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News: We Scored Kinect Sports: Season Two Screenshots and Videos
Back of the net
More happy sports are coming your way this Christmas with Kinect Sports: Season Two, and what better way to describe the new sports than to show them in pictoral and video form? The second instalment is developed by Kinect Joy Ride team Big Park Studios, as well as original Kinect Sports developer Rare, hopefully creating a powerhouse of motion gaming goodness. Anyway, you're here.. Continue Reading »
News: 505 Games Announces "First Person Experience" Blackwater
Shoot to thrill
505 Games has let slip the dogs of war in the Kinect shooter stakes, hoping to take down the likes of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier with Blackwater, dubbed a "First Person eXperience". The game is the so-called "zero person shooter" from Zombie Studios we reported on recently, and although there's no screenshots or video available yet the press release.. Continue Reading »
News: Tap into the Deepak Chopra Project this November
Kinect to the seven Chakra points
There are many things in life that can get you all worked up, and Curious Pictures' upcoming release might be able to offer users a way of de-stressing and finding that elusive inner balance. You never know! In a collaboration with publisher THQ and various meditation experts, The Deepak Chopra Project (tentative title) is based on the ancient Hindu Chakra system.. Continue Reading »
News: The Gunstringer Out of the Holster this Summer
Puppets and bullets now coming to retail
Never thought puppetry and gunslinging action would go together? Perhaps you should guess again. Get ready for a platforming, shooter game with a twist. Developed by Twisted Pixel Games, The Gunstringer will task players with controlling a cowboy marionette with their hands and through a series of on-stage performances, gamers will progress through a story.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Fun Labs Out Now, Offers a Variety of Experiences
More gadgets to come
Microsoft has announced the first wave of many gadgets available in Kinect Fun Labs, a title that hopes to provide new experiences for Kinect gamers. Developed using Epic Game's Unreal Engine 3, the first wave of Gadgets will include Kinect Me, Bobble Head, Kinect Sparkler, Build A Buddy and Kinect Googly Eyes. Epic Games' president Mark Rein spoke a bit about the decision to.. Continue Reading »
News: Your First Look at Fable: The Journey on Kinect
Woah, nelly
Now that Fable is finally getting its long-promised Kinect support in Fable: The Journey, you probably want to see what it looks like running. We're only too happy to oblige. The newly announced game now uses the Unreal Engine to power its on-rails action, with players using spells and fighting enemies using gestures. The first trailer below is full of the sort of atmosphere and action.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Sports Season Two Includes Six New Sports
Golf, tennis, baseball and more
We all expected Kinect Sports to receive a sequel, so the announcement that Kinect Sports Season Two is on the way wasn't much of a surprise. We weren't expecting it to be developed by Kinect Joy Ride studio BigPark, though. Revealed on-stage during Microsoft's E3 press event, Season Two features six sports new to the series: tennis, baseball, golf, American.. Continue Reading »
News: Fable Finally Gets Kinect Support in Fable: The Journey
About time
Last year's Fable III was supposed to receive Kinect support but it never happened, and now we suspect we know why: Fable: The Journey is coming to Kinect. The game was revealed on stage and showed the user riding a horse by holding the reins, as well as engaging in some combat, using magic spells using gestures. It appears the game will be exclusive to Kinect, which makes us wonder if.. Continue Reading »
News: Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is Kinect's Most Hardcore Title Ever
Strategy, shooting and more
Ubisoft's CEO Yves Guillemot took to the stage at E3 2011 to talk more about Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier and revealed its long-rumoured Kinect support. The game will support gestures and voice commands in a number of innovative ways. Probably the biggest revelation was the announcement of Gunsmith, a mode that allows you to customise your gun using just your.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Voice Commands Confirmed for Mass Effect 3
Shephard, don't die!
