Tag Archives: Microsoft

THQ holds off $40m project for Natal

Publishing giant THQ has a Natal game in the pipeline that could cost as much as $40 million to make – yet the company is hedging its bets due to the unknown popularity of the device. THQ VP of core games, Danny Bilson, said that Natal had lent the company …

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Natal games will surprise

With Sony having dealt its first major hand in the motion control battle by revealing some of its debut Move software offerings, the industry is patiently waiting for Microsoft to do the same – and Xbox director of product management Aaron Greenberg has promised that Natal’s games won’t disappoint. The …

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Sega triumphs at Industry Quiz

Sega emerged victorious at last night’s MCV/Xbox 360 Quiz, fending off competition from Gamespot and GAME. A mixture of retailers, media, peripheral firms and publishers gathered at London’s Sway Bar to battle to be the biggest brains in games, and win some pretty spectacular prizes, including Xbox 360 Elites and …

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Final chip spec for Natal revealed

The final edition of Microsoft’s Project Natal control prototype features technology based on an all-encompassing system-on-a-chip. And Microsoft says that the newly-revealed component will help the company deliver revolutionary controller-free entertainment”. Natal’s tech is now thought to be a modified version of the PS1080 chip – built by Israeli company …

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MS says no to Xbox web browser

Though to some the omissions of a built-in web browser on Xbox 360 continues to baffle, Microsoft has once again definitively stated that it will not be introducing the feature in any future updates for the console. Instead, it intends to focus on optimising key web experiences through the possible …

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Nintendos share down at GameStop

GameStop has revealed that 23 per cent of it’s new games revenues in the year ending January 31st 2010 came from the sale of Nintendo products. However, this number is down from the 25 per cent Nintendo commanded in the same period the year before. Gamespot reports that Sony accounted …

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Is this the Xbox 360 Slim?

This one is simply not going away – new pictures from Dutch site GameKings, as spotted by VG247, pertain to be of the still unconfirmed Xbox 360 Slim. Apparently going under the codename Napoleon, the new hardware sticks very much to the aesthetic of the current machine, though looks to …

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Teething troubles for MW2 DLC

One of the most anticipated and talked about pieces of DLC, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s Stimulus Pack, is now live – but widespread reports are claiming that it doesn’t actually work. Quick-off-the-mark users who have already downloaded the content have noted a number of complaints, including faulty multiplayer …

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BioWare rules out Xbox SWTOR

Acclaimed RPG developer BioWare has moved to scupper any lingering hopes that in-the-works MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic is also lining up a secret arrival on Xbox 360. Talk of said SKU emerged yesterday after an Xbox 360 version of the title appeared on a leaked GAME release schedule. …

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