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Microsoft is confident that Kinect owners will come to accept the upcoming NUads, unfazed by early negative feedback. The format holder announced its new Natural User-Interface Ads platform last week. The system allows consumers to interact with certain ads using Kinect – something that aggravated the Xbox 360 fanbase. Speaking …
Read More »Kinect’s next trick – interactive ads
In news that could well agitate devoted Xbox followers as much as it excites commercial partners, Microsoft has unveiled a brand new interactive advertising platform for Kinect. Called NUads (Natural User-Interface Ads), it will allow brands to get gamers engaging with their ads either on the Xbox 360 dashboard or …
Read More »Molyneux on Kinect: No buttons cause problems
Milo creator admits in-game navigation is a bigger challenge with motion control
Read More »Halo remake supports Kinect
Almost as an aside in an interview with GamesSpot, Microsoft Game Studios boss Phil Spencer has confirmed that Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Edition will support Kinect. As a first-party, we believe that Kinect will be important to all genres of games," he stated. "Be it racing games with Forza, combat …
Read More »Microsoft debuts Kinect for Windows SDK
Official software development kit released for using Xbox 360 UI controller on Windows computers
Read More »Nyko ‘fixes’ Kinect space demands
A new accessory from peripherals maker Nyko is targeting those who lack the necessary living room space needed to play with Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect. Called the ‘Zoom’, the device attaches to the top of Kinect and adjusts its viewing angle. Nyko says that using it "reduces the play range …
Read More »Minecraft surpasses 2.5m sales
More than 2.5 million PC users have picked up a copy of Minecraft to date. The sales achievement was revealed by the game’s creator Markus Persson via Twitter, where he said: 2.5 million sales! That’s as much as Diablo 1 and Far Cry, according to Wikipedia.” The news comes just …
Read More »ME3 Kinect targets casual gamers
Publisher EA says it added Kinect compatibility to Mass Effect 3 in order to target the large casual gamer demographic. That’s according to EA Games label president Frank Gibeau, who told Eurogamer he wants Mass Effect 3 to grow the audience and make it more accessible”. He said: We wanted …
Read More »No Move support for FIFA 13
Despite its recent pledge to introduce widespread Kinect support into its sports catalogue, EA Sports has said that PlayStation Move integration remains off the cards. "We have not focused on PS Move for FIFA, but that’s not to say we won’t," senior vice president of worldwide development Andrew Wilson told …
Read More »E3 2011 – All the news
Over 100 news articles covering all the twists and turns at this year's expo
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