Kinect Archive

  • Yes, NBA Baller Beats is a Real Kinect Game

    Yes, NBA Baller Beats is a Real Kinect Game

    The announcement of NBA Baller Beats for Kinect may seem like a postdated April Fool’s gag, but I assure you it is not. As actual gameplay footage won’t be unveiled until E3, I’ll let the press release description paint an early mental picture: Aspire to...

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  • Dragon Ball Z Won’t Be Winning Over Any New Kinect Fans

    Dragon Ball Z Won’t Be Winning Over Any New Kinect Fans

    Namco Bandai’s next Dragon Ball Z game is going to be an Xbox 360 exclusive, harnessing the powers of Kinect to present the series’ debut first-person anime fighting game. Not a bad idea in theory, but it looks practically identical to last year’s lousy Ultimate...

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  • Screenshot Saturday: Halo 4, New Super Mario Bros. 2, Crysis 3, Ni No Kuni & More!

    Screenshot Saturday: Halo 4, New Super Mario Bros. 2, Crysis 3, Ni No Kuni & More!

    One of the top stories of the week was Halo 4 getting its confirmed November 6 global launch date so it’s only fitting that Master Chief’s grand return to Xbox 360 glory headlines the latest edition of Screenshot Saturday. New Super Mario Bros. 2 and...

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  • Screenshot Saturday: Captivated By Capcom (Plus Dark Souls PC, Witcher 2 Xbox 360, MGS Vita & More!)

    Screenshot Saturday: Captivated By Capcom (Plus Dark Souls PC, Witcher 2 Xbox 360, MGS Vita & More!)

    Capcom’s Captivate showcase event headlines this weekend’s edition of Screenshot Saturday, hot new galleries now available for Resident Evil 6, DmC – Devil May Cry, Lost Planet 3, Dragon’s Dogma, Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection, Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor and the Vita version of Street...

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  • “Fus Ro” and 200 Other Voice Commands Will Soon Make Skyrim Better With Kinect

    “Fus Ro” and 200 Other Voice Commands Will Soon Make Skyrim Better With Kinect

    Microsoft’s “Better With Kinect” marketing tagline will soon apply to fantasy role-playing epic The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Bethesda Softworks today announcing plans to bring Kinect Voice Command integration to the Xbox 360 platform via a free title update later this month. The update will...

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  • Cooperative Vertical Tank Battles Introduced in Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor

    Cooperative Vertical Tank Battles Introduced in Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor

    Slowly but surely, every game I’ve been wanting to sell me on buying a Kinect has released to horrible results. Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor is one of the last shimmering rays of hope on the horizon, mainly because it’s not dumbing down a traditional gameplay...

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  • Review: Diabolical Pitch

    Review: Diabolical Pitch

    Diabolical Pitch is like that wild ‘n’ crazy rookie pitching prospect, the guy with the sick breaking ball that no batter can seem to touch. You bring him up to the majors for the Big Game—or in this case download him to your Xbox 360...

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  • How to Pilot a Vertical Tank in Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor

    How to Pilot a Vertical Tank in Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor

    Presented in the form of an instructional video, Capcom and FromSoftware’s latest trailer for Kinect tank battle game Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor teaches the ins and outs of piloting a VT (Vertical Tank). Armed with a stock Xbox 360 pad and a Kinect full-body tracking...

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  • EA Launches Tiger Woods 13 With a Kinect Lifestyle Demonstration

    EA Launches Tiger Woods 13 With a Kinect Lifestyle Demonstration

    Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 putts onto store shelves this week, the Xbox 360 version getting top billing as EA Sports launches its latest golf sim with a Kinect-focused lifestyle trailer demonstrating how the game implements full-body, controller-free, voice-enabled mechanics for the first time in...

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  • Kinect Star Wars Play Modes Overview

    Kinect Star Wars Play Modes Overview

    Kinect Star Wars is shaping up to be a grab bag of motion-control activities from a galaxy far, far away. Parts of it appear to be good fun. Other parts, ummm…not so much. This latest developer video provides a broader view and description for the...

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