Split-Screen :: The Game-Geek’s Daily Read

Microsoft recently updated it’s Project Natal Jobs page with three new listings for Developer, Creative Director and Producer, for what can be assumed are for a single project (being simultaneously posted on the same day). Beyond simply looking for the required men/women of caliber, Microsoft Games Studios seems to have a rather different pitch this time.

The roles and requirements of each position vary, but the common tangent is indeed as ambiguous as it is disarming:

“Microsoft Game Studios is looking for [insert position here] who is [insert special skills required here]. This is a phenomenal and rare opportunity to be part of a core team developing a new gaming category for the Xbox 360 Natal program.” Two listings throw in the ol’ “be-a-part-of-the-magic-from-it’s-beginning!” pull for good measure but you get the drift.

A new gaming category? One would think heaving this way and that like a chicken impersonating Shakira’s She-Wolf steps was…complex enough in it’s own right. But Microsoft Game Studios is actually gonna slap a name on it? Now that’s something to look forward to.