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2010: The Year of Better Xbox 360 Games?
2009 was a pretty good year for the Xbox 360, but based on Microsoft's showing at E3, it felt more like a warm up for 2010, the year the company will launch Project Natal. More »Sony: "Gem" Was A Prototype Name For PS3 Motion Controller
Ubisoft Plans 10 Games For Natal Next Year, 4-5 For PS3 Motion Controller
French publisher Ubisoft, no stranger to waggle, is getting behind Microsoft's Project Natal in a major way, with "around 10 games" planned for the Xbox 360's hands-free motion controller. And it has similar designs on PlayStation 3 motion controller support. More »Bill Gates' Future Of Computing Sounds Natal-y
One-time Gizmodo guest-blogger Bill Gates was on NBC's Meet The Press on Sunday to discuss the good works of his and his wife's foundation. His one comment about the future of computers sounded Natal-y. More »Microsoft: Project Natal Can Replace The TV Remote
The Xbox 360's hands-free motion controller, due to hit sometime next year, could be more than just a new way to gyrate frantically or befriend boys in front of your television screen. It could also replace your TV remote. More »Microsoft Kindasmashes Natal Launch Rumor
Microsoft's U.K. boss dismissed a report last week that Natal will be ready to go in November 2010, saying claims of pricing and available shipments were based on inaccurate rumors. More »What The Captains Of The Industry Said Today
Four ideas popped out to me while attending a series of presentations from top executives in the gaming industry today: Ideas about price, women, mid-cycle relaunches and which games matter most to the bottom line. More »Guess What Made Time's 50 Best Inventions Of 2009 List
Project Natal continues to rack up awards for innovation faster than the Nintendo Wii circa early 2007, making its way onto Time's 50 Best Inventions of 2009 list. Microsoft is pleased. More »Rumor: Project Natal Launches November 2010, 14 Games, Might Be Cheap
According to sources speaking with British trade site MCV, Microsoft's Project Natal will be released worldwide in November 2010, and may retail for under $80. More »Rumored Kameo 2 Killed To Make Room For Natal Projects
Microsoft owned developer Rare won't be returning to the world of Kameo any time soon, thanks to the studio's shift toward multiple Project Natal titles, according to unnamed sources cited by CVG. Microsoft is reported to have canceled a sequel. More »Rare Hopes To Evolve The FPS Genre With Project Natal [Update]
Banjo Kazooie and Viva Pinata developer Rare has made some important contributions to the first person shooter genre, a space it hasn't visited since Perfect Dark Zero hit the Xbox 360 in 2005. That may change, thanks to Project Natal. More »Molyneux: Fable III Will Use Project Natal
Lionhead Studios' recently announced Fable III, first detailed at Gamescom this summer, will make use of Microsoft's Project Natal controller. That's according to reports from Peter Molyneux's BAFTA Video Games Lecture in London. More »Epic: Unreal The "Unofficial Engine" Of Project Natal
Epic Games, makers of things Unreal and Gears of War, are fully on board with this Project Natal thing that Microsoft has cooked up. VP Mark Rein calls the company's popular Unreal tech "the unofficial engine of Natal." More »Details About Project Natal Pricing Emerge
At an Microsoft event today in New York City, exec Robbie Bach talked about how the pricing for the upcoming motion controls Project Natal will work. More »Molyneux, Asked About Natal/Fable, Jokes About His Assassination
Sure, Peter Molyneux's studio is developing Milo, the proof-of-concept Microsoft used to unveil Project Natal at E3. But he's clear he "never said" Fable III wouldn't incorporate Natal. Then he jokes about being eliminated for discussing it. More »Konami "Aggressively" Looking At Adding Motion Control To PS3, 360 Games
Add Konami to the list of developers getting on board with Microsoft's Project Natal and Sony's unnamed(?) motion controller, at least for the Pro Evo soccer simulation series. More »Microsoft: Motion Is the New Multiplayer
While Project Natal, and its ability to allow Xbox 360 gamers to play video games completely free of a controller, will launch as a niche of sorts on the platform, Microsoft believes it will one day become the norm. More »Kotaku Approval Ratings: Issues of the Day
After a week's hiatus, Kotaku Approval Ratings has returned to measure your opinions on certain games, concepts and controversies involved in the news over the past two weeks. More »14 Seconds Of Katamari Natal
Kojima Talks More About Hardcore Natal Plans
The father of Metal Gear told Kotaku that he'd like to make games for Natal that appeal to people who like his own work and Halo. More »Seven Japanese Developers Discuss Their Visions of Project Natal
Microsoft has released seven quick-take videos of top-flight Japanese developers discussing Project Natal and the opportunities they see in it for the next generation of game development. More »