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MCV can this week reveal first details regarding the launch of Microsoft’s Project Natal. Our sources say the innovative controller-free 360 camera will be released worldwide in November 2010. This and other details have emerged following a behind-closed-doors Microsoft tour of UK publishers and studios – the format-holder has been …
Read More »Microsoft tours studios to spur Natal development
Launch details and more emerge from secret UK talks format-holder hosts with publishers and developers
Read More »Xbox Twitter for over 18s only
Despite the ease with which the services can be accessed online, Microsoft has confirmed that its upcoming Twitter, Facebook and Last.FM applications for Xbox 360 will be restricted to account holders aged 18 and over. However, Microsoft does intend to introduce more flexible parental controls – but that won’t arrive …
Read More »Natal and Halo cited in new wave of MS vacancies
343 Industries vacancies point to Reach, though Halo 4 is a real possibility
Read More »343 Industries anxious of Halo saturation
Yet group head Frank O'Connor says Halo hasnâ??t clogged the market yet
Read More »Revised rollout of 360 Sky Player underway
Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has begun a revised rollout” of its Xbox 360 Sky Player, though many customers remain without access to the service in what has been a troubled first week. Speaking on the Xbox forums, the firm stated: We have been experiencing some technical issues with the …
Read More »Microsoft killed Kameo 2
Consumer games site CVG is reporting that Microsoft has pulled the plug on a number of games in development at Rare – including a sequel to Xbox 360 launch title Kameo. The portal claims that Rare earlier this year underwent a company-wide restructure” in an effort to focus its resources …
Read More »Retail ‘critical for Sky Player’
UK Xbox boss Neil Thompson has called retail ‘critical’ to the success of its Sky Player service on Xbox. The service – which allows Sky subscribers to watch Sky TV through Xbox – launched last week. Microsoft has released a retail pack, which features a media remote, one-month’s subscription to …
Read More »Splinter Cell 360-only until further notice
Developer Ubisoft has reportedly confirmed that its Splinter Cell series has once again become an Xbox-only franchise, silencing rumours of a possible multiplatform future for Sam Fisher. The upcoming Splinter Cell: Conviction has been known to be an Xbox 360 exclusive for quite some time, but it appears now that …
Read More »New UK 360 bundles revealed
UK distributior Gem is readying two new Xbox 360 Elite bundles, MCV can reveal. The new bundles have been put together with Paramount Pictures to support the upcoming releases of Star Trek and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen on DVD. However the packs don’t include the movies on DVD – …
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