News Tagged: Microsoft
News: This Video Wants to Convince You Kinect Star Wars Has Depth
Oh, and it's got dancing
Kinect Star Wars is just a few weeks away — yes, really — and Microsoft is launching its final (rebel) assault on your senses to convince you to purchase its biggest Kinect title. What began life as an intriguing Jedi simulator has since grown to include pod-racing and, er, dancing, aiming to be all things to all Star.. Continue Reading »
News: Former Sony Executive Joins Microsoft Studios in Europe
Phil Harrison will lead the way
Microsoft has announced that former Sony man Phil Harrison has joined the company as corporate vice president, with the aim of growing the company's European business in the coming years. With Xbox 360 and Kinect, as well as a rumoured new console on the way, there's plenty of work for Harrison to do. The full press.. Continue Reading »
News: Wreckateer is Like Angry Birds But For Kinect
From Iron Galaxy
Wreckateer is a new Kinect-exclusive game heading to Xbox Live Arcade later this year. A physics-based score attack game, according to our friends at Eurogamer.net, the game is "highly reminiscent of Angry Birds" — players use a catapult to lob iron balls to destroy castles. The castles aren't occupied by green pigs —.. Continue Reading »
Rumour: Fable: The Journey Due on 4th September
Xbox.com at work again
Oh, Xbox.com, you do make our job easier. Last year you leaked the entire of Microsoft's E3 line-up; this year you've leaked a release date for Fable: The Journey. According to the information you posted earlier — since removed, naturally — the Kinect-powered adventure will land on 4th September. Microsoft held an.. Continue Reading »
News: Microsoft Entertainment Division Posts Record Sales
$4.24bn for the past quarter
Strong sales of the Xbox 360 helped Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division to record quarterly sales of $4.24 billion over the past quarter. The division made a profit of $530m, a drop of 28% over the previous year. Xbox shipments rose to 8.2m, up from 6.3m in the previous year. To date, Microsoft has sold 66m Xbox 360 consoles around the world and 18m Kinect.. Continue Reading »
News: Even Kinect Star Wars Succumbs to Kinect Dance Mania
Is nothing sacred?
Kinect does some things very well — dancing, for instance. That's why there are 13 Kinect dancing games out now, but the genre's seeping into other games: games we thought were safe from move-busting. Games like Kinect Star Wars. The ESRB has rated the game and revealed it now includes dancing tournaments alongside the already-revealed podracing and saber-swinging. How much.. Continue Reading »
News: Put Your Darts Skills On the Line with Kinect Contest
Can you hit the bullseye?
Microsoft is giving UK gamers the chance to put their darts skills on the line with a new Kinect Sports: Season Two competition. To enter, download the free Kinect Sports darts Gamerpic before Sunday 18th December and play a single-player darts match on Live between 1pm and 5pm on 7th or 8th January. Three players will be chosen at random to take part in a real-life darts.. Continue Reading »
News: Microsoft Offers $20,000 to Spark Kinect Creation
Interested? Read on
Microsoft's eagerness to spread The Kinect Effect continues apace with a brand new incentive for development studios. Called The Kinect Accelerator — exciting names obviously a key focus at Microsoft these days — the programme is offering $20,000 to "entrepreneurs, engineers and innovators" to help develop the next big Kinect breakthrough. If you're after more.. Continue Reading »
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 »
News: Will This Advert Entice You to Buy Kinect Sports: Season Two?
Let's find out
We're not far away from Kinect Sports: Season Two, and Microsoft is getting ready to compete for the family game top spot in the charts. Microsoft UK is about to embark on a high-profile advertising campaign for the game, highlighting its new sports not included in last year's original, as well as some of its new uses of Kinect including voice commands and all-new gestures. The first.. Continue Reading »
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: Six New Tracks Join the Dance Central 2 Party
PAX-hot
Microsoft and Harmonix just finished showing off upcoming floor-filler Dance Central 2 at Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle, and the two companies collaborated to reveal six new songs included in the tracklist come October. From kitschy classics like Haddaway's What is Love? and Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-A-Lot — songs we can just imagine starting any party — to more modern tracks like Yeah!.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Sports Baseball Hits the PAX Prime Plate
Batter up!
Microsoft showed off Kinect Sports: Season Two golf and darts at Gamescom, and at PAX Prime it's showing off another sport: baseball. The split-screen mode lets the batter and pitcher go head-to-head. If you're batting, you'll be able to aim your swing or bunt, and apparently even run and slide to steal bases, though we can't imagine that doing much good for your living room carpet.. Continue Reading »
News: Microsoft Delays Kinect Star Wars Until 2012
Trouble afoot?
Microsoft has announced one of its biggest titles for Christmas, Kinect Star Wars, will now not make it to shelves in time for Christmas. A spokesperson confirmed to Official Xbox Magazine that the title will now miss its 'holiday 2011' release window, though did not reveal any further information about release date. Here's the full statement: Microsoft and LucasArts have elected to.. 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: 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: Grab a Matte Xbox 360 250GB with Kinect
Gloss over
At the moment the Xbox 360 S comes in two flavours: 250GB and 4GB, in glossy and matte finishes respectively. A new challenger is about to enter the ring though, with a matte 250GB console on the way. There's no word on when the new bundle will be available or if Microsoft has made any changes other than taking the dust-sucking gloss finish off the machine, but when we know, you'll know.. Continue Reading »
News: Which Football World Record is Related to Kinect Sports?
We have the answer
Microsoft's UK arm has done a bang-up job of publicising Kinect Sports with real-life athletes, from James DeGale to Graeme Swann, Amy Williams and Darius Knight. Who's the latest super-toned professional sportsman to team up with the game? It's Mark Lawrenson of course. The TV pundit — who still looks strange without a moustache — presided over a world record attempt by.. Continue Reading »
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