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Among the acrobatics displayed at tonight's Cirque du Soleil Kinect event, a demonstration was given of a yoga game where players emulate the actions of an on-screen instructor performing various Tai Chi and Yoga moves. Rather than the occasionally frantic actions of Wii Fit or EA Sports Active, the actions in this games seemed much more tranquil.

The player replicates the stance of the on-screen instructor, effectively following an exercise routine. Considering an Xbox Live Avatar wasn't anywhere to be found, it would seem this is an entirely separate game from the already revealed Kinetic Sports. We'll find out more as the week goes on.

Kinect yoga game debuts at Cirque du Soleil event originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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David Rutter, producer of FIFA for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, has put his foot down, literally. He’s not moving it. At least, he’s not moving it to play a 75-minute soccer match in his living room. When asked about the prospect of future FIFAs incorporating motion controls by utilizing Project Natal and Sony’s motion wand, Rutter told VideoGamer.com, “There are a few things we can do, definitely, but we’ve not really started on it yet.” Those few things do not include reinventing the franchise with unintuitive hand and body motions. “If it doesn’t add to the overall thing, then it’s pointless. I don’t want it to be just this distraction, to be quite honest.”

While FIFA might be the exception in an otherwise motion-inspired EA Sports business, we’re sure all the head-nodding, inbounds wrist-flicking minigames you could imagine will be considered — or worse, ported to FIFA 11. The trick, it seems, would be to perfect the motion caption technology: “Kick from the couch in all-new Energy Saver Mode!”

FIFA producer cautious on Natal, PS3 motion wand use originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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David Rutter, producer of FIFA for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, has put his foot down, literally. He’s not moving it. At least, he’s not moving it to play a 75-minute soccer match in his living room. When asked about the prospect of future FIFAs incorporating motion controls by utilizing Project Natal and Sony’s motion wand, Rutter told VideoGamer.com, “There are a few things we can do, definitely, but we’ve not really started on it yet.” Those few things do not include reinventing the franchise with unintuitive hand and body motions. “If it doesn’t add to the overall thing, then it’s pointless. I don’t want it to be just this distraction, to be quite honest.”

While FIFA might be the exception in an otherwise motion-inspired EA Sports business, we’re sure all the head-nodding, inbounds wrist-flicking minigames you could imagine will be considered — or worse, ported to FIFA 11. The trick, it seems, would be to perfect the motion caption technology: “Kick from the couch in all-new Energy Saver Mode!”

FIFA producer cautious on Natal, PS3 motion wand use originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Gamasutra has published a very lengthy interview with EA Sports guru Peter Moore, in which he discusses the current plans of the label and the strategies behind sports game development and publishing. Perhaps most interesting are Moore’s thoughts on the new motion control technology revealed by Sony and Microsoft during E3. Moore speaks about the possibilities of the new motion controllers, saying they will impact EA Sports “very positively.”

Moore says that the company is already making plans to bring its “licensed product” and its “fitness product” to these new interfaces. Specifically, Moore imagines how a game like Fight Night or the upcoming EA Sports MMA would work with them, saying, “if it were in a first-person mode it would be very very cool.” Agreed. He calls the new motion controllers a “huge opportunity.”

Other topics in the interview range from the possibilities for smaller, regional titles (like cricket), the future of the Madden series and how EA plans to keep EA Sports Active … um … active in consumers’ minds. Incidentally, this is the same interview in which Moore stated that Metacritic scores aren’t necessarily relevant to the sales of Wii titles.

Peter Moore on the state of EA Sports, motion control originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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