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First Impressions: Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012
Toned up
Ubisoft knows when it's onto a good thing: not only is the publisher bringing Just Dance 3 to Kinect, it's also gearing up to launch a sequel to the sensor's biggest selling fitness title. Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012 is set for release this November with all the original game's content and some new tricks up its sleeve too. Game designer Nicola Godin told us the new game contains over.. Continue Reading »
News: A New Peek into Minecraft's Future with Kinect
The creator jokes back
The details of Minecraft making its debut on home consoles via the Xbox 360 are literally nowhere to be found ever since we first heard the news about the game making its platform transition at this year’s E3 convention. We've finally got a few snippets of information now though, thanks to a recent interview that IGN ran with the games creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson.. Continue Reading »
News: There's a Kinect Game Out Even We Didn't Know About
Hope you like singing
We pride ourselves on knowing pretty much everything there is to know about Kinect, but we're not infallible Kinect-powered robots: sometimes we miss things. This is one of those things. While there are still no Kinect-enabled games to download on Xbox Live Arcade, there's already an Indie game available: Avatar Superstar for 80MSP. It's a singing game that uses Kinect or a.. Continue Reading »
News: Fable: The Journey Ideal for the Truly Lazy
Sit down to play
Fed up of Kinect telling you to stand up to play? Tired from all that hateful exercise? Fable: The Journey is right up your alley, then. Peter Molyneux recently told CVG that you'll be able to play the game in the most comfortable way for you. Speaking of lessons learnt from the now-cancelled Project Milo, Molyneux once again beat the drum of how to make an immersive, emotional.. Continue Reading »
News: Correction: Xbox Music for Kinect is Not Launching This Year
Crossed wires
Scratch what we wrote yesterday about Xbox Music coming this year — it seems the source of the story misinterpreted Steve Ballmer's comments about the service. Rather than launch new music software, Kinect will add voice chat to Zune, as a Microsoft representative confirmed: A recent demonstration of upcoming Xbox features showcased what we will deliver later this fall on Xbox,.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Game Boat Docks in the UK on 29th July
Get out the streamers!
Ahh, our dear Kinect Game Boat. When you were released in America last year, how you were mocked. "Why on Earth create an inflatable raft for a single game?", asked bewildered gamers. "This is the most pointless thing I ever saw," they cried, "and at such a ridiculous price too!" The Internet lit up as reports of this crazy accessory flooded.. Continue Reading »
News: Which Upcoming Kinect Game Combines Stealth with Puzzles?
You'll never guess.
THQ's commitment to Kinect is impressive, with four games under its belt already, ranging from the excellent to the mediocre. Its next game could go either way, with some promising-sounding features mixed with a licence you wouldn't necessarily associate with quality. Penguins of Madagascar: Dr Blowhole Returns is due for release on 19th September and sends popular penguins.. Continue Reading »
News: Get Into this Forza Motorsport 4 Sizzle Trailer
It's hot stuff
First shown off at E3 2011, this trailer for Forza Motorsport 4 certainly looks good, though it's worth pointing out that not all of the footage below is in-game. The video briefly touches on the Kinect features included in the game, namely the voice recognition and head-tracking, though only the latter is pictured. The voice recognition is used in the game's showroom mode,.. Continue Reading »
News: Xbox Music for Kinect Launching Later this Year
"Xbox, party time!"
