News Tagged: Awesome
News: Official Crimson Dragon Site Takes Flight with New Trailer
Yep, still looks awesome
Crimson Dragon is homing in on its Xbox Live Arcade release, as Microsoft Japan has launched an official site for what some — particularly this editor — would call the most exciting Kinect game yet. Crimson Dragon at Xbox Japan has fresh screenshots of the sensor-powered spiritual successor to Panzer Dragoon, with a new.. Continue Reading »
News: This Animated Film was Created With Kinect
It's quite impressive
Kinect's been used for all kinds of clever projects before, and here's another one: Little Green Dog's Happy Box. The animated movie below was created using two synchronised Kinect sensors to "digitally puppet" the characters, if puppet is indeed a verb. It's actually quite impressive — not to mention cute — and certainly hints at the future of animation with.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Star Wars Console Unboxed Before Your Eyes
See here
Back in July we exclusively revealed the limited edition Star Wars Xbox 360 console, and now the console's been unboxed and turned on by our good friends over at Eurogamer. The R2-D2-styled console has a blue LED for a power light and mimics the droid's whistling chatter when it's turned on or a disc is ejected. We haven't seen any of the limited edition Kinect that comes with the machine,.. 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.. Continue Reading »
News: Great Scott, Christopher Lloyd Stars In Kinect Fun Labs Video
1.21 gigowatts of fun
Kinect Sparkler was released yesterday, bumping up the number of available toys in Kinect Fun Labs, so here's a video showing the various ways you can enjoy yourself with the sensory tools. Featuring the world's greatest mad scientist Christopher Lloyd, the video shows off some of the interesting things you can do with Kinect Fun Labs, from Sparkler to Googly Eyes, though.. Continue Reading »
News: Microsoft Announces Limited Edition R2D2 Xbox 360
Told you so
We exclusively revealed the limited edition Star Wars Xbox 360 with white Kinect two weeks ago, and now Microsoft has made the bundle official. The white R2-D2 Xbox 360 S, C-3PO-inspired control pad and white Kinect sensor will launch with Kinect Star Wars later this year, with exclusive downloadable content in the console box too. Microsoft and LucasArts also showed off the new.. Continue Reading »
News: Pre-Order Halo Anniversary and Dress as Master Chief
It's good to have a hobby
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary is going to use Kinect, though we're not entirely sure how just yet. What we can tell you is that if you pre-order the game you'll receive exclusive content to make your Xbox just a little more Halo-y. For starters, you'll receive a Master Chief armour suit for your Avatar, something we're truly surprised hasn't made it to the Marketplace.. Continue Reading »
News: Indie Kinect Game Evade is Strangely Spiritual Looking
Blocks are bad
We're just going to come out and say it: independent PC developers have come up with some of the best stuff for Kinect so far. While we're expected to pay for the likes of Let's Dance with Mel B, anyone who's hooked their Kinect up to a computer can enjoy free indie software just like Evade. The game's premise is pretty obvious: evade blocks that attempt to push you off a platform,.. Continue Reading »
News: This Kid Is So Much Better at Dance Central Than You
Just watch it
We're avid Dance Central fans here at KINECTaku, but this young boy's enthusiastic dancing in a Washington shopping centre is something else. Playing Rihanna's Disturbia on hard, the boy shows some impressive skills for his age to keep up with the choreography. We reckon it won't be too long until he's on America's Got Talent. Hats off to you, mystery boy. Continue Reading »
News: Pump Up with a Child of Eden Launch Trailer
Game out this week
The long wait is over: gamers in North America can play Child of Eden right now, with the game launching in Europe on Friday 17th June. To celebrate, Ubisoft has sent over a launch trailer for its kinaesthetic shooter to get you all geared up. We're putting the game through its paces and will have a full and honest review available in the coming days. Continue Reading »
News: Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Gunsmith Trailer is Fully Loaded
The future of tactics
E3's on-stage demonstration of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier's Kinect features was a real highlight for fans of the sensor, showing that Kinect can do core games. Now Ubisoft has released a further trailer of the game's Gunsmith mode, a weapon customisation feature that looks set to impress many non-believers. Game designer Roman Campos Oriola takes you through the.. 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: 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 »
News: Rejoice! Ratings Board Outs Hole in the Wall for Kinect
Get into position
When we asked which games shows would work on Kinect?, one answer came up again and again: Hole in the Wall. Now it looks like those prayers are about to be answered, as the German ratings board USK has listed the game. Microsoft is listed as the publisher of the game, which is listed in the Arcade/Skill genre. We'd expect this to hit Xbox Live Arcade, but with Wipeout: In the.. Continue Reading »
News: New Child of Eden Trailer Actually Explains the Game
It all makes sense now
If the excitement around Child of Eden has mostly passed you by as you weren't quite sure what the game is actually about, the new trailer below should hopefully make things a little clearer. The video explains how the game's two-handed controls work and shows off more of the same beautiful graphics that have put this game firmly at the top of many players' list of most.. Continue Reading »
News: This Portal 2 Kinect Hack Is Not a Lie
Though it's not exactly practical either
While Kinect's capable of lots of things, from turning you into a superhero, to helping the blind see, but forget all that: it also plays Portal 2. Brad Cooley used the FAAST toolkit to get the game up-and-running with Kinect and although it's in need of a few tweaks, it's still an impressive show of what's possible using Kinect. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Navigates the Universe and Helps the Blind to See
Next step: sentience
The Kinect SDK is due this spring, and judging by what Microsoft's research arm has already achieved with the device, the world of Kinect hacks is about to get a lot more interesting. The video below shows Kinect used in all kinds of useful ways, including alerting the visually-impaired to potential dangers, helping wheelchair users to navigate and assisting in the navigation.. Continue Reading »
News: You Could Win a Job Promoting Kinect in Ibiza
No, it's not 1st April
If you love Kinect and Ibiza, these two seemingly disparate passions could combine to bring you the perfect job, as Xbox is celebrating its ongoing partnership with Ibiza Rocks by recruiting three Kinect ambassadors. Successful candidates will spend six weeks organising events, demonstrating Kinect's abilities and presumably sneaking in a little bit of clubbing, tanning and.. Continue Reading »
News: Sesame Street Once Upon a Monster Concept Art is Beautiful
And has teeth
You might not think that a Kinect game based on Sesame Street would need fantastic concept artwork, but that hasn't stopped Double Fine Studios judging by these concept images from Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster. The artwork shows shy monster Seamus in a grotto underneath the Electric Jungle (we're not making this up), but will come out of his shell when he wears a suitable.. Continue Reading »
News: Microsoft's Head-Tracking Experiments Make 3DTVs Look Old
A must-watch
Last year we reported that Kinect head-tracking could do 3D gaming without 3DTVs, and this recent video from Microsoft's research division shows the company is looking into similar technology in its own way. Using a combination of a "wedge"-style reflector and Kinect, the demonstration (which starts at around the 2:50 mark) shows how the sensor can be used to track head.. Continue Reading »
