Ryuu96 said: JayWood2010 said: NobleTeam360 said: It took all of Rare to make Kinect Sports Rivals? That's kind of sad. i still am not conviced he is telling the truth but if he is i will say that theyre working with new technology that hasnt been done before, and it is a pretty game.   Yeah, even more from that recent tweet about do you consider KI a megaton game , most of the games that could be like the KI reveal are Rare games, Banjo, Conker, Perfect Dark etc. I'm thinking either Rare are making another sequel to one of their IP'S or even a new game or it's a 3rd party studio making a Rare Ip sequel since they done it with Double Helix it makes me think they will probably do it again since KI done good, Ruffian games is the one I'm thinking is the most likely making a Rare Ip from their recent interview

I could see them doing a 2nd party Rare Ip

Slade6alpha said: Anyone here getting Rivals? I'm on the fence about it. Looks nice, but I gave no room in my bedroom to play it.

I might.  It looks good but idk yet.  

shikamaru317 said: Slade6alpha said: Anyone here getting Rivals? I'm on the fence about it. Looks nice, but I gave no room in my bedroom to play it. Same problem, I can't get my Kinect to work in my bedroom. I'll get it one of these days once I have room.

The Kinect works fine in there, but it's like 2 feet from my tv to my bed. I would be able to do the motions. 

Ryuu96 said: Slade6alpha said: Anyone here getting Rivals? I'm on the fence about it. Looks nice, but I gave no room in my bedroom to play it. I've already pre-ordered, should have enough space in my room, pretty fun game to just mess around on with friends Lol but Titanfall will dominate the next few months for my XB1! =P

Does the game have a specific release date? I thought it was still unclear? I may have heard April sometime, but never thought that was official. 

Ryuu96 said: http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/02/12/kinect-sports-rivals-release-date-announced April 8th North America April 11th Europe

Wow. MS really is getting a nice steady stream of games coming out. Never had to worry about 3rd party, but nice that they're isn't much of a drought yet.

Just realized I'm in the title, lol I'm famous!

This is why you cant take PvZ: Garden Warfare too seriosly xD This stuff plays in the background while youre in a game lol

shikamaru317 said: Yeah, they've had a nice stream of exclusives so far. After April is the concern though, other than some possible ID@Xbox exclusives and possibly D4 there aren't too may exclusives that look like they'll be released before about August or later. I hope I'm wrong and Microsoft has at least one AAA exclusive planned for the summer. Somebody recently tweeted Phil and told him that the Xbox One's list of exclusives with release dates and narrow release windows is getting rather small and Phil said he'd have to consider his options, so hopefully we'll get some more release dates or narrowed release windows soon, maybe at GDC.

That is true. How does 3rd party look? I do think there will be droughts though :(

Don't think Sunset Overdrive is going to release this summer. That's the only game I could think coming out in the summer that is exclusive.

Ryuu96 said: The Behemoth With a string of hits on Xbox Live Arcade, The Behemoth are one of the most successful indie studios on Xbox, so it’s not a surprise to see the makers of Castle Crashers and addictive co-op platformerBattleblock Theater are hard at work on a game for Xbox One. But what though? “Our crew is working earnestly, but we cannot provide any further details at this time,” says the studio. Fingers crossed it’s another animated, lo-fi platformer with a heavy emphasis on local multiplayer fun.

YES XD

Microsoft may finally be hearing your complaints about the lack of Xbox Live support, though it may not be what you envisioned. While many have been calling for Microsoft to differentiate themselves by doubling down on Xbox Live exclusive games, their recent strategy of openness and cross-platform support suggests otherwise.

Now, a new job posting for a newly formed team at Microsoft, dubbed initially as "New Devices and Gaming", gives some clues as to where Redmond is looking next for dominance. While Xbox 360, Xbox One and Live games are exclusive to Microsoft products, there appears to be a new strategy materializing.



A key line in the description for the Software Development Engineer II level job is revealing about the emphasis of this new team.


“We will create a modern framework that is open source, light-weight, extensible and scalable across various platforms including Windows Store, Windows Phone, iOS and Android.”

The goal of this project is even clearer:


“…win back our game developers from our competitors”

Finally, the job description finishes with the scope of the project:


“Working on the gaming technologies, you will collaborate with both internal partner teams across the company and external ecosystem partners to enable end-to-end gaming scenarios.”

That is a radical departure from the current locked-in mentality of Xbox and strongly suggests that Microsoft is going big in their vision. Indeed, from Office to OneDrive to Bing to Nokia X and so forth, Microsoft seems eager to get their products on everything – and everywhere – without discrimination.

Seeing as new CEO Satya Nadella is a ‘services guy’, we can see this being an extension of his vision for the company. Could we see Xbox Live going cross-platform? Where services – and not devices – are the corner stone of Microsoft’s strategy? We’ll have to wait and find out, but that’s our bet.

Source: Microsoft Careers; Thanks, Toni A., for the tip!

link
http://www.wpcentral.com/microsoft-creating-open-source-framework-gaming