Archive for January, 2010
-
Nintendo said Ninten-no to Project Natal in 2007?
Great balls of console wars fire! A top-level Nintendo insider has revealed that the motion-controlled gaming setup we now know as Project Natal was offered to the Japanese company way back in 2007 and promptly turned down because it was considered too expensive. We’re told this decision came from supremo Satoru Iwata himself, who was [...]
more -
Rumor claims Nintendo turned down Project Natal tech
The Nintendo Wii certainly changed the perceptions of a game console for many people. The Wii focused more on the controls and game play than on fancy graphics and found great success. The motion controls of the Wii also sent Microsoft and Sony looking for similar tech.
Sony integrated motion control into the original PS3 controllers, [...]
more -
Natal, hype and the big question about game development
What will publishers really do with Microsoft’s motion controller?
more
Predictably, the week of the vast Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas has seen a whirlwind of hype gather around Microsoft’s Natal motion control technology. It started at Microsoft’s press briefing in which a late-2010 launch was announced, and it ended this weekend with Robbie Bach declaring in [...] -
Microsoft’s Explanation Video on How Project Natal Works
Still scratching your head on how Microsoft’s upcoming hardware add on for Xbox 360 called ‘Project Natal’ will work? You and me buddy. Finally, Microsoft released a explanation video on how ‘Project Natal’ will capture your body motion and a glimpse of what the ‘Project Natal’ can really do.
more
I must say it does look pretty [...] -
MS developer talks tech, Natal ‘correctly positions your hand even if it’s held behind your back’
We now know that Natal is going to make it out before the end of the year (if all goes well), but the company is still keeping a lot of secrets about the technology and being rather stingy with hands-on time. Natal lead developer Alex Kipman is spilling a few notable beans, however, indicating that [...]
more -
CES10: Project Natal Arrives Holiday 2010
Retro-shmetmo, the biggest news for gamers out of Microsoft’s CES 2010 keynote was nothing more than a vague timeframe: Holiday 2010. That’s when Microsoft’s 3D webcam-cum-controller Project Natal will debut, according to company executive Robbie Bach.
more
When it releases next holiday season, Natal promises to allow gamers to simply move their limbs to control on-screen action [...] -
Leaked Microsoft CES Interview Reveals Xbox Game Room and 2010 Project Natal Launch
Microsoft’s Channel 9 community site has accidentally posted a video interview with Robbie Bach, President of the Entertainment & Devices Division, before Microsoft’s annual CES press conference set for 6:30pm PST tonight.
more
According to Joystiq, the pulled video (which can be found here) confirms a 2010 Project Natal launch, which shouldn’t be that much of a [...] -
Microsoft Announces "Game Room," 2010 Natal Release Date
Though the surprises were sprung a little early from a quickly-pulled interview video, Microsoft’s keynote tonight at the Consumer Electronics Show confirmed some long-standing rumors of coming services for the Xbox 360. The big announcement of the night had to be the new “Game Room,” which had been spotted in consumer surveys last year. The [...]
more -
Project Natal Consumes Just 15 Per Cent of the XBox’s CPU Power [Project Natal]
According to Alex Kipman, chief developer of Project Natal. It’s a result of Microsoft gathering “terabytes” of data of gaming postures. Must have been fun for the researchers.
[Tech Radar UK]Read more…
On eBay Now…New Xbox 360 S ConsoleUS $165.00 (5 Bids) End Date: Wednesday Sep-08-2010 7:03:36 PDTBid now | Add to watch list
more
NEW [...] -
Leaked Footage of Half-Life 2 Played on Project Natal
Someone secretly leaked out a clip of Microsoft’s upcoming system ‘Project Natal’ playing ‘Half-Life 2′. This is most likely early footage of the beta testing for a FPS game on the Natal and of course, there is no confirmed source where the video came from so take it as you like (most likely will get [...]
more
