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Despite announcing a drastic drop in sales for its half-year, and a loss of 78m euros, Ubisoft says strong sales of Assassin’s Creed II – up 32 per cent on the original game in its first week – point to a bright future for big name franchises. The firm’s R&D …
Read More »Bill Gates envisions Natal-esque PC future
The man who secretly revealed Natal in 2007 makes new indications for Microsoftâ??s future
Read More »Ubisoft studios given 15 Natal and Wand projects
Publisherâ??s CEO Yves Guillemot indicates a move away from the Wii and towards Sony and Microsoft
Read More »Rare hints at Natal Killer Instinct
Rare studio head Mark Betteridge has strongly indicated that a new Killer Instinct game could be developed for Natal. Street Fighter IV looked great and they’ve done a great job, and I’m a big fan of those products, but with KI we want to do something different rather than go …
Read More »Rare implies Natal-powered Killer Instinct
Studio head talks of â??doing something differentâ? with standard fight controls
Read More »Miyamoto blasé about Natal
Nintendo legend believes development of PS3 and 360â??s new controllers could threaten industryâ??s â??uniquenessâ??
Read More »More Natal details revealed in Feb
Microsoft has today confirmed it will reveal more details about its Project Natal 360 peripheral to developers at its Gamefest conferences this February. The news follows our reports the firm is currently touring studios to spur Natal support and hiring developers to make new first-party games for the new peripheral. …
Read More »Microsoft ramps up Natal recruitment
Company issues score of new Natal-related job vacancies
Read More »Natal launch details leak from secret Microsoft tour
MCV can this week reveal first details regarding the launch of Microsoft’s Project Natal. Our sources say the innovative controller-free 360 camera will be released worldwide in November 2010. This and other details have emerged following a behind-closed-doors Microsoft tour of UK publishers and studios – the format-holder has been …
Read More »Microsoft tours studios to spur Natal development
Launch details and more emerge from secret UK talks format-holder hosts with publishers and developers
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