
The rumours about a sleaker version of the Xbox 360 being due were correct – Microsoft has announced the very same at E3.
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Witnesses to Microsoft’s glitzy E3 launch of Kinect (formerly Natal) report that Microsoft’s conspicuously refused to show any actual gameplay, instead using a crude mockup with actors pretending to “play” an onscreen movie, and that a mechanical elephant was the real star of the show, not their “revolutionary” new controller.
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The controller formerly known as “Project Natal” has been officially dubbed “Kinect,” and rumours of a revised “slim” edition of the console have begun circulating.
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Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto has dismissed Microsoft’s Project Natal and Sony’s Move motion controllers as mere copies of the Wii.
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A former Microsoft boss has stated that he thinks Microsoft’s upcoming Project Natal controller, rumoured to be dubbed “Wave,” will fail.
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Project Natal, Microsoft’s “revolutionary” new Xbox 360 controller system, is set to cost $150 and is due for release October 26th, according to leaked details.
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After the release of Rockstar’s GTA western Red Dead Redemption, the major topic for discussion is not the game itself but instead the alleged inferiority of the PS3 version, which Rockstar claims is “identical” but critics claim runs at a lower resolution and with significantly degraded visuals.
The two versions are compared below, with the Xbox 360 on top:
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Leaked prices for Microsoft’s upcoming Project Natal give it a supposed price in the region of $200, far from the $80 price point previously touted.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: May 17, 2010 04:22 JST
- Tags: Capcom, Comparison, Microsoft, Nintendo, Rankings, Retro, Sega, Sony, Video Gallery

A ranking of the most difficult games ever to torment gamers with their release has prompted many to observe just how many of the list are Japanese in origin…
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Official Windows 7 mascot Nanami Madobe has appeared in her own anime, exhorting people to build their own PC (naturally enough a boxy little Windows media centre PC).
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, H, News
- Date: Apr 19, 2010 23:08 JST
- Tags: Chikan, Controllers, Eroge, Marketing, Microsoft, Technology, Video Gallery, Xbox 360


The true potential of Microsoft’s innovative upcoming motion sensing controller Project Natal has been unveiled in full for the first time.
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A survey asking 1.5 million respondents whether their console had suffered a hardware failure has revealed that the Xbox 360 may well have the shameful distinction of being the least reliable console ever made, with a staggering 42% experiencing hardware failures, against 8% for the PS3 and a mere 1% for the Wii.
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