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• Xbox One: Microsoft details controller recognition, real-time facial expressions

  Microsoft held an Xbox One panel during Comic-Con today, featuring developer discussing some of the console’s new features such as smiling avatars and controllers recognizing their owners.

• Rare has only tapped 15% of Kinect's potential

  Speaking at the London’s Institute for Contemporary Arts yesterday, Rare’s Nick Burton said the Kinect Sports developer had only utilised “10 to 15 percent” of the camera controller’s power.

• Kinect launches in UK - Kudo talks turkey with Sky News

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• Rare: Kinect works in small lounges

  Rare has said Kinect does work in small lounges, despite claims you need to be at least six feet away from the screen for proper operation.

• Rare, BioWare confirmed for GDC Europe talks

  GDC Europe’s organizer has announced Rare and BioWare talks for the Cologne-based event.

• Rare: No lag issues with Kinect

  Rare has said lag is no longer an issue for Microsoft’s motion technology, which is now known as Kinect.

• Rare: Perfect Dark and Kameo "sold phenomenally well"

  Speaking to VideoGamer.com at Develop, Rare’s Nick Burton laughed off reports of Xbox 360 launch titles Kameo and Perfect Dark Zero bombing at retail. “One of the things that I always find funny is when people always quote Kameo and Perfect Dark Zero as being flops at the launch of the 360,” he said. “In […]

• 360 hasn't reached its limit, says Rare

  Speaking with Videogamer at the Develop conference in Brighton last week, Nick Burton, Rare senior software engineer, said much more is to come from Microsoft’s console in terms of power and performance. “You never can push them as far as they can go,” he said. “The reality of the peak performance of the console is […]