Posts under ‘Kinect News’

Kinect Bundle Priced at $400

In the market for a new Xbox 360? Also interested in a Xbox 360 Kinect device? Microsoft has a solution for you. Originally Kinect was priced at $150 and is currently set to launch on November 4. Microsoft is now reporting that a Bundle will be made available that can save you frugal holiday shoppers [...]

Beta Photos of Kinect Leak

More leaks. It doesn’t come as much of a surprise though. The early beta testing program have yielded some frisky testers who have leaked photos to engadget. The images were promptly posted and so they begin to pop-up all over the Internet. The important note to take away from this is the fact that Microsoft [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]