A big focus of Microsoft's E3 2011 press conference was a huge increase in voice commands for Xbox 360, particularly with the Bing slogan "you say it, Xbox finds it". Part of that new service is Xbox Music, launching this Fall. Xbox Music will offer 11 million songs and use Kinect's voice commands to let you search the catalogue and find the track right for you. With.. Continue Reading »
News: Indie Kinect Game Evade is Strangely Spiritual Looking
Blocks are bad
We're just going to come out and say it: independent PC developers have come up with some of the best stuff for Kinect so far. While we're expected to pay for the likes of Let's Dance with Mel B, anyone who's hooked their Kinect up to a computer can enjoy free indie software just like Evade. The game's premise is pretty obvious: evade blocks that attempt to push you off a platform,.. Continue Reading »
News: BioWare Hints at Mass Effect 3 Demo Possibilities
Still a long way to go
The E3 demonstration of Mass Effect 3 was one of the highlights for many, showing how Kinect can be used to enhance traditional games with its voice commands. The worst part of course was the revelation we'll have to wait until March to play it, but series producer Casey Hudson has hinted at a demo of the game due before launch. While Hudson had no concrete plans to announce,.. Continue Reading »
First Impressions: Kinect Star Wars
No Jedi mind tricks here
Last week, guest writer Ian Higton of Platform32 attended Xbox's Christmas showcase in the UK. After taking a good look at Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier and Kinect Sports: Season Two, the final Kinect game on the agenda was the big one: Kinect Star Wars. Does it live up to the hype? Over to you, Ian. Kinect Star Wars is the kind of game you could imagine that.. Continue Reading »
News: Hit the Brakes, We've Got Burnout Crash! Kinect Details
It's going to be a bumpy ride
Top-down Hot Wheels simulator Burnout Crash! will be playable with Kinect, and now IGN has had a blast on the game we can bring you a bit more information about how you'll play using the sensor. You start out with hands in front like Kinect Joy Ride, but for this one you'll actually need to move — once you crash you jump up to trigger an explosion, then lean your.. Continue Reading »
First Impressions: Kinect Sports: Season Two
Another big score for Microsoft?
Last night we brought you our First Impressions of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier from Microsoft's Christmas showcase, and next on our travels was the sequel to Rare's Kinect Sports, without doubt one of Kinect's best launch games. We were quickly told that the motion tracking had been vastly improved from the first game, and that voice commands had been added. These.. Continue Reading »
News: First Burnout Crash! Trailer Breaks the Speed Limit
Then smashes into a wall
Yesterday's announcement that Burnout Crash! will land with Kinect support threw us for a loop, and now we have the first teaser trailer to share with you. While the video doesn't reveal very much at all about how the two-player Kinect mode will work, we won't have too long to wait to find out as the game is scheduled for release on Xbox Live Arcade before the end of the.. Continue Reading »
First Impressions: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Take up arms
Earlier this week Microsoft held its Christmas showcase in the UK, demonstrating all the exciting Kinect titles that'll be making their way to your homes later this year. Our guest writer Ian Higton of Platform32 went to check out the latest titles including Kinect Sports: Season Two, Kinect Star Wars and Ubisoft's big hardcore shooter for next year, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future.. Continue Reading »
News: Microsoft to Release Limited Edition Star Wars 360 Console with Kinect
Special R2-D2 themed model in the works to coincide with the release of Kinect Star Wars
We've just heard from one of our close sources in the retail sector that Microsoft is prepping a limited edition R2-D2 Xbox 360 console — complete with Kinect sensor — set to launch alongside the forthcoming Kinect Star Wars. According to our reports, the machine (which will almost certainly look nothing.. Continue Reading »
News: Microsoft Does Not Endorse Nyko Kinect Zoom
No seal of approval here
The space-maximising Nyko Zoom for Kinect has attracted a lot of attention, but it seems Microsoft isn't as keen on the product as our users. UK site CVG asked Microsoft if the snap-on product was endorsed by the company, to which a spokesperson replied: Kinect has been tested for performance, accuracy and environmental conditions thoroughly. Any modification can impact.. Continue Reading »
News: Burnout Crash! is Racing to Kinect!
Look out!
EA just officially announced Burnout Crash! for Xbox Live Arcade, and it's coming with Kinect support too. Developed by Burnout masters Criterion Games, the game features a two-player party designed for side-by-side party play, with players using gestural controls instead of controllers. We'll have more news as it arrives. EA AND CRITERION GAMES ANNOUNCE BURNOUT CRASH!Players Brace for.. Continue Reading »
News: Majesco Will Make Your Kinect Chipmunk Dreams Come True
Bit of a niche market, though
Those famous chipmunks keep hammering the box office with more and more horrendously-named films: Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel was pretty bad, but now there's a new film on the way, and it's getting a Kinect game too. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, due this Christmas, will let you sing and dance with the brothers and their friends The Chipettes,.. Continue Reading »
