Alan Wake 2 to feature Kinect support?

[DJSigma]

This is speculation based on a job advert on Remedy's site: -

Remedy Entertainment, the creator of Max Payne® and Alan Wake®, and one of the leading independent game studios in the world is now looking for a Programmer for a AAA console project.

We are looking for a skilled programmer with a passion for game programming to join our team. You will be working on the next iteration of Remedy’s unique game engine that was previously used in Alan Wake.

Requirements:

* Passion for games
* Extremely strong C++ skill set (MS Visual Studio)
* Strong teamwork skills and a proactive attitude
* Strong 3D math skills
* Minimum two years of software development work experience

Appreciated additional knowledge and experience:

* Experience on motion-control technology (e.g. Kinect)
* Console game development
* Multithreaded programming
* Optimization experience with console games
* Tools and pipelines programming
* Audio system programming

Programmer

I'd love to see what they could do with Kinect in a game like Alan Wake.

 

[Captain Speedy]

I'd love to see what they could do with Kinect in a game like Alan Wake.

Motion Controlled torch waving around?

 

[Smudge Mouse]

My brother suggested that they should really do a Katamari game for the Kinect.

Gotta agree, it would work so well