Some huge news has surfaced over at N4G to do with the rumours of Microsoft’s own answer to the Wii Remote, pretty much confirming that yes, there’s a controller to be announced at E3 and you know what to expect.
In a video posted on IGN, the creative director of Microsoft Game Studios plays through the newest installment of Banjo Kazooie and talking about the titular character’s special wrench in the game which is used to grab objects inside the game which are moved by “twist[ing] the controller around”. In other words, “yes, we are making a controller with motion sensors”.
Apparently codenamed “Darwin” (insert ‘clever’ keynote about the “evolution of game controllers” here) the controller is very real and very much in existence, and the image you see up the top is genuine. The company behind it, Motus Games, has the controller on display in its entirety over at its website with 360-style buttons, triggers and the like present and correct.
However, there’s only one button (namely the green A one) and two triggers (”upper/lower”) meaning that it’s probably not supposed to be a full-blown controller, perhaps just used with games that support it. Intriguingly though, the controller can work as either a lengthened controller to hold with two hands, or can be broken in half to act as two game controllers independent of each other.
Well, how about that, guys. With E3 just around the corner, I don’t think it’ll be a rumor much longer. Fingers crossed that Microsoft don’t announce Xbox Sports alongside, because that would just be imitation going a step too far.
Source: Newton motion controller finally confirmed? - XboxOZ360-gamer via N4G & SarcasticGamer.com
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