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"Project Spark has been given a release date by Microsoft at gamescom 2013. A closed beta for the creation sandbox will debut on Windows 8 in late October, followed by a beta for Xbox One in January next year.  &amp;quot;Everything will be fully playable on day one [for Xbox One],&amp;quot; Microsoft Games Studios general manager Dave McCarthy told press including Digital Spy. &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;ll be able to either use that Crossroads mode to build something really quickly through story choices, you can do the blank slate editor, or you can take games that other people have built and then just edit them for yourself.&amp;quot; As well as a release date, other new details for Project Spark were revealed at gamescom 2013.      An Xbox One exclusive feature will be using Kinect for performance capture and recording body animations, facial expressions and voice for emotes. Voices can then be edited with different pitches, speeds and styles, including robot, goblin and monster. Emotes are then assigned to quest givers, providing a unique introduction to mission objectives.      Also revealed were dynamic world sizes, where tiles will continue expanding automatically when building outward. Combined with level linking and the ability to create an overworld, creations can become &amp;quot;technically infinite&amp;quot;. Revealed at E3 earlier this year, Project Spark will be free-to-play and cross-platform. Watch the announcement trailer for Project Spark:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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