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Microsoft and Harmonix have joined forces to create Dance Central, a new dance game that uses Kinect to track players movements. The game features a varied soundtrack of classic and contemporary pop, hip-hop and R&B hits, from artists such as Lady Gaga, No Doubt, Beastie Boys. Additional songs will later …

Microsoft has announced Kinect Sports, a new mini-game compilation that uses the motion controller. The game is developed by Rare and will allow players to control a wide range of sporting events, including bowling, football, volley ball, boxing and a number of track and field events, such as javelin, long …

Microsoft has revealed Kinectimals, a virtual pet title that – as the name suggests – makes use of the new Kinect controller for Xbox 360. The title is aimed at young children and features 40 different animals, with up to 30 different activities to take part in. The game makes …

Halo: Reach will see a number of new additions to the multi-million selling FPS series, which has now surpassed 34 million units sold. During its E3 press conference, Microsoft announced the Halo series has sold 34 million units to date, with fans racking up 2 billion hours of online play. …

This is what happens when technology stops getting in the way” – that’s the line that Xbox Live general manager Mark Whitten has used to introduce Kinect to the LA audience at E3’s press briefing An on-stage designer simply waved to sign in to the software. Kinect recognised him straight …

Microsoft has revealed a new service for Xbox Live – Video Kinect. The device is a video chat service that also allows gamers to watch TV, video and music with their friends and family. The device uses Microsoft’s new motion controller and even tracks players as they move around the …

Look out Nintendo, your grip on the fitness game market may be under threat. Ubisoft officially unveiled its Kinect exercise Your Shape: Fitness Evolved at the Xbox E3 briefing today, touting its features as capable of ‘transforming the way we think about fitness in the living room’. "Your Shape Fitness …

Microsoft’s long awaited E3 press briefing has just got underway, and the privilege of getting things under way has been given to Treyarch and its upcoming action title Call of Duty: Black Ops. With studio head Mark Lamia fronting proceedings, the exec confirmed that Microsoft has secured limited-time exclusivity on …

Don Mattick opened today’s Xbox 360 E3 briefing by declaring 2010 a year of ‘transformation’ for Xbox 360. 2010 is the 10th year of Xbox said Mattrick, of the console which actually launched in 2002 but was first unveiled a decade ago. Mattrick said that the 360, along with motion …

A decade after conception, XBLA, 360 hardware and new controller herald new era for console