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UncategorizedXbox Smart Glass Lets You Control Your Xbox With Your iPhone
Microsoft demonstrated their Xbox Smart Glass tech today at E3, linking consumers’ smartphones and tablets to their Xbox games and media. Not only does Smart Glass manage video playback across devices and add extra content to video, but it also makes your currently existing touch device into, essentially, a remote control for your console and…
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UncategorizedJesus Will Appear and Farts Will Be Lighted in South Park: The Stick of Truth
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone introduced South Park: The Stick of Truth at Microsoft’s E3 keynote, and its trailer was just as hilarious, subversive and bleeped out as you expect the show to be. The story appears to center on a “new kid”—which will be you, the player—rather than introduce a new…
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UncategorizedThe Next Tomb Raider Journeys into Uncharted Territory
Tomb Raider‘s reboot will offer its first downloadable content extension to the Xbox 360 as a timed exclusive, the game’s developer said on the stage of Microsoft’s E3 news conference. A long gameplay sequence from late in the game also was shown. Breathtaking action is the obvious goal here, as we saw Lara Croft thin…
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UncategorizedXbox Smart Glass Makes Your Phone an Interactive Map of Westeros While You Watch Game of Thrones
Microsoft demonstrated their new Smart Glass tech today at E3. And sure, it’s cool that you can watch a video on your iPhone, iPad, Android phone, or computer, tell it to pause, and resume seamlessly on your Xbox later. But what’s really cool? Having an interactive map of Westeros pop up on your phone, tablet,…
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UncategorizedAudible to a Better Option with Voice Commands in Madden NFL 13
After showing what voice support in FIFA 13 entails, EA Sports then brought NFL Hall of Famer Joe Montana on stage to demonstrate voice support in Madden NFL 13 EA Sports label head Andrew Wilson handed Montana a controller and put him back on his old home field with the San Francisco 49ers. Montana flipped…
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UncategorizedFIFA 13 Will Know if You’re Cursing the Ref, Thanks to Kinect [Corrected]
Kinect support for FIFA 13 won’t just mean calling for formation changes or ordering substitutes in. You can even swear at the officiating. Correction: Though swearing appeared to draw a booking for dissent, EA Sports tells Kotaku that cussin’ at the screen will only trigger commentary from the booth that acknowledges the ref isn’t happy…
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UncategorizedSam Fisher Returns in Splinter Cell: Blacklist
On stage at Microsoft’s E3 keynote, Ubisoft revealed the next chapter in the Splinter Cell franchise—Splinter Cell: Blacklist The reveal included teaser trailer and live gameplay- showing Kinect support. The player was able to use Kinect voice commands to issue orders and distractenemies.
By Owen Good