Microsoft's E3 show is happening right now, and EA's Mass Effect 3 is confirmed to include Kinect voice commands. The on-stage demo showed the sensor can be used at any time in-game — read the dialogue options aloud and Shepherd will respond appropriately, or use your voice to give commands to your soldiers in combat. The voice commands seemed to respond smoothly and.. Continue Reading »
News: Take Your First Look at Kinect Disneyland Adventures
Taking the Mickey
A few weeks ago we discovered that Microsoft was working with a 'leading entertainment brand' for Kinect, and now it's been revealed the brand is none other than the House of Mouse itself, Disney. Kinect Disneyland Adventures is a brand new game exclusive to Kinect that features Mickey Mouse, Goofy and the rest of the Disney clan in a hands-free adventure. Kinect head Kudo Tsunodo.. Continue Reading »
E3 2011: US Xbox Site Leaks Ryse, Dance Central 2 and More
Someone's having a bad day
The domain names we reported on earlier were interesting but not really solid confirmation of upcoming Kinect titles; companies register domain names all the time, just to be on the safe side. No, what we really needed for solid proof was the US Xbox site to go live with big announcements before the E3 show kicked off. Thank goodness that's exactly what's happened, then.. Continue Reading »
News: Web Domains Point to Kinect Sports and Dance Central Sequels
Ding ding, round two
We're a few short hours from Microsoft's E3 2011 press conference and the rumours are flying in thick and fast. Twitter user Superannuation has unearthed a handful of domains registered by Microsoft that hint at some big announcements coming up. The domains discovered so far include: Kinect Sports: Season 2Kinect Fun LabsDance Central 2 Most of these domains have been.. Continue Reading »
News: First Kinect Star Wars Details Do the Kessel Run
Very quickly, too
We're just hours away from Microsoft's big E3 show, and one of the biggest titles on display is bound to be Kinect Star Wars. Well, Entertainment Weekly has just gone live with the first preview of the game, announcing brand new information about the Force-powered game. The story mode will be titled "Jedi Destiny", and takes place between Star Wars: Episode I — The.. Continue Reading »
News: Adidas and THQ Combine for miCoach on Kinect
Not fit enough yet?
Adidas's digital miCoach application and sensor are coming to Kinect, as the fitness brand is teaming up with THQ. miCoach for Kinect will work alongside the sensor and mobile application, hoping to offer a fully rounded fitness experience. The Xbox 360 game will show your image on-screen working out alongside real life sports stars such as Ana Ivanovic, Tyson Gay and Kaka, who.. Continue Reading »
News: The Sims 3 Pets Lets You Grunt & Squawk & Talk With the Animals
Kinect voice control confirmed
The rumour that The Sims 3 Unleashed will support Kinect turned out to be 90% truth, the only major adjustment being the name change to The Sims 3 Pet. The standalone game will see release on Xbox 360 later this year, with Kinect support allowing you to give verbal commands to your Sim and accompanying animal, instructing them to sit, stay, spin and, hopefully, fire.. Continue Reading »
News: Gaze at the Winter Stars Coming to Kinect this Year
New sports game unveiled
Publisher Deep Silver has just unveiled its first game for Kinect, the snowbound Winter Stars, coming to retail later this year. The sports compilation features 11 different disciplines: paraskiing, curling, snowmobile, bobsled, downhill skiing, figure skating, biathlon, freeride skiing, snowboard cross, ski flying and short-track. We're not quite sure what ski flying is,.. Continue Reading »
News: Minority Report Kinect Interface Shown Off
Features finger-tracking
Last year we reported on an early Minority Report-style hack for Kinect, and the idea persists as Evoluce recently presented its own take on the interface at the RTT Excite conference. The hack uses finger-tracking to manipulate icons, images and videos, lending itself to desktop computing as well as preventing murders yet to happen with the help of three psychically-gifted.. Continue Reading »
Rumour: Mass Effect 3 Getting Kinect Support
Sensor to leap into battle
Mass Effect 3 is without a doubt one of the most anticipated games of the next 12 months, but the suggestion it will support Kinect might give your excitement-o-meter a bit of a boost. Eagle-eyed Bioware forum members spotted the game's box art on the EA online store, bearing the purple "Better with Kinect Sensor" bar that last week featured on Ghost Recon:.. Continue Reading »
News: Virtua Fighter Creator Yu Suzuki Building Kinect Fighting Game
Now THIS is exciting
Granddaddy of all 3D fighting games, Virtua Fighter, is rightly respected as one of the finest gaming series known to man: a delicate balance of dexterity and mental acuity, it's not called "speed chess" by its fans for nothing. That's why it's so genuinely exciting to hear that Virtua Fighter creator Yu Suzuki — the man also responsible for Shenmue, Outrun and more.. Continue Reading »
