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Microsoft's Marc Whitten on Xbox 360's Project Natal

Marc Whitten heads Microsoft's effort to revolutionize the home-entertainment experience with Project Natal, which tracks your every move.READ»

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Michel Tombroff Uses Gesture Technology for EA Sports, Panasonic

Michel Tombroff is developing software to analyze images captured by 3-D cameras and working with EA Sports, Texas Instruments, and Panasonic to make avatars move based on users' actions.READ»

• Fast Talk: Pranav Mistry
• Fast Talk: Susie Wee
• Fast Talk: Marc Whitten

Sony's PlayStation Move Ad Snarks on Microsoft's Project Natal, Ignores Nintendo Wii

Sony's new ad takes place six months in the future, in a world in which PlayStation Move has been released and is a huge success. That may be wishful thinking.READ»

"Red Steel 2" Director on Motion Control Gaming, Making a "First-Person Brawler"

This month, Western-meets-Samurai Anime game "Red Steel 2" takes a giant leap forward in translating players' movements into epic on-screen swordfights. Creative director Jason Vandenberghe gives us an inside look at the making of an action game with detailed motion controls and shares his enthusiasm for PlayStation Move and Microsoft's Project Natal.READ»

The Xbox 360. How long is it through its life-cycle?

Microsoft’s sales performances with the Xbox 360 games console continues to impress. Not only is it still selling well but it generally outsells its main competitor, the Sony PlayStation 3, on a regular basis. Despite this ...READ»

Modern Warfare 2 Expansion and Project Natal Coming to Xbox This Year

The blockbuster video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is about to get bigger. Microsoft announced an an exclusive expansion pack for the Xbox 360 at CES this evening, and also confirmed that the Project ...READ»

Why Games Are So Expensive, and Staying That Way

Recent earnings reports from Sony and Nintendo prove that the video game industry is not recession proof. So why do games still cost so much money?READ»

Microsoft's Shane Kim on Project Natal and the Xbox 360 Road Map

Microsoft continues to push the social networking and entertainment capabilities of the Xbox 360--games on demand and group movie viewing are two such features due in the next system update (due in August). We asked Shane Kim, Microsoft's VP of Strategy and Business Development for Interactive Entertainment, about the evolution of Xbox Live and what the launch of Project Natal means for the business.READ»

Over-Innovation: A Cautionary Tale

The difference between simple and elegant can mean the difference between success and failure for your brand.READ»

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Sony, Microsoft Motion Controls Will Beat Wii at Its Own Game

Nintendo Wii's role as king of motion gaming consoles is at risk. Sony and Microsoft have both previewed motion control systems at the E3 video game expo, and both systems knock Wii clean off the throne--even though neither has ...READ»

Microsoft Brings Social Networking and 3-D Motion Capture to Xbox 360

The rumors proved true: Microsoft is bringing motion a capture device to the Xbox 360. The company also announced that Xbox Live will support social networking via Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm. Along with the usual flood of ...READ»