News Tagged: Kinect
News: Kinect Price Cut to $109.99 in US
Australia and NZ to see cut, too.
Major Nelson has confirmed that Kinect is going to see an immediate price cut in the US. The device, previously priced at an RRP of $149.99, will now be available for just $109.99. Amazon US are already reflecting the new pricepoint, with other retailers expected to follow suit in due course. From 4th October,.. Continue Reading »
News: Lionhead Thinks Fable: The Journey Can Be Its Best Game
Best foot forward
Fable: The Journey came face to face with a lot of criticism after it was first shown off at E3 2011, but Lionhead believes those days are behind it. In fact, Lionhead creative director Gary Carr reckons it has the potential to be the studio's best game. Carr told CVG that the backlash from the game's initial showing "destroyed"... Continue Reading »
News: Land a NASA Mars Rover With Kinect
If you can find space
As we all know, Kinect makes you the controller for a variety of things, such as carnival mini-games, swinging lightsabers and dancing badly. It's with surprise, therefore, that we tell you about the free Kinect game from NASA, where you land the Curiosity rover onto the surface of Mars. This is a real life mission currently... Continue Reading »
News: Expect to See Much More Voice Recognition in Core Games
Everybody's as it
While we've pretty much all realised Kinect will not be able to give us a great hardcore experience, it can still play a part in core titles through voice recognition. Kinect engineer at Rare, David Quinn, told Gamasutra we can expect a lot more speech recognition in future core games. Talking about his experience on Kinect Sports.. Continue Reading »
News: Splinter Cell: Blacklist Gets Kinect Voice Commands
Out next year
Ubisoft's next Sam Fisher game, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, is coming to Xbox 360 with Kinect voice commands in early 2013. The game has a new cover system and looks more like a third person shooter than the stealthy sneaking we've come to expect from Splinter Cell. With Kinect you'll be able to shout commands and have Mr Fisher react.. Continue Reading »
News: Mini Ninjas Adventures Announced for Kinect
Become the Hiro
Square Enix has just announced Mini Ninjas Adventures, a Kinect exclusive for North America and Europe on 29th June. Picking up after Mini Ninjas, the Xbox Live Arcade title will cost 800 Microsoft Points and let you kick and punch your way to rescue other ninja from the evil Samurai Warlord. We liked the original so let's hope.. Continue Reading »
News: Harry Potter is Coming Back to Kinect
Magical, mystery, more
Forget the woeful Kinect features in launch game Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I — Warner Bros. is taking another stab at the boy wizard's adventures on Kinect. The smartly titled Harry Potter for Kinect comes from Eurocom, a UK-based first-person specialist behind Dead Space: Extraction and GoldenEye 007.. Continue Reading »
News: This is How You Scan a QR Code in Dragon Ball Z Kinect
Quite simple really
Dragon Ball Z for Kinect lands in October with an interesting QR feature to add new characters and content to the game. Hold up a special card to the sensor and you'll unlock in-game content. Presumably you'll get some of these cards for free with the game but the rest, we expect, will set you back a few dollars. Will you take a.. Continue Reading »
News: Majesco Reveals Harley Pasternak's Hollywood Workout
Get red carpet ready
Talk about taking your time. In April 2011, Gamestop leaked Harley Pasternak's Hollywood Trainer for Kinect. Today — in May 2012 — Majesco revealed its plans to release Harley Pasternak's Hollywood Workout later this year. The game's developed by.. Continue Reading »
News: Get Hot with a Summer Stars Trailer
Going for gold
Summer Stars is just a few weeks from launch, and Deep Silver has released a new trailer to celebrate. The Kinect-powered sports compilation lands in Europe in early June, plenty of time before the upcoming Olympic games, and SEGA's competing London 2012: The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games on 26th June. Anyway, it's trailer.. Continue Reading »
News: Ubisoft Announces The Avengers Game for Kinect
To arms!
Ubisoft wants to get you in The Avengers with a new Kinect game due later this year. The action game will land alongside a Wii U version and is in the works at Ubisoft Quebec, the team behind the rather good PowerUp Heroes. Expect to see more — you guessed it — at E3. Continue Reading »
News: The List of Skyrim Kinect Voice Commands is Here
English and Dragon supported
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim gets Kinect voice command support today, and we have a list of supported commands. Use a dragon shout in English without holding RB, or push down the bumper and say one, two or three words of the dragon language equivalent and magic happens. You can also use Kinect to navigate menus and.. 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: Capcom Announces Steel Battalion Live-Action Film
Gosha
Today Capcom announced a collaboration with Mamoru Oshii, the award winning director behind Ghost in the Shell and Avalon. The renowned director has created a short live-action film entitled Steel Battalion Heavy Armor: Gosha to tie in with the release of the Xbox 360 exclusive, Steel Battalion Heavy Armor. Steel Battalion Heavy Armor: Gosha.. Continue Reading »
News: Ice Age Tie-In Coming to Kinect This Year
Arctic edge
Activision's just announced it's bringing Ice Age: Continental Draft — Arctic Games to Kinect in 2012. Guess what? It's a minigame compilation. Nobody could have guessed that. If you're saying you guessed that, you're lying. The story says something about the team splitting a secret treasure through a series of "off-the-wall... Continue Reading »
News: Majesco Announces NBA Baller Beats for Kinect
It'll have you dribbling
Majesco and HB Studios have just revealed NBA Baller Beats, a new basketball-music hybrid coming to Kinect this Fall. The official description puts as much emphasis on the music as it does the action, which makes us wonder if the game will take the rhythm action approach — hey, if Kinect Star Wars can do it... — but we.. Continue Reading »
News: Capcom Reveals Steel Battalion Pre-Order Bonuses
Get tanked
If you've decided to make Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor one of your Kinect purchases this year, now the question is "where will you buy it from?" as Capcom's revealed three separate pre-order bonuses for three separate retailers. Here's what you get from each retailer: Amazon — Carbon Assassin ArmoryArmour: Savannah —.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Star Wars App Brings the Dark Side
The Jar Jar Binks of Mobile Apps?
As you may recall from our Kinect Star Wars review, we didn't think that the title did a good job of making Star Wars fantasy a reality. Not a complete disaster, but a missed opportunity. Despite a poor critical reception this title still surged to the top of the software charts, and Microsoft hasn't finished its... Continue Reading »
News: Amazon Pegs Kinect Support for 007 Legends
Spies everywhere
Yesterday Activision announced 007 Legends, a new James Bond game tying together six of the spy's most famous adventures. The press release doesn't mention Kinect, but Amazon has other ideas. A listing for James Bond Legends Kinect appeared on the retailer's site yesterday, but didn't make any mention of sensor-specific features. We.. Continue Reading »
First Impressions: Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor
Metal madness
Pack it up, folks: with Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor, we have reached the apex of video games as an entertainment medium. We now have the technology and, apparently, the desire to fist-bump our computer cohorts, and there's no going back. "Bro-op" aside, From Software's Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor's mammoth task is.. Continue Reading »
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