Kinect 2.0 Detailed

Much of the excitement surrounding the new Xbox can be directly attributed to the next-gen Kinect sensor. Building off what the original Kinect started this takes NUI (natural user interaction) to the next level. From natural speech recognition to more accurate facial recognition and more detailed body motion capture. Kinect has been improved so much it's almost unfair to compare with the original incarnation. In this article let's go over what we know.

The New Xbox Revealed

It’s been an exciting couple weeks for Xbox fans. The new console was announced dubbed the “Xbox One” and the next-generation Kinect was debuted and detailed. We’ll give a brief synopsis of the new system as well as more in depth analysis of the new Kinect sensor in a later piece.

Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor Gameplay Screenshots

After a new trailer last month, Capcom decided to demo Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor at this years Tokyo Game Show. Japan's biggest video game magazine Famitsu have had a chance to see the game in action, bringing us our first shots of gameplay.

Project Draco Revealed - Screens and Gameplay Details

After a gameplay demonstration at this years Tokyo Game Show, we bring you all of the latest screenshots and gameplay details from one of Kinect's most anticipated upcoming releases.

Just What Is Fable: The Journey? - A Closer Preview

We take a deeper look at Lionheads upcoming Kinect Fable title to find out just what the game actually is; Not on rails -- on reigns.

Grasshopper Manufacture Officially Reveal Diabolical Pitch -- Video Demonstration

Having been announced last year as Codename D, Grasshopper Manufacture officially reveal their upcoming Kinect game, Diabolical Pitch. Click for all of the gameplay details as well as a video preview!

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Project Draco Revealed - Screens and Gameplay Details

Thursday, September 15, 2011 Glen View Comments


Announced at last years Tokyo Game Show, Project Draco is from much of the team behind the cult classic Panzer Dragoon series. And from the brief concept trailer we were shown last year, it was clear that Draco would be a spiritual successor to Dragoon of some kind, largely dealing with dragon combat.

This year the game has been fully demonstrated to the press. Although there has been no gameplay video released officially so far, the screenshots looks very promising and 1UP has posted a hands-on preview.

As expected, Project Draco looks to be largely Panzer Dragoon Kinect, with elements of a virtual pet game. Players mount their dragon and lock on to enemies with their right hand, much like Child of Eden. The left hand does more powerful attacks and the game is promised to feature a lot of variety in combat via upgrades and different dragons. Movement is controlled by leaning left and right, pulling back and leaning forward, much as it would be if you were actually sat upon a dragons back.

After missions, you can feed your dragon food that you have earned, giving you an opportunity to upgrade and customise your dragon, as well as build a bit of a virtual bond with the creature. You can then take your dragon online and play alongside friends' dragons via 3-player online co-op.

Project Draco won't be available until next year via Xbox Live Arcade, but the production values are clearly fantastic for a downloadable game, and it should look even better in motion. Let's hope we'll get to see it soon!
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Avatar Kinect Out Now, Kinect Sparkler Launching July 28th!

Monday, July 25, 2011 Glen View Comments

Avatar Kinect has finally launched, and is available to download right now on the marketplace! The Gadget is available for free to all Xbox Live members until September 8th when it will be available to Xbox Live Gold subscribers only, and can be downloaded via Kinect Fun Labs.

Avatar Kinect gives you full control of your Xbox Live Avatar, letting you interact in a variety of environments with friends and, for the first time with Kinect, control your characters face via facial tracking. You can also watch back, edit and save your performance before posting it to popular social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

The software also comes with 8 achievements for a total of 50 points.

Also coming to Kinect Fun Labs very soon is Kinect Sparkler. Demoed at this years E3, Kinect Sparkler lets you transform an image captured by Kinect using finger tracking to paint light in 3-D, moving the sparkling trail in front of and behind the foreground image. You can then view your creation, changing angles by moving your head, before sharing it on KinectShare.com. Kinect Sparkler will be available later this week on June 28th for 240 Microsoft Points.

So what are you waiting for? Go check it out and let us know what you think!
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Avatar Kinect Launching July 27th?

Monday, July 18, 2011 Glen View Comments

Avatar Kinect is due to launch any day now, with an officially scheduled 'July' launch date. Now Microsoft insiders have told Winrumors that July 27th is the day Avatar Kinect will finally be arriving.

Avatar Kinect will be hitting Kinect Fun Labs as a permanently free gadget, Xbox Live Gold subscription permitting, allowing friends to uniquely interact in 15 environments, talking and controlling their avatar as well as having the ability to record and upload their content to Kinect Share and Facebook. It'll also be the first piece of Kinect software which will track the players face allowing them to control the expressions of the on-screen Avatars.

Will it finally release, or elude another rumoured launch date? Only time will tell. Or Microsoft, if they weren't so hush-hush.
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