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There’s someone getting a monumental telling off tonight. Were it not for a colossal balls up at Xbox.com earlier that resulted in the early reveal of Halo 4, tonight’s press conference would have finished on a majestic whoop-fest. That’s not to say that it didn’t climax pleasingly. Despite being devoid …

Kinect Sports: Season Two will be released on Xbox 360 Kinect this winter. Microsoft demoed the sequel to its motion controller’s best-selling game at its E3 2011 conference, showing the audience golf and American football in-game. Kinect Sports: Season Two producer Nicole Makila said: This is another extraordinary experience for …

Microsoft has revealed a successor to MTV’s Kinect smash hit Dance Central. Dance Central 2 brings a number of improvements over the first game, the chief of which is the inclusion of simultaneous multiplayer. In the first game players had to take turns when competing. The game will also allow …

Microsoft is launching new motion-sensing software Kinect Fun Labs today. The title was announced by Kinect mastermind Kudo Tsunoda during Microsoft’s E3 press conference and has been inspired by the enhancements that other developers have brought to Microsoft’s motion controller. "Developers of all sizes have delivered new experiences on the …

Forza Motorsport 4 will be released in the US on October 11th. The launch date was revealed during Microsoft’s E3 press conference after a trailer highlighting the game’s key features. The game will feature cars from over 80 manufacturers, Kinect headtracking, community car clubs and Top Gear-themed content, including the …

Microsoft showcased a new hack n’ slash action game for Kinect at its E3 Conference called Ryse. Developer Crytek has been working on the game – a warrior-based motion sensing action title – details of which were leaked on the US Xbox website earlier, along with news of Halo 4. …

If you ever doubted that Xbox 360 was for the boys, cast those thoughts aside – professional hard man and bitch-hating rapper Ice T has taken to the stage tonight to demo Gears of War 3. He was invited by Epic developer Cliff Bleszinski, who we are assured is a …

EA Sports has announced that a future FIFA will use Kinect for Xbox 360. This was confirmed by EA Sports president Peter Moore during Microsoft’s E3 press conference, who added: "Just imagine the possibilities Kinect can bring to the biggest sports game in the world: FIFA." Moore also confirmed that …

Developer BioWare has confirmed that upcoming RPG Mass Effect 3 will offer Kienct compatibility. Specifically, it will allow gamers to interact with the galaxy-spanning title via voice recognition. Primarily it will be used to select dialogue options, though it will also offer players the chance to command their squad on …