News Tagged: Australia
News: Joy Ride Arcade Rated, Comes Full Circle
Turns a corner
Notorious auto-steering racer Kinect Joy Ride started out as an Xbox Live Arcade game called Joy Ride Arcade before evolving into the retail racer that launched with Kinect in 2010. Now it seems the original title may get a resurrection of sorts. The Continue Reading »
News: At Last, Australians Can Use Kinect Voice Commands
Say g'day!
It's been a long wait, but finally gamers in Australia can use Kinect's voice commands. We reported last year that Kinect couldn't understand Aussies, but now with the Xbox Live Dashboard update going live around the world today that injustice is about to be corrected. Here's what Microsoft Australia's director of consumer channels group, David McLean, had to say: We are unique in the.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect's Haunt May Not Be As Terrifying as First Thought
Rated down under
The announcement of Haunt at last year's Tokyo Game Show made many expect a ferociously frightening scare 'em up, but a recent rating by the Australian Classifications Board has revealed the game is safe for everybody. The board gave the game a PG rating, citing "Mild Supernatural Themes" and recommending parental guidance. Looks like Rise of Nightmares hasn't got.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Voice Controls Coming to Australia This Year
Strewth
Voice control for Kinect isn't available everywhere yet, but it is coming to Australia before the end of 2011, Microsoft Australia's Xbox 360 boss has confirmed. David McLean told GameSpot that the territory would get voice support this year, though didn't — or couldn't — reveal more specifically when gamers Down Under would be able to use their voices in the Kinect Hub. Continue Reading »
News: What on Earth is Kinect Googly Eyes?
Really, we have no idea
Yesterday we reported on Kinect Fun Lab, a new title outed by an anonymous source, and today we have Kinect Googly Eyes, rated for down under by the Australian Classification Board. The official rating reveals absolutely nothing of the software, other than it's a computer game and is published by Microsoft, which is exactly what it says about Continue Reading »
News: Sorry Gamers Down Under, Kinect Can't Understand You
But it will in 2011
Kinect's voice recognition works a treat as long as you live in a supported country and speak a particular language – at the moment English, Mexican Spanish and Japanese. Not all varieties of English are accepted though, as Australians and New Zealanders are about to find when the sensor launches there without voice commands. Why should antipodean gamers be denied the.. Continue Reading »
