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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Microsoft Announce Over 40 New Worldwide TV Partners for Xbox 360

Wednesday, October 05, 2011 Glen View Comments

Microsoft have today announced that they're bringing dozens of new TV experiences to the Xbox 360, with over 50 TV providers now supporting the console in over 20 countries including the likes of Bravo, Comcast, HBO GO, Verizon FiOS and Syfy in the U.S.; BBC TV and radio and Channel 4 and 5 in the U.K.; Telefónica in Spain; Rogers On Demand in Canada; Televisa in Mexico; ZDF in Germany; and MediaSet in Italy.

Such an announcement has been a long time coming, with Microsoft announcing at E3 earlier this year that they are teaming up with a number of partners to bring services such as UFC, YouTube and Live TV to the console.

Verizon have announced that their application, providing a multichannel experienced with a selection of top rated high definition content, will be fully Kinect compatible as well as Xfinity, whose first console experience will be fully voice and gesture compatible. Consumers in the UK have had access to a Kinect-powered Live TV experience via the Sky Go application for a while now, and Microsoft are likely to expand that to virtually all of their new services.

And of course all of the available content will be searchable with the upcoming Bing Voice search.

“Today’s announcement is a major step toward realizing our vision to bring you all the entertainment you want, shared with the people you care about, made easy,” said Don Mattrick, president of the Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft.

“Combining the world’s leading TV and entertainment providers with the power of Kinect for Xbox 360 and the intelligence of Bing voice search will make TV and entertainment more personal, social and effortless.”

It's unclear exactly when consumers will get their hands on the services, but they'll likely all roll out this fall once the new Dashboard is released.

Check out the full press release and list of partners here.

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BBC Wants to Bring Brands To Kinect!

Friday, July 29, 2011 Glen View Comments

The BBC, with help from their partners, wants to get their brands as retail products in the gaming market. Talking to CVG, Executive producer of BBC Worldwide's Digital Entertainment and Games division, Simon Harris, believes that "Kinect makes a huge amount of sense for certain BBC brands" as well as Nintendo's upcoming Wii U console.

"We're very excited to hear what [our partners] plans are in that area and we'll be looking at whether there are really good strategic partnerships on our brands that we can bring to those platforms as well." he added.

With an episodic Doctor Who PC adventure series available and an MMO in the works, as well as Top Gear content and branding in the upcoming Kinect-enabled Forza 4 racing game, taking BBC franchises one step further isn't too hard to imagine. Bringing big brands such as Doctor Who, Luther and Sherlock Holmes to a wider audience via console retail titles and Kinect is a natural next step.
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