News Tagged: Kinect
News: Forza 4 Features Head-Tracking, Voice Control, Jeremy Clarkson
A survey says
Forza Motorsport 4 will use Kinect: this much we know. However, an alleged new survey from Microsoft shared by Kotaku goes into a bit more depth on what button-free content we can expect in the racer. As well as the previously revealed head tracking and ability to play an overtaking challenge mode using just your hands, the survey suggests you'll also be able to take a tour of a.. Continue Reading »
News: Selfridges and Kinect Contest Combines Dance and Style
Battle, dance, win an Xbox
Last year we saw Selfridge's and Xbox team up to let youngsters play Kinect Adventures in the shop window, and now the two brands are set to combine again for a contest next month. In an effort to publicise the store's new season menswear collection, 7th April sees the Style Mash Up come to London with drinks, music and a performance from a "top street dance.. Continue Reading »
News: Kevin Cruise Crowned Spring Dance Central Champion
Happiness comes second
Forget all the dancing talent in the world: Microsoft's Spring dance-off to celebrate Dance Central decided instead to feature two terrible dancers in an effort to prove anybody can dance. Predictably the results didn't exactly prove a fitting accompaniment to Sister Sledge hit He's the Greatest Dancer. Two UK reality TV personalities — Happiness and Kevin Cruise —.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Now Works on PlayStation 3, Plays Killzone to Boot
Kinect's first FPS
Kinect works on all Xbox 360 consoles. Kinect also works on Windows PCs thanks to open source drivers. However, Kinect now also works on home console opponent PlayStation 3, thanks again to committed coders. Shantanu Goel has worked up a proof of concept showing the sensor working on PlayStation 3 to scroll through the console's XrossMediaBar interface, selecting icons and even.. Continue Reading »
News: Join the Party with a Free Zumba Fitness Demo on Xbox Live
Or don't
Funky rhythm fitness game Zumba Fitness: Join the Party may not be the best exercise game on Kinect — in fact, it's one of the worst — but if you wanted to bring a little Latin flavour to your home workout you can now do so for absolutely nothing, thanks to a demo. Exclusive to Gold Members, the Zumba Fitness demo weighs in at a 4GB console-friendly 571MB and offers a taste of what you.. Continue Reading »
Hardware Impressions: Official Kinect Sensor Wall Mount
Mount up
If your TV is wall-mounted, you may have struggled to get your Kinect into an aesthetically pleasing position: if the official Kinect floor stand didn't float our boat, the official wall mount might be more up your street. Inside the box you'll find all the pieces you need to get started, including rawl plugs and screws, which means you'll need a drill and a spirit level. The plate that.. Continue Reading »
News: Wipeout Screens Show Avatars Taking a Pummelling
Beat it
The other day we brought you news about Wipeout in the Zone for Kinect, and now we have the first screenshots of Activision's upcoming TV tie-in. To nobody's great surprise the game's not up there with the most graphically advanced games on Xbox 360, but the implementation of Avatars brings its own charm to proceedings. Otherwise it's the standard array of soft bars, walls and other items.. Continue Reading »
News: Play Leaks Super Me for Kinect
Another day, another mystery
Online retailer Play.com does a sterling job of posting new Kinect games before they're officially announced: earlier this year it leaked Let's Dance, and now the site's put up a new Kinect game for pre-order: Super Me. The game page doesn't reveal much, other than a recommended retail price of £24.99 and a release date of 27th May 2011. The RRP is far below that of.. Continue Reading »
News: THQ Launches Kinect Double Whammy on 15th April
Two games on one day?!
