Tag Archives: project natal

Mon, Aug 15, 2011 | 20:12 BST

Dance Central almost had its own hardware

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It’s hard to imagine that Dance Central was in development before Kinect was even announced, but Harmonix is now saying that the game was slated to have its own peripheral before Project Natal hit the scene.
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Mon, Jun 14, 2010 | 10:02 BST

Toulouse: Kinect is the “perfect name”

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Microsoft’s director of policy and enforcement for Xbox Live  Stephen Toulouse has said that he believes Kinect is the perfect name for the motion device previously known as Project Natal.

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Mon, Jun 14, 2010 | 09:36 BST

Greenberg: We’re not worried about Natal name change

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Microsoft has said that it’s not worried about any potential confusion that may arise from Project Natal changing its name to Kinect.

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Mon, Jun 14, 2010 | 08:06 BST

Bleszinski: Kinect is “nice step” from software to entertainment

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Cliff Bleszinski is down with Kinect. Very much so.

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Mon, Jun 14, 2010 | 07:41 BST

First shots of Kinect under its new guise [Update]

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Update: Gizmodo’s taken its own shots of Kinect from the event. Get them here.

Original: Natal is dead. Long live Kinect.

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Mon, Jun 14, 2010 | 05:32 BST

More Kinect details in main MS presser tonight

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Microsoft’s just ended its Project Natal experience event, where a date or price for the motion camera now known as Kinect was not mentioned during the main event.

But don’t go glum yet, kids.

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Mon, Jun 14, 2010 | 04:54 BST

Confirmed: Project Natal renamed Kinect

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Microsoft’s just confirmed that Kinect is now the new name of the motion camera that was previously known as Project Natal. The announcement was made as its Project Natal experience began.

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Mon, Jun 14, 2010 | 00:19 BST

Rumour: Natal is called Kinect, new 360 form factor leaked in ad

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Boom. This is looking likely.

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Sun, Jun 13, 2010 | 21:40 BST

Danish Game lists Natal pricing at 1,299 DKK/£140

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The Danish arm of retailer Game has priced Microsoft’s Natal at 1.299,00 DKK, which works out at around €175/£140.

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Sun, Jun 13, 2010 | 11:07 BST

GAME UK starts taking orders for Project Natal

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Here we go. GAME UK has started taking orders for Project Natal on its website.

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Fri, Jun 11, 2010 | 14:44 BST

Microsoft has “bigger announcements” at E3 that’ll “top” last year’s Natal announce

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Do you hear that? That’s the megaton horn. It’s going off.

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Tue, Jun 08, 2010 | 06:58 BST

Rare website starts counting down – get guessing

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Rare’s website now has a countdown on its homepage. It has seven days left. Can you guess why? Betcha you can’t.

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Sun, Jun 06, 2010 | 13:24 BST

Molyneux: Converging “forces” to spawn new genres

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In a new interview, Lionhead Studios creative director Peter Molyneux has said that he believes “new genres” will emerge out of the intersection of social spaces, motion control and emotional intent.

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Fri, Jun 04, 2010 | 11:00 BST

3D to be bigger deal at E3 than motion controllers

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Natal and Move? They’re so last year. 3D is the new black at E3 this year.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 15:46 BST

GAME taking Natal pre-orders from June 13

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GAME has said it will start taking pre-orders for Project Natal from next Sunday, June 13.

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Thu, Jun 03, 2010 | 08:20 BST

Miyamoto: MS and Sony motion devices are “threatening”

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Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto’s told Edge that Microsoft and Sony’s rush to motion with Natal and Move is “threatening” behaviour.

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Thu, May 27, 2010 | 20:43 BST

Rumour – Natal to be formally called “Wave” [Update]

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Microsoft is to officially announce “Wave” as the formal name of Project Natal at E3 in two-and-a-half weeks time, according to NowGamer.

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Wed, May 26, 2010 | 09:24 BST

Bach: Natal is a “midlife kicker” for 360

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Head of E&D at Microsoft Robbie Bach has told TechFlash that Natal is seen as a “midlife kicker” for Xbox 360.

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Thu, May 20, 2010 | 09:32 BST

Bethesda dev: Microsoft should “open up Natal”

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Bethesda developer Ashley Cheng has said that Microsoft should “open up” the API of Natal to let other people create apps using it.

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Tue, May 18, 2010 | 14:23 BST

Microsoft hopeful of having Natal playable to TGS public

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Want to go hands-on, or whatever the term, with Natal? Going to Tokyo in September, by any chance? Read on.

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