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Kotaku: Rare Hopes To Evolve The FPS Genre With Project Natal [Rare]
G4 TV - TheFeed: Rare Looking Toward A Natal Shooter
That VideoGame Blog: Rare looking to Natal to give the FPS genre a shot in the arm
| Shoot to thrill: ... great example of how the first person shooter remains such a dominant force in gaming. ..... http://bit.ly/2SJGJI 11/3/2009 |
Rare Hopes To Evolve The FPS Genre With Project Natal [Rare]
Kotaku —
... of the Natal launch in 2010. Hopefully, that will help give them the identity that Peter Molyneux thinks they so desperately need. "[Project Natal is] also an opportunity to exercise some genre evolution," Betteridge says, "so hopefully we'll be able to develop something on that front." Are you thinking what I'm thinking? If the answer is a first person shooter/boxing game based on the adventures of Killer Instinct's T.J. Combo, than it sounds like we are. Shoot to thrill [MCV]
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Rare Looking Toward A Natal Shooter
G4 TV - TheFeed —
... to break new ground with content and gameplay, It’s also an opportunity to exercise some genre evolution, so hopefully we’ll be able to develop something on that front.”
It shouldn't exactly shock anyone that Rare would like to work on a Natal game (after all, it's owned by Microsoft) but hopefully, if Rare does develop a Natal-based shooter, it will rise to the standards set by games like GoldenEye and the Perfect Dark games. In
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Rare looking to Natal to give the FPS genre a shot in the arm
That VideoGame Blog —
... -supported games. While nothing about specific Rare projects has been announced, head of studio Mark Betteridge took some time to talk about Natal and the effects it has on gameplay, specifically the first-person shooter genre. ...
Rare Wants to Revolutionize FPS Genre With Project Natal
Planet Xbox 360 —
... to be "intimately involved with Project Natal in a number of different dimensions," according to soon to be ex-Microsoft VP Shane Kim. The developer was reported to be staffing up in anticipation of the Natal launch in 2010. Hopefully, that will help give them the identity that Peter Molyneux thinks they so desperately need. "[Project Natal is] also an opportunity to exercise some genre evolution," Betteridge says, "so hopefully we'll be able to develop something on that front." [SOURCE]
Rare Sets Sights on Project Natal Shooter
Kombo.com —
[image] MCV has run an interesting feature which provides an in-depth look at the state of the first-person shooter genre, and mining the depths of the article, one can find what Twycross-based developer Rare has in store for the future. "It's still a booming business," Rare studio head Mark Betteridge said, adding "you only have to look at the success of the Halo series to see that. And we're obviously very happy about the excitement over Perfect Dark coming back to Xbox Live Arcade." "Right now our sights are trained on Natal, which is a great opportunity to break new ...



