News Tagged: Kinect
Hands On: Kinect Sports Season Two
We visit Rare's UK HQ to experience what could be this Christmas' biggest Kinect title
Given the incredible commercial and critical response to the original Kinect Sports, it was inevitable that a sequel of some description would occur. What was slightly less predictable was the news that the legendary British code house Rare would be co-developing a follow-up with Kinect Joy Ride studio BigPark.. Continue Reading »
News: Activision Hooks a Big One with Rapala for Kinect
It's a wriggler!
Activision's doing its level best to bring its big franchises to Kinect — other than Call of Duty, of course. After the revelation of Cabela's Big Game Hunter: Hunting Party last week we now have Rapala for Kinect, a hands-free instalment in the famous fishing franchise. The promise of "bright arcade colours" and "fast-paced gameplay" sounds good, but less.. Continue Reading »
News: Masters Project Shows How Hybrid Games Should Work
Impressive stuff
No matter how successful Kinect becomes, there'll always be a part of us that yearns for an analogue stick and buttons to make the experience better. That's exactly what hybrid games like Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor are promising, but how long until we see a first-person shooter using hybrid controls, and what would it be like? Talented programmer Alexander Poolton has already.. Continue Reading »
News: Kinect Sports: Season Two - You Ask the Questions!
We want your input
Excited about Kinect Sports: Season Two's release later this year? Have burning questions for developer Rare that simply must be answered? Then we have the perfect situation for you. We'll be speaking with the creative minds behind development team Rare in the near future and want to arrive with a bundle of your questions. Want to know how a certain sport will work? Queries about.. Continue Reading »
News: Playing Cabela's on Kinect Makes You Look Like This
"We're having a great time!"
You wanted more hardcore games for Kinect, and you've got it: Cabela's Big Game Hunter: Hunting Party combines all the fun of body-tracking with the thrill of hunting animals with a plastic gun. Activision has just released the first screenshots and 'lifestyle' photos of the Top Shot Sport, the plastic gun necessary to play the game, marking the first time a Kinect game.. Continue Reading »
News: Ready Yourself for Twister Mania on Kinect in November
Party like it's 1995
The classic Hasbro board game Twister is set to be released for Kinect in November. Twister Mania is due to launch at a discount price of $49 (£30) with an impressive 16 game modes included such as 'party play' and a mode that requires players to dodge oncoming shapes on screen. No game mat will be included as the game looks to fully recreate the Twister experience digitally.. Continue Reading »
News: Buy Kinect, Get Child of Eden Free
Can't complain
The two 'soft giants of the Kinect world — Microsoft and Ubisoft — are teaming up to give landmark Kinect game Child of Eden away to new customers buying into Kinect. Starting next week in North America and Europe, everyone who purchases a Kinect sensor will receive a code entitling them to a free digital download of Tetsuya Mizuguchi's stunning sensory shooter. Software pack-in.. Continue Reading »
News: SpongeBob's Surf & Skate Roadtrip Made Official
Not just cars
Recently Gamestop listed SpongeBob Roadtrip for Kinect, and now THQ has revealed the game's full name: SpongeBob's Surf & Skate Roadtrip. As you'd expect, the game puts you in the decidedly square pants of SpongeBob himself, with surfing and skating on the agenda over 12 "awe-inspiring environments". Quite how you'll surf or skate on the bottom of the sea is beyond us,.. Continue Reading »
News: GamingZap Shows Off New Powerless Kinect Adaptor
It'll make sense
When Microsoft launched Kinect in November 2010, it faced a problem: how to get the sensor to draw power from older Xbox 360 consoles, as well as the newer S models. The simple solution was to bundle a USB to mains adaptor, but that still requires a separate plug socket. UK retailer GamingZap has just launched a way around it: the PowerLess Kinect Adapter. The add-on sits between.. Continue Reading »
News: Jillian Michaels Starts Your Fitness Adventure This Year
Ready to sweat again?
