Warner Bros will be releasing a new Harry Potter game using the Xbox 360's motion camera peripheral. The announcement was made ahead of next month's E3 trade show, where Warner Bros will be exhibiting and will no doubt be showing off the new game. Players will be able to scan their face with the Kinect camera to become their own character in the game.
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Warner Bros Harry Potter game gets motion controls on Xbox 360
Xcom remake faces massive delay
2K Games announced yesterday that its anticipated game Xcom: Enemy Unknown, a re-envisioning of the 1994 classic X-Com: UFO Defense, would be released this October. However, in that same day, the company made a huge about-face and said the title would be delayed. And we're not just talking about a couple months here. We might even be talking about a couple years. And it all hinges on the company's financial situation.
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Microsoft Minecraft Xbox 360 buyers eligible for refunds
Microsoft is offering one of the most radical appeasements that any video game company can possibly offer - a refund for a digitally downloaded title. Anyone who purchased the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft and doesn't own an HDTV is eligible to receive a full refund. That's because one of the game's key selling points doesn't work unless you're using a high-def set.
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Forza Motorsport 4 Porsche expansion pack available
Fans of and Forza Motorsport 4 can now download a new expansion pack that adds a bunch of new sports cars to the mix. The expansion pack in question is called the Porsche Expansion Pack. As the name suggests, it's pure German Porsche sports car goodness with 30 new vehicles to drive. The expansion pack is offered via Xbox Live.
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Xbox 360 could face ban in US over Motorola patents
Microsoft may have scored a victory against Motorola’s Android phones in the US, but Moto has just landed its own heavy blow. A judge has recommended that the Xbox 360 should be banned in the United States following the discovery that Microsoft has infringed on four of Motorola’s patents relating to H.264 and the use of wireless tech in controllers. Microsoft was found to infringe the patents last month, but the recommendation for the sales ban was issued on Monday.
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Microsoft releases Kinect for Windows 1.5
Kinect might be a great way to experience motion gaming on your Xbox 360, but the sensor accessory has a use on desktop PCs too, with a full blown SDK being offered by Microsoft to take advantage of the hardware. Now the company has updated the SDK to version 1.5, bringing with it some new features to let developers further utilize the motion tracking hardware in their applications.
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Epic Mickey 2 gets behind-the-scenes video
If you were curious about what the sequel to Disney's captivating dark-sided Mickey Mouse game will be like, you're in luck. The newest video for Epic Mickey 2 takes players behind-the-scenes and shows them waht they can expect when the intoxicating mix of cute and innocent Disney characters meets a dark, mysterious world.
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Buy a Windows PC get an Xbox deal starts this weekend
Microsoft will be rolling out a deal this weekend that you may have heard of briefly the one time they did it before: purchase a brand new Windows-based PC for $699 or more and get an Xbox 360 for free. It's one of those offers that just makes sense when it comes to the software/hardware company whose fortunes are based in both the Windows 7 and 8 (coming this summer) operating systems as well as the gaming machine, this deal made perfect for students coming up on the summer season. Imagine that, starting a gaming deal up right as school get left out - genius move, or would prospective gamers rather play out in the sun?
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Why Halo 4 Is the Most Anticipated Game of 2012
Looking at the rest of the year, we can expect some blockbuster video games to hit store shelves. Activision is once again launching a Call of Duty game — Black Ops 2 — and despite my issues with it, Madden NFL from Electronic Arts will undoubtedly be a sales juggernaut towards the end of the summer.
But it’s November that has caught my eye the most. Early on that month, Halo 4 will hit store shelves. Only this time, the game won’t come from the fine folks at Bungie Studios that made the Halo name in the first place. This time around, Halo will be coming from 343 Industries, a part of Microsoft.
CinemaNow app comes to Xbox Live
As if gamers needed another video streaming platform on the Xbox 360, Best Buy's CinemaNow app has now arrived on the Microsoft console. CinemaNow is a platform that allows users to rent or buy movies and TV shows, just like iTunes, Amazon Video On Demand, and Vudu, but without the brand recognition of any of those other names.
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Halo 4 Limited Edition detailed
Wondering what you’ll be able to pick up when Halo 4 is released on November 6th? Wonder no more. The official Halo website has detailed the Limited Edition of the game, available for pre-order starting from today. It might set you back a cool $99.99, but hopefully the features will be enough to entice you. The Limited Edition will offer multiplayer map packs, specializations, and bonus digital content.
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Sonic 4 Episode II THD hands-on with Tegra 3
This next-generation console-level mobile game takes everything that keeps one of the most famous game franchises alive even to today and makes it mobile as SEGA collaborates with NVIDIA on the Tegra 3 quad-core processor platform. What you’ll see here is what NVIDIA notes is a “near mirror-image” of the full PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game, here on Android for you Tegra 3 loving gamers to enjoy. Have a peek at this game as it launches today on the NVIDIA TegraZone as well as the Google Play app store – classic SEGA action at your fingertips!
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