MS push Natal game development
Big stuff in the works secretly
The big-hitters of this Christmas season may be starting to land in retail stores, but canny Microsoft already have one eye on 2010's festive period, the firm ramping-up development of Natal-based games on the Xbox 360.
If we can extrapolate from new job ads listed by the platform holder, a major IP is getting a Natal reinvention, Microsoft seeking Project Natal staffers for a "large franchise", not to mention "an excellent next-generation project".
Animators, designers, AI programmers and multiplayer leads are all sought by the firm - with Halo: Reach said to be related to these new positions.
Microsoft won't offer any specific new details on any of this, but what is clear is that they're betting big on Natal - and investing heavily in new games for the motion control system.
