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osamanobama on 04 May 2011
zarx said:
osamanobama said:
epicberserk said:

I think that a strong list of first parties so far i think when you add them alll up

, 343 industries, turn 10, lionhead, rare, Good Science Studio, firebird studio, London Soho Studio , wingnut interactive, Bigpark, Zipline studios  = 10

 and that not inclding their xbox live arcade division or mobile gaming divison

again, not trying to be a troll. i will try to tread carefully.

but i dont know of most of those studios and what they have done to prove themselves. so i have several questions about them that i dont know the answers to. 

343: have they made any games? are they proven? i know they are halo team, but do they have expierence

turn 10: is a proven studio, makes forza

lionhead: proven, makes fable

Rare: have they done anything this gen? i can only think of an xbla game

Good Science: who are they, never heard of them, what games have they made?

Firebird: i think ive heard of them, but what games have they made, are they proven to be good?

london, wingnut, bigpark, zipline: again ive never heard of any of them. what games do they make, how many, what have they done this gen. are they talented.

again, not trying to troll. people will always think those type of things, when someone like me raises questions, but honestly i just want to know more about microsofts devs

343 - leads are mainly ex Bungie people that wanted to stay with Halo but no they haven't made anything else as 343.

Good Science - have made Kinect Adventures and that's all

Firebird/Wingnut - see my earlier post

Soho/London - new wrking on Kinect

Bigpark - Kinect Joy Ride

Zipline - are the new studio this thread is about working on Kinect

 

MS basically have created 4 new studios and converted Rare to make Kinect games.

thats unfortunate for someone like me, as i have no interest in Kinect.

but for those of you who do like Kinect, good luck, i hope these devs bring you good games



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epicberserk on 04 May 2011
zarx said:
epicberserk said:

I think that a strong list of first parties so far i think when you add them alll up

, 343 industries, turn 10, lionhead, rare, Good Science Studio, firebird studio, London Soho Studio , wingnut interactive, Bigpark, Zipline studios  = 10

 and that not inclding their xbox live arcade division or mobile gaming divison


firebird studios is more of an effects house they make cut scenes etc not full games and Wingnut interactive is also not a game studio and seems to have been disbanded anyway, sadly I really wanted to see what Peter Jackson could do with a video game.


firebird studios is to make the microsoft exclusives have better graphics , but they are also making an unnannouced title



epicberserk on 04 May 2011
osamanobama said:
epicberserk said:

I think that a strong list of first parties so far i think when you add them alll up

, 343 industries, turn 10, lionhead, rare, Good Science Studio, firebird studio, London Soho Studio , wingnut interactive, Bigpark, Zipline studios  = 10

 and that not inclding their xbox live arcade division or mobile gaming divison

again, not trying to be a troll. i will try to tread carefully.

but i dont know of most of those studios and what they have done to prove themselves. so i have several questions about them that i dont know the answers to. 

343: have they made any games? are they proven? i know they are halo team, but do they have expierence

turn 10: is a proven studio, makes forza

lionhead: proven, makes fable

Rare: have they done anything this gen? i can only think of an xbla game

Good Science: who are they, never heard of them, what games have they made?

Firebird: i think ive heard of them, but what games have they made, are they proven to be good?

london, wingnut, bigpark, zipline: again ive never heard of any of them. what games do they make, how many, what have they done this gen. are they talented.

again, not trying to troll. people will always think those type of things, when someone like me raises questions, but honestly i just want to know more about microsofts devs

i thnk it funny u were complaining so much about microsoft first party until i named their studios they own and now you wondering kinda shows idiotic



zarx on 04 May 2011
epicberserk said:
zarx said:
epicberserk said:

I think that a strong list of first parties so far i think when you add them alll up

, 343 industries, turn 10, lionhead, rare, Good Science Studio, firebird studio, London Soho Studio , wingnut interactive, Bigpark, Zipline studios  = 10

 and that not inclding their xbox live arcade division or mobile gaming divison


firebird studios is more of an effects house they make cut scenes etc not full games and Wingnut interactive is also not a game studio and seems to have been disbanded anyway, sadly I really wanted to see what Peter Jackson could do with a video game.


firebird studios is to make the microsoft exclusives have better graphics , but they are also making an unnannouced title

has it ever been confirmed that they are working on their own game? All I can find is speculation bassed on some job listings etc and the wording could just mean they are working on tools for another studio. same with the better graphics stuff but at least that makes sense as they made 3D animation tools before MS acquired them. 



