Archive for the tag "shane kim"
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in Development, MMO, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments »
Speaking to Edge, Xbox boss Shane Kim's admitted that the console MMO conundrum is still vexing Microsoft, and no answers are yet on the near horizon.
"I'll admit MGS has not ...
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Capcom, E3 2008, Microsoft, Square Enix | 3 Comments »
In a lengthy interview with 1UP, Microsoft head Shane Kim said that the capture of Final Fantasy XIII should unlock many doors in Japan.
"Well, the Final Fantasy XIII announcement has ...
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in Casual, E3 2008, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
Xbox boss Shane Kim's explained the focus of last night's E3 Microsoft conference, saying the firm's aim is to attract non-core users with 360.
"It’s fair to say that we still ...
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Friday, June 13th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Trade, Xbox 360 | 29 Comments »
Newly promoted Microsoft entertainment business development VP Shane Kim has admitted that there's nothing in the firm's 360 line-up this year likely to top Halo 3 in terms of size.
“I ...
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Posted in Japan, Microsoft, Trade, Xbox 360 | 6 Comments »
Microsoft's Shane Kim, hot on the heels of the announcement of his promotion to corporate VP for the firm's Interactive Entertainment business, reckons there's still hope for Xbox 360 in ...
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Trade, Xbox 360 | 7 Comments »
Microsoft Game Studios has revealed to GamesIndustry.biz that that Shane Kim will be moving to take up the newly-created position of corporate VP of strategy for Microsoft's interactive business.
He will ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in Japan, Microsoft, RPG, Xbox 360 | 6 Comments »
Xbox boss Shane Kim has issued a stoical take on 360's position in Japan, saying that even an exclusive Final Fantasy series for the machine may not be enough to ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Nintendo, PS3, Sony, Trade, Wii, Xbox 360 | 6 Comments »
Speaking to Wired, Xbox boss Shane Kim's said that this hardware generation is still in early days and no one knows who's going to emerge triumphant, if anyone does.
“Are we ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008 Posted in Development, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Zune | 1 Comment »
Speaking at the Microsoft Gamer's Day earlier this week, Xbox boss Shane Kim has finally put down perpetual talk of a Microsoft gaming handheld saying he's pleased the company never ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 19 Comments »
Not content with saying he believes Gears of War 2 is the biggest 360 game due this year, Xbox boss Shane Kim has now gone on the record to say ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Trade, Xbox 360 | 6 Comments »
The Eurogamer massive got a Kim interview too, the first bit of which just popped up on GI. Speaking at the Microsoft Gamer's Day in San Francisco yesterday, the Xbox ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Strategy, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Update: Sorry, our major bad. The Leipzig reference in the interview was to the game's German showing in 2007, not 2008.
Xbox boss Shane Kim confirmed in a CVG interview last ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Looks like an exclusive. CVG interviewed Xbox boss Shane Kim at yesterday's Microsoft Gamer's Day in San Francisco, in which he reiterates that Gears 2 is 360's biggest game this ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 4 Comments »
Speaking to CVG at Microsoft's Gamer's Day in San Francisco yesterday, Xbox boss Shane Kim put a hilarious boot into rumours of a motion-sensing controller for Xbox 360 by saying ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Rhythm action, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »
Xbox boss Shane Kim's gaming habits are laid bare in this GameDaily interview, and no surprises for guessing what he likes to play with his kids.
"Honestly speaking, my gameplay is ...
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Sunday, February 24th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Xbox super-boss Shane Kim's given first hints that the Peter Jackson Halo product announced at X06 may be something properly different from the games so far.
"The collaboration's going really, really ...
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Monday, February 11th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Platformer, Xbox 360 | 7 Comments »
In this interview, Microsoft boss Shane Kim has apparently confirmed that Rare-developed platform update Banjo will be out in time for Christmas this year.
"I’m super-excited about what they’re doing with ...
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Monday, February 11th, 2008 Posted in Action, Development, Microsoft, PC, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | No Comments »
Microsoft boss Shane Kim has confirmed that ex-EA Chicago man Kudo Tsunoda is now heading up Epic's Gears of War business.
"I'm really excited about it," Kim told IGN at DICE ...
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008 Posted in DICE Summit 2008, Games for Windows, Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | No Comments »
Shane Kim, corporate vice president of Microsoft Game Studios, has claimed Halo 3 has passed the 8 million sales mark at Las Vegas conference DICE, and has also mentioned that ...
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