News Tagged: Activision
News: Angry Birds Trailer Flies In
UK launch looms large.
Angry Birds Trilogy will be released worldwide this week, and Activision have let a new trailer out of the coop. The game offers pretty much complete editions of the original Angry Birds, Angry Birds Rio, and Angry Birds Seasons, as well as a stack of new levels and achievements. Also - of course - Kinect support is on offer,.. Continue Reading »
News: Ice Age Tie-In Coming to Kinect This Year
Arctic edge
Activision's just announced it's bringing Ice Age: Continental Draft — Arctic Games to Kinect in 2012. Guess what? It's a minigame compilation. Nobody could have guessed that. If you're saying you guessed that, you're lying. The story says something about the team splitting a secret treasure through a series of "off-the-wall... Continue Reading »
News: Amazon Pegs Kinect Support for 007 Legends
Spies everywhere
Yesterday Activision announced 007 Legends, a new James Bond game tying together six of the spy's most famous adventures. The press release doesn't mention Kinect, but Amazon has other ideas. A listing for James Bond Legends Kinect appeared on the retailer's site yesterday, but didn't make any mention of sensor-specific features. We.. Continue Reading »
News: Activision Wants You to Grief in Cabela's Adventure Camp
Can't we all just get along?
Having drawn from the griefing well in Wipeout: In the Zone, Activision is returning with its next multiplayer party experience, Cabela's Adventure Camp. The trailer below shows some of the game's play modes in action, though it's worth bearing in mind that the game is also due out on PlayStation Move and Nintendo Wii, so there's every chance that some features — the.. Continue Reading »
News: Activision Comes Out Swinging with Big League Sports Shots
Nothing but net
Kinect Sports: Season Two isn't the only Avatar-based sports compilation coming to Kinect: Activision wants a piece of that pie with Big League Sports, due out in the coming weeks. The mega publisher just sent out a stack of new screenshots showing the game's basketball, baseball and golf sports, among others, but at first glance it doesn't seem to have the appealing polish of Rare.. Continue Reading »
News: Activision Hooks a Big One with Rapala for Kinect
It's a wriggler!
Activision's doing its level best to bring its big franchises to Kinect — other than Call of Duty, of course. After the revelation of Cabela's Big Game Hunter: Hunting Party last week we now have Rapala for Kinect, a hands-free instalment in the famous fishing franchise. The promise of "bright arcade colours" and "fast-paced gameplay" sounds good, but less.. Continue Reading »
News: Playing Cabela's on Kinect Makes You Look Like This
"We're having a great time!"
You wanted more hardcore games for Kinect, and you've got it: Cabela's Big Game Hunter: Hunting Party combines all the fun of body-tracking with the thrill of hunting animals with a plastic gun. Activision has just released the first screenshots and 'lifestyle' photos of the Top Shot Sport, the plastic gun necessary to play the game, marking the first time a Kinect game.. Continue Reading »
News: Activision Prepares to Wipeout Again for Christmas
In the zone again
How much Wipeout can you handle? After Wipeout In the Zone launched in North America a few months ago, Activision is readying a further red ball assault with Wipeout 2 for this Christmas. As before you'll be able to use your full body to take on the famous obstacles, with new ones from the show's summer and winter seasons, and the ability for spectators to throw virtual snowballs.. Continue Reading »
News: Activision's Kinect Cabela's is a Party Game, We Fear
Everybody, hunt!
Activision said it would bring the Cabela's series to Kinect, and true to its word it's got a new title lined up for later this year. It might not be quite what you're expecting though. While the Cabela's Dangerous Hunts and Cabela's Big Game Hunter series have both made names for themselves in their visceral representations of hunting, we're not quite sure the Kinect version will.. Continue Reading »
News: Wipeout: In the Zone is Out Now in North America
Trailer launches in
Any time a press release starts with "THE BIG BALLS ARE BACK" you know it's going to lead to great things, and such is the case today. Activision wants you to know that Wipeout: In the Zone is now available on Xbox 360 in North America, and it's sent over a trailer to illustrate the fact. The sensor makes it possible to avoid the iconic big red balls and take on all.. Continue Reading »
Rumour: Cabela Hunting for Kinect Support This Year
Guns at the ready
Activision's PETA-bothering shooter series Cabela's Hunting has already made the jump across to motion control on PlayStation 3 with the release of Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2011 on PlayStation Move, but Activision may have plans to incorporate Kinect control into the series too. During a recent conference call, Activision publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg alluded to Kinect support in.. Continue Reading »
News: New Wipeout: In the Zone Screenshots Make a Big Splash
Definitely not an Xbox Live release
The success of obstacle course TV series Wipeout made it inevitable that a video game tie-in would happen, and Kinect owners will soon get their chance to take on the big red balls, boxing gloves and more without getting wet. Wipeout: In the Zone is flinging itself into the world of Kinect retail games this summer, and publisher Activision has sent over some new.. Continue Reading »
News: Wipeout: In the Zone Trailer Contains Your Daily Dose of Balls
Mud, sucker punches and more
Wipeout: In the Zone is Activision's first Kinect game, based on the popular TV game show where contestants attempt to beat an obstacle course while accompanied by comedy sound effects. It's ripe for a Kinect conversion then, as this first trailer below shows. EBGames is pegging the game for release on 14th June, confirming this game is a retail release, contrary to.. Continue Reading »
News: Wipeout Screens Show Avatars Taking a Pummelling
Beat it
The other day we brought you news about Wipeout in the Zone for Kinect, and now we have the first screenshots of Activision's upcoming TV tie-in. To nobody's great surprise the game's not up there with the most graphically advanced games on Xbox 360, but the implementation of Avatars brings its own charm to proceedings. Otherwise it's the standard array of soft bars, walls and other items.. Continue Reading »
News: Wipeout In the Zone Brings its Big Red Balls to Kinect
"Hit" show on the way
The world's biggest games publisher, Activision, announced its first Kinect title today, and it might surprise some. With a catalogue that includes Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk's Skateboarding and more, the mega-publisher's first game for Microsoft's sensor is Wipeout In the Zone, a video game version of ABC's super-physical game show. Activision's David Oxford.. Continue Reading »
