Microsoft’s senior industrial design manager Carl Ledbetter revealed that the company examined more than 75 sketched and 3D-printed prototype Xbox One designs before settling on the console’s final look. The Xbox One’s Kinect sensor additionally saw more than 100 drafted designs before Microsoft decided on a physical shape for the console’s camera peripheral. The Xbox […]
Harmonix has allegedly canceled development on an unannounced Kinect game for Xbox One. So says the LinkedIn profile of Rob Stokes, senior level designer at Harmonix, as spotted by internet sleuth Superannuation (via Kotaku). Harmonix announced in mid-2012 it had several projects in the works that weren’t related to Rock Band or Dance Central. Fantasia: […]
Microsoft has shown off how its Xbox One game console will work for multitasking between games and apps. A short video demonstrating quick switching and actions by voice commands through Kinect also shows how game players will be able to use multiple apps at the same time, as well as sharing content with other users. […]
Battlefield 4 on Xbox One will implement some sort of Kinect functionality, though DICE isn’t really talking specifics yet. DICE general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson says that DICE has “a pretty pragmatic view” on Kinect and that due to the series’ emphasis on skill, input is a big factor when designing features – so motion […]
MS today shared more information about the company’s vision for Xbox One “as a modern, connected device,” their games licensing policies, and their privacy principles for the new Kinect sensor. Here are the details provided: Xbox One: A Modern, Connected Device Xbox One will deliver new benefits for gamers that are only possible with […]
Doodle Jump for Kinect on Xbox Live Arcade will launch for 400 MS Points ($5) this summer. Smoking Gun Interactive will adapt Lima Sky’s popular vertical platformer to Kinect, adding “three brand-new worlds, treacherous bosses, challenging achievements, engaging power-ups and intuitive gesture controls.” Those gestures include lateral full-body movement and “a flap of the arms” […]
Harmonix is teaming up with Disney to develop Fantasia: Music Evolved, a new motion-driven audio game for Kinect on both Xbox One and Xbox 360. It’s not an overt adaptation of the 1940s feature film, but a contemporary, interactive take on Fantasia’s evocative melding of music and visual artistry. Nix “Night on Bald Mountain” for […]
Microsoft and Panzer Dragoon creator Yukio Futatsugi are still working on Crimson Dragon, the Kinect rail shooter revealed in 2010 and since hit with a delay and a year-long silence. In fact, Futatsugi tells Eurogamer that Crimson Dragon is “not far off” from completion. “Well, the game has been delayed and I know people […]
Microsoft is set to release a new XBOX bundle just in time for the fitness enthusiast on your gift list. The hardware pack includes a 4GB Xbox 360 console, a Kinect sensor, and a copy of Nike+ Kinect Training. Nike+ Kinect Training allows users to track their health and fitness program across platforms as it […]
Wreckateer is now free as part of Xbox Live’s 10th anniversary celebrations. The Kinect-enabled is free for the next 48 hours, Microsoft tells us. While they aren’t free, several other XBLA games are going half-price. Those with costs lopped in half include Castle Crashers (now down to 600 MSP), Bastion (600 MSP), Peggle (400 […]
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