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News: Xbox Tours UK with Your Kinect Experience Tour
Starts next week
If you haven't had chance to try out Kinect yet, or want to see some of the latest games on the way, Microsoft's UK division is bringing it to you with a new tour that kicks off on 29th September. The tour, named Your Kinect Experience, starts next week at the Metro Centre in Gateshead, before taking in London and Birmingham's Clothes Show Love in December. Gateshead attendees will.. Continue Reading »
News: Zoo Makes Minute to Win It Official
About time
Way, way back in May we told you that popular TV game show Minute to Win It was coming to Kinect. Now publisher Zoo Games has stunned us all by announcing that popular TV game show Minute to Win It is coming to Kinect. Launching in North America on 18th October for a budget $29.99, the game supports two players at a time with the option to have four players take it in turns, as well as.. Continue Reading »
Out Today: Burnout CRASH! (Xbox Live Arcade)
The hits keep coming
EA's joining the recent Kinect craze on Xbox Live Arcade with Burnout CRASH!, out today for 800 Microsoft Points. While the majority of the game is played with the control pad, there's an exclusive Kinect mode that lets you create crashes using just the movements of your body. Now that's power. We'll have a full review soon. CRITERION’S BURNOUT CRASH! NOW AVAILABLEDavid.. Continue Reading »
News: Forza 4 Demo Races to Xbox Live on 3rd October
Try before you buy
In just a few weeks you'll be able to take Forza Motorsport 4 for a spin, as there'll be a free demo to download from Xbox Live Marketplace from 3rd October. Microsoft hasn't revealed what's set for inclusion in the demo so we'll have to wait and see if it contains any Kinect content, but even if it's just a standard control pad-only affair it's still good news for anyone after.. Continue Reading »
News: Gamestop Outs Ubisoft Family Quiz Games for Kinect
Our survey says...
Good old Gamestop, listing games we've never heard of. Where would the world of Internet Kinect news reporting be without you? This time around the venerable retailer has listed a pair of new family-friendly games from Ubisoft, both of which are based on quiz shows. First up there's Family Feud 2012, which our European readers may know better as Family Fortunes. As you'd expect.. Continue Reading »
News: 343 Industries Still Firming Up Halo Anniversary's Kinect Modes
What will they be?
Halo and Kinect: it's happening. Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary will support the sensor, but so far 343 Industries and Microsoft haven't let anything slip about just how we'll see the two combine. We know the features will be "cool", but now we have a tiny bit more information to go on. Joystiq spoke to 343 head Frank O'Connor re Continue Reading »
News: Project Draco is Child of Eden Meets Panzer Dragoon
That should be enough
It's been a year since we heard anything about Project Draco, the dragon-based shooting game from Yukio Futatsugi, formerly of legendary Panzer Dragoon developer Team Andromeda. The game was shown behind closed doors at this year's Tokyo Games Show though, and 1up snagged some time with it. The good news is the team describes the game as Child of Eden meets Panzer Dragoon,.. Continue Reading »
News: This Hulk Hogan T-Shirt is Yours When You Pre-Order
Then you can tear it up
The Hulkster is coming to Kinect, and he wants you to have a t-shirt if you buy his game. If you pre-order Hulk Hogan's Main Event at Gamestop you'll receive a grey t-shirt to commemorate your purchase. If you decide to run around your living room cupping your hand to your ear before tearing your t-shirt up... well, that's your choice. Hulk Hogan's Main Event is out in North.. Continue Reading »
News: Nyko Zoom Reaches United Kingdom Next Month
Take a closer look
The Nyko Zoom add-on for Kinect is causing quite a stir in North America at the moment — our US wing is preparing for a full review soon — but Britons need not feel left out, as the space-saving attachment will make it across the pond in October. Interactive Ideas is one of the distributors preparing to provide the accessory to retailers next month, with the cost to consumers.. Continue Reading »
News: Punchy New Kung Fu High Impact Screens Await
Chop chop
