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The next game in the lucrative Just Dance series will launch on October 4th in Europe (October 9th in the US). The latest title in Ubisoft’s hugely popular dancing series will once again arrive on Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3 – complete with Kinect and Move capabilities. But this year’s …

After enduring years of consumers calling for such functionality, Microsoft is to finally bring Internet Explorer to Xbox 360. And as you’d expect, it focuses heavily on Kinect integration, with full search functionality controlled by voice. The demo shown at E3 saw a user searching for sites by voice and …

Nike’s Stefan Olander has taken to Microsoft’s E3 stage to announce a brand new fitness title, Nike + Kinect Training. He claims that the software mirrors the professional training programmes it offers the world’s top athletes. Amongst the features is an unparalleled level of personal fitness tracking, with detailed feedback …

Console giant announces new entertainment partners such as Nickleodeon, Paramount Pictures and Machinima

Publisher's American football and soccer titles bolstered by Kinect functionality

EA Sports’ biggest franchises will gain Kinect compatibility this year, with new controls for FIFA 13 and Madden 13. The new features were demonstrated during Microsoft’s E3 press conference. A demo of FIFA 13 showed how players will be able to change their player formations and tactics on the fly …

Peter Molyneux’s Milo may never see light of day, but a part of it lives on with Fable: The Journey. Polygon reports that the skeletal tracking system that interprets player’s gestures. But there’s plenty of new tech, too. For instance, the new Fable can be played sitting down – which …

Technology taken from Microsoft’s Kinect is being used to help two future UK satellites dock whilst in orbit. Eurogamer reports that scientists at the University of Surrey and Surry Satellite Technology are planning to implement the tech into a planned mission called STRaND. Both satellites – which are each the …

Microsoft and Warner Bros have announced Harry Potter Kinect for Xbox 360. The game will recreate a number of the key scenes from the seven books (or eight films, if you prefer) and see players casting spells by mimicking the famous wand-flick action with their hands. Also expect to be …

EA has outlined the ways in which it intends to build upon the fantastic success of FIFA 12 with the freshly announced FIFA 13. The game will deliver what EA describes as the most sophisticated artificial intelligence ever achieved for the FIFA franchise”, with tech being shared between both the …