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News: Ubisoft Dates Black Eyed Peas and Other Kinect Games
Euro dates confirmed
Ubisoft has just put out a list of European release dates for its upcoming Kinect titles, and it's looking like being a busy close to the year for the publisher with a new Kinect game practically every week. PowerUP Heroes — 6th OctoberJust Dance 3 — 11th OctoberAdventures of Tin Tin: The Secret of the Unicorn — 21st OctoberMotionSports Adrenaline — 28th Octobe Continue Reading »
News: You Can Breed Horses in Champion Jockey
Just think that over for a second
The road to becoming the ultimate jockey isn't all about being short and light: it's also about riding a top notch horse, bred for speed. That's one part of the process Champion Jockey is eager to represent, with an in-depth breeding mode shown off in these new screenshots. Each horse has an individual personality and a wide array of statistics; with regular.. Continue Reading »
News: Get Funky with New Dance Central 2 Trailer
Cologne-fresh
Microsoft's bringing out the big guns for European games convention Gamescom, showing off brand new trailers for its Christmas line-up including Harmonix sequel Dance Central 2. The video shows off the game's new cel-shaded graphical style, which resembles a dance-off between the friendlier inhabitants of Borderlands. Two-player simultaneous dancing is certainly the big draw here.. Continue Reading »
News: Microsoft UK's Release Dates for Kinect's Biggest Titles
Get informed
You want to know when you can expect some of this year's biggest Kinect games, right? Well then, you've come to the right place, as Microsoft UK has just sent us a press release full of calendar-marking goodness. Here's a round-up of when you'll be able to pick up the brightest lights for your sensor this year. Bear in mind these release dates can change so check with your local.. Continue Reading »
News: Does This Kinect Sports: Season Two Trailer Score or Miss?
Balls and darts
Two of the new sports in Kinect Sports: Season Two are featured in a shiny new trailer below. Hopefully the tennis can improve on the slightly shaky motion controls in SEGA's Virtua Tennis 4, and let's face it: the darts can't be any worse than in the disastrous Game Party in Motion. Microsoft UK has announced a release date of 25th October for the game, which is a Tuesday, so this.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Fun Labs: Air Band Out Next Week
Music to our ears
Kinect Fun Labs will expand again next week with the release of Air Band on 22nd August. The latest tool to show off Kinect will be shown off at Gamescom tomorrow, so expect to find out much more information then, including whether it'll be a free add-on or a paid download like Kinect Sparkler. Kinect Fun Labs: Microsoft captured the world’s imagination at E3 2011 with the.. Continue Reading »
News: Will This Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor Trailer Wow You?
Find out inside
The lumbering mechanical wizardry of Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor has finally emerged over the Kinect horizon, and we have a brand new trailer to share with you. The game will require Kinect and an Xbox 360 controller: you'll use the pad to control your mech with Kinect gestures for certain functions too, with Capcom promising Kinect's unique features will help you connect with your.. Continue Reading »
News: Take Your Kinectimals On the Go with Upcoming Mobile Game
Train on the train
Kinectimals is about to get a major upgrade — no, we're not talking about its "Now with Bears!" slogan — but something even cooler. Owners of a Windows Phone will be able to take their pet on the go and train it wherever they are, with all the joy of Achievements and Leaderboards along the way. The application is due for release this Autumn. Hopefully there'll be a.. Continue Reading »
News: These New Kinect Star Wars Screens Shot First
Full of Rancor
Kinect Star Wars has a lot riding on it, but it's always pleasing to see its fidelity to the source material, with these new screenshots from Microsoft showing off some new treats in store. Fresh from Gamescom, the stills picture a playable Rancor smashing things up, as well as all the usual Jedi lightsaber battling you'd expect. We're just interested in the smashing bit, though. We.. Continue Reading »
News: First Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor Screenshots Stomp In
Hybrid game confirmed
It's a worrying sign when a game goes quiet for months at a time; often it's a prelude to the revelation the game has been cancelled. Some thought that might have been the case with Capcom's ambitious Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor — first announced last year, the project showed no signs of life in the following months, but now the game's come crashing through the silence with.. Continue Reading »
News: When You Wish Upon a Monster, This Happens
In October
It's been a while since that fateful E3 performance of Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster, and now we have a fresh trailer showing more of Double Fine's upcoming puppet-'em-up. The children and parents in this video dive into the brightly-coloured world, and you'll be able to join them when the game is released in October 2011. Will you be picking this up for your little ones? Continue Reading »
News: PQube Tries to Settle The Ultimate Battle of the Sexes
Which is better?
