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The Year In Motion Control Video Games: The Hype, The Horror, The Happiness

3:00AM December 28, 2010 | Stephen Totilo

Motion control neither revitalised nor ruined video games in 2010, the year when finally everyone was doing it. You could find motion control games everywhere, joysticks and buttons be damned. It wasn’t all bad. But much of it was wild. More »


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Lionhead’s “Project Milo” Probably Won’t Be Released

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1:00PM June 29, 2010 | David Wildgoose

“Project Milo” was the star of Microsoft’s Natal Kinect unveiling at E3 2009. But, according to Aaron Greenberg, it’s not something they’re planning to release as a game. More »


Rock Band Creators Working On A… Dancing Game?

2:30PM June 4, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

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Harmonix, the studio behind both the original Guitar Hero and Rock Band, could be working on something a little different at the moment: a dance game, built around Microsoft’s Project Natal. More »


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The Motion Control Revolution Will Not Just Be A Bunch Of Wii Ports

12:00PM May 6, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

So says THQ bossman Brian Farrell, who calms one of our fears about Sony and Microsoft’s venture into the motion control space with PlayStation Move and Project Natal, respectively. His company, at least, sounds uninterested in straight up Wii ports. More »


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Roger Ebert Uses His Powers For Good

5:00PM April 30, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

Film critic Roger Ebert sometimes uses his powers for bad. But this time he is not. More »


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Project Natal And Its Instruction Manual(!) In The Wild

7:00AM April 21, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Looks like the Xbox 360′s motion sensing add-on is already in the wild and, more imporatntly, in the hands of someone willing to grab spy shots of the thing and the Project Natal hardware set up guide. More »


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Filmmaker’s Blog Outs Canoeing-Style Project Natal Game

8:30AM April 19, 2010 | Owen Good

Remember James Gunn? The filmmaker who called Microsoft “the most dreadful, non-talent friendly company I’ve ever worked for“? Apparently they patched up. Microsoft invited him to try Natal, and Gunn’s spilled the beans on a game called “River Rush.” More »


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EA Sports: Motion Controlled Soccer ‘Isn’t Particularly Authentic’

9:20AM March 30, 2010 | Owen Good

EA Sports doesn’t sound enthusiastic about integrating Project Natal or PlayStation Move motion control into its FIFA series, with the game’s producer saying the soccer experience they can supply for such a game “isn’t particularly authentic”. More »


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Japan, Relax About Project Natal!

4:00PM March 24, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

There has been concern in Japan that only ginormous American living rooms are suitable for Microsoft’s upcoming motion control peripheral Natal. No need for concern, says Microsoft. More »


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Project Natal’s Lag, As Judged By Stopwatch

9:40AM February 23, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Microsoft’s controller-free add-on Project Natal may be perfect for virtual painting and hyperactive ball-swatting, but is it responsive enough for something more intense? What does MTV’s stopwatch tell us? More »