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Dead Space 3 co-op on Xbox 360 will feature Kinect
Dead Space 3 on the Xbox 360 will be the first cooperative game to feature the voice command features of the Kinect Motion controller on the console. According to a press release from EA, these voice commands will work whether the player is playing alone ...
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Microsoft slashes the price of Kinect for Xbox 360
Microsoft announced earlier today that the Kinect will be permanently reduced to $109.99 in the United States. The company also noted that the price will be permanently dropped in North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific regions where the Kinect is sold. Starting in early ...
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Haunt for Kinect free on Xbox Live until July 2nd
Microsoft giving away Haunt for a limited time on Xbox Live
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Remember Ryse? It’s still being made, but not for a while.
E3 2011 saw the reveal of an innovative Roman-era combat game called Ryse. Even in June 2012, the game is still more than 12 months away from release.
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Critics Rip Steel Battalion for Kinect
The first hardcore Kinect title has arrived for the Xbox 360 with Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor, but Capcom’s motion-controlled efforts have fallen flat with critics. Glaring problems with the motion controls seem to be the major gripes that most reviewers have had. Here are a selection of reviews that arrived following the game’s launch earlier this morning.
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Microsoft to release Exercise Tracking and Heart-Rate Monitor for Kinect?
Kinect Play Fit will promote exercise among Xbox 360 gamers. Will it succeed? Probably not.
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Skyrim Kinect Update is Available Now on Xbox Live
Game update for Skyrim goes live with new features for use with the Kinect
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Skyrim Kinect arrives tomorrow, Skyrim Kinect commands arrive today
A massive list of Commands to use with Kinect and Skyrim
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New Skyrim Realism Mod looks Really Real
New realism mods released, no word on DLC for Skyrim
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Microsoft delays plans for new Xbox
2013 at the earliest, say insiders
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Microsoft to Apply Kinect Tech to Laptops
Minority Report Interface Draws Closer
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Next Xbox to feature “Kinect 2″
More powerful specs rumored for second generation Kinect camera.
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Microsoft opening two new studios with focus on Kinect
New studios “pioneering experiences on Kinect” inside Microsoft’s first party team.
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Kinect Coming to Windows in February
Kinect for Windows hitting PCs this February.
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Kinect Sales in Japan are Dismal
Microsoft’s Kinect motion controller might be selling like gangbusters everywhere else, but in Japan, the camera is selling poorly. According to the most recent figures, the Kinect has sold only 114,000 units through November 13th, 2011 says Andria Sang in a “Year One Progress Report”.
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Kinect Soon Powerful Enough to Read Lips Rumor Suggests
The Kinect is a powerful motion controller/camera, and apparently it’s going to be getting much stronger in future iterations. In a recent report from Eurogamer, the rumor suggests that sources inside the development for the controller say that an “improved motion sensing and voice recognition” ...
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Are The Kinect’s Sluggish Sales Cause For Concern?
Microsoft’s Kinect may have gotten off to a roaring start when it was released to the world in 2010, but with one year passed, and sales having died down for the motion peripheral, some industry types are concerned with Microsoft’s seasonal success.
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Kinect Coming to Windows in 2012
In 2012, Kinect will officially be more than just a gaming device when Microsoft launches an initiative to bring the motion controller to the PC. Ever since its November 2010 launch, there have been many uses found for the motion controller.
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Xbox 360 Kinect FPS “Blackwater” Fails to Wow the Critics
Blackwater was supposed to be the first visceral first person shooter experience for the Xbox 360 Kinect motion controller. While the game has only been on store shelves for a couple of days, it’s quickly becoming one of the worst reviewed Kinect games in the device’s one year history.
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Xbox Bundling Three Games with Kinect for Holiday Season
Microsoft is introducing a three game bundle to come included with the Kinect for a limited time. Instead of only getting Kinect Adventures, that has been included with the game since launch, purchasing a Kinect will net you download codes for The Gunstringer and Fruit Ninja Kinect.
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Happy Birthday Kinect, Microsoft Ships 10 Million
Microsoft’s Kinect Motion Controller is getting ready to turn a year old. The Kinect initiative has been a good venture for Microsoft, shipping 10 million units since launch, it’s safe to say that the device has gotten off to a great start.
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Forza Motorsport 4 Review
It’s been two years since racing fans have had their last go at a Forza game, and with Forza Motorsport 3, the developer was hitting on all cylinders. With some added fine tuning under the hood, Turn 10 has released Forza Motorsport 4, and the ...
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Blackwater for Kinect Ad is Moderately Ridiculous
Have you heard of Blackwater? Well, it’s the Kinect’s first attempt at bringing the first person shooter genre to the device. Judging from the advertisement, the Kinect’s tracking capabilities have increased tremendously over the past year. As can only be assumed from the advertisment below, ...
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Kinect getting light gun peripheral similar to PlayStation Move
Microsoft’s Kinect will be getting a controller peripheral very soon. Accompanying Cabela’s Big Game Hunter 2012, the game will ship with a gun peripheral called the” Top Shot Sport”. The gun will interact with the Kinect device by using three light bulbs that are said ...
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Dance Central 2 Video Preview
Dance Central 2 took the Kinect world by storm when it launched its exceptionally fun dance title that is powered by the motion controller. If you are white, mid-30′s, and male, this is what you can expect from the popular title, which is set to ...
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Kinect Star Wars delayed
One of the most anticpated Kinect titles on the horizon for Xbox 360 owners was Kinect Star Wars. As originally planned, the game will not be making its debut this holiday season. Microsoft recently told The Official Xbox Magazine that the game has been pushed ...
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Breaking: Bears Coming to Kinectimals
If you fall into the category of a gamer that really wants to play more Kinectimals but just weren’t happy with the title because there weren’t enough bears in it, you’re in luck, Microsoft has heard your call. One of Kinect’s best selling franchises, Kinectimals, ...
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Avatar Kinect Releases on Xbox Live
Avatar Kinect has launched today and is available via Xbox Live Marketplace for download. The newest edition of additions to the Xbox Live dashboard is available to all Xbox Live members, Gold & Silver, until September 8th. The module can be downloaded via the Kinect ...
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Microsoft might have used someone else’s idea for Kinect
Microsoft is facing a newly filed lawsuit regarding the Kinect technology that was recently introduced to the gaming world and sold millions of units. Impulse Technology claims that they created the technology first, and that Microsoft has violated several of their patents for games that ...
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Get some Fruit Ninja with your Gunstringer
Twisted Pixel has got even more to come in 2011, following up their impressive sequel Ms. Splosion Man. The company will release The Gunstringer, a western inspired Kinect adventure that will release at retail in September. Microsoft announced recently that instead of offering The Gunstringer ...