Fallout 3 dev: Natal wasted on games

Fallout 3 dev: Natal wasted on games
Wesley Yin-Poole Updated on by

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Project Natal is “wasted on games”, one of the creators of Fallout 3 has said.

Microsoft should do what Apple has done with the iPhone and iPad and “open up Natal” so that anyone can make a Natal app, Bethesda production director Ashley Cheng said in a blog post.

Natal, an Xbox 360 add-on that will allow gamers to play games without the use of a controller, will be released in October, according to a marketing manager at Microsoft’s Saudi Arabia division.

Microsoft has shown only a few Natal-enabled games to press since the technology’s reveal at E3 last year.

A full reveal is expected during Microsoft’s Natal-focused press conference at E3 next month.

Cheng is one of a number of game developers left buzzing by Natal.

“Seeing it in action, I was totally blown away by it,” he said.

“It seems wasted on games, really. Microsoft should open the NATAL API up like Apple does with the iphone/ipad. Let anyone make a NATAL “app.” I bet someone makes a killer app that has nothing to do with gaming.”