Xbox

Tech That Powered Milo & Kate Makes Xbox 360 Look Brand New

Fable developer Lionhead was working on an ambitious Kinect-controlled game, Milo & Kate, and developing new engine technology to go with it. They showed off some of that new tech at GDC and, well, it’s really, really good looking.


March 12, 2011
Xbox

A Look At Project Milo, Which Was Actually An Adventure Game

Despite being presumed dead in the water, Lionhead’s Project Milo was once one of Kinect’s most interesting titles. What originally appeared to be little more than an AI chat program eventually was revealed as an adventure game, something we’re only now getting our first real look at.


March 1, 2011
Xbox

Another Glimpse At The Most Ambitious Kinect Game

Call it Project Milo. Call it Milo & Kate. Call it, last we heard, cancelled. You can also call Lionhead Studios’ attempt to use the Xbox 360 Kinect sensor array to let players interact with a virtual boy a more ambitious effort than anything else we’ve seen using Microsoft’s popular new tech.


September 23, 2010

Rumour: Project Milo Canceled

Fable developer Lionhead Studios’ ambitious Milo project for Xbox 360′s Kinect add-on may have finally been put to bed. Sources claiming to have knowledge of the tech demo’s development tell Kotaku that Project Milo has been effectively shut down.


August 19, 2010
News

What If The Xbox Kinect Virtual Boy Simulator Is Great?

One of gaming’s big dreamers, game designer Peter Molyneux, showed us Project Milo – a controller-less game about a virtual boy – two Junes ago. There was potential. There were hitches. A year later, Milo’s made a lot of progress.


June 30, 2010
News

No, Project Milo Is Coming To The Xbox, Just Not This Year

The virtual kid lives, but won’t hatch on Xboxes this year. The unreal Milo & Kate that lets Xbox users talk and gesture to a virtual boy is still planned for release, despite an earlier report to the contrary.


June 23, 2010
News

The Glaring Omissions Of E3 2010

Missing in action. Conspicuous by their absence. The elephants not in the room. E3 delivered a cornucopia of news about new games, devices and concepts, but there were plenty of no-shows, too. These are the Glaring Omissions of E3 2010.


August 5, 2009

EyePet Vs. Milo: The Unlikely New Console Mascots

Here’s a YouTube comment on PlayStation 3 EyePet that caught my eye last week: “Both are useless this and milo both stupid.” Hints of a 21st century version of Sonic Vs. Mario, starring a Microsoft boy and a Sony pet?