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Read More »E3 2011: EA refining Kinect for FIFA 13
EA has said Kinect support won’t be added to FIFA until FIFA 13 at the earliest. The company has been working on incorporating the motion sensor into the game for some time. Now the publisher has assured Eurogamer at E3 that it doesn’t wish to tack on Kinect support. What …
Read More »Kinect to feature in all MS Xbox games
Microsoft has for the first time said that it envisages a time when every firth party game produced for Xbox 360 will incorporate some level of Kinect functionality. "It’s not a mandate that everything we do in first-party has to support Kinect right now," Microsoft Game Studios’ boss Phil Spencer …
Read More »FIFA not ready for Kinect
E3 2011: No Kinect support until FIFA 13
Read More »Microsoft: All our game studios should use Kinect
Some Kinect features 'make everything better in games', says Phil Spencer
Read More »E3 2011: Mass Effect voice control is 360-only
The voice commands featured in Mass Effect 3 will only be available on the Xbox 360 version. BioWare’s Casey Hudson, executive producer of Mass Effect, has said that BioWare is only bringing voice commands to Kinect because the device’s internal hardware is handling the voice recognition, according to Kotaku. He …
Read More »E3 2011: Blackwater is Kinect-enabled FPS
505 Games is hoping to reinvent the modern shooter with its new Kinect exclusive, Blackwater. Developed by Zombie Studios and produced by Pantierra, Blackwater introduces engaging, controller-free abilities to the FPS genre through Kinect’s motion sensing abilities – though a traditional controller can also be used. The Blackwater team is …
Read More »505 Games announces Kinect FPS
E3 2011: Controller-free first-person shooter due to arrive this autumn
Read More »E3 2011: Xbox Summer of Arcade detailed
Microsoft has unveiled the line-up for this year’s Summer of Arcade promotion, which it uses to showcase a select ensemble of new and imaginative Xbox Live Arcade releases. The promotion starts in July, bringing a new XBLA title for five consecutive weeks. This year’s Summer of Arcade games will be …
Read More »UBISOFT: Your Shape updated for 2012
The latest instalment in Ubisoft’s Your Shape franchise will be released for Kinect in November. Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012 follows on from the best-selling Kinect launch title from last year, which Ubisoft proudly claims is the No.1 fitness game available for Microsoft’s motion controller. For the 2012 edition, the …
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