There's no such thing as a fitness game with a story, even though we once asked Why Not Create a Fitness RPG? 505 Games is bringing a bit of narrative to its upcoming exercise routine though, with Jillian Michaels' Fitness Adventure on the way by year's end. Dubbed "Jillian Michaels' Kinect for Xbox 360 debut", despite the hard-bodied one featuring in The Biggest.. Continue Reading »
News: Meet the New Sheriff in Town - The Gunstringer
Nearly ready for launch
The Gunstringer — complete with its extra Fruit Ninja Kinect bounty — is nearly upon us, as this trailer below explains. Introducing you to The Gunstringer's weird world of inflatable villains and undead marionettes, the trailer should get you geared up for the game's release next month. Let us know if you intend to pick this game up or if you'll wait for a price drop. Continue Reading »
News: More Xbox Application News Coming Soon
Bing and Skype on the way?
E3 2011 for Microsoft was as much about applications and the overall Xbox experience as it was the games, and according to Eurogamer we'll hear more information very soon. Xbox Live manager Robin Burrowes told the site: The announcement to be of more partners coming to the platform will give us that critical mass of content experiences. There will be announcements, so.. Continue Reading »
News: Just Dance Kids 2 Comes with Electronic Babysitter
Sadly not a robot
The Just Dance juggernaut comes to Kinect at full speed in October: not only is the sensor receiving Just Dance 3, it's also going to get a bout of cute kiddie pop with Just Dance Kids 2. Ubisoft's youngster-friendly title will include some of the most irritating songs ever, including the Gummy Bear song, The Lion Sleeps Tonight and plenty more in a 40-strong tracklist. There's a.. Continue Reading »
News: Activision Prepares to Wipeout Again for Christmas
In the zone again
How much Wipeout can you handle? After Wipeout In the Zone launched in North America a few months ago, Activision is readying a further red ball assault with Wipeout 2 for this Christmas. As before you'll be able to use your full body to take on the famous obstacles, with new ones from the show's summer and winter seasons, and the ability for spectators to throw virtual snowballs.. Continue Reading »
News: Ubisoft Dates Black Eyed Peas and Other Kinect Games
Euro dates confirmed
Ubisoft has just put out a list of European release dates for its upcoming Kinect titles, and it's looking like being a busy close to the year for the publisher with a new Kinect game practically every week. PowerUP Heroes — 6th OctoberJust Dance 3 — 11th OctoberAdventures of Tin Tin: The Secret of the Unicorn — 21st OctoberMotionSports Adrenaline — 28th Octobe Continue Reading »
News: Get Funky with New Dance Central 2 Trailer
Cologne-fresh
Microsoft's bringing out the big guns for European games convention Gamescom, showing off brand new trailers for its Christmas line-up including Harmonix sequel Dance Central 2. The video shows off the game's new cel-shaded graphical style, which resembles a dance-off between the friendlier inhabitants of Borderlands. Two-player simultaneous dancing is certainly the big draw here.. Continue Reading »
News: Microsoft UK's Release Dates for Kinect's Biggest Titles
Get informed
You want to know when you can expect some of this year's biggest Kinect games, right? Well then, you've come to the right place, as Microsoft UK has just sent us a press release full of calendar-marking goodness. Here's a round-up of when you'll be able to pick up the brightest lights for your sensor this year. Bear in mind these release dates can change so check with your local.. Continue Reading »
News: Will This Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor Trailer Wow You?
Find out inside
The lumbering mechanical wizardry of Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor has finally emerged over the Kinect horizon, and we have a brand new trailer to share with you. The game will require Kinect and an Xbox 360 controller: you'll use the pad to control your mech with Kinect gestures for certain functions too, with Capcom promising Kinect's unique features will help you connect with your.. Continue Reading »
News: Take Your Kinectimals On the Go with Upcoming Mobile Game
Train on the train
Kinectimals is about to get a major upgrade — no, we're not talking about its "Now with Bears!" slogan — but something even cooler. Owners of a Windows Phone will be able to take their pet on the go and train it wherever they are, with all the joy of Achievements and Leaderboards along the way. The application is due for release this Autumn. Hopefully there'll be a.. Continue Reading »
News: First Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor Screenshots Stomp In
Hybrid game confirmed
It's a worrying sign when a game goes quiet for months at a time; often it's a prelude to the revelation the game has been cancelled. Some thought that might have been the case with Capcom's ambitious Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor — first announced last year, the project showed no signs of life in the following months, but now the game's come crashing through the silence with.. Continue Reading »
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