News Tagged: Kinect
News: Lionhead Bursting with Secret Kinect Ideas
Will we see any at E3?
Despite the disappointment of Kinect support failing to materialise in Fable III, as well as the cancellation of Milo and Kate, Microsoft developer Lionhead is still keen on the sensor, according to the studio's senior designer Mike West. Speaking to NowGamer.com, West revealed a recent company initiative that allowed employees to pitch their game ideas to peers, with over.. Continue Reading »
News: Expect The Second Wave of Kinect Games at E3
Rare to lead the charge
E3 is less than two months away, and while we expect to see new Kinect technology we're all waiting to see the new games, of course. Microsoft UK's Neil Thompson has hinted there'll be a range of brand new titles shown off on the big stage in LA in early June. I can guarantee that Rare and all of our other studios are looking at what we’re doing on Kinect and coming up.. Continue Reading »
News: Suit Up with Ubisoft's Kinect-Exclusive PowerUp Heroes
Hold out for a hero
The first attempt at a Kinect fighting game, Fighters Uncaged, didn't exactly turn out brilliantly, but Ubisoft is ready to take a second swing at the genre with the newly-announced PowerUp Heroes. As the name suggests this is far from the gritty street fighting world of Fighters Uncaged, with Avatars becoming superheroes and duking it out in a suitably over-the-top fashion. The.. 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 »
News: Gold Members, Have An Exclusive Fantastic Pets Demo
Available now
Kinect's first augmented reality game is on the horizon this week — Fantastic Pets releases in North America tomorrow and Europe on Friday — but you can try before you buy with a new demo exclusive to Xbox Live Gold members. The demo is available now for all paying members, so be sure to download the Fantastic Pets demo to your Xbox 360 now; Xbox Live Free members must wait a week.. Continue Reading »
News: Virtua Tennis 4 Trailer Gets Kinect Into the Swing of Things
Switch off the racket
There's high hopes for Sega's Virtua Tennis 4, the first Kinect-enabled tennis game to hit the market. The trailer below shows the new first-person view that comes into play when using the sensor, as well as a split-screen mode that should make it easier to judge shots when playing with another competitor. There's been some unhappiness recently regarding Virtua Tennis 4 on.. Continue Reading »
News: Trailer for New Sonic Game Sneaks In a Kinect Mention
But all is not as it seems
This year is the 20th anniversary of the original Sonic the Hedgehog on Mega Drive, a truly auspicious moment in gaming. Sega has already kicked off the birthday celebrations with a brand new teaser trailer of a new game — presumably the recently rumoured Sonic Generations — that finishes with the logos for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and the relevant online services.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Marketing as Important as Game Design From the Start
Two worked hand-in-hand
Games and marketing need each other to survive, but that doesn't mean they always see eye-to-eye. In his keynote speech at the MI6 developer's conference, Kinect project leader and Microsoft creative director Kudo Tsunoda likened the two departments to cats and dogs, but said they both collaborated to turn the sensor into a success. We became a lot more inclusive about how.. Continue Reading »
Out Today: Friday 8th April 2011 (Europe)
A pair of titles out now
A welcome sight on the shelves of European retailers today, with two Kinect titles making their way across the pond. Next week looks like being a bumper week too, with another pair of games available to purchase next Friday. For now let's see what's on sale today. Carnival Games - In Action!Known as Carnival Games: Monkey See, Monkey Do in North America, this is a.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Light-Writing Display Spruces Up Shop Window
Nordstrom gets funky
This isn't the first time we've seen Kinect used for interesting things other than gaming — check out some of the previous Kinect hacks — but it is the first time we recall the sensor being used to advertise products in a shop window. Fashion chain Nordstrom recently planted a sensor in the window of its downtown Seattle store, encouraging passers-by to step up to the.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Makes Gmail Motion April Fool's Joke into Reality
Of course
You may have seen Google's Gmail Motion April Fool's joke this year, which promised to get rid of the mouse and keyboard for email and implement a new system based entirely on body movements. As jokes go it wasn't bad, but the team at ICT MxR made it into a reality using Kinect. The same University of Southern California team that brought the sensor to Azeroth with World of Warcraft for.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect's Potential is "Virtually Limitless" says Rare
Could take over the world
If you were slightly excited by Rare's earlier assertion that only 10% of Kinect's power is being used, wait until you hear what software incubator Nick Burton thinks of the future. Calling the sensor's potential "virtually limitless", Burton positioned the sensor's future as part of an overall media experience, rather than just a gaming device: Now we've got.. Continue Reading »
News: Rare: We Have Only Used 10% of Kinect's Power
What can the other 90% do?
