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Read More »Fruit Ninja bundled with first Kinect shooter
Microsoft has confirmed that the September release of The Gunstringer will include a download code for Kinect Fruit Ninja. Marionette action shooter The Gunstringer will hit UK shelves on September 16th. It’s the first Microsoft-published boxed shooter game for Xbox 360 Kinect and comes with an RRP of 29.99. But …
Read More »MS not forcing Kinect on devs or gamers
Microsoft has reasserted that developers are not being forced to incorporate Kinect functionality into their Xbox 360 games and that Kinect functionality will not be forced on core gamers. "I don’t think we’re trying to put any input paradigm, enforce that on anyone, unless it’s better,” Xbox CFO Dennis Durkin …
Read More »Kinect Zoom Lens hits UK in August
The space-saving Nyko Kinect Zoom Lens accessory will arrive in the UK around August 30th, a retailer has told MCV. A spokesperson for UK-based online store GamingZap said the Lens will be in stock one week after the US launch on August 23rd. The retailer has already seen a high …
Read More »Motion control is still too imprecise for Ricitiello
While the industry’s platform holders continue to sell the motion control revolution to gamers, one of the sector’s top execs has admitted that he doesn’t like it. Personally, while there’s some great experiences on Move, and there’s some great experiences on Kinect, I’m not a motion control guy,” EA CEO …
Read More »Augmented Reality Check
BlitzTech studio technical director Richard Hackett talks about making the first augmented reality game for Kinect
Read More »Microsoft confident of Japanese Kinect sales boost
Microsoft believes a new wave of locally developed Kinect titles will help boost sales of the peripheral in Japan. Earlier this week, the platform holder’s Japanese Xbox 360 general manager Takashi Sensui admitted that the console’s motion-sensing camera did not met expectations at launch in the region, according to Andriasang. …
Read More »Kinect retargeting
NaturalMotion's head of research Joss Knight looks at retargeting from a player tracked in Kinect
Read More »Getting the most out of Kinect’s camera
Lightning Fish offers in-depth dev insight into getting the most from tracking cameras
Read More »MS: Core Kinect games won’t be contrived
In an interview with MCV, the EMEA VP of Xbox Chris Lewis has said that Kinect implementation in core Xbox 360 games will not happen simply for the sake of it. Earlier this month Microsoft Game Studios boss Phil Spencer said that he envisages that all first-party Xbox games will …
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