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Ingmar on 04 May 2011
zarx said:

BTW this is what MS considers a core Kinect game

My most wanted in 2011 so far. I love TW's XBLA games. Can't wait for its release. :)



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bannedagain on 04 May 2011
kitler53 said:
scottie said:

No-one going to respond to the interesting part of this news story?

 

> show the world what's possible on Microsoft's game consoles

> consoles

> s

 

This refers to at least 2 of the following

 

Xbox

Xbox 360

Xbox 720

Xbox portable

Windows

Windows Phones

 

I think we can rule the Xbox out, and the 360 is almost guarenteed to be one of the consoles they are working on.

 

The use of 'consoles' as opposed to platforms, suggests it is unlikely to be W7P, GFWL, or even the Xbox portable.

 

As I said, Xbox 720 development kits are in the hands of 1st party studios, and most likely in the hands of 3rd parties too. That means the launch will be Nov 2012 - May 2013 most likely, but could be as late as Nov 2013.

 

From what they are saying, it sounds like they might be aiming to be part of the 2nd or 3rd big wave of games for the 720, as opposed to aiming for launch. Should be interesting.

i think you are reading waaaayy to much into that "s".  a next gen console from MS is pretty much a given but to go from an "s" on this sentence to "nov 2012 launch" is quite a big leap.

OT - good for MS.  more games is always a good thing.


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bannedagain on 04 May 2011
Ingmar said:
zarx said:

BTW this is what MS considers a core Kinect game

My most wanted in 2011 so far. I love TW's XBLA games. Can't wait for its release. :)

Can you sit down for this game. PLease let my lazy arse sit down. LOL



epicberserk on 04 May 2011
bannedagain said:
Ingmar said:
zarx said:

BTW this is what MS considers a core Kinect game

My most wanted in 2011 so far. I love TW's XBLA games. Can't wait for its release. :)

Can you sit down for this game. PLease let my lazy arse sit down. LOL

yes you can woooooooooooooooooooooooo



osamanobama on 04 May 2011
epicberserk said:
osamanobama said:
epicberserk said:

I think that a strong list of first parties so far i think when you add them alll up

, 343 industries, turn 10, lionhead, rare, Good Science Studio, firebird studio, London Soho Studio , wingnut interactive, Bigpark, Zipline studios  = 10

 and that not inclding their xbox live arcade division or mobile gaming divison

again, not trying to be a troll. i will try to tread carefully.

but i dont know of most of those studios and what they have done to prove themselves. so i have several questions about them that i dont know the answers to. 

343: have they made any games? are they proven? i know they are halo team, but do they have expierence

turn 10: is a proven studio, makes forza

lionhead: proven, makes fable

Rare: have they done anything this gen? i can only think of an xbla game

Good Science: who are they, never heard of them, what games have they made?

Firebird: i think ive heard of them, but what games have they made, are they proven to be good?

london, wingnut, bigpark, zipline: again ive never heard of any of them. what games do they make, how many, what have they done this gen. are they talented.

again, not trying to troll. people will always think those type of things, when someone like me raises questions, but honestly i just want to know more about microsofts devs

i thnk it funny u were complaining so much about microsoft first party until i named their studios they own and now you wondering kinda shows idiotic

when was i complaining about microsoft's first party.

and you naming their studios changed nothing, and the answers to my questions only reinforced my opinion.

i dont know what you are trying to get at



dsister on 04 May 2011
osamanobama said:

again, not trying to be a troll. i will try to tread carefully.

Rare: have they done anything this gen? i can only think of an xbla game

again, not trying to troll. people will always think those type of things, when someone like me raises questions, but honestly i just want to know more about microsofts devs


If you aren't trolling you don't need to say it so many times... it just makes people think you are trolling >_> 

Rare has developed the following things this gen: Kameo, PDZ, BK:N&B, VP, VP:TiP, Jetpac Refueled(XBL), Kinect Sports, Diddy Kong Racing(DS), and VP:PP(DS)

They have also helped with the development of: Halo 3, NXE, Banjo kazooie(XBL), Banjo-Tooie(XBL), and Perfect Dark(XBL)

I really can't think of a single developer that has done more than they have this gen. o.o 



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