Tag Archives: Microsoft

LucasArts on the Star Wars Kinect game

The Microsoft-made Star Wars Kinect game will be prominent during the Xbox press conference next week. But how involved has LucasArts been in the game? We’re working closely with [Microsoft Game Studios] and their dev teams to create a completely new Star Wars experience for the Kinect audience,” says LucasArts …

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New Star Trek game revealed

Paramount is working on a brand new Star Trek game for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. The boxed game is being developed by Digital Extremes (the team that worked on BioShock 2 and Dark Sector amongst others) and is due for release in summer 2012. Although not based directly on …

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Xbox 360 tripling PS3 growth in 2011

Microsoft has announced that in the first four months of 2011 the Xbox 360 has enjoyed year-on-year unit sales growth of 29 per cent in the US– that’s triple the growth seen by PS3 in the same period. The console has now sold 55m units worldwide. This figure spans sales …

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Kinect support for Mass Effect 3?

Pinches of salt at the ready. A Mass Effect 3 packshot apparently obtained from EA’s online store seems to suggest that Mass Effect 3 could support Xbox 360 Kienct. The claim comes from the BioWare forums, though any reference to the game seems to have been removed from the EA …

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New trailer for Star Wars Kinect

A short new trailer for the long-awaited Star Wars Kinect game has gone alive ahead of its anticipated reveal and Microsoft E3 press conference on Monday night. The video, which can be seen below, sees the feisty R2-D2 getting familiar with a Kinect camera. For more details on the game, …

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MS talks Xbox transformation

In a frank blog post ahead of next week’s E3 press conference in LA, Microsoft’s corporate VP of corporate communications Frank Shaw has hinted that Xbox 360’s future might be less dependent on gaming than we had previously presumed. "[It can be hard] to recognise a transformation, especially when the …

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Hulk Hogan slamming onto Kinect

‘Real American’ Hulk Hogan is to front a brand new Kinect title from Majesco this autumn. Called Hulk Hogan’s Main Event, the game "is the first performance-based wrestling game on Kinect for Xbox 360" and "lets players train with mentor Hulk Hogan as they build their own wrestling personalities and …

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Xbox 360 price cut on the cards?

In a week likely to be characterised by endless rumour, the latest points to a possible Xbox 360 price cut that could be announced at Microsoft’s E3 press conference. The talk stems from an ad spotted by VG247 for the US retailer Target which lists the Xbox 360 250GB and …

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