News Tagged: Rumour
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 »
Rumour: Project Draco Evolves Into Crimson Dragon
Red dawn
Project Draco, our most anticipated Kinect game of 2012, may have just been renamed. Grounding Inc.'s pseudo-sequel to Panzer Dragoon has just been rated by the Australian Classification Board under the title Crimson Dragon. Grounding and Microsoft have always said Project Draco is a temporary name only, and Crimson Dragon certainly fits.. Continue Reading »
Rumour: New Xbox To Be Revealed at E3 2012
Starting early this year
UK retail website MCV claims that high-level executives at Xbox have confirmed there will be a new Xbox console shown off at E3 this year. In November we heard a rumour that the next Xbox will come in two models — one for core gamers and one for casual, with both packing Kinect in the box. We also heard that the Kinect 2 can read lips a Continue Reading »
Rumour: Kinect 2 Capable of Reading Lips and Emotions
Project Skynet commences
After last week's next Xbox rumours comes another set from Eurogamer, this time focusing on the upgraded Kinect said to come with every machine. Anonymous sources have apparently told Eurogamer Kinect 2 is capable of lip reading, and can detect emotion in the user's voice. Eurogamer also claims the next Kinect can "determine in which direction are facing," which.. Continue Reading »
Rumour: Next Xbox Split in Two Models for Kinect and Core
Which would you choose?
Xbox 360 has been around for six years now, and although regular Dashboard updates and the introduction of Kinect have kept things fresh, eyes are starting to turn towards the next machine in the Xbox line. The latest rumours, from technical wizards Digital Foundry (via Eurogamer), claim that the new machine will come in two distinctly different set-ups, both of which will.. Continue Reading »
Rumour: Fighters Uncaged Preparing for Round 2
Make it stop
Not had enough of the physical torture inflicted by Ubisoft's Fighters Uncaged? Ubisoft has got you covered then, according to a recent release schedule from major retailer Gamestation. The list reveals Fighters Uncaged 2 from Ubisoft, with a release date of 11th November. No further information is given. Gamestation has previously leaked Ubisoft's Adrenaline for Kinect — a title.. Continue Reading »
Rumour: Cabela Hunting for Kinect Support This Year
Guns at the ready
Activision's PETA-bothering shooter series Cabela's Hunting has already made the jump across to motion control on PlayStation 3 with the release of Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2011 on PlayStation Move, but Activision may have plans to incorporate Kinect control into the series too. During a recent conference call, Activision publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg alluded to Kinect support in.. Continue Reading »
Rumour: Kinect to Get an Injection of Motion Sports Adrenaline
Right in the heart
Ubisoft's first attempt at a Kinect sports game, MotionSports, had a tough crowd going up against genre king Kinect Sports. Now a rumour has pegged a follow-up on the way to the sensor in the form of Motion Sports Adrenaline. UK retailer Gamesbasement has listed Motion Sports Adrenaline from Ubisoft, with no information other than an expectd £39.99 price tag. The.. Continue Reading »
News: Microsoft Developing a Big Budget Core Shooter for Kinect
CV leaks details
According to the resumé of artist Shawn Woods, Microsoft Game Studios Vancouver is working on a triple-A core shooter experience that uses Kinect. While the CV doesn't offer up any further details, a poke around the studio's website reveals its mission statement: MGS Vancouver is building a world-class development team in Vancouver, BC, Canada, dedicated to making games for.. Continue Reading »
Rumour: Fruit Ninja to Get Kinect's Juices Flowing
Thanks, Korean ratings board
Popular smartphone game Fruit Ninja is as simple a concept as it gets: fruit comes flying in, you slice it with your finger. Fancy doing that with your whole body? You might get the chance, as the Korean Game Ratings Board has given the game a run out. It's easy to imagine how the fruit-slicing gameplay would translate to Kinect, but would it have the same sense of.. Continue Reading »
Rumour: Hulu Plus to Launch this Friday
Get your hands ready
Kinect support for Netflix landed two weeks ago, but according to a new rumour Hulu Plus is joining the media party this Friday. Joystiq reports a supposedly leaked image of Official Xbox Magazine pegs the service to start rolling this Friday, kicking off with a series of competitions for bundles, holidays and subscriptions. Whether or not Hulu Plus will be Kinect-compatible on.. Continue Reading »
News: Survey Asks What You'd Like to See in Dance Central 2
Speak up!
Dance Central is one of Kinect's stand-out titles and continues to sell well, so when Harmonix announced Dance Central 2 is in development there weren't a whole lot of raised eyebrows around the Internet. Now a survey, rumoured to have come from Microsoft Game Studios, is asking what features players would like to see in the sequel. The list contains some expected improvements – Xbox.. Continue Reading »
Rumour: EA Bringing The Sims and SSX to Kinect
Play the domain game
There may not be many official Kinect game announcements these days, but that doesn't mean there aren't Kinect games in the works, and EA may have a couple of big ones up its giant corporate sleeves. Microsoft recently registered several domains that point to Kinect-enabled versions of popular franchises The Sims and SSX: KinectSSX.comSSXKinect.comSimsKinect.com Continue Reading »
Rumour: Kinect Support Could Come to PC Games
Ready? Salt it
Kinect is already doing a thousand-and-one interesting things on PC – check out some of our favourite cool Kinect hacks – but it's not done much gaming-related. That could all change, however, if a press release surrounding a new Korean MMO is to be believed. Divine Souls is an MMO for PC scheduled for release in 2011, with developer GamePrix saying: [Divine Souls] is scheduled.. Continue Reading »
