, peter molyneux, project natal
Fri, Mar 05, 2010 | 21:39 GMT
Microsoft plans to maintain “core” focus alongside Natal release
European Xbox 360 bossman Chris Lewis has said that there is no reason for gamers to fear that Microsoft is losing it’s edge with the release of Project Natal.
Far be it – the firm says it’s staying committed to the core audience.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360, hardware, peripherals
Tags: chris lewis, natal, project natal
Sat, Feb 27, 2010 | 22:37 GMT
Report – Microsoft to market Natal with celebrity endorsements
According to a report over on MCV, when Natal is launched on the market, Microsoft plans to use celebrity endorsements along the same lines Nintendo used with DS.
You know- those commercials with Beyonce and Lisa Kudrow?
Thu, Feb 25, 2010 | 19:20 GMT
Pachter: Aimed low on price of Natal, DSi XL not successful at launch
Industry analyst Michael Pachter has backtracked a bit on what he has twice “guessimated” to be the cost of Natal upon launch, stating that it will probably be released at a higher price-point than that.
Furthermore, he also believes that Nintendo’s DSi XL will not go over well with consumers at launch, considering it is only $10 less than Wii.
Tue, Feb 23, 2010 | 21:19 GMT
“We are going to be careful” with Natal portfolio, says Greenberg
Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg has said that the company is going to be “very careful” when it comes to releasing games for Project Natal.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360, hardware, peripherals
Tags: Aaron Greenberg, natal, X10
Tue, Feb 23, 2010 | 06:55 GMT
Jonathan Ross Natal play video released, lag pegged at “a tenth of a second”
As some of you eagle-eyed Twitter-watchers will have noticed yesterday, Jonathan Ross has been playing with Natal. Watch him in action after the break.
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 | 18:37 GMT
Farrell: THQ has motion control titles to show off at E3
THQ CEO Brian Farrell dropped quite a few noteworthy bits of information during his much quoted interview with IGN this week.
While we have covered this extensively, there was one other thing we couldn’t resist pulling from it, and that was the news that THQ would be showing motion control titles at E3 this year.
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Posted in: Development, E3 2010, Hot, PS3, THQ, Xbox 360, hardware, peripherals
Tags: arc, brian farrell, natal
Sat, Feb 13, 2010 | 16:43 GMT
Greenberg: More information and possible “real” name for Natal at E3
Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg has said that more news regarding Natal will be announced at E3 – maybe even the actual name of the peripheral.
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Posted in: Development, E3 2010, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360, hardware, peripherals
Tags: Aaron Greenberg, Fable III, natal, project natal, X10
Tue, Feb 09, 2010 | 22:24 GMT
Pachter weighs-in on upcoming Arc and Natal retail war
With both Sony’s Arc and Microsoft’s Natal landing in stores later in the year, Michael Pachter has concluded who he thinks will win the motion controller war, and it all has to do with price point.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, Microsoft, PS3, Sony, Xbox 360, hardware, peripherals
Tags: arc, michael pachter, natal, wedbush morgan
Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | 20:46 GMT
Report: Nintendo passed on Natal tech back in 2007
Looks like Nintendo bossman Satoru Iwata was shown Natal’s tech at one point and passed on it due to latency and price-point reservations, according to CVG.
More »
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Posted in: Development, Hot, Microsoft, Nintendo, Rumour, hardware, peripherals
Tags: 3dv, motion controls, natal, project natal
Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | 21:38 GMT
Aaron Greenberg sees Natal as helpful tool for Japanese game market
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Posted in: Japan, Microsoft, Rumour, Trade, Xbox 360
Tags: Aaron Greenberg, japanese games market, natal
Wed, Jan 13, 2010 | 16:25 GMT
EA Europe boss says it plans to “do less games and do them better”
EA Europe VP Jens Uwe Intat has said that despite the fact there’ll be fewer EA games released this year, what does make it out will reek of quality.
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Posted in: Development, EA, hardware
Tags: ea to make fewer games, Jens Uwe Intat, natal, quality, sony motion controls
Wed, Jan 13, 2010 | 15:33 GMT
New tech like Natal helps extend the life of Xbox 360, says Microsoft
Microsoft’s Robbie Bach has said that new technology such as Natal helps extend the life of Xbox 360, allowing consumers access to the cutting edge without having to purchase a new system every few years.
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Posted in: Development, Microsoft, Xbox 360, hardware
Tags: CES 2010, natal, robbie bach
Wed, Jan 06, 2010 | 23:15 GMT
Microsoft to announce Xbox Game Room and 2010 Natal launch tonight
Microsoft’s Channel 9 community site has accidentally posted a video interview with Robbie Bach, President of the Entertainment & Devices Division, before the company’s annual CES press conference set for 6:30pm PST tonight.
Apparently, the pulled video (which can be found here, 11 minutes in -thanks Whizzo, and here, thanks Dutch) discussed the Xbox Game Room and confirms that Natal will launch this year.
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Posted in: Development, Hot, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, peripherals
Tags: ces, natal, xbox game room
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