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Ubisoft Unveils Kinect-Enabled Fitness Title
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved by Ubisoft will make use of Microsoft Kinect to deliver a range of exercises, from cardio-kickboxing to yoga. The title will perform a full-body scan of the user help it provide detailed data on performance and progress.
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Kinect Brings Voice And Motion Control To Xbox Live
Kinect engineer Ron Forbes demonstrated how users will navigate Xbox Live using Microsoft’s motion-control system today, using a combination of movement and voice controls. Ron took the stage at Microsoft’s 2010 E3 presser to show the audience how Kinect would change the way we navigate Xbox Live. The Kinect camera recognized Ron, logging him into…
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ESPN to Deliver Programming Over Xbox Live
Microsoft and ESPN have struck a deal delivering exclusive sports programming to Xbox Live. The partnership will deliver more than 3,500 sports events, most of which will be in high definition. ESPN anchors Trey Wingo and Josh Elliot took the stage to demonstrate the service, which will be free to Xbox Live Gold subscribers. Highlights…
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Fable III Rises To Power In October
Peter Molyneux took the stage today at Microsoft’s E3 2010 press conference to nail down an October release date for the third entry in Microsoft Game Studios’ flagship action role-playing game series000 “It’s everything you love about Fable and more,” Molyneux promised regarding Fable III, which could be one of the most reasonable promises he’s…
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Crytek Exclusive Will Bring Gladiatorial Combat to Xbox 360
At Microsoft’s E3 news conference, live now, Crysis maker Crytek revealed via live action trailer it’s working on an Xbox 360 exclusive game, Codename Kingdoms. The game appears to have a sword-and-sandals theme, featuring brutal combat sequences.
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Multiyear Pact Puts Call of Duty: Black Ops DLC on Xbox 360 First
Microsoft struck a deal with Activision guaranteeing all map packs and game add-ons for Call of Duty: Black Ops will release first for the Xbox 360. The agreement, just announced at Microsoft’s E3 news conference, runs from 2010 to 2012. “When you want to play Call of Duty over the next few years, you’ll want…
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Cirque Performance a Pitch Not Just for Natal, but Games
In the two years he’s been the executive producer for Microsoft’s E3 appearance, Aaron Greenberg’s brought The Beatles on stage and tonight, Cirque du Soleil. He expects to be asked how he’ll outdo that, and he doesn’t have an answer. “I’m eager to not have to try to one-up this next year, that’s for sure,”…
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Don’t These Kinect Games Sound Awfully Familiar?
So the Microsoft Kinect is official, and we’ve seen a list of exciting new titles making their way to the Xbox 360 motion control device, but where’s the innovation? Is Kinect changing the game, or delivering more of the same? USA Today’s story (since pulled) on the newly renamed Kinect highlights several of the titles…
By Mike Fahey
