Archive For Kinect Tag

Rare: We Want To End Wii Sports’ Dominance

Rare: We Want To End Wii Sports’ Dominance

Talk about the progeny turning its back on the progenitor. Rare, Nintendo's premiere in house developer at one time and now Microsoft's not so premiere developer, has stated that it has no qualms ... Read More

Sony: Kinect is ‘Limited’; Ubisoft: Kinect is the ‘Future’

Sony: Kinect is ‘Limited’; Ubisoft: Kinect is the ‘Future’

Hey, I always wanted to do that. Two contradictory quotes in the headline FTW! Anyway, in what should come as a surprise to no one, Sony have apparently stated that Microsoft's upcoming controller-... Read More

Kinect Lag is the fault of the game, not the hardware

Kinect Lag is the fault of the game, not the hardware

Lag in motion sensing devices has been an issue for some time now and it was a matter of time before people actually started to find lag in Kinect as well. However according to the Chief Technology Of... Read More

Move Will Outsell Kinect In the UK, Claims Survey

Move Will Outsell Kinect In the UK, Claims Survey

Microsoft have left no stone unturned in their attempt to hype their upcoming motion sensing peripheral, Kinect. They have, of course, also been aided by retailers, who claim that Kinect will be amass... Read More

Kinect doesn’t tax the Xbox 360 all that much; uses ‘less than 1%’ of the 360’s Processor

Kinect doesn’t tax the Xbox 360 all that much; uses ‘less than 1%’ of the 360’s Processor

The initial reveal of Kinect's launch lineup certainly wasn't very impressive. While the games themselves were all but party games and minigames compilations, all very clearly Wii titles knock offs, t... Read More

Microsoft defends the pricing of Kinect

Microsoft defends the pricing of Kinect

Brett Siddons of Microsoft thinks that the price of Kinect is competitive and fair. Well for starters, I think £130 is too much for an accessory. He said, "The price thing itself depends on how you... Read More

GAME: ‘Kinect is Great Value”

GAME: ‘Kinect is Great Value”

It seems Kinect has apparently got a friend and a supporter in GAME. Despite its jaw dropping price tag of £130, managing director of GAME Group UK, Martyn Gibbs said, "At E3 in June, we were lucky e... Read More

CHIPS: Kinect Won’t Boost Xbox 360’s Hardware Sales

CHIPS: Kinect Won’t Boost Xbox 360’s Hardware Sales

Don McCabe, manager of UK independant retailer CHIPS, feels Kinect won't boost the Xbox 360's hardware sales. "In some ways Microsoft has missed the boat," he told GamesIndustry.biz. "Over the last... Read More

Aussie Kinect launch details revealed

Aussie Kinect launch details revealed

Microsoft have announced the launch details for Kinect in Australia. So if you want to buy Kinect alone, it will cost you $199 along with  a game, Kinect Adventures. If you are also planning to buy t... Read More

Getting His Ideas Across is a “Massive Problem”, Says Baldielocks Molyneux

Getting His Ideas Across is a “Massive Problem”, Says Baldielocks Molyneux

In an interview with Eurogamer,  Peter Molyneux, the (bald) guy behind the entire Fable series and the developer of the upcomng Kinect title, project Milo, admitted that he thinks it is "insanely tou... Read More

Codemasters: Look For A Kinect Price Drop Next Year

Codemasters: Look For A Kinect Price Drop Next Year

The Kinect's rather expensive $150 entry tag was confirmed by Microsoft yesterday. Whereas the standalone product might be deemed to pricey by some, there can be no denying that the 4GB Xbox 360/Kinec... Read More

Microsoft Promises Hardcore Kinect Games Within The Next 18 Months

Microsoft Promises Hardcore Kinect Games Within The Next 18 Months

Following Microsoft's laughably disappointing E3 showing earlier this year, which was focussed mostly on the Kincet, and the plethora of casual games the motion sensing peripheral would be getting, th... Read More

You Can Sit While Playing Kinect, You Can’t Lie Down

You Can Sit While Playing Kinect, You Can’t Lie Down

Many people were wondering if you will be able to sit down while playing various Kinect games, the answer to that is yes, but when it comes to lying down and playing, the answer is no. According to... Read More

Rare Looking At Goldeneye for Kinect?

Rare Looking At Goldeneye for Kinect?

Fans of the original Goldeneye 007 title for the N64 got a pleasant surprise this E3, when Nintendo announced that Activision would be releasing a remake of the beloved classic exclusively for the Wii... Read More

Kinect Bundle To Cost $200?

Kinect Bundle To Cost $200?

Walmart has listed a bundle for Kinect that comes with the camera and two games of your choice (including Kinectimals, Dance Central, Joy Ride and more) for the "low" price of $200. Though Kinect ... Read More

Microsoft Clears The Air About Kinect, Confirms It CAN Be Played While Sitting Down

Microsoft Clears The Air About Kinect, Confirms It CAN Be Played While Sitting Down

For all those of you who hate Kinect, you have reason to hate it a little less now. No, there still hasn't been an announcement of a Kinect exclusive hardcore game yet. What I'm talking about is Micro... Read More

People look silly while playing with Kinect

People look silly while playing with Kinect

[drop-cap]M[/drop-cap]icrosoft’s Kinect surely does look promising. But judging by the screens, people will look stupid while playing Kinect. As you can see from the images below people are lit... Read More

Kinect box art revealed

Kinect box art revealed

We have got our hands on something which appears to be the boxed branding for Kinect. There will be two types of branding, one will consist of only the motion sensing camera and the other one will in... Read More

Hulu Plus Coming to Xbox 360 and Playstation 3

Hulu Plus Coming to Xbox 360 and Playstation 3

Hulu is launching its own premium service that will cost $9.99 a month.  For those of you who live under a rock and are unfamiliar with Hulu, it is currently a free service that lets you watch your f... Read More

Capcom Believes Kinect Is The Right Thing To Do For Microsoft

Capcom Believes Kinect Is The Right Thing To Do For Microsoft

Whereas it doesn't seem to have gone down too well with core gamers, particularly after the casual gamer oriented showing at E3 earlier this year, Capcom believes that Microsoft's motion sensing Kinec... Read More