News Tagged: 505 Games
News: Zumba Fitness Core Confirmed for November UK Launch
New trailer released.
Good news for Zumba fans today, as 505 Games has confirmed that - as expected - they've picked up the European publishing rights for Majesco's Zumba Fitness Core. Core will the third Kinect-based Zumba title to hit the shelves, following the lacklustre Zumba Fitness: Join The Party! and Zumba Fitness Rush. Despite not being.. Continue Reading »
News: 505 Games Rescues miCoach from Kinect Limbo
Back on track
Adidas training tool miCoach has been picked up by publisher 505 Games for a release later this year. Originally the sporty collaboration was due to come courtesy of THQ, but contract disputes meant that plan fell through. Now 505 is bringing it to Xbox 360 this summer. It's developed by experienced Kinect fitness team Chromativity —.. Continue Reading »
News: We Bet Playing Blackwater is Nothing Like This Trailer
It's Wii all over again
Remember how those very first Nintendo Wii adverts showed players diving about the place as if the console could register their every move? Launch game Red Steel was a fairly bad example, but it's got nothing on this trailer for upcoming 360 shooter Blackwater. We'd wager large sums of money that the "Better with Kinect" shooter doesn't play anything like this.. Continue Reading »
News: Exclusive Michael Phelps: Push the Limit Gameplay Trailer
We've got it first
We've already seen a trailer this week showing how to play Michael Phelps: Push the Limit, but it didn't contain too much in-game footage of 505 Games' upcoming aquatic attraction. Now we have the exclusive on a brand new gameplay trailer. The footage shows some of the in-game arenas, including a rainy skyscraper and what seems to be a fiery cave, as well as a range of strokes.. Continue Reading »
News: This is How You Swim with Kinect and Michael Phelps
Get your nose plugs on
Of all the Kinect-related questions we get here at KINECTaku, by far the most asked is "just how are you supposed to swim standing up in Michael Phelps - Push the Limit?" Now let us answer that entirely justified question with a brand new video. Phelps himself features in the instructional video below, showing how to excite the crowd, perform a perfect dive and then.. Continue Reading »
News: Jillian Michaels Starts Your Fitness Adventure This Year
Ready to sweat again?
There's no such thing as a fitness game with a story, even though we once asked Why Not Create a Fitness RPG? 505 Games is bringing a bit of narrative to its upcoming exercise routine though, with Jillian Michaels' Fitness Adventure on the way by year's end. Dubbed "Jillian Michaels' Kinect for Xbox 360 debut", despite the hard-bodied one featuring in The Biggest.. Continue Reading »
News: If You Want Michael Phelps in HD, We Have You Covered
Check out the Phenom
If your eyes are ready to take in 1,000 high definition frames of Michael Phelps every second, we just made your weekend. To prepare you for the Autumnal release of Michael Phelps: Push the Limit and coinciding with the FINA 2011 world championships, here's some video of Phelps shot with the Phantom HD camera that rolls at 1,000 frames per second. Of course it doesn't answer.. Continue Reading »
News: Speedo Signs Up for Michael Phelps Promotion
Free giveaway, perhaps?
Swimwear king Speedo and video games... an unlikely partnership at best. This is what Kinect is all about, though: making the previously impossible — or perhaps inadvisable — possible. That's the case with a new deal between Michael Phelps: Push the Limit publisher 505 Games and Speedo, anyway. The promotional partnership means players will see plenty of Speedo.. Continue Reading »
News: Get Greased with Jillian Michaels on 4th November
505 2-4-1
UK publisher 505 Games has announced release dates for two new Kinect games, as Grease and Jillian Michaels' Fitness Experience will both reach British stores on 4th November. Grease released on Wii and DS in 2010 to some poor reviews, but hopefully the hands-free singing and dancing in the brand new Kinect version will result in a better Rydell High experience. As for Jillian Michaels,.. Continue Reading »
News: Blackwater Game is "Insensitive and In Bad Taste"
Nothing like a bit of controversy
505 Games only just announced Blackwater the other day, and already it's making its way into the news. The first-person shooter for Kinect is based on the real-life militia group Blackwater, leading them into a fictitious African country to battle dictators and save the world. Imagine 24 for Kinect and you might be halfway there. The group Blackwater has been.. 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: New Michael Phelps: Push the Limit Screenshots Surface
Wet your appetite
Microsoft always said Kinect would give rise to brand new gameplay experiences, and considering 505 Games is preparing the only dedicated swimming game in recent memory we're inclined to agree. Michael Phelps: Push the Limit is coming to Kinect later this year, and 505 just sent over an updated batch of screenshots showing how the world's greatest swimmer is shaping up in digital.. Continue Reading »
News: First Michael Phelps - Push the Limit Trailer in its HD Glory
Warning: contains a sportsman acting
Yesterday we brought you the first screenshots of Michael Phelps – Push the Limit, and now we have the first HD trailer promoting the game. Filmed using a Phantom HD camera which captures HD footage at up to 1,000 frames per second, the trailer pitches the game's concept: as an unknown swimmer, you challenge Phelps for aquatic supremacy from the comfort of.. Continue Reading »
News: Michael Phelps: Push the Limit Makes a Splash in June
No pool required
Michael Phelps – Push the Limit may well be the first video game dedicated to swimming, and is exclusively on the way to Kinect in June from UK developer Blitz Games Studios and publisher 505 Games. With the backing of Olympic gold medal hoarder Michael Phelps, the Kinect-exclusive game hopes to recreate the thrill of competitive swimming without the need for a pool. Players.. Continue Reading »
News: Get Ready to Grease Up Your Kinect in Late 2011
It's electrifying
There's no shortage of dancing games on Kinect, but dancing and singing is a genre combination yet to be dominated. 505 Games will be hoping to get it all sewn up when it releases Grease: The Game on Kinect later this year. Whereas the original Wii take on the beloved musical was a party-oriented minigame title, 505 is promising the 360 version will be "all-singing and.. Continue Reading »
News: Michael Phelps Makes Waves on Kinect in June
Sensor's first swimming game on the way
European publisher 505 Games has announced Michael Phelps: Push the Limit, a brand new title for Kinect on the way in June next year. Officially endorsed by the multiple Olympic gold medallist, little is known about the game but it's safe to assume it'll involve swimming. Let's hope it's more enjoyable than the underwater sections in Sonic Free Riders at.. Continue Reading »
