Microsoft gets rid of two gaming projects at their Vancouver studio

Microsoft has gotten rid of two projects being developed by a first party development team who is based in vancouver.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/microsoft-shuts-down-vancouver-kinect-studio-report-6388548

Sign that microsoft is giving up on that garbage.....??

Poor Lems, less kinect games for them

Microsoft has gotten rid of two projects being developed by a first party development team who is based in vancouver.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/microsoft-shuts-down-vancouver-kinect-studio-report-6388548

super600

MS have already got rid of core game development if they get rid of kinect there is nothing left.

First they get rid of the true games, now they get rid of the kinect games... lems will only have ads left.

Not much of a surprise here... if it's not Kinect related in some way or Halo, Gears, or Forza, Microsoft just dumps it.

First they get rid of the true games, now they get rid of the kinect games... lems will only have ads left.

GreenGoblin2099

Interactive Ads. The future of the Xbox brand

Vancover gone? Damn, thats the flood gates opened. The 360 used to be awash with games, its now reduced to a trickle.

I won't be surprised to see Microsoft use something like PS Move for the 720 since Kinect is a failure

[QUOTE="GreenGoblin2099"]

First they get rid of the true games, now they get rid of the kinect games... lems will only have ads left.

BPoole96

Interactive Ads. The future of the Xbox brand

I see your point. :P

[QUOTE="GreenGoblin2099"]

First they get rid of the true games, now they get rid of the kinect games... lems will only have ads left.

BPoole96

Interactive Ads. The future of the Xbox brand

OMG seriously? This is by far the most stupid thing i've ever seen. ROFL.
"Teens are social creatures" "You can share ADS with your friends over twitter" WHO the hell wants to share ADS with their friends?
Like "hey man you got to see this coca cola ad, it's the bomb" WTF. The Xbox is such a fail, no games, tons of ads which now you can share with your friends, Kinect is nr.1 priority, you have to pay for Xbox Live.. lmao.

[QUOTE="BPoole96"]

[QUOTE="GreenGoblin2099"]

First they get rid of the true games, now they get rid of the kinect games... lems will only have ads left.

HalcyonScarlet

Interactive Ads. The future of the Xbox brand

I see your point. :P

Dark days ahead :o

I feel like the Sony patent is going to be used eventually for their free to play games like DC Universe, Planetside 2, and Dust 514

Apparaently, they've "ended development" on Micorosft Flight. Not sure if that means they've stopped supporting it or what.

They also canned some Childrens interactive- TV Kinect project, which is no great loss.

Microsoft Studios is always evaluating its portfolio of products to determine what is best for gamers, families and the company, and this decision was the result of the natural ebb and flow of our portfolio management. Many factors were considered in the difficult decision to stop development on "Microsoft Flight" and "Project Columbia," but we feel it will help us better align with our long-term goals and development plans. For "Microsoft Flight," we will continue to support the community that has embraced the title and the game will still be available to download for free at http://www.microsoft.com/games/flight/.

Microsoft

Link.

Also, anyone else's Gamespot f*cking up for them? I.e. Can't change back from the white background?

Microsoft to open new XBOX studio in London

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/new-xbox-studio-to-open-in-london/0100177

good news for the UK games industry i guess.

sts106mat

This part doesn't look great, but jobs is jobs!

The studio may be part of a new effort to add first-party free-to-play and online casual experiences to Xbox, with job listings hunting for those well versed in those areas plus familiarity with online, mobile and cloud services.

Honestly who cares?

Honestly who cares?

seanmcloughlin

[QUOTE="sts106mat"][QUOTE="campzor"]less core exclusives, now less kinect exclusives. Poor lemsDrTrafalgarLaw

lol.

"We've just gotten word that the entire studio at Microsoft Games Studios on 840 Cambiehas been laid off. 35 people in total."

35 people losttheir jobs, not 840. They hardly had that many people working on Kinect shovelware.

[QUOTE="DrTrafalgarLaw"][QUOTE="sts106mat"] 5 new IP's announced at E3 and a couple of crap kinect games, canned? sounds like good news to me personnally.balfe1990

lol.

"We've just gotten word that the entire studio at Microsoft Games Studios on 840 Cambiehas been laid off. 35 people in total."

35 people losttheir jobs, not 840. They hardly had that many people working on Kinect shovelware.