Are you a man or a woman? Which gender is better? The age-old question will get settled on Kinect this Christmas, as PQube is preparing to bring The Ultimate Battle of the Sexes to the UK. Retailer Zavvi has already listed the game with the following details: Who makes the better driver, are all women shopping maniacs but completely hopeless when given the almighty barbecue tongs?.. Continue Reading »
Reader Blog: Losing 80 Pounds with Kinect and Dance Central
It can be done
In the first of a new series of reader blogs, we're sharing stories from Kinect fans just like you. We want to hear bout any success stories you might have had — a great video you made in Yoostar 2, a world record score in Kinect Sports or something awesome made possible by Kinect. You can contact KINECTaku to share your story, and we kick off with Annecek from online fitness group.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect's Educational Value Explored in Classrooms
Always learning
Kinect's applications outside of gaming are vast: we've seen it used for robotics, surgery and turning people into superheroes. It's also got more everyday uses though, as the fantastic site KinectEDucation outlines. Teacher Johnny Kissko is currently using Kinect in his classroom, using the FAAST and Kodu toolkits to get the sensors working on laptops. Kissko's plan is to have all.. Continue Reading »
News: Sex Machines, Get Busy with Dance Central Next Week
Get up
James Brown's classic tune Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine, Pt 1 is one of three new songs heading to Dance Central next week. The Godfather of Soul hits Xbox Live Marketplace on 15th August for 240 Microsoft Points, a day before Lloyd's Get It Shawty and Sean Paul's Get Busy round out the "Get" section of the new DLC. Any time James Brown makes an appearance in a video.. Continue Reading »
News: Nyko Zoom Pushed Back to September
Due to "overwhelming demand"
Plenty of our users have expressed an interest in the Nyko Zoom accessory that promises to reduce the space needed for Kinect by around 40%; so many so, in fact, that the manufacturer has pushed the add-on's release back by a month to ensure it can meet demand. The company confirmed to us that it is holding back the space-saver until September: Due to overwhelming.. Continue Reading »
News: You Can Look This Stupid Playing Champion Jockey
Live the dream
There's no easy way to say this: if you play Champion Jockey, you're probably going to look a bit foolish, especially if this new tutorial video is anything to go by. The demonstrator in the video below is clearly aware of how silly he looks but carries it like a champ, even roping in a second player for some truly momentous Kinecting. Michael Phelps: Push the Limit will have to pull.. Continue Reading »
News: Could This Be Kinect Fun Labs: Air Band?
Called 'Music in Motion'
Kinect Fun Labs is growing all the time, with Kinect Sparkler already released and more on the way: earlier we reported on Kinect Fun Labs: Air Band, the newly-rated add-on. Tipster lifelower sent us a link to a video that might show what Air Band is like. A demonstration video of Music in Motion by Buzz! The Ultimate Music Quiz developer Relentless Software, it's a virtual.. Continue Reading »
News: Rise of Nightmares Weapon Trailer Looks Bloody, Good
To arms
SEGA's Rise of Nightmares is shuffling menacingly towards Kinect next month, and now we have footage of the weapons you'll be able to use in Kinect's first 18-rated game. The video below — definitely not for the faint of heart or those under legal age, by the way — should get you all geared up for the upcoming slasher, which launches in September. How do you think this one's shaping up?.. Continue Reading »
News: Your Next Fun Labs Add-On is Air Band
Get your fake instruments
We've just reviewed Kinect Sparkler but as Kudo Tsunoda said, Kinect Fun Labs is just getting started. The next step up the virtual gameplay ladder looks like being Kinect Fun Labs: Air Band, if a USK rating is anything to go by. Siliconera spotted the rating the other day, though the rating carried nothing more than the game's name. We reckon it'll be a musical experience.. Continue Reading »
