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Eventually, all Microsoft Games will Employ Kinect
For Microsoft, the E3 2011 recipe read much like E3 2010’s—Kinect, and lots of it. The head of Microsoft’s Game Studios noted the company’s focus on the device and said at some time in the future, all first-party games from the Xbox 360 maker will include Kinect support. “It’s not a mandate that everything we…
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The Sights and People of E3 2011’s South Hall
I’ll give E3 this: It’s colorful. We did a few laps to see the big dogs: Square Enix, Activision, Ubisoft, Konami, Sony Ericsson, Microsoft…Robot Entertainment. (I can’t help it. Orcs Must Die looks really fun!) Photos by our fearless photog, Isaac Viel
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Dance Central 2 Will Take Two to Get Down
Though the game only recognized one player’s moves, whenever someone broke out Dance Central at a party, invariably someone else joined the fun. Multiplayer, therefore, was priority No. 1 for Dance Central 2, and is the most notable feature of a game that still gets the best of the Kinect. A second player may drop…
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Graffiti Artist Takes A Stab At The Gears of War 3 Logo
LA-based graffiti artist OG Slick worked with Epic Games and Microsoft to create a cool alternative version the “Crimson Omen” logo from Gears of War as a limited edition tee for Hot Topic. The design got its debut last night in coaster form at Epic’s GoW3 Party last night. If you’re interested in the shirt,…
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Does the New Xbox 360 Dashboard Look Familiar to You?
This fall the Xbox 360 gets a sexy new dashboard update, giving the service a look and feel that should be incredibly familiar to both Windows Phone 7 owners and folks that have gotten a peek at Windows 8 Microsoft is in the midst of a torrid love affair with squares and rectangles. They put…
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This is Your 2011 Summer of Arcade Lineup
Every year Microsoft selects a handful of Xbox Live Arcade games it considers the very best the platform has to offer and releases them once a week as part of the Summer of Arcade promotion. With Ubisoft’s From Dust and Fuelcell’s Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet making the cut this time around, we’re in for one…
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Kinect Makes Taking Your Kids to Disneyland Much More Affordable
Frontier Developments is giving parents around the world an amazing gift this holiday season: The ability to take their children to Disneyland for the price of the Xbox 360, Kinect, and Kinect: Disneyland Adventures As a soon-to-be father, the idea of a virtual Disneyland where I do not need sunblock, wads of cash, and more…
By Mike Fahey