Rare's Kinect Sports is the race leader on Kinect, but according to the company's incubation software director Nick Burton, it used less than 15% of Kinect's capabilities. Speaking at London's Institute for Contemporary Arts, Burton spoke of the studio's next unannounced Kinect project, revealing it'll make far more use of the sensor's abilities and feature enhanced.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Input Lag Could Be Cut to Under 5 Milliseconds
Limb-tracking gets faster
When developers take the time to minimise Kinect input lag it's barely noticeable, but the sensor's response time could get even faster in future, according to a newly published Microsoft research paper. Essentially, the current method works out which of your limbs is which and then tracks them, frame-to-frame, says researcher Harry Fairhead: The basic idea is that if you.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect-Sponsored Kylie Minogue in Hot Pants Central
Sorry, Dance Central
Kylie Minogue's "Aphrodite: Les Folie" tour is sponsored by Kinect and Dance Central, with Microsoft asking "can you out dance Kylie?" It's not the only question the company has asked though, with a series of exclusive Kylie Minogue interviews kicking off today. In the first episode, Kylie talks about this advert for Dance Central, impersonators and second.. Continue Reading »
News: Expect New Kinect Technology Alongside Games at E3
Secrets under wrap
Sitting two months away from E3 is always an exciting time. In the minds of gamers anything is possible before the show, with more outlandish fantasies than a Xena convention, and Kinect is no exception. Recently Microsoft's developer network (MSDN) sat down with three of the most important people on the Kinect project — Alex Kipman, Kuno Tsunoda and Darren Bennett — about.. Continue Reading »
News: Microsoft Drawing More Families to Xbox 360 Thanks to Kinect
Console's audience is expanding
The Xbox has always been aimed at the heavy user: it was the first console to feature a hard drive and the first to make a decent fist of online play (sorry, Dreamcast.) Its most successful first-party franchises are geared towards the hardcore gamer, and after years of failed attempts to draw in the family gamer (sorry, Viva Piñata) the console is finally growing.. Continue Reading »
News: Cheap UK Kinects Down to Retailers, Not Microsoft
Price-cutting continues
Kinect launched in the UK with a recommended retail price of £129.99, but with Christmas long gone the sensor's price has started slowly slipping: in February we saw Tesco selling Kinect for £99.99, with Game not far behind at £104.99. Initial speculation suggested that Microsoft had reduced the price of Kinect to retailers, allowing them to pass on the discount to.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Erotics is a Sexy, Sensual, Sensory Overload (NSFW)
Translation: Bit steamy
Carnivals, pets, minigames: these are all fine uses for Kinect's limb-tracking ability, but when the kids have gone to bed you might want to play a slightly different kind of party game. Ubisoft recently caused a bit of a fuss with We Dare on PlayStation Move and Nintendo Wii, but it's nothing compared to the saucy happenings on Kinect title Kinect Erotics. The brainchild of.. Continue Reading »
News: Rare's Kinect Sports Tips Could Train You for the Olympics
Straight from the source
Still struggling to master the disciplines in Kinect Sports? There there, help is at hand. Developer Rare has put together a series of helpful videos to help hone you from a no-hoper to a lean, focused, unstoppable athlete. Over the past few weeks the team has put together guides for various sports inside the game, with football getting its share of the limelight today.. Continue Reading »
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