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News: Get Your Free Battle Stuff in Kinect Fun Labs Soon
Another gadget revealed
Kinect Fun Labs has already offered some fun add-ons but not everyone's happy to pay for gadgets. That's why it's good news that Microsoft's going to give you another free activity soon with Battle Stuff on the way later this month. The add-on is released on 28th November and won't cost you a single penny. Interestingly the press release mentions another Kinect Fun Labs tool.. Continue Reading »
News: Video Proof That Kids Love Kinect
Who knew?
Want to know what good kids' games are available for Kinect? Other than the fact you've come to the right place, Microsoft has put out a video showing exactly how much fun child actors can have when playing on Kinect. The video below shows some of the available and upcoming games for Kinect that young ones of all ages should enjoy, from Kinect Disneyland Adventures to Kinectimals: Now.. Continue Reading »
Out Today: MotionSports Adrenaline and Let's Cheer Demos
Try before you buy
Two new Kinect-exclusive demos just hit the Xbox Live Marketplace, letting you try out a couple of the many new sensor-related releases for this Christmas. The MotionSports Adrenaline demo lets you try out wing suiting and Let's Cheer lets you try out... well, cheerleading of course. Get your MotionSports Adrenaline demo and Continue Reading »
News: Be Soothed by Deepak Chopra's Leela's Soundtrack
It's Sumthing Else
A good soundtrack is crucial to any relaxation experience, so it's probably good news that the tunes accompanying Deepak Chopra's Leela will be released separately on 15th November. The soundtrack, put together by Sumthing Else Music Works, draws from "traditional string instruments and dubstep" and features artists including Karim So, East Forest and phōwa. Sounds.. Continue Reading »
News: You Can Play DoDonPachi with Kinect
But would you want to?
Classic Cave shoot 'em up DoDonPachi is one of the most intense shooters of the late 90s, but do you know what would make it even more intense? Playing it with your entire body. Cave's Makoto Asada is working on a Kinect adventure game known as Instant Brain that includes a version of DoDonPachi playable with Kinect. Your ship fires automatically while you guide it around the.. Continue Reading »
News: Free Kinect Sports Season Two DLC Out Now
Up your game
We're big fans of Kinect Sports: Season Two here at KINECTaku, especially now Rare's released some new downloadable content for free. Available on Xbox Live Marketplace today, the Kinect Sports: Season Two Challenge Pack #1 adds new modes to each sport: Crazy Kicker (American Football), Frantic Fielder (Baseball), Cool Ringings (Skiing), Champion Chip (Golf), Rapid Returner (Tennis).. Continue Reading »
News: Winter Stars Skating for Release on 25th November
Stay frosty
We've had a few snow-based sports in Kinect Sports: Season Two and Motionsports Adrenaline, but we haven't seen a winter sports compilation on Kinect yet. That's all about to change though, as Deep Silver's Winter Stars has just "gone gold". The game's entered the manufacturing stage and is expected to release in Europe on 25th November, with a North American release set for.. Continue Reading »
News: Limber Up for Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012's Trailer
Touch your toes
Last year's Kinect launch title Your Shape: Fitness Evolved is still one of the best fitness games you can get for the sensor, so here's hoping that next week's Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012 can step up its game. Ubisoft just sent over a new trailer showing some of the updates in this year's version, and we have to admit it's shaping up pretty nicely. The question is whether it.. Continue Reading »
News: The Black Eyed Peas Experience Goes Live Action
The marketing never dies
Ubisoft's The Black Eyed Peas Experience lands next week, so the publisher has put out an expensive-looking video showing just how much fun you can probably have by imitating the world's biggest party band. We played the game a few months ago, so read our The Black Eyed Peas Experience preview for our initial thoughts. Continue Reading »
News: Play God with Babel Rising on XBLA Next Year
Fire and brimstone
You can finally use Kinect to play God next year when Ubisoft launches Babel Rising on Xbox Live Arcade. The HD revamp of the current iOS hit will release sometime in 2012 and supports Kinect, with no mention of traditional control methods in the press release. Perhaps this could be Ubisoft's first digital Kinect-only title? It would certainly show a lot of faith in the sensor.. Continue Reading »
News: Microsoft Packs More Games into Kinect Holiday Bundle
