Articles tagged with 'ces 2010'

Microsoft drops Project Natal's internal processor

Thursday, 07 January 2010 Henry Dowling

Motion control is going to have a big impact on the gaming industry this year, with both Microsoft and Sony bringing their toys out to play in 2010. As always, price will play a major role in swaying consumers to one or the other, and according to a report by GamesIndustry.biz, Microsoft are already reducing costs on their motion sensored controller ...

Alan Wake to get episodic DLC

Thursday, 07 January 2010 Henry Dowling

Remedy has already pointed out that their eagerly anticipated psychological thriller, Alan Wake, will be presented in a style similar to episodes of a TV show. Now it has been announced that the episodic theme will carry on beyond the title's release, with downloadable episodes to continue the story ...

Xbox 360 surpasses 39 million consoles worldwide

Thursday, 07 January 2010 Henry Dowling

A keynote speach isn't complete without divulging some big and impressive numbers, and Microsoft weren't short on those at CES 2010. According to their latest figures, the Xbox 360 has surpassed 39 million consoles worldwide, with over 500 million Xbox games sold, which equates to an average attach rate of 13 games per console. In money terms, it's an astounding $20 billion dollars in sales. Recession? What recession ...

Modern Warfare 2 DLC coming soon, timed exclusive on Xbox 360

Thursday, 07 January 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

Okay, this was originally announced way back at E3 2009, but in case you forgot, Modern Warfare 2's DLC (apparently two map packs) will be coming to Xbox 360 before any other platforms. Microsoft is just reminding us about that. No other hard info or anything, although it's apparently dropping in around spring. Which is autumn. Significantly, that's quite soon ...

Project Natal coming 'holiday 2010', runs at 30 fps

Thursday, 07 January 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

It's the annual Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas this week, and - surprise! - Microsoft's been talking up Project Natal during their keynote presentation ...