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Microsoft Announces "Game Room," Confirms Natal For Late 2010

Posted by Soulskill on from the also-check-out-the-blender-addon dept.

Microsoft has confirmed that their upcoming motion-control system, Natal, will be released during the 2010 holiday season. The announcement was made during CES, alongside news of "Game Room," a service that will act like a virtual arcade, bringing classic games to users of the Xbox 360 and Games for Windows Live. It's due out this spring with 30 games to start, and will gradually ramp up to over a thousand titles. According to Kotaku, "You can buy a game for between 240-400 Microsoft Points, or if you really want that old arcade feeling, you can pay 40 Microsoft Points and play the game once, like it was 1985 and you'd just dropped a quarter." Another interesting bit of news is that subscribers to AT&T's U-Verse will soon be able to use the Xbox 360 as their set-top box.

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  1. Thank you. by migla · · Score: -1, Troll

    Thank you, Microsoft, for popping by and allowing us to pay every time we play a game. It's so nice of you to help us be nostalgic this way.

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    Some of my favourite people are from th US; Vonnegut, Chomsky, Bill Hicks.
    1. Re:Thank you. by migla · · Score: 0, Troll

      I wouldn't buy anything from Microsoft with a ten foot pole, even if they were on fire.

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      Some of my favourite people are from th US; Vonnegut, Chomsky, Bill Hicks.
  2. Re:Credit suck by runyonave · · Score: -1, Troll

    The PSN network uses REAL currency. Not this fuck-with-your-mind-psychological-pricing bullshit.

  3. All Muslims, read this. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    FUCK MUHAMMAD!!! FUCK ALLAH!!! FUCK ISLAM!!!!

    your so-called brothers in afganistan are fucking 13 year old boys in the ass. how does allah feel about that shit?