Dance Central 3 gets October release date
Today Microsoft and Harmonix announced the release date for Dance Central 3, saying that it will arrive in North America on October 16 and will be heading to Europe later that week on October 19. The...
View ArticleKinect Sesame Street, Nat Geo, and Nike+ Training priced and dated
Three new Kinect titles for the Xbox 360 have been given pricing and dates today: Kinect Sesame Street TV, Kinect Nat Geo TV, and Nike+ Kinect Training. The first two titles are designed to be two-way...
View ArticleFifa 13 Kinect will be influenced by swearing
The Kinect has seen some interesting uses from various games, with some trying to incorporate the motion controls directly into gameplay, while others use it as a learning tool, but Fifa 13 may take...
View ArticleMicrosoft cancels Flight and Project Columbia development
Earlier this year, Microsoft released Microsoft Flight, a reinvention of its Flight Simulator games of the past. Now the company has reportedly cancelled further development of the game and laid off...
View ArticleHow Big of A Role Will Kinect Play in the Xbox 720?
When Microsoft announced the Kinect, the motion-gaming peripheral that requires no controller to work, it was celebrated by the mainstream and hardcore alike for its unique functionality. Since then,...
View ArticleKinect 2 leak tips boosted motion-control detail
Details of Microsoft’s next-gen Kinect 2 motion-tracking sensor for the “Xbox 720” console have emerged, with a leaked screenshot purportedly showing a camera-eye view of gamers. The screenshot, shared...
View ArticleBloomingdale’s and Bodymetrics team up for open body sizing pod
I think many people would agree that trying on clothes is no fun. There are major differences between how a man shops for clothes and how woman shops for clothes. My wife will go in, try on everything...
View