DICE executive producer Patrick Bach has sidelined motion controls as gimmick technology that won’t be implemented in Battlefield 4, or any of its games. Read More »
Tag Archives: Motion Controls
Video Thirst: Short Star Wars Kinect Teaser Is Short And Weird
Below the break you’ll see a teaser Microsoft’s released for upcoming Kinect title, Star Wars Kinect. There’s not much there, however, just a R2-D2 trying to communicate with the motion camera before going mental when it nods back at him. Read More »
Video Thirst: New Forza 4 Trailer Shows Kinect Head Tracking
Microsoft promised to do big things with Kinect, and below the break you’ll witness one of those things the firm’s hoping will take off, especially with the hardcore. How would you like to move your head left, right, and all around while playing Forza 4 with Kinect? What did you say? Read More »
Crysis 2 Is Not The Best Fit For PS Move Says Dev
Crysis 2 won’t come with PS Move functionality because according to Crytek’s Hasit Zala, the peripheral isn’t “quite there yet”. Read More »
Video Thirst: PlayStation Move Sharp Shooter Gives Added Advantage
There’s a new PlayStation Move add-on that’s launching in tandem with Killzone 3 on February 22nd that will be compatible with the aforementioned game and SOCOM 4. According to Guerrilla Games boss Herman Hulsts, Sharpshooter will give gamers who opt to use it the added accuracy advantage, and also it’ll make you feel like you’re really immersed into the experience. ... Read More »
For Xbox 360, There Might Be Kinect Integration In Fight Night: Champion
How would you like ditching the current scheme of Fight Night controls for a more, eh, user-not-too-friendly Kinect? No? We’re appalled by your answer. Either ways, EA’s looking into ways of making its next Fight Night game Kinect compatible. And no, it won’t lose the traditional control scheme. Read More »
Microsoft Claims Kinect Is The ‘Fastest Selling Consumer Electronic Ever’
Kinect’s been selling mighty-good. That we know, but is it the fastest selling consumer electronic ever, like Microsoft claims? Read More »
Kinect Bundles Outsold That Of PS Move 5:1 In December Says Pachter
According to Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect bundles outsold Sony’s PS3 PS Move bundles by a margin of 5 to 1. Read More »
PS3 Owners Are Happier Than The Xbox 360 Crowd
When you’ve been around something for a while, you get the sense of what’s going on with it. Whether it’s a good situation or nasty one, because of its familiarity to you, there are certain answers you’d be able to give without stuttering. For example, if you told me that my wife was a talkative girl, I’d call you a ... Read More »
Microsoft Says It Won’t Be Able To Fulfill Demand For Kinect
Kinect is successful. In every sense of the word. So successful it is that Microsoft’s senior director of PR for Entertainment Services Jose Pinero thinks his company won’t be able to meet demand at retail for the next two months. Read More »
Kinect’s Shipped Over 8 Million Units According To MS
Sony and Microsoft were at CES last night, and the two giants, in their separate press conferences, let loosed some magnificent numbers concerning their devices. The notables on Microsoft’s end are the Xbox 360 and Kinect of course, with the software giant claiming the latter’s shipped over 8 million units worldwide. That’s no tiny number. Read More »
Sony: Kinect Is “Not Up To Spec”
The company wars, they never cease, and nor would we want them to. The industry needs a bit of spice, wouldn’t you say? Yes, Aaron Greenberg knows just how to get Sony’s crowd rowdy, and apparently, Sony Computer Entertainment software engineer Anton Mikhailov knows just how to cause a stir in the Xbox 360 community. Kinect? What Kinect? The man ... Read More »
Move Is “Legitimately” Hard To Find, Says Sony
Michael Pachter said yesterday that Microsoft and to a further extent Sony, were giving the impression that their motion control devices were sold out and hard to find at retail just to create positive momentum for the products. And while the latest Kinect numbers released yesterday by Microsoft puts all Pachter’s chatter to rest, Sony’s yet to release any, so ... Read More »
Kinect Sells 2.5 Million In Just 25 Days, According to Microsoft
Whoa. Read More »
Kinect In Gears Of War? No Way Says Bleszinski
Talk’s been circulating the web pouring fuel on a fire that started claiming Gears of War 3 will have Kinect compatibility. The report came from a credible source, too. IGN claimed that the motion-control features would emerge in a Gears of War game, but Epic Games lead designer, Cliff Bleszinski killed the flame with a response via twitter. “No Kinect ... Read More »