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Microsoft To Release Kinect Beta Program To Select Few

Posted on August 10, 2010 | No Comments
Looks like the folks over at Joystiq have received word from diligent tipsters that Microsoft’s Connect customer feedback service is sending out Kinect beta program invites. The details are pretty sparse but naming ironies aside, the note does specify that chat will be limited only...
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Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect Dismantled And Explained

Posted on August 8, 2010 | No Comments
Kinect sounds like all fun and games, and it is, but when you take a look at what is behind Microsoft’s Kinect camera, things get pretty serious. T3 was recently able to get behind the scenes for quick lesson on how the specific Xbox 360...
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Microsoft’s Kinect Will Read American Sign Language

Posted on August 7, 2010 | No Comments
Recently, Microsoft’s Kinect console patent was unearthed, describing the “gesture keyboarding” system that’s tracked by the special PrimeSense-developed depth camera. Kinect builds a dynamic wireframe representation, also known as “skeletal mapping” of the player’s body, then tracks that to recognize various gestures and movements. The movements can...
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DeadSpace Prequel “Ignition” Coming This Fall

Posted on July 9, 2010 | No Comments
The popular video game Dead Space 2 isn’t due to hit store shelves until early next year but EA has announced that a downloadable prequel will be launching before the end of the year on both Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. The prequel,...
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Microsoft Predicted To Break $1B+ With Xbox Live Revenue

Posted on July 8, 2010 | No Comments
According to estimates made by analysts, Microsoft’s Xbox Live premium gaming service is on the road to generate over $1 billion in revenue for the fiscal year that ended on June 30th. A lot of this revenue is coming from Xbox Live Gold members who...
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Will Microsoft Kinect Let You Play Sitting Down?

Posted on July 7, 2010 | No Comments
Despite whether u have your a Nintendo Wii of your own, you have probably seen the commercials or know someone who has one and/or have experienced the gameplay yourself one way or another. With that in mind, we all know that Nintendo intended people to...
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Microsoft Details Windows 8 Improvements To OEM’s

Posted on June 28, 2010 | 1 Comment
Recently Microsoft announced that Windows 7 hit 150 million licenses, which translates to about 7 copies a second, but that doesn’t mean the folks over at Microsoft aren’t planning for the future. The software giant is already beginning to prep OEMs on Windows 8, at least according...
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New Xbox 360 Features Red Dot of Death

Posted on June 21, 2010 | No Comments
Microsoft claimed that this past week the new Xbox 360 shipping to stores no longer featured the dreaded three flashing lights also known as “red ring of death” (RROD), to alert owners that component failures required servicing. What they failed to mention was that the...
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New Xbox 360 Torn and Modded

Posted on June 20, 2010 | No Comments
Last Sunday (the day before E3 2010′s keynote) a leaked italian commercial gave us a first peak of what was supposed to be the new Xbox 360. Then on Monday, Microsoft announced that there was a new Xbox 360 and in fact it was supposed...
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[E3 2010] All About Microsoft’s Press Conference

Posted on June 14, 2010 | 5 Comments
The first keynote in this year’s E3 is over! Microsoft held it and they ended up revealing quite a bit of new information. There was the new Xbox 360 as well as information on both the Kinect and a line-up of games for it. The...
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