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News: New Events are Available in Your Shape on Xbox Live
Free DLC on offer
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved continues its evolution, with new events online challenging players to take on each other's fitness milestones. Taking part in an event finally unlocks the "Be Part of the Community" Achievement for a massive 5G, but the best players can also win free download content for the game, so there's more than just Gamerscore on offer. According to an.. Continue Reading »
News: Players in Eye-Tracking Glasses Find Kinect Confusing
What's it all about?
Using Kinect is supposed to be easy for experienced and new gamers alike, but user experience consultancy User Vision has just finished a study that shows the sensor still has work to do. Using eye-tracking glasses, User Vision studied how users played Reflex Ridge in Kinect Adventures, claiming that vital instructions were ignored or misinterpreted: Players found that the.. Continue Reading »
News: Molyneux: Fable: The Journey Demo Was "A Horrendous Mistake"
Setting the record straight
Were you impressed by last week's big reveal of Fable: The Journey on Kinect? The demonstration of horse-riding, magic and combat made many gamers believe the whole affair is on-rails, without any of the open-world exploration Fable is famous for. This is not the case says Fable overlord Peter Molyneux, who got visiting journalists to attest to the fact the game is not.. Continue Reading »
News: Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Gunsmith Trailer is Fully Loaded
The future of tactics
E3's on-stage demonstration of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier's Kinect features was a real highlight for fans of the sensor, showing that Kinect can do core games. Now Ubisoft has released a further trailer of the game's Gunsmith mode, a weapon customisation feature that looks set to impress many non-believers. Game designer Roman Campos Oriola takes you through the.. Continue Reading »
News: Microsoft: Eventually All Our Games Will Use Kinect
This is just the start
Big publishers are already backing Kinect in a big way: Peter Moore took to the E3 stage to announce that, starting next year, all EA Sports games will support Kinect, and Ubisoft's Tom Clancy's games will all get sensor features too. Where does Microsoft stand on the issue, though? Head of Microsoft Studios Phil Spencer has hinted that one day, all the publisher's games will.. Continue Reading »
Talking Point: What Was Your Kinect Moment of E3 2011?
Let's hear it!
Even though Microsoft's entire E3 line-up leaking before the company even set foot on stage, this year's presentation was full of big announcements for Kinect owners: Mass Effect 3 and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier both stole the show with their Kinect implementation, but there were plenty of other magic moments too. With that in mind we're throwing the doors open to you,.. Continue Reading »
News: You Don't Have to Dress Up for Let's Cheer! on Kinect
But it might help
It should be obvious what Let's Cheer! for Kinect will entail, but if you're not sure, here's the official press release from 2K Play that delves into more detail about the upcoming cheerleading game for Kinect. In development at Cat Daddy Studios — the same team that put together the surprisingly enjoyable Carnival Games - In Action! — the new game will combine body tracking.. Continue Reading »
News: Blackwater Game is "Insensitive and In Bad Taste"
Nothing like a bit of controversy
505 Games only just announced Blackwater the other day, and already it's making its way into the news. The first-person shooter for Kinect is based on the real-life militia group Blackwater, leading them into a fictitious African country to battle dictators and save the world. Imagine 24 for Kinect and you might be halfway there. The group Blackwater has been.. Continue Reading »
News: 2K Play Announces Nickelodeon Dance for Kinect
Get down with the kids
2K kids label 2K Play is mining a rich seam of Kinect games based on Nickelodeon characters — first here was Nicktoons MLB, now there's Nickelodeon Dance, coming to Xbox 360 later this year. The game will feature Dora the Explorer, Diego and the Backyardigans, whom we assume your kids or younger siblings might recognise. There'll be a choice of 30 songs, including themes to.. Continue Reading »
News: Avatar Kinect Joins Fun Labs, Out in July
Project still alive
Relax, friends; Avatar Kinect isn't dead, it's just hibernating until next month when it'll form part of the newly-released Kinect Fun Labs. Joystiq reports the Avatar-powered chatroom will release in July. Fun Labs is free to everyone but you must be an Xbox Live Gold member to use Avatar Kinect, though Microsoft may look to introduce a limited trial of the software to let.. Continue Reading »