Bursting at the seams
A few weeks ago, Microsoft introduced Child of Eden to the Kinect sensor package in North America. Now it's ready to change the deal again, with two more games joining Kinect Adventures in time for Christmas. Starting very soon, you'll get digital download vouchers for The Gunstringer and Fruit Ninja Kinect included in the box with Kinect and the Adventures disc. All this.. Continue Reading »
News: Gold Members Can Grab a Rabbids Demo Today
It's there, waiting for you
You only have two days until you can actually buy Raving Rabbids: Alive and Kicking, but if that's just too much waiting to bear then fire up your Xbox 360 and start downloading the free demo now. The 650MB trial lets you try out the Rabbids' first augmented reality experience, and is exclusive to Xbox Live Gold subscribers. We'll have a full review pretty soon, but in.. Continue Reading »
News: The Worst Kinect Photoshop We've Ever Seen
You won't believe your eyes
You'd think paying some actors to stand in front of a TV and Kinect and pretend they're having a great time would be among the easiest parts of releasing a game. You'd probably be right, which makes this back of box art for MotionSports Adrenaline even more brilliant. We're no Photoshop experts, but even we can tell that Kinect absolutely does not belong there. Why is it.. Continue Reading »
News: We're Two Weeks From Finally Playing Halo with Kinect
Latest trailer steps up
After all the rumours, speculation and second-guessing, two weeks is now all that stands between us and exploring the world of Halo with Kinect. Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary is released on 15th November, and we have a fresh trailer to help you get all fired up for what Xbox is calling "the most hotly anticipated remake this Christmas." We can't really think of.. Continue Reading »
News: Rise of Nightmares Racked Up a Scary 200,000 Sales
The horror
SEGA's Rise of Nightmares was a big hope for the future of hardcore gaming on Kinect, but the company's internal sales figures have revealed it didn't quite do the business. The sensor's first and only 18/M-rated game has sold 200,000 copies around the world since launch. When you consider the sensor has shifted around 10m units in the past year, 200,000 doesn't seem like a lot, but we.. Continue Reading »
News: Xbox 360 Celebrates One Year of "The Kinect Effect"
What's next?
It's hard to believe, but Kinect has its first birthday this week. Released in North America on 4th November 2010 and Europe on 10th November, the sensor has shifted over 10 million units worldwide and generated more body sweat than the Wii Remote every dreamt of. Microsoft is keen to stress that the future of Kinect is even more exciting than the past, and has put together a video.. Continue Reading »
News: Get All Twisted Up with Twister Mania Launch Video
Play red handed
Twister Mania is on its way to North America next week, and Majesco has sent over a brief video showing a bit more of what to expect from the family party game. Granted, you probably could have figured out what a Twister game on Kinect would look like, but it's always nice to have your insight reassured, isn't it? Twister Mania's out next week. Continue Reading »
News: Boom Boom Pow - It's a Black Eyed Peas Experience Video
Rock that body
The Black Eyed Peas Experience is out in just a few weeks, but can it live up to the urban group's world-dominating status? This new trailer below hopes to convince you the answer is yes. Developed by Lips and Elite Beat Agents developer iNiS, here's hoping this game lives up to the quality of those two musical releases: with the BEP licence and quality developer, we've gotta feeling.. Continue Reading »
News: Time For Kung Fu High Impact Trailer Chop Socky
Hi-yah!
Want to see some footage of Kung Fu High Impact? We've got a trailer below. The hands-free fighter is hoping to pack quite a punch when it makes its debut next month. Here's hoping it's got a bit more weight on its bones than its predecessor on PlayStation Eye, which proved to be more cop-out than knock-out. Kung Fu High Impact is out next month. Continue Reading »
News: Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor Still Looks A Kinect Must-Have
New trailer stomps in
Capcom's mech warrior simulation Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor is one of our most anticipated games of next year, and this new trailer below just affirms that desire. The game combines Kinect controls with traditional control pad gameplay, hopefully delivering an experience that's impossible through conventional control methods. It certainly looks impressive too, as you can see.. Continue Reading »
