1UP reported on Monday that Microsoft plans to release a new Xbox console as early as next year, featuring beefed-up Xbox 360 hardware and built-in Project Natal technology.
1UP speculates on the idea that Microsoft could try a similar move such as the one done by Nintendo, which basically built the Wii around the GameCube hardware, with the motion-sensing "Wiimote" being the real addition.
Over recent years, TeamXbox has received information on Microsoft's future plans for the Xbox platform, and that's why, among other topics, they extensively covered 3DV Systems' Z-Cam. Avid TeamXbox.com readers know they were the first publication to report that Microsoft signed IBM to create the CPU for the Xbox 360 (at a time when no one would believe Microsoft and IBM would work together or that the Xbox platform would use a non-x86 CPU) and that Microsoft was doing research on video-based motion sensing.
Today, they can tell you that they have obtained the first details on the next Xbox and that's why they can confirm that the rumor reported by 1UP is false.
Game Rant talked to Suda51 about a potential sequel to Shadows of the Damned, and here's what he had to say.
Over the last 25 years, there has been a fair few South Park games, and here GameSpew has ranked them all from best to worst.
We are going to see a lot of crap South Park products since they sold out to paramount years ago. It's their IP they can sell out, of course; it just means the quality of their show has tanked and other products as well. Nevertheless, they put on excellent musicals, but those haven't been sold to a mega corporation.
Loved the RPGs but never played the others. Have to track them down. Still not sure about Snow Day though.
"Global indie publisher ESDigital Games is thrilled to announce its participation in London Games Festival 2024 from 9th - 20th April at venues across the city." - ESDigital Games.
WOW!
3D technology with Natal? That sounds really cool but I still think that Natal needs some kind of controller or something that gives you some kind of feedback from the games, not just playing with the air. -just like Miyamoto said earlier on an interview
Not happening.
Why make another console when ones already successful?
3DTV's or some sort of holographic tech is the only thing that will give Natal the ability to succeed, and if that's what they are waiting for then they are complete fools. We're talking at least 3 years for 3D displays to become so mainstream that price isn't a barrier and that's a minimum.
Holo tech would be the best route to take Natal into VR territory, which would be pretty awesome, full immersion is what will make a controller-less experience work right. Microsoft execs must smoke crack before all their meetings and then leak things to the press when they are high, just to get people going.