Ryse was originally unveiled at E3 2010 for Xbox 360 as ‘Codename: Kingdoms’. Then, a year later at E3 2011 the project was unveiled as a Kinect project under the name ‘Ryse”. Ryse was advertised as a game that was set in ancient Rome, the title strongly suggested strong violence and gore and was to be controlled by using Kinect tracking systems.

But then Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli said last year that it’s one of his “personal darlings so it’s going to be rock-solid and strong”.

Meanwhile, The Verge has been getting information from their sources, “Ryse is designed to be Microsoft’s new Gears of War / Halo mega launch title.”

Ryse will take full advantage of the Kinect’s body tracking system in the next-generation Kinect 2.0.

A zombie title title along with a family-friendly game that is set on an island with Pixar movie-like style graphics will also be a part of Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox 720 launch line up.

Also, The Verge was told that a brand new Forza game will feature “super life-like” graphics, and that the family pixar-like title will use Kinect to scan bodies and generate virtual characters in-game.

It has also been reported that third-party software will support the FPS genre strongly and that Microsoft will be getting away from Xbox Live’s Microsoft Points system to real money transactions instead.

We have previously reported that Microsoft might be unveiled the Next-Generation Xbox on May 21st 2013

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According to a Senior developer at Ubisoft the Xbox 720 ‘similar to PS4’ .

Yannis Mallat has stated that Microsoft’s next-generation console will be  ‘aligned with what Sony announced’, which means that the console will have similar features. He also told Eurogamer: It’s going to be connected. It’s going to be social. It’s going to be immersive. It’s going to be interactive.”

Rumors have been floating around for a while that Kinect will be a mandatory part of the system’s hardware and capabilities. Xbox 720 will be featuring a new controller and might even have a TV Tuner that would be sold based on a subscription model. Hopefully the Xbox will be revealed on April 26th according to previous rumors.

The PS4 is a system that mainly focuses on social experiences, instant-play model and will be released sometime Holiday 2013. Right now Sony has most of the next-generation hype under their belt and Microsoft needs to reveal their system as soon as possible.

Source: NowGamer.