It appears Sony aptly named the Playstation Move after considering the competition. Microsoft’s Kinect has outshined its competitor at the cash register, bringing home unprecedented hardware and game sales to the tune of 10 million units. That’s right, 10 million Microsoft Kinects and 10 million stand-alone Kinect games have been sold since launch.
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One of the big complaints about Kinect has been a lack of more full-on games but Microsoft has promised that’s set to change. At the firm’s spring showcase, senior producer Kevin Unangst said a whole raft of new Kinect games are on the way: “There are many [hardcore games] coming. This is sort of scratching the surface of what’s happening but we’ve got Child of Eden here today, we’ve got Twisted Pixel’s Gunstringer…and certainly you’re going to see more.”
Thought the Kinect-filmed music video was cool? This is better. Microsoft Kinect has been tweaked and paired with a 3D printer to recreate 3D models of people. Read on to see it in action, in our latest Video of the Week.
A Gears of War Kinect title is definitely in the works according to a report from Kotaku. The Gawker gaming site claims sources close to the Gears of War Kinect project say it’s definitely on the cards and is a rails shooter. The game was apparently planned for a reveal during the Spike TV Video Game Awards last year but was pulled at the last minute.
The report also notes that Epic Games grabbed a new trademark, Gears of War: Exile, recently which could point to the plans for a Gears of War Kinect title. Let us know: would you be interested in Gears of War Kinect if it was restricted to rails?
Out TBC | £TBC | Gears of War (via Kotaku)
Not all Microsoft Kinect hacks feature robots and flying things. Indie band – Echo Lake has used Microsoft’s body motion-sensing camera to film their latest music video, with impressive results. Read on for a watch and a listen.
Microsoft Kinect has seen a spawn of so-called Kinect hacks surface across the world. If you’re a gamer chances are you won’t care about half of them. Here’s one to get gamers excited. It’s a Street Fighter IV Kinect hack letting the player perform kicks, punches and, yes, Hadoukens using just their bare hands. Read on to see it in action. It’s worth it.
CES 2011 has been swarming with celebrities…and Piers Morgan. After our full on CES 2011 recaps today (CES recap, CES in pictures, CES videos), here’s our scrapbook of the celebrity CES fans we’ve caught hawking products or just hanging around in Vegas. Read on for the celebrity CES-a-thon…
We’ve seen the Microsoft Kinect robot, but what if it could fly? It would look something like this Microsoft Kinect hacked to transform it into an autonomous flying machine. It’s the stuff of video game science fiction. Read on to see it in high-flying action in our video of the week.