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The next big challenge for Kinect developers is natural speech, says Rare engineer David Quinn. Quinn has been working on Kinect "almost since the beginning," and since that time has been instrumental in the Kinect Sports titles. "We pushed speech pretty hard in Sports 2," he toldGamasutra. "There was speech …
Read More »$99 two-year contract Xbox 360 offered by GameStop, Best Buy
The $99 Xbox 360 Kinect bundle carrying a 24-month contract is now available through GameStop and Best Buy. Major Nelson announced the availability of it through the pair of retailers after the ‘program’ debuted at the Microsoft Store last month. The package runs $99 at time of original purchase, and …
Read More »UPDATED: Stranger’s Wrath dev has "given up on Microsoft"
Just Add Water boss Stewart Gilray has nearly abandoned hope of digital release Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath on Xbox 360. The retro remake was released on PSN for PS3 last year. However, while code for the Xbox 360 code has long been completed, Microsoft has seemingly left the project in the …
Read More »US Xbox 360 ban looms as Microsoft rejects settlement
Motorola demanding royalties from sales of console and Windows operating system
Read More »Wii U ‘just as powerful as Xbox 360’
'CryEngine 3 runs beautifully on the Wii U', says Cevat Yerli
Read More »Now MS kicks off digital discount sale
Microsoft has slashed a number of full” Games On Demand titles from $20 to just $5 on Xbox Live. The discounts are universal, meaning that if any title on the list below is available on Xbox Live in your region it will have had its price cut. Here’s the complete …
Read More »Doom 3 BFG Edition dated for October
An enhanced re-release of Doom 3 is heading to consoles and PC, Bethesda has announced. Dubbed the ‘BFG Edition’, the game will offer Doom 3 along with expansions Resurrection of Evil and The Lost Mission. The edition also packs the original Doom and Doom 2. The enhancements include 3D optimization, …
Read More »Xbox Live Achievement rewards arrive later this year
Microsoft has announced plans for an Xbox Live rewards program based around players’ achievements. We’ve hit 50,000 followers, which means it’s time for an announcement! Coming Fall: a new way to earn Rewards based on your Achievements,” a tweet from Xbox LIVE Rewards states. No other information beyond the expected …
Read More »Dubious ‘leaked’ document outlines Xbox future
Suspect roadmap claims next-gen console to cost $299 and will release in 2013 alongside Kinect 2
Read More »‘Xbox Live streaming’ tablet unveiled tomorrow?
No, we don’t think so either. But the latest rumour about tomorrow’s expected Microsoft ‘iPad rival’ unveiling says the new device is an ereader table that ‘streams Xbox Live’. [UPDATE: TechCrunch, via Twitter, has clarified to the author of this piece what it means but ‘Xbox Live streaming’ – apparently, …
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