News Tagged: North America
Out Today: Zumba Fitness Rush (North America)
Zumba 2 out today
If you're planning to over-indulge on chocolates tomorrow, Zumba Fitness Rush is at hand to help you work off the pounds afterwards. The follow-up to 2010's Zumba Fitness: Join the Party, Zumba Fitness Rush features brand new songs, steps and stages, with more songs to download after release. We'll put the game through its paces.. Continue Reading »
News: Grandma Wins $50,000 in Yoostar Blockbuster Contest
You couldn't make it up
A North Carolina grandma has won $50,000 for her interpretation of a scene from Super 8 on Yoostar 2. Cynthia Bell took home the grand prize in Yoostar's Acting with the Stars contest, having won over the judges with her, er, unique performance in J. J. Abrams' summer blockbuster. You can watch Cynthia's performance online and start wishing you'd come up with something a.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure Out in March
Get animated
Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure is to be released in North America on 20th March 2012, Microsoft has announced. Update: The European release is confirmed as 23rd March 2012. The game features characters from Ratatouille, The Incredibles, Toy Story and more in a series of "time-based challenges", otherwise known as minigames. Here's the first trailer from when the game.. Continue Reading »
News: Microsoft Packs More Games into Kinect Holiday Bundle
Bursting at the seams
A few weeks ago, Microsoft introduced Child of Eden to the Kinect sensor package in North America. Now it's ready to change the deal again, with two more games joining Kinect Adventures in time for Christmas. Starting very soon, you'll get digital download vouchers for The Gunstringer and Fruit Ninja Kinect included in the box with Kinect and the Adventures disc. All this.. Continue Reading »
News: Halo's Kinect Features Finally Revealed
Take cover
With just under a month to go, Microsoft and 343 Industries have at last announced the Kinect features for Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. Only accessible when playing with the updated graphics — because Kinect wasn't around 10 years ago, of course — you can reload or chuck a grenade with the "reload" or "grenade" commands. Whether or not you'll be able to map.. Continue Reading »
News: Contort On Kinect with Twister Mania on 1st November
Left hand to wallet
Twister Mania, Majesco's motion party game of the original motion party game has a release date: 1st November. Majesco also sent over some new screenshots showing some of the new modes, including a feature more than a little inspired by Hole in the Wall. Still, if it stays true to the original Twister's rampantly inappropriate physical contact then we'll turn a blind eye to such.. Continue Reading »
News: Hit the Pyro, Hulk Hogan is Out Now in North America
He can't hear you
The world's greatest living wrestler who wore a lot of yellow has his own video game, and it's available to buy right now. Hulk Hogan's Main Event begins its appeal for your money today right across North America, with Majesco sending a new trailer and screenshots racing into the ring beating their digital chests. Will you be grappling with the Hulkster in this new.. 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: 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 »
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: "Exciting" Kinect Star Wars Announcement Due Next Week
Happening at Comic Con
Last week we brought you our Kinect Star Wars preview, and while it wasn't completely positive we'd still encourage you to take the chance to play the game for yourself if the opportunity arises. Anyone attending Comic Con in San Diego next week will have exactly that chance. Kinect Star Wars will be playable on Wednesday 20th July between 5pm and 9pm, with an all-new mode.. Continue Reading »
Out Today: UFC Personal Trainer (North America)
Let's get sweaty
The fitness games on Kinect so far haven't tried to build you into a fight-ready machine, but that sizeable gap in the market is closed today with the release of UFC Personal Trainer: The Ultimate Fitness System in North America. Developed with support from the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) as well as the world-leading MMA, the game combines exercises from real-life.. Continue Reading »
News: Wipeout: In the Zone is Out Now in North America
Trailer launches in
Any time a press release starts with "THE BIG BALLS ARE BACK" you know it's going to lead to great things, and such is the case today. Activision wants you to know that Wipeout: In the Zone is now available on Xbox 360 in North America, and it's sent over a trailer to illustrate the fact. The sensor makes it possible to avoid the iconic big red balls and take on all.. Continue Reading »
Out Today: Kung Fu Panda 2 (North America)
It's Po time
Kinect-exclusive cartoony scrapper Kung Fu Panda 2 lands its first blow on Xbox 360 today, launching across North America. According to the press release, Po will teach players key kung fu moves to train them for battles against all-new enemies, with dodging, ducking, blocking and punching at your disposal to to defeat your opponents. The game was built for Kinect so hopefully it'll.. Continue Reading »
Out Today: Virtua Tennis 4 (North America)
Court date
After a reasonably successful showing in Europe, SEGA's Virtua Tennis 4 is ready to take on the tennis tour of North America, releasing across the region today. Kinect controls are only available in one area of the game, and are restricted to offline play only, so it's unlikely Kinect fans will invest a huge amount of playtime here. However, those who want to play with a standard.. Continue Reading »
Out Today: Fantastic Pets and Michael Jackson (North America)
Pets and pop
It's a double whammy on Kinect this week, with two titles squarely aimed at the sensor's strengths: kids and party games. Fantastic Pets Kinect's first augmented reality game puts you on-screen with a range of customisable pets, from scaly unicorns to flying dogs and everything in between. Players can teach their pets tricks, take part in minigames and rise through the ranks of talent.. Continue Reading »
Out Today: Carnival Games: Monkey See, Monkey Do (North America)
Roll up, roll up
A new minigame compilation lands on Kinect today, with 2K Play releasing Carnival Games: Monkey See, Monkey Do (known as Carnival Games – In Action! in Europe) across North America. The Kinect-exclusive game features 20 attractions to take part in, both old and new, with the sensor's voice recognition ability used to receive a prediction for the future from wizard The Amazing.. Continue Reading »
Out Today: Yoostar 2 (North America)
Get in the movies
Movie karaoke game Yoostar 2 makes retailers across North America an offer they can't refuse from today, out on Kinect for Xbox 360. Like traditional karaoke games that let you mimic your favourite singers, Yoostar 2 lets you recreate performances from your favourite actors. Using Kinect's cameras, the game puts you into legendary Hollywood scenes from Terminator, The Godfather.. Continue Reading »
News: Get Training Your Body and Brain from February 8th
Dr Kawashima hitting US
Dr Kawashima's Body and Brain Connection (known as Body and Brain Exercises in Europe) is due to start making North American brains significantly younger on February 8th, three days before the game lands in Europe. The game will offer 20 minigames to help players keep their grey matter limber, with four player modes included to help friends and families decide whose brain.. Continue Reading »
News: GameStop Expects Kinect to Triumph in Motion Controller Wars
Sensor exceeds expectations
With a few days of sales under its motion-sensing belt, how's Kinect doing according to GameStop, North America's biggest chain of game stores? Very well indeed; in fact, so well that the chain is backing the sensor to come out on top against rival system PlayStation Move. Bob McKenzie, Gamestop's senior VP of merchandising and marketing is gave his thumbs-up to the.. Continue Reading »
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