News: Practise Your Jersey Shore Auditions for Yoostar on MTV
Get on the box again
Yoostar focused heavily on the movies, but the new Yoostar on MTV will put you in the middle of famous shows from the network. The game will also make use of enhanced detection technology, hopefully sorting out some of the technical issues that prevented the original from reaching its full potential, and will also fully support Xbox 360 S consoles for storing and uploading.. Continue Reading »
News: Rise of Nightmares Trailer Goes Bump in the Night
No gameplay though
SEGA's Rise of Nightmares is just one of the hardcore games coming to Kinect later this year, and in case you haven't caught the game's E3 2011 trailer yet here it is. The trailer doesn't really give away too much about the game, other than making obvious its sources of inspiration — step forward, Saw — but if the game is half as slick as this trailer we'll be pleased. Rise.. Continue Reading »
News: Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012 E3 Trailer Looks Good in Lycra
We're already getting a sweat on
Ubisoft used its E3 press conference to announce Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012, the sequel to last year's runaway success Your Shape: Fitness Evolved. The biggest improvement made is better support for floor exercises, as well as an enhanced feedback system. Users will get better ways to track their progress too, with Facebook and mobile applications. Check out.. Continue Reading »
News: Eat Cookies, Watch Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster Trailer
Ditch the pad
Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster probably isn't aimed at you, but that doesn't mean you don't want to see its trailer, does it? Double Fine's Tim Schafer took to the stage at E3 to show off the game in action, with a simulated family doling out high-fives, "great work Dad!" and other phrases that are rarely if ever said when there's gaming going on. Sesame Street: Once.. Continue Reading »
News: New Star Wars Kinect Trailer Makes with the Awesome
Red five, we're going in
You probably already know that Kinect Star Wars was one of the highlights of yesterday's Microsoft press conference, but in case you want to relive the experience all over again here's the video for your repeated viewing pleasure. Microsoft made a big fuss about the game's Force powers, lightsaber battles and vehicle levels, all of which feature in this trailer that merges.. Continue Reading »
News: Minecraft Builds Its Way to Kinect
Construct a world with your hands
For those that don’t keep up with the PC indie gaming market, the name Minecraft might not ring a bell at first, but it’s time to get that bell ringing. Minecraft is a building block simulator type of game with the ability to construct entire worlds to your own desires, and one’s own mind is the only limit. If you can think it, then you can likely construct.. Continue Reading »
News: Train with Your UFC Personal Trainer Later this Month
Start devising your workout routine
THQ branches off from its successful UFC: Undisputed series with a title that focuses less on fighting and more on fitness. Developed by Heavy Iron, UFC Personal Trainer: The Ultimate Fitness System does what it says on the tin. The title's raison d'être is to provide users with customisable and pre-set exercise routines based on Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in.. Continue Reading »
News: Fruit Ninja Kinect Ripens with E3 Screenshots
The deadly art of nin-juicy
The popular slice 'em up from Apple's App Store and the Android Market is coming to Xbox 360 Kinect, so you better make sure your arms are nicely sharpened by the time it launches. Developed by Halfbrick, Fruit Ninja Kinect will turn the arms of players into blades as they attempt to cut and slice fruits that are thrown into the air. Players will have three modes of play.. Continue Reading »
News: Raving Rabbids are Alive and Kicking on Kinect
Toilet humour abounds
E3 always provides surprises, like this trailer showing computer generated rabbits emerging from a toilet. It's all in aid of Raving Rabbids: Alive and Kicking, the latest outing for the wacky white monsters on Kinect. Little is known about the game at the moment but hey, it's Raving Rabbids on Kinect. Good times are almost assured. Continue Reading »
News: Look Out Dance Central, Just Dance 3 is Coming to Kinect
This just got interesting
Dance Central 2, your competition has arrived: Ubisoft just announced Just Dance 3. The multiformat game — it's heading to Wii and PlayStation Move too — has got an exclusive mode on Kinect, the karaoke-styled "Shout Out" mode that gives you points for singing along as you groove. Will Just Dance 3 continue to sell untold millions as it has on Wii? We'll find.. Continue Reading »