After a surprisingly popular showing on PlayStation Move, Virtual Air Guitar Company is bringing its unique take on fighting games to Kinect with Kung Fu High Impact, due this November. The new screenshots show special moves including earthquakes and lightning bolts, as well as your standard punches and kicks for traditionalists. It certainly looks quite nice, with a distinctive graphical.. Continue Reading »
News: Rare: "We Will Continue to Collaborate with Other Studios"
Kinect Sports Season Two is just the beginning, says Senior Studio Director
Rare's union with Kinect Joy Ride developer BigPark appears to have paid off handsomely if our recent hands-on preview of Kinect Sports Season Two is anything to go by, and according to Rare's Senior Studio Director Craig Duncan, it's going to be the first of many similar arrangements in the future. We sat down for a chat.. Continue Reading »
Hands On: Kinect Sports Season Two
We visit Rare's UK HQ to experience what could be this Christmas' biggest Kinect title
Given the incredible commercial and critical response to the original Kinect Sports, it was inevitable that a sequel of some description would occur. What was slightly less predictable was the news that the legendary British code house Rare would be co-developing a follow-up with Kinect Joy Ride studio BigPark.. Continue Reading »
Out Today: Gunstringer and Nyko Zoom
New game and the means to play it
It's a big day for Kinect as two hotly anticipated products drop for the camera: Twisted Pixel's marionette shooter (words we still can't believe belong in the same sentence) The Gunstringer as well as Nyko's Zoom peripheral, a promising clip-on lens attachment that should minimize the space requirements for your gaming area. A demo for The Gunstringer has been.. 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: Fruit Ninja Kinect's Space Capsule DLC is Out Today
Juicy
Containing everything we want in DLC — fruit and space — Fruit Ninja Kinect receives a second pack of extra content today with the release of Space Capsule on Xbox Live Marketplace. There's new Achievements to grab, a new silhouette, background and the Comet Blade that "steers comets to create cosmic fruit collisions", apparently. All this will set you back 160 Microsoft Points,.. Continue Reading »
Out Today: Leedmees (Xbox Live Arcade)
Full body Lemmings!
Leedmees was one of the more interesting Kinect games to have come out of E3, with a charming presentation putting this one on many radars. Now the game's set for release today on Xbox Live, so you can decide for yourself. The game will sell for 800 Microsoft Points and features two-player co-operative play as you and a partner combine your bodies to guide the little Leedmees to.. Continue Reading »
News: Masters Project Shows How Hybrid Games Should Work
Impressive stuff
No matter how successful Kinect becomes, there'll always be a part of us that yearns for an analogue stick and buttons to make the experience better. That's exactly what hybrid games like Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor are promising, but how long until we see a first-person shooter using hybrid controls, and what would it be like? Talented programmer Alexander Poolton has already.. Continue Reading »
Out Today: Penguins of Madagascar (North America)
We can't fit in the full title
Despite originally being announced for release next week, THQ has decided to release The Penguins of Madagascar: Dr. Blowhole Returns Again! today, 6th September. The game requires Kinect and has a few sensor-exclusive features over the other versions: On Kinect for Xbox 360, fans will join Team Penguin as the newest recruit - using their bodies as controllers to.. Continue Reading »
News: First Puss in Boots Screenshots Look Furry Good
You might be surprised
Licensed games rarely look good, but we have to say that the first screenshots of Puss in Boots don't look bad at all. The Kinect-exclusive title puts you in the feline footwear of the titular cat, with the official details laying out a three-stroke gameplay system: Master the style and charm of Puss in Boots in an engaging swashbuckling experience. Duel banditos with style.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Sports: Season Two - You Ask the Questions!
We want your input
Excited about Kinect Sports: Season Two's release later this year? Have burning questions for developer Rare that simply must be answered? Then we have the perfect situation for you. We'll be speaking with the creative minds behind development team Rare in the near future and want to arrive with a bundle of your questions. Want to know how a certain sport will work? Queries about.. Continue Reading »
