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What Are We Forced To Wear To See The Xbox Kinect?

Microsoft is holding a pre-E3 event tonight, the “Project Natal” for Xbox 360 Experience, starring the acrobatic elite of Cirque du Soleil and forcing us to don… whatever it is that Deputy Editor Stephen Totilo is wearing right now. Are those choir robes? Some sort of disco Jedi outfits? Is Gallagher going to be there…

By Michael McWhertor Published June 13, 2010

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 Published June 13, 2010

Project Natal Officially Renamed “Kinect”, More Games Revealed

There’s no need for conjecture; Microsoft’s upcoming motion control peripheral, once known as Project Natal, is now to be officially known as “Kinect”. “For lots of people, that controller is a barrier,” Microsoft creative director Kudo Tsunoda told USA Today. “We set out to make a new control paradigm where anybody can get in and…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 13, 2010

So What’s Inside The New Xbox 360?

It appears, going by some advertisements popping up online just before E3 kicks off, that Microsoft plans to unveil a new model of the Xbox 360. What, then, does this new console bring to the table? For starters, as you can see, the most immediate difference is in the look of the machine. Gone are…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 13, 2010

New Xbox 360 Coming, Project Natal Renamed to Kinect And More

As gaming’s big week prepares to kick off tonight with a circus-themed blow-out in downtown Los Angeles, the rumors are beginning to hit a fevered pitch. Three bits of news came to our attention this weekend. Let’s run through them from most likely to least likely: Patrice Désilets is headed to THQ Montreal: We know…

By Brian Crecente Published June 13, 2010

Gaming’s Big Secrets Revealed… Soon

New gadgets, new ways to play games, new ways to look at games, and plenty of new games. That’s what we expect to see at this year’s big Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. Each year E3 lays out the details of what gamers can expect to see over the course of the rest of…

By Brian Crecente Published June 11, 2010

Most Gamers Don’t Even Know Project Natal Exists

Sometimes, it’s handy being reminded that “gamer” is a far bigger term than most of you realise. As evidenced by this Nielsen poll, which amazingly shows that most “gamers” haven’t even heard of Project Natal. They haven’t heard about PlayStation Move, either. This despite Natal being a year old, and having appeared on countless news…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 11, 2010

Two More Natal Games Revealed, At Least Twelve More To Come

Ahead of next week’s E3 in Los Angeles, two new titles for Microsoft’s motion-control peripheral, Project Natal, have been revealed. Those hoping for a wave-your-arms version of Halo or Fable are out of luck, though, as the two games are simple party titles (ie glorifed tech demos), similar to the kind we’ve seen for the…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 11, 2010

Report: Microsoft Talking 3D Gaming “Soon”

Sony has been making a big deal about 3D. So too has Nintendo. Until now, Microsoft has been fairly silent on the subject. Looks like that’s about to change. Andrew Oliver from Blitz (Dead to Rights Retribution) has told Develop “Microsoft are going to be making an announcement about [3D] at some point soon.” Great.…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 11, 2010

Microsoft: Halo 3 Outsells Uncharted, Killzone & Resistance Combined

The public relations war we sometimes call E3 has begun a few days early, it seems, with Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg taking to Twitter to fire a shot across Sony’s bow in the leadup to the big trade show. I’m sure it was intended to rally the Xbox 360 fanboys to the flag for the next…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 10, 2010

New Gears Of War 3 Screenshots Show Mechs Are Good With Their Feet

Epic today released a set of new Gears of War 3 screenshots, and those who prefer actual in-game shots to pre-rendered fluff are being well catered for. Most of these are in-engine, and around half are even proper in-game screens, with ammo counters, rough textures and everything. Bravo, Microsoft, this is the kind of stuff…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 9, 2010

Report: Hulu May Be Expanding To Xbox 360, iPad

Looks like previous reports that peg streaming video service Hulu for the next big addition to the Xbox 360 may be right. Reuters is reporting today that Hulu plans to expand its service to multiple devices, including Microsoft’s console. That could mean that new television and movie programming from companies like Fox, NBC Universal and…

By Michael McWhertor Published June 8, 2010

Games On Demand for Windows, Now With Less Painful Waiting

Microsoft is getting serious about on-demand Games For Windows, convincing publishers like Capcom, Rockstar, Ubisoft and others to bring their PC wares to Games on Demand “day-and-date” with their release in stores. There’s better news. For PC gamers who prefer their digital content delivered by Games on Demand for Windows, Microsoft will deliver weekly updates…

By Michael McWhertor Published June 8, 2010

Reviews

Snoopy Flying Ace Review: Dog Fights

Everyone’s favorite canine aviator, Snoopy, takes to the skies to shoot machine guns, rockets and a whole host of weapons at small children (and the Red Baron!) in airplanes. This is war with the gang from Peanuts. This isn’t the first Snoopy fighter pilot game. Developer Smart Bomb Interactive released Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 8, 2010

Microsoft Changing Xbox 360 Box Art

As we get closer to the release of Project Natal, we get closer to the day the Xbox 360 makes its biggest push yet for an image makeover. Leading the way will be…new box art. Since the 360’s launch, every single game released on the system has featured the above white stripe running across the…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 7, 2010

Playing Project Natal Sure Is Embarrassing

Nobody looks good playing Project Natal. Nobody. Microsoft’s upcoming motion controlled Project Natal is controller-free. When the system was first showed at last year’s E3, it was assumed that Project Natal will involve flailing. It will, and it does Lots and lots of flailing. People do not look good flailing. And thus, people do not…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 7, 2010

Porn Empire Can’t Penetrate the PS3

Back in September, porn behemoth Vivid Entertainment approached Sony about streaming its porn all over the PS3 (snicker). Vivid’s boss says that thrust (haha) is over, and they’re now fantasizing about Microsoft. Speaking to CVG, Steve Hirsch, Vivid’s founder, said conversations with Sony “didn’t lead anywhere.” However, “If we could get further than we did…

By Owen Good Published June 4, 2010

Get Your Project Natal, Justin Bieber Fixes Simultaneously

Attention, Xbox 360 fans with an incurable case of Bieber Fever! The Tiger Beat coverboy and teenage pop star is buddying up with his friends at Microsoft to bring you hands-on time with Project Natal this fall. Xbox 360 is underwriting the Bieb’s “My World” tour this fall, which will be schlepping Project Natal playable…

By Michael McWhertor Published June 4, 2010

FTC Proposes 5% Tax On “Consumer Electronics”

As part of a draft plan to “save journalism” (as in, “save newspapers”), the Federal Trade Commission is making a number of proposals to Washington. Among them is a 5% tax on consumer electronics. Hey, game consoles are consumer electronics! It’s already been dubbed the “iPad Tax” by some hipsters, but really, that’s a little…

By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2010

This Lady Looks Familiar

On Friday, a new Swedish film opens in, wait for it, Sweden. The picture is a parody of cop shows and is called Kommisarie Späck (Detective Blubber). The lead female character doesn’t look like she’s from police dramas. She looks like she’s from video games. That’s Joanna Dark hair! You know, the fiery-haired heroine of…

By Brian Ashcraft Published June 3, 2010