http://www.osnews.com/story/21607/E3_Roundup_Natal_Left_4_Dead_2_The_Last_Guardian Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:59:32 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread?366752 http://osnews.com/thread?366752 The real info is the release of Starcraft 2 at the end of the year :p Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:53:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Francis Kuntz) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?366753 http://osnews.com/thread?366753 Agreed that it's big news, but I couldn't cover everything. I tried to focus on Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo to keep things organised.

But yeah, that's pretty big. Koreans rejoice! Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:00:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom_Holwerda) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?366757 http://osnews.com/thread?366757 There is an error in the article. Ingame footage for Assassin's Creed 2 was presented yesterday during Sony's E3 event. Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Erunno) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?366760 http://osnews.com/thread?366760 Ah, I see, thanks. Updated the article. Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:56:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom_Holwerda) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?366762 http://osnews.com/thread?366762 I've seen all three press conferences/presentations/ whatever.

MS Project Natal impressed me! But I'll judge it when i test it, not grabbing something kind of annoys me - it's like that stupid sensation of not having a real keyboard on my iPhone. It may be me, but it annoys me.

Speaking of motion controls, I like what I saw from Sony. It works, it's not PR stuff and a well made video. It actually works, and you're grabbing something...

I'll get to test both ways, since luckily I own both systems.

Let's see what the software part brings us. Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:18:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (rramalho) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?366764 http://osnews.com/thread?366764 Rock Band Beatles isn't exclusive to the Xbox 360. It's also coming for PS3 and Wii.

You also forgot to mention a lot of the games shown for Sony's consoles like the MGS, SOCOM and Resident Evil for the PSP and MAG, Uncharted 2 and that ridiculous racing game cross between Mario Kart and LittleBigPlanet for the PS3.Edited 2009-06-03 10:29 UTC Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:22:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Narishma) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?366767 http://osnews.com/thread?366767 yeah, microsoft natal looks cool but doing everything without a controller isn't that great, I can see it well for casual games but not for hardcore, on the other hand sony mixed the good of the two worlds, having both a camera and a controller you can do almost everything, the archer and sword demo was really impressive and accurate Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:28:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Verunks) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?366768 http://osnews.com/thread?366768 Not sure if the Microsoft's team is aware of this, but Natal is the Portuguese word for Christmas!Edited 2009-06-03 10:34 UTC Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:33:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (moondevil) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?366784 http://osnews.com/thread?366784 Same thoughts here. It'd be funny to watch someone play a good FPS this way for 3 hours. Just what I felt in regard to Wii controls, it just limits the kinds of games one can create for it. It would be great as an additional control mechanism, just don't make it exclusive.

BTW, they just invented "air driving", you can add that to the list just below air guitar. I won't add further comments on that Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:56:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (l3v1) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?366825 http://osnews.com/thread?366825 Do remember that Natal can actually do everything the Sony demo can; they could easily write up a demo that registered different objects in your hands (like the Sony glowing wands).

It's quite possible that future controllers (with buttons!) will be able to work *with* Natal to create some awesome games. Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:39:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (grabberslasher) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?366839 http://osnews.com/thread?366839 I've watched the trailer for Last Guardian and I must say it looks promising (never got into the SoC though, the low framerate was too annoying). Apart from that, I actualy laughed out loud after reading about the GT for PSP... they haven't quite let that one go yet, did they. How many years of empty promises, DNF, anyone? They should get their damned rear ends in gear and finish GT5 already instead of wasting time on little silly side projects like that. Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Ultimatebadass) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?366857 http://osnews.com/thread?366857 Did Microsoft offer floor demonstrations of Natal? If not I call B.S.

I am very skeptical that this technology is good enough for general usage yet. I'm sure they can do quite a bit, but the computation needed to recognize multiple faces and bodies (and voices!) and track all their movements regardless of what they are wearing, etc...?

Well, call me in 10 years when they release the XBox 1080 then I might believe it. Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:44:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (transami) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?366871 http://osnews.com/thread?366871 Live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWm_PygFotI

and pre-recorded on-stage demos were given:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9gxyk_e32009-project-natal-demo-m...

I believe the press also got private demos, but I don't think there was an open floor demo available.

Development kits are currently available acording to this article:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/e3-natal-not-derived-from-3dv Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:57:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (n4cer) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?366892 http://osnews.com/thread?366892 ...not only that, but the city named "Natal"... the city actually is the reason of the codename. It's the homeland of the guy ahead of "project natal". Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:15:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (JrezIN) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?366893 http://osnews.com/thread?366893 Correct me if I'm wrong, but from the project natal demos, the one that impressed me most wasn't the control-with-your-movement ones, but the Milo demo... thats when we really start to interact with games.
I wonder what a Fable/FallOut game using this technology would be... or even MMO games streaming your expressions through your character.
Really impressive stuff that opens a lot of precedents. Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (JrezIN) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?366917 http://osnews.com/thread?366917 Well, call me in 10 years when they release the XBox 1080 then I might believe it.

Heh. To paraphrase the words a wise man:

"XBox 1080? How in the world did I miss XBoxes 361 through 1079?!?" Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:25:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (StephenBeDoper) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?367319 http://osnews.com/thread?367319 Gran Turismo PSP was playable on the show floor, comes out October 1st.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q5vg6xEjYo Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:33:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (thebluesgnr) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?367320 http://osnews.com/thread?367320 That's not actually true unless Microsoft released a "wand" controller with buttons, which is kind of the opposite of what they're promising with Natal. Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:39:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (thebluesgnr) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?367321 http://osnews.com/thread?367321 Another mistake here:

"Sony also showed off motion sensing technology (like the Wii, not like Natal), but the company doesn't yet know when it will arrive; somewhere 2010, it believes."

Jack Tretton was pretty clear when he said they're launching the motion controller Spring 2010. It was Microsoft who didn't say a peep about a release window. Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (thebluesgnr) Comments