The court case between Activision and developers Jason West and Vincent Zampella has brought all kinds of ugliness to light. But filings for the case have also made the details of the April, 2010 contract between Bungie and Activision a matter of public record, revealing Bungie’s upcoming game development plans.
A report over at Engadget shows a patent filed by Microsoft for a device that uses “personalization using a hand-pressure signature.” The image in their patent filing is a chunky, loveable Xbox 360 controller that, going by the title, will be able to detect your identity based on your hand-pressure via a “presure sensitive surface.” And maybe read your fingerprints?
Sean Tracy, a technical designer for Crysis studio Crytek, tweeted this morning that he is at a Durango summit in London. Two weeks ago, Kotaku reported that Durango is the codename for Microsoft’s next Xbox. [Twitter, via NeoGAF]
Kotaku has heard from multiple sources close to the project that the code-name for Microsoft’s next console is Durango.
So, we’ve heard from a source that the next Xbox may feature some kind of anti-used games technology. When you first read that, your first instinct was probably to think it’s either bullshit or the worst idea a video game company has ever had.
Microsoft will upgrade its disc technology for its next Xbox from DVDs to Blu-Ray discs, catching up to rival Sony, games industry sources tell Kotaku.
Xbox 3, Xbox 720, NextBox… whatever you call it, lots of rumours are being floated about Microsoft’s next home console. Some say it’ll output Avatar-level visuals while others say it’ll lean heavily on cloud architecture. But the latest hint as to Microsoft’s gaming future point to their ever-increasing ambition to fuse TV, film and gaming content.