Honestly, you wait months for new Kinect games and then a publisher announces it's going to release two on the same day. That's the crazy thinking on display at THQ as the company confirms it's releasing a pair of titles on 15th April. For fans of minigames, Carnival Games: In Action offers 20 games and attractions, the ability to use your Xbox Avatar in-game and even take a.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Sports Scoops BAFTA for Best Family Game
Beats stiff Kinect competition
Last night saw the BAFTA Video Games Awards held in deepest darkest London, with bright and breezy sensor-shifter Kinect Sports picking up the award for Best Family Game. Four Kinect games were nominated in the category: Dance Central, Kinect Adventures, Kinect Sports and Kinectimals, with Rare's sporting effort coming out on top. Kinectimals lost out in the Te Continue Reading »
News: Wipeout In the Zone Brings its Big Red Balls to Kinect
"Hit" show on the way
The world's biggest games publisher, Activision, announced its first Kinect title today, and it might surprise some. With a catalogue that includes Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk's Skateboarding and more, the mega-publisher's first game for Microsoft's sensor is Wipeout In the Zone, a video game version of ABC's super-physical game show. Activision's David Oxford.. Continue Reading »
News: Lima Sky's Doodle Jump Bounding to Kinect
Appy days
If you have an Android phone or iTouch device, you've probably dabbled in the almost illegally addictive high-score contest that is Doodle Jump. The game recently passed the milestone of becoming Apple's number one paid app of all time, and to celebrate developer Lima Sky announced its plans to bring the game to Kinect. If you haven't played Doodle Jump, it's a simplistic game that sees a.. Continue Reading »
Talking Point: Share Your Yoostar 2 Performances
Act up a storm
Yoostar 2 could bring a new dimension to party gaming, replacing off-key singing with hilariously abysmal acting, with a robust set of content sharing tools to help you show off your proudest moments with the world. Here at KINECTaku we want to see what you come up with using the game, so we're opening the doors for you to share your best bits. Using the game's built-in YouTube.. Continue Reading »
Talking Point: How Would You Bring Halo to Kinect?
Master Chief on the move
While Kinect is set to receive Child of Eden, The Gunstringer and Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor this year, it's still crying out for a great hardcore title from Microsoft's internal studios. There have been rumours of Gears of War Kinect, though nothing concrete has been announced, but the other big name Microsoft shooter series we really want to see on Kinect is, of course,.. 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: Microsoft Repeats Promise for More Core Games on Kinect
But when will they arrive?
There's not a lot of core games on Kinect, but one is getting more playtime than any other: The Waiting Game. Last week Microsoft's Kevin Unangst said Kinect is nothing but exciting from now on, and now he's spoken to ComputerandVideoGames.com again about the upcoming games for the sensor. Preaching patience and pointing out that the sensor hasn't even been available for.. Continue Reading »
News: 343: "We Could Make a Halo Wars Sequel for Kinect"
With traditional "no plans yet" suffix
With core gamers the world over crying out for Halo on Kinect, Microsoft's Halo studio 343 Industries has commented on the possibility of the two system-sellers coming together. 343's creative director Frank O'Connor spoke to ComputerandVideoGames about the success of real-time strategy Halo Wars and the possibility of a sequel. The funny thing about Halo.. Continue Reading »
News: Save Money on Your Shape DLC From Tuesday
Up to 60% off
If you've been saving your Microsoft Points for Your Shape: Fitness Evolved downloadable content, you might want to check out the Xbox Live Marketplace next week as select workouts will be receiving a sizeable price cut. It's not yet certain which packs will see their prices cut, but between the 8th and 14th of March you'll be able to get between 50% and 60% off select downloadable.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Joy Ride Gets New Features for Free Today
Live play and player cameras
Kinect Joy Ride may not be the pick of the bunch in the sensor's line-up, but it's good to see the driving game receiving free new content all the same. Today the title received a title update that adds Xbox Live play to two modes, as well as a brand new driver cam feature. The update should download automatically if you play Kinect Joy Ride while connected to Xbox.. Continue Reading »
News: Child of Eden on Kinect Gets its Trance Vibrators Back
First Kinect game to use controller
Child of Eden predecessor Rez wasn't just famous for being a great game; in Japan it launched with an item called the "Trance Vibrator", which pulsated in time with the game's music to bring the player and the action closer together. Naturally with Child of Eden going completely controller-free with Kinect you'd expect there to be no feedback, but.. Continue Reading »
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