Tagged: Kinect

Ghost Recon Future Solider

Ghost Recon Future Solider Kinect support

Some of you may have seen the Kinect demo for Ghost Recon Future Solider and now there’s an official trailer that shows off just what all that Minority Report stuff is about. The new Tom Clancy game features a weapon customisation mode called Gunsmith which lets you modify every bit of your gun and test it without a controller. Looks fancy! Buy Ghost Recon Future Solider now New: Buy Ghost Recon Future Solider from Amazon.com Related: Ghost Recon Future Solider, Kinect FPS games

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Carnival Games Monkey See Monkey Do release date

Remember when Sony and Microsoft both said the Wii was for kids? Well at that time they didn’t realise that Nintendo would go on to make billions of dollars selling the tiny console. To this day one of the biggest selling Wii titles is Carnival Games. The game itself is really just a collection of minigames based in and around a carnival fair – the games weren’t that much fun but the presentation was actually very good. Since then we’ve already seen a couple of sequels, a Nintendo DS game and even an iPhone App. Xbox 360 owners lucky enough...

Sonic Free Riders

Sonic Free Riders review

2010 was a good year for Sonic the Hedgehog, on average. Sonic 4 Episode One was a bright and breezy homage to the good ol’ days, and Sonic Colors finally added a competent 3D game to the series. Sonic Free Riders, the third game in Sega’s off-beat ‘Sonic Riders’ racing series, was also released in 2010. You’ll notice how earlier I said ‘good year on average’. A launch title for Xbox 360’s Kinect, Free Riders had quite a challenge in front of it. Not only did Sega have to provide a decent whole body control system to help prove the...

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Kinect Dance Central extra songs

The Xbox Dance Central song list has just grown a little larger. The dancing game that uses Kinect to track your movement as your dance now has Fatboy Slim’s Weapon of Choice, Keri Hilson’s Turnin’ Me On, Gwen Stefani’s Hollaback Girl and Paula Abdul’s Straight Up to dance about to. Each Dance Central song will set you back 240 Microsoft Points. If you don’t own Dance Central you can buy the dance game including 240 free Microsoft points for less than the price of the standalone game from Amazon.com. Buy Dance Central now New: Buy Dance Central from Amazon.com Related:...

Kinect firmware update

Kinect causing red ring of death

Got a Kinect? Well it’s being blamed for causing the red ring of death on some people’s Xbox 360s. Of course this is probably coincidence but some unlucky gamers are convinced plugging the device into their machines has caused them to fall over, overheat and not startup. Microsoft has sold over 2.5 million Kinects in its first month on sale. Buy Kinect now New: Buy Kinect from Amazon.com Related: List of Kinect games, Kinect firmware upgrade

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Kinect firmware update

If you wish the Kinect was more accurate a firmware update is on its way which will double the resolution of the camera. This means the device will respond to gestures even better and be able to detect finger movements. Rude gestures ahoy! Buy Kinect now New: Buy Kinect from Amazon.com Related: List of Kinect games, Kinect sales figures