Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and PC E3 press conference tonight will start at 6.25pm rather than 6.30pm. Why has the start time shifted a whole five minutes early? “A very special addition” says Microsoft.
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Tony Hawk: Ride will be the next Tony Hawk skateboarding game from Activision, the company has announced. More details on the game are expected at E3, the world’s largest videogame trade show, taking place in Los Angeles, in early June. But one thing is clear from the teaser website just launched: the hints from Activision that the game was to feature a new control method are true.
Microsoft, along with Sony, is rumoured to be revealing the Xbox 360′s answer to the Nintendo Wii at next month’s E3 event. But while Sony seems to be angling for a Wii-like zapper, Microsoft is rumoured to be going for a full-body motion sensing bar that needs no additional controller. Sounds a bit like science fiction, but get this: the very same technology may have been demoed already at a previous tech shindig – CES.
Microsoft may be about to reveal its rival vision of motion-sensing gaming to the Nintendo Wii. The rumour is that Microsoft will showcase a full-body sensing peripheral for its Xbox 360 console at E3, the world’s largest videogame trade show, in June, in Los Angeles.
Poor Nintendo. Hit with controversy over their attempt to keep access to their Wii Speak Channel only to owners of brand-new peripherals, they’ve also been slapped with yet another lawsuit over alleged patent infringements by the WiiMote and Wii motion-sensing control.
It’s been a while since we last heard some juicy motion control gossip, but now gaming accessorizer In2Games has leaked its own PS3 and Xbox 360 controller to give the Wii bad dreams.
Xbox 360 motion control rumours just won’t go away. Motus, the company said to be developing a Wii-like controller for the console has now posted some videos showing how it’ll work with existing games.
Impatient for more Wario Land action? We’ve got it right here, with more juicy details of how you’ll be controlling Mario’s mustachioed alter-ego in the 90′s style side scroller from Ninty.