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The new manager of Microsoft owned UK developer Rare has told MCV that the progress made in Kinect game development over recent months points to an amazing future for the device as studios continue to discover new ways to implement the technology. Rare has actually developed quite a bit of …

Scott Henson, the new studio manager of Microsoft owned developer Rare, has told MCV that he expects the studio to work exclusively on Kinect-compatible software going forwards. Kinect will be the main focus for Rare going forwards as it’s a very rich canvas,” he told MCV. This is just the …

Microsoft has revealed that experienced company man Scott Henson has become the new studio manager of owned UK developer Rare. Henson takes charge immediately and expects to complete a move with his family to Birmingham in the next few weeks. Over his 16 years with Microsoft he has played a …

New boss Scott Henson wants Rare to lead the charge when it comes to Kinect innovation

Established Microsoft exec to bring Kinect to centre stage

Ed fries, the man central to Microsoft’s record-breaking $375 million acquisition of Rare, revealed to Develop that Bobby Kotick’s Activision made an princely offer for the GoldenEye studio – one that Rare was eager to sign. There was a bit of a bidding war between us [Microsoft] and Activision – …

UK developer was ready to join Bobby Kotickâ??s third-party empire

NTI Birminghamâ??s Gamer Camp: Nano looking for applicants until October 19th

Microsoft’s innovative controllerless peripheral, Kinect, has not been downgraded during its evolution from concept to final product, says an exec at UK studio Rare. In fact, Nick Burton believes Kinect has closely followed a survival-of-the-fittest principal; dropping less desired features and improving its more important ones. Kinect’s tech has certainly …

Kinect Sports studio says the device will kindle a wild fire of game ideas