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Project Natal EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag TIME names Natal one of the best inventions of 2009 43 TIME Magazine has chosen the 50 best inventions of 2009, and Microsoft's Project Natal -- along side "teleportation" (wait, what the hell?!) -- has made the list.  While the thing isn't even... Project Natal: November 2010, 14 launch games, under £50 39 An asplosion of Project Natal news has hit the Internet today thanks to MCV, shedding launch some details on the Xbox 360's latest attempt to corner the fabled casual market. The beans were spill... Rumor: Next Boom Blox to land on 360/PS3 33 Superannuation, some of the best internet Matlocks around, have discovered something very interesting. It's a job listing for the team at EA that makes Boom Blox. It's pretty straight forward for... Pachter thinks Project Natal will cost $50 51 While videogame analyst and chocolate avenger Michael Pachter was spreading his opinion-muck on the differences between Natal and the Sony Wiimote, he also predicted a price point for the new tec... Pachter: Project Natal > Sony Wiimote 33 Videogame analyst and Satan's jester Michael Pachter has been imparting his dirty wisdom quite a bit today, sharing with the world his opinion of the motion controllers being launched by Microsof... Epic Games is 'psyched' for Project Natal 30 Each day brings us yet another step closer to Microsoft's chilling vision of the future -- a future where we're expected to jump around like spastic mimes in order to play videogames that were on... Project Natal to be priced 'like anything else' 60 Gizmodo posted this tidbit about Project Natal which is so vague that it could mean anything from what we think it means to a prediction that the birds outside my window could at any time transfo... Spencer won't be surprised if a future Fable uses Natal 14 It wouldn’t surprise Phil Spencer (or Brad Nicholson) if Lionhead Studios integrated Project Natal support into a future iteration of the Fable series. In a recent interview with Joystiq, t... TGS 09: I really want to hate Project Natal 59 Many mango seasons ago, a Japanese company promised a revolution to the gaming populace with a tiny white box and its magical motion-sensing controller. The day finally arrived when the heavens o... TGS 09: Kojima sees applications for Natal beyond games 25 Today, Microsoft brought three of legendary Japanese videogame creators -- Hideo Kojima (Metal Gear), Keiji Inafune (Mega Man), and Toshihiro Naghoshi (Super Monkey Ball, Yazuka) -- into one room... TGS 09: These are the developers working on Project Natal 17 Since we first heard about Microsoft's spiffy new Project Natal motion tech in June, the same time development kits were issued, studios have been hard at work. What have they been working on, yo... TGS 09: Patching older 360 games to work with Natal not possible 16 Back during E3 when Microsoft introduced Project Natal, one of their tech demos was a version of Burnout Paradise fit to work with the motion detecting hardware. For Tokyo Game Show, Microsoft br... Wada says impact of upcoming motion devices may be small 13 Square-Enix’s Yoichi Wada isn’t dazzled by the promise of motion control with the PS3 and Xbox 360. Speaking recently to the Financial Times, the chief executive predicted that their ... LostWinds could come to the PS3 or Xbox 360 15 As we learned this morning, studios are chattering about the possibility of porting their Wii titles to the PS3 post-motion sensing wand. While we take Capcom’s Jun Takeuchi at his word, hi... PS3/360 Grand Slam Tennis delayed for motion control 8 When EA Sports president Peter Moore first told the world of EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis more than a year ago, he noted that the Wii version would support Wii MotionPlus, and that it would launch... No 'gimmicky' motion control features for Halo 18 How long has it been since someone last talked about Microsoft's upcoming Natal? Too long! VideoGamer has kept the conversation alive by having a discussion with Halo 3: ODST producer Alex Cuttin... Forza on Natal ideas: Opening doors, changing parts 29 When you think of how the camera-based Natal technology could be applied to a racing game, the whole steering in the air bit probably pops to mind, Turn 10's Dan Greenawalt has been thinking outs... BioWare: Motion controls attempt to do fantastic things 16 With Microsoft and Sony following Nintendo into the motion control era, the subject of waggle is a hot topic. While checking out Dragon Age: Origins at BioWare headquarters, I took the opportunit... Sega planning to announce Natal/Sony Wiimote stuff soon 26 Project Natal and the Sony Wiimote have been with developers for a while, and the world waits with a mixture of anticipation and dread for the unique games (as well as horrible shovelware) that t... Take-Two messing around with Natal, PS Motion Controller 9 "Natal motion-sensors - yes we have dev kits, yes we’re working on them." Take-Two said that they have installed both Project Natal and PlayStation Motion Controller development k... Shane Kim: Natal is about 'breaking down all the barriers' 22 Microsoft Game Studios’ Shane Kim -- the guy that said a Microsoft handheld was a matter of “when” and not “if” -- believes Project Natal can earn the hardware manuf... Rare's been battling the Xbox demographic, Natal will fix it 32 There's no denying that British developer Rare has fallen from grace since it was acquired by Microsoft in 2002. Some would say that the quality of Rare's games have suffered, but Rare believes i... Terminal Reality working on title that utilizes Natal 8 We already know that that Microsoft has shipped Natal kits to developers. But who's actively working on Natal projects? If you're keeping a list, add Ghostbusters developer Terminal Reality to it... Rare could use Natal to bring back classic IP 30 Remember the good ol' days of Rare? If you do, and you're one of those who think the British studio has gone off the rails a bit, then you might be glad to know that Rare is investigating some of... Codies: Natal won't replace traditional controls 26 At E3, Microsoft proudly showed someone using a system of mystical motions in order to play a racing game, but despite Project Natal's promise of a brave new tomorrow, genre staple Codemasters re... Valve on Project