M$ getting rid of games? well at least they're consistent.kuraimen

[QUOTE="kuraimen"]M$ getting rid of games? well at least they're consistent.WarTornRuston

[QUOTE="WarTornRuston"][QUOTE="kuraimen"]M$ getting rid of games? well at least they're consistent.themajormayor

[QUOTE="themajormayor"]

[QUOTE="WarTornRuston"] Speaking of consistent. So when are you gonna be able to afford a 360 or PS3?WarTornRuston

How do you know he can't a afford a PS3?

Of course I don't own a 360. It's garbage.

Yippie another Halo and a hillbilly game. Yes that's still better than what the PS3 has for the rest of the year but that isn't saying much.

[QUOTE="themajormayor"]

[QUOTE="WarTornRuston"] Speaking of consistent. So when are you gonna be able to afford a 360 or PS3?WarTornRuston

PS3 may not have 100% exclusive games later this year (Already had some good ones in Twisted Metal, Starhawk etc...) but the system is still getting Little Big Planet Karting, Playstation All-Stars, Sly 4 etc... which can only be found on Sony systems (Remember that big deal Lems made about The Witcher 2 not being on PS3?). It's a good year while gearing up for AAAE NEW IP's in 2013 like The Last Of Us & Beyond Two Souls (In addition to a new God Of War and 3rd Party exclusives like Ni No Kuni and Tales Of Xillia). Lems just keep getting spoon fed the same old franchises. Just saying...

This is ironic, Lems always try to bash PS3 with "Sony is doomed threads" but it's MS that closes down more game studios than anyone else. It's MS that has less IP's than anyone else. For Sony and Nintendo, their game divisions are their best (well for Nintendo it's their ONLY division).

For MS they have other areas, they don't really need the game division, the moment they start making less money on it what will they do?

[QUOTE="WarTornRuston"][QUOTE="themajormayor"] You seem to be awfully fascinated by his personal life. What gives?

FlamesOfGrey

PS3 may not have 100% exclusive games later this year (Already had some good ones in Twisted Metal, Starhawk etc...) but the system is still getting Little Big Planet Karting, Playstation All-Stars, Sly 4 etc... which can only be found on Sony systems (Remember that big deal Lems made about The Witcher 2 not being on PS3?). It's a good year while gearing up for AAAE NEW IP's in 2013 like The Last Of Us & Beyond Two Souls (In addition to a new God Of War and 3rd Party exclusives like Ni No Kuni and Tales Of Xillia). Lems just keep getting spoon fed the same old franchises. Just saying...

Bottom line- The PS3 had and has nothing that will compare to Halo 4 this year and I would guess Forza Horizon will be better than all the PS3 exclusives as well.

This is ironic, Lems always try to bash PS3 with "Sony is doomed threads" but it's MS that closes down more game studios than anyone else. It's MS that has less IP's than anyone else. For Sony and Nintendo, their game divisions are their best (well for Nintendo it's their ONLY division).

For MS they have other areas, they don't really need the game division, the moment they start making less money on it what will they do?

ShadowMoses900

[QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

This is ironic, Lems always try to bash PS3 with "Sony is doomed threads" but it's MS that closes down more game studios than anyone else. It's MS that has less IP's than anyone else. For Sony and Nintendo, their game divisions are their best (well for Nintendo it's their ONLY division).

For MS they have other areas, they don't really need the game division, the moment they start making less money on it what will they do?

WarTornRuston

You thought ShadowMoses was smart?

WarTorn, I thought you were smarter than that...

[QUOTE="FlamesOfGrey"]

[QUOTE="WarTornRuston"] Because it is bad enough he is a pathetic troll but when his cheap ass can't afford a PS3 himself he really should not have an opinion on what is and is not good. You seem to always be ragging on the 360? What gives? Do you have one? Also- Just to give you a heads up........The Lems are looking to have a better Christmas than the Cows, There is not one exclusive I am looking to buy on the PS3 for the rest of the year. Lems get Halo 4 and Horizon............Just saying.WarTornRuston

PS3 may not have 100% exclusive games later this year (Already had some good ones in Twisted Metal, Starhawk etc...) but the system is still getting Little Big Planet Karting, Playstation All-Stars, Sly 4 etc... which can only be found on Sony systems (Remember that big deal Lems made about The Witcher 2 not being on PS3?). It's a good year while gearing up for AAAE NEW IP's in 2013 like The Last Of Us & Beyond Two Souls (In addition to a new God Of War and 3rd Party exclusives like Ni No Kuni and Tales Of Xillia). Lems just keep getting spoon fed the same old franchises. Just saying...

