Category Archives: Kinect

Special Effect uses the Kinect-powered Once Upon A Monster in its efforts to support kids with special needs, something Double Fine didn’t expect but is understandably chuffed about.

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Majesco’s announced NBA Baller Beats, a rhythmic Kinect title that uses basketball as its hook. First confirmed artists for the soundtrack include Kanye West, Common, Run DMC, Tiesto and Gorillaz. Get the teaser trailer for it below, via Joystiq. It’s out this autumn.

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Capcom’s announced exclusive pre-order incentives for those who pre-order From Software’s upcoming mech combat sequel Steel Battalion: Heavy Armour.

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SEGA has announced London 2012: The Official Videogame of the Olympic Games will release on June 29. Developed by Sega Studios Australia, the game features 45 events and will be available on PC, PS3 with support for Move, and Xbox 360 with Kinect support.

Microsoft has released its financial report for Q3 which showed a 16% revenue decline for the Entertainment & Devices Division, in which the Xbox 360 division falls under. Revenue for the division came in ta $1.62 billion, with the decline blamed on “a soft gaming console market.”

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Kotaku reports that an upcoming title update for the Xbox 360 version of Tiger Woods PGA Tour will finally let you swing perpendicular to the screen when using Kinect controls on lower difficulty settings. The update is due on April 20 and will counter on of the harshest criticisms of the game’s motion controls – that you swing parallel to the TV. No update is planned for the PlayStation 3 version’s Move controls, unfortunately.

Sesame Street TV will arrive on Xbox 360 this autumn, according to a tweet from Argonon CEO James Burstall. SSTV debuted as a two-way Kinect application at CES in January. Also confirmed at a BAFTA-based event this morning is that Relentless’s Kinect Nat Geo TV is due to launch the same day as Sesame Street.

Namco has released a bevy of screenshots for the games on display during its Global Gamer’s Day event. Below the break, you’ll find screenshots for titles such as: One Piece: Pirate Warriors, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Inversion, Tales of Graces f and Madagascar 3. A few videos are below as well for Tales of Graces f, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Dragon Ball Z Kinect and One Piece.

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Microsoft’s released a video promoting a 3D art exhibition in London revolving around Pixar characters in Kinect Rush. Characters shown include Buzz from Toy Stoy, Mr Incredible from The Incredibles, Up and Ratatouille. Get it below the break.

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An unannounced Microsoft Studios title has appeared on the Australian Classification Board’s database. Called Joy Ride Turbo, the game was rated on April 5 and was given a G with a warning that online play experience may vary. It’s not clear if the new game has any relation to fellow Microsoft Studios release Kinect Joy Ride, although it certainly seems likely. We’ll poke Microsoft a bit and let you know if we get an answer.

Thanks, Joystiq.

NPD has released its report for March 2012 retail sales in the US, and the news was rather grim as all sectors noted a decline in sales.

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Bethesda is to add Kinect support for the Xbox 360 version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, with the update featuring more than 200 voice commands and other pieces of funtionality.

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Gesture frantically at the latest of Namco Bandai’s Dragon Ball Z tie-ins.

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Capcom has released a co-op trailer for Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor which was shown during Captivate 2012. The firm also released a new set of screenshots and story trailer, which are below as well. Game’s out in the US on June 19 on Xbox 360 and is Kinect and four-player co-op enabled.

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Kinect creative boss Kudo Tsunoda has said in an MCV interview the future Kinect tech could sense the tone of voice and the body stance of the person playing it.

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Kinect Star Wars is the new UK number one following its release last week.

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Epic’s rumoured Kinect title seems to have been shelved, but the Unreal Engine developer has something fancy in the works for the PC elite.

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Lionhead has revealed the box art for Fable: The Journey. The Kinect-only adventure will be out later this year.

Microsoft and TechStars have chosen 11 different startups to participate in the Microsoft’s Kinect Accelerator program where the teams will be creating apps for Kinect.

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Double Fine’s Tim Schafer’s shown off a Kinect prototype called Specs in a New York lecture. It’ll never be released. It has a hand of hate and a hand of love. Watch it in action below, thanks to Joystiq. There’s a bunch of details on Destructoid.

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