Natal: Show us the compelling game first 30 Following our interview with Left 4 Dead 2 writer Chet Faliszek, we had a chance to just talk about the industry at large, and touch upon a few interesting points. You already got to read about C... Bizarre: Motion control shouldn't replace control pads 24 Destructoid has an interview coming soon with Bizarre Creations, the studio responsible for the Activision-published racing game Blur. We've been chatting about Blur's community features, and wha... Bungie: Halo and Project Natal don't mix 36 So far, Microsoft's precious Project Natal has been associated with waving your arms and feet around like an idiot, and ... well ... not a lot else, actually. It certainly hasn't been associated ... Project Natal E3 demos were powered by Unreal Engine 3 12 Unreal Engine 3. Is there anything it can't do?Apparently not. Remember the Project Natal tech demos from E3? Of course you do! But since I cannot seem to locate our original coverage of the Micr... Rumor: Here we go again with the new Xbox for 2010 rumblings 13 According to Digitimes' sources (via Engadget), imaging-solutions company Aptina has won the exclusive rights to supply the 1.3-megapixel CMOS image sensors for a new, Project Natal-equipped Xbox... Matsuura is thinking about how to use Natal 9 Masaya Matsuura may not be a household name even in most gaming households, but when you say that he's the man behind PaRappa the Rapper then most people's ears pick up as they know the man has s... MS: Project Natal to feel like 'a new generation' in 2010 27 Microsoft isn't afraid of hyping the everliving crap out of its sure-to-be-disappointing "wave your arms like a stupid dick" toy. The company is continuing to make Natal sound like the ... Sony's new PSEye features taste like Project Natal 30 Sony has been late to the party on most things this generation, but the platform will be damned if it won't try to compete with absolutely everybody. Not content to follow Nintendo with its own W... Bill Gates confirms Natal technology is coming to PC 24 In a recent interview with Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, CNET was privy to some pretty interesting information regarding the oft-discussed Project Natal. Gates mentioned that the technology bein... Epic likely to use traditional controllers moving forward 18 While Project Natal will be infinitely cool if it works as promised and games are made specifically for the device and not simply forced to adapt its motion controls, but there is one thing I can... Sega likes motion control and its 'land grab' opportunity 24 Sega is looking forward to a world without proper controllers, believing that so-called "gestural" gaming presents a significant opportunity to the company. Personally I can't wait for ... Halo: Reach might use Project Natal 25 Microsoft’s Project Natal is an attempt to snatch grannies from their Wiis or a brilliant way to make gamers look like bigger retards while huddled in front of expensive television sets. Ei... Analyst says Sony's motion control beats Natal 48 Where the hell do they hand out the professional analyst jobs, because I want me some of that. All you have to do is stand up, say something relatively inflammatory and the internet will quote yo... Natal + PS3 wand = crappy third party plastic crap 21 You know it's coming. Natal is little more than a concept to most people, yet that hasn't stopped the parasitic third party plastic garbage makers from dreaming up peripheral nonsense for both it... Microsoft: 'We are not launching a new console in 2010' 25 Early today when reports of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirming a new Xbox for 2010 started rolling in, we were a bit suspicious. As it turns out, we had every right to be. Speaking with Micro... Rumor: New Natal Xbox 360 confirmed for 2010 (Update) 24 ["Real talk" update: As we suspected, this information is inaccurate. Speaking with Microsoft, Destructoid was told there are no plans for a new console in 2010. More details here.]Rumo... Rumor: Natal to launch with new Microsoft system 50 So Natal is a big deal, or it hopefully will be for Microsoft's sake. But I bet you didn't think it could become an even bigger deal, did you? How big a deal? How about new console big. Rumor now... Even famous people look goofy playing Natal 42 Who are you going to trust when it comes down to your opinion on Microsoft's Natal? The small and lucky group of expert journalists who got the chance to demo the camera or famous people who have... E3 09: 'Rare is intimately involved with Project Natal' 20 Like Kotaku, we've been wondering what Rare's been up to as of late. As it turns out, the developer has been deeply involved with Microsoft's Project Natal technology. Microsoft corporate vice pr... E3 09: The industry buzz on Microsoft's Project Natal 18 Normally, I'm not one to do posts on industry sound bites. If I reported every time a CEO or designer said something a.) obvious or b.) bombastic I wouldn't have time to actually play games. Howe... E3 09: Lionhead taking precautions against 'touching' Milo 41 Peter Molyneux knows that we're a savage group of people. We kick children, shout obscenities, and curb-stomp puppies on a daily basis. So, not surprisingly, within moments of Lionhead Studio's M... Project Natal: Microsoft's new motion controller explained 115 “The only experience you need is life experience.”In the biggest surprise of E3 so far, Microsoft announced a brand new gaming experience at the tail end of its press conference: some... E3 09: EA CEO behind Sony motion controls and Project Natal 40 Catching up with EA CEO John Riccitiello, IndustryGamers talked with him about the upcoming future of motion controllers. The boys at EA have been playing around with both Sony and Microsoft's te... Wii hacker Johnny Lee is working on Project Natal 20 Here's a little tidbit of news that may give the doubtful more faith in how well Microsoft's Project Natal will work once out from the conference and into the living room; Johnny Chung Lee, the m... E3 09: Who the f*ck is Milo? 38 Peter Molyneux is like gold to bloggers. He always manages to present something that is ludicrously cool in concept. Execution, well, that's often another story...At Microsoft's E3 press conferen...		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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