Bottom line- The PS3 had and has nothing that will compare to Halo 4 this year and I would guess Forza Horizon will be better than all the PS3 exclusives as well.

Lol what?

The PS3 has more exclusives coming out than the 360 does this year.

Sly 4

LBP Karting

PS All Stars

It already has

Twisted Metal

Star Hawk

Both of them were well reieved games. That makes it a total of 5 this year. And next year it already has it in the bag with

The Last of Us (Either this will be GOTY or GTA5, it will be one of these 2)

GOW Acension

I know in SW some of those games are not considered "exclusive" but no one cares about that in real life. Did Lems care about Witcher 2 being on PC? No they consider it an exclusive. Did Lems care about Mass Effect on PC? No they considered it exclusive (when ME2 went to PS3 there was so much butt hurt jelly from the Lems, it was hilarious!)

And lol at PBR being a "rip off", yes it is a clone but it's ironic considering you hype up Forza all the time which was a clone of GT. But is that a bad thing? No, games are clones from each other all the time and they can end up being better than the orioginal sometimes, like in the case with Forza apparently. Saints Row is a clone of GTA, but it's still hella fun.

Also PBR is different in it's own way, you obviously haven't watched it's game play before, there are no smash attacks and there are no ring outs. If you like Smash Bros chances are you will like PBR too.

[QUOTE="FlamesOfGrey"]

[QUOTE="WarTornRuston"] Because it is bad enough he is a pathetic troll but when his cheap ass can't afford a PS3 himself he really should not have an opinion on what is and is not good. You seem to always be ragging on the 360? What gives? Do you have one? Also- Just to give you a heads up........The Lems are looking to have a better Christmas than the Cows, There is not one exclusive I am looking to buy on the PS3 for the rest of the year. Lems get Halo 4 and Horizon............Just saying.WarTornRuston

PS3 may not have 100% exclusive games later this year (Already had some good ones in Twisted Metal, Starhawk etc...) but the system is still getting Little Big Planet Karting, Playstation All-Stars, Sly 4 etc... which can only be found on Sony systems (Remember that big deal Lems made about The Witcher 2 not being on PS3?). It's a good year while gearing up for AAAE NEW IP's in 2013 like The Last Of Us & Beyond Two Souls (In addition to a new God Of War and 3rd Party exclusives like Ni No Kuni and Tales Of Xillia). Lems just keep getting spoon fed the same old franchises. Just saying...

The PS3 having a good year doesn't need to be proved because the games speak for themselves and yes, the PS3 does get sequels but we also get alot of new IP's where as the 360 hasn't for a long time. Sly 4 is a sequel sure but it also hadn't had an entry this generation (Neither did Twisted Metal). How many Halo and Forza games this generation? 3+ already. Playstation All-Stars being in the same vein as SSB is a mute point as it's a new IP regardless.

You having TM and SH and not liking them doesn't change the fact that they were scored as good games (which contributes to the PS3 good year in 2012) by reviewers who opinions are valued more then yours by the gaming community as a whole.

2013 was to mention the NEW IP's PS3 owners have to look forward while what's announced for the 360 more Gears and Forza? Tell me what new IP's are down the 360 pipeline (You can include Kinect if you think it'll score above a 6)?

the studio ditch microsoft flight. with btw is already complete. they just adding dlc ect

the other game was just project not much known about it.

This does not mean the studio is closing, just means they going do something else

[QUOTE="WarTornRuston"][QUOTE="kuraimen"]M$ getting rid of games? well at least they're consistent.themajormayor

Speaking of consistent. So when are you gonna be able to afford a 360 or PS3?WarTornRuston

[QUOTE="GreenGoblin2099"]

First they get rid of the true games, now they get rid of the kinect games... lems will only have ads left.

BPoole96

Interactive Ads. The future of the Xbox brand

This is ironic, Lems always try to bash PS3 with "Sony is doomed threads" but it's MS that closes down more game studios than anyone else. It's MS that has less IP's than anyone else. For Sony and Nintendo, their game divisions are their best (well for Nintendo it's their ONLY division).

For MS they have other areas, they don't really need the game division, the moment they start making less money on it what will they do?

ShadowMoses900

How did this last page turn into a bunch of Cows defending sequels they have after ragging Microsoft for having sequels? Cows really are pathetic. Just get all the consoles so you all do not end up looking stupid.

TLHBO