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E3 2010: No Kinect Support For Gears Of War 3
According to Cliff ‘Cliffy B’ Bleszinski, Gears of War 3 won’t be compatible with Microsoft’s Kinect motion controller when it releases next year in April exclusively on Xbox360. To be [...]
E3 2010: 19 XBLA Games Go On Sale Tomorrow
Starting tomorrow, 19 XBLA games will be going for a reduced price. This is part of Microsoft’s E3 drive and will run until June 22nd but all that doesn’t matter [...]
E3 2010: “You Are The Controller”
That’s the official tagline for Microsoft’s Kinect motion control system. It’s also the direction for the official ad campaign. I think that they would have struggled to come up with [...]
E3 2010: Video Kinect Coming To Xbox Live And MSN
Microsoft has unveiled Video Kinect, which is a video chat that doesn’t require a head set. With Video Kinect, you can “connect” with other Xbox and MSN users. Microsoft user [...]
E3 2010: Kinect Dashboard Detailed
Microsoft has been showing off the dashboard controls for the Kinect at E3 recently. Due to the motion cameras users can watch a movie with out a remote or play [...]
E3 2010: Red Ring Of Death, Well Dead
Microsoft claims that the creation of its new shiny Xbox 360 [Slim?] is the ultimate and final step to killing the RROD. Director of Global Marketing for Xbox 360, Albert [...]
Pricing For The Microsoft Kinect Found On GameStop?
While Microsoft might not have revealed pricing during their keynote, GameStop listed a few bundles on their site. While the pricing figures will work as a rough indication for us [...]
E3 2010: New Xbox360 [Slim] Specs
Below you’ll find all the specifications for the newly unveiled smaller Xbox360. I’m not sure what they’re calling it, but they, Microsoft, didn’t really refer to it as the “Slim” [...]
E3 2010: Microsoft Round-Up
Microsoft announcements at E3 2010 — Listed from newest to oldest: Pricing For The Microsoft Kinect Found On GameStop? E3 2010: New Xbox360 [Slim] Specs Xbox Live For South Africa [...]
E3 2010: Forza Motorsport 3 Is Getting Kinect Support
Turn 10 studios stepped up at E3 to demonstrate Forza Motorsport 3′s Kinect support. At the demonstration, Turn 10 showed a little bit of racing with motion control, where you’re [...]
Xbox Live For South Africa — Coming During Summer Months
Following Microsoft’s announcement naming Project Natal as Kinect, the software giant has revealed that Xbox LIVE will launch in South Africa. Overall Microsoft will launch Live in nine new countries: [...]
E3 2010: “Move More Accurate Than Kinect”
That’s what a reporter at the BBC had to say after demo testing both motion control systems. This verdict was apparently reached as a result of Move’s “improved precision.” While [...]
E3 2010: Kinect Star Wars Game For Xbox360 – The Gameplay Trailer!
Remember that horrible and fake-looking Star Wars game trailer shown earlier for Kinect? Well, here’s the proper gameplay, and it actually looks good! Could this perhaps be the motion-controlled Star [...]
E3 2010: The Gears of War 3 Co-Op Gameplay Trailer!
That’s the trailer for the E3 demo of Gears of War 3 we saw. Enjoy!
E3 2010: New, Smaller Xbox360 Revealed! Launching Today!
Microsoft has unveiled a new Xbox360, which is a more compact version of the console. It’s smaller in size, has a sleeker design, doesn’t make as much noise, comes equipped [...]
E3 2010: Kinect Will Have 15 Launch Titles, Final Release Date Confirmed
Microsoft has already confirmed several Kinect launch titles, and now they’ve told us that there will be 15 in total. Kinect will release on the 4th of November 2010. We’ve [...]
[UPDATE]E3 2010: Halo Reach Campaign Shown!
We saw the first little bit of Halo: Reach’s campaign during the developers demonstration. It showed off a massive Spartan vs. Elites beach battle that really showed off the larger [...]
E3 2010: CoD DLC Will Launch On 360 First “For Next 3 Years”
Microsoft has just announced that all Call of Duty DLC for ‘the next three years will be released on Xbox360 first. “All Call of Duty add-ons and map packs will [...]
E3 2010: Microsoft Conference Delayed
A message has popped up, just under twenty minutes before the live streaming of Microsoft’s E3 conference was supposed to begin, informing us that it has been delayed. The message [...]
E3 2010: Microsoft Are “Not Worried” About Kinect Name Change
Microsoft has said that they aren’t really worried about changing Project Natal’s name to “Kinect”, because, and they’re being honest here, public awareness of the motion device’s former name wasn’t [...]
Hey, Kinect Isn’t That Big – Real Screens!
Remember all of the pictures of Kinect, formerly known as Project Natal? They all seemed to be very long, length-wise, and pretty big. Well, turns out that the real deal [...]
E3 2010: Kinect’s Video Chat Was Demoed
Microsoft has shown off voice chat for their newly named motion device, Kinect. The chats will take place through the Xbox360 dashboard. In the demo shown, various social tips and [...]
E3 2010: Kinect Games Will Be Priced At £30 [+- R350]
Word is that Kinect games will be cheaper than standard Xbox360 games. It’s possible that the first-party titles, from Microsoft and others, such as Kinect Sports, will cost £30, which [...]
E3 2010: Kinect Videos Up & Launch Titles Revealed
These seem to be the first videos that were released for Microsoft’s Kinect (Project Natal). These videos give you sneak peaks of some of Kinect’s launch titles. But first, here’s [...]
E3 2010: Kinect Star Wars Game Shown – Video Included
The first Star Wars Kinect video has been leaked onto the interwebs and it shows some lightsaber action with some jedi and Darth Vader. It looks like the player will [...]
E3 2010: Project Natal Has Been Named – Release Date Given
Kinect. That’s the official name of Microsoft’s Project Natal for the Xbox360. The peripheral will be released in November of this year, but we have no details on what Kinect [...]
E3 2010: Microsoft Says, “Bigger Announcements Than Natal” Are Ahead
Here we go again, with everyone trying to get the hype-o-meter to explode. All talking about how their announcements will do this and that – ah well, no point fighting [...]
3D Xbox 360 — Expect An Announcement Soon
Blitz Game Studios co-founder Andrew Oliver said that Microsoft are planning to announce plans for a 3D Xbox 360. “Microsoft are going to be making an announcement about it at [...]
Halo 3 Outsells All Major PS3 Exclusives Combined
Okay, this is scary but it appears that Halo 3 has managed to outsell every major PS3 exclusive released since the console came out four years ago. According to Microsoft’s [...]
Review: Alan Wake
eGamer Rating: Hours Enjoyed: 9 – 10 Hours Hated: 1- 2 Things Loved: Action packed; good cinematics; memorable cut scenes; girl in underwear; easy controls; pretty effects Things Hated: Horrible [...]




