Kinect will launch along-side a dashboard update for the xbox 360, this all happening sometime in November. Some beta testers decided to leak some off-screen pictures and send them in to Joystiq. Of coarse, Joystiq was happy to post them and now they’re all over the Internet. Not too much is shown and the changes [...]
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Hands-on with Kinect Dashboard
We’re getting closer to getting our hands on(pun intended) Kinect and really seeing what it’s made of. Up until now, Microsoft has not let much loose about how well Kinect can perform in-terms of reaction time or usability. With the recent public patent all over the news and the cat out of the bag that [...]
Kinect Game Demos Don’t Work
If you’ve been browsing the game marketplace from the Xbox 360 dashboard anytime in the past few days, you may have came across some game demos that have caught your eye. Apparently some Kinect demos are showing up for download and even go as far as letting you download the huge 1 gigabyte files only [...]
Xbox 360 Gamers Eager for New Call of Duty: Black Ops
The Xbox 360 gaming world has once again got something to look forward to, the new title in the Call of Duty series that has already been referred to as the most realistic first person shoot’em up game to date. The previous title Modern Warfare 2 left gamers queuing in order to be able to [...]
5 Unique Ways Kinect Can Be Used
There have been numerous technologies developed throughout the years that have really opened the doors to innovative ways to use them. Gaming has done tremendously well over the last decade and some huge improvements have been made. Xbox 360 Kinect is one of those milestones that allows us to take something that was thought to [...]
Sonic Free Riders for Kinect
A lot of people are undecided about Microsoft’s controller-free experience. Can Kinect for Xbox 360 really deliver a completely immersible gaming experience? Sonic Free Riders aims to clear any hesitation to get Kinect, offering hours of adrenaline rushing fun as your favorite characters from Sonic take to hover-boards! Destructoid recently had the privilege of checking [...]
Controller-Free Kinect Price Confirmed
You may remember the rumors floating around a month or two ago about the price of Microsoft’s Kinect device. Many news outlets speculated that the price was likely to be set at 150$ USD, today we have a final and absolute confirmation of a shipping price for Kinect. Microsoft intends to bring a conroller-free experience [...]
Kinect Won’t leave out Hardcore-Gamers
Microsoft wants it to be known that although casual gamers are the targeted interest for Microsoft’s hands-free controller experience, hardcore gamers are still on the list. In a recent interview, a Microsoft representative talked to GamesIndustry.biz about who will actually be buying Kinect when it launches later this year. “Certainly over the launch phase and [...]
Microsoft Kinect to See Fall Release
Xbox 360 owners that have long been envious of the Wii will finally get a crack at Microsoft’s answer to the Wii wand this holiday season. Microsoft recently announced that Kinect for the xbox 360 will hit store shelves this November. The Kinect device itself will sell for $150 as an add-on the existing Xbox [...]
Microsoft Kinect Tour Begins
Well, actually it began on the 15th but we now have a comprehensive list of all locations as well as when you’ll be able to pop-in a Macy’s store nearest to you in-order to get a chance to test drive Kinect. Unfortunately, as stated earlier, only select Macy’s will be holding the demos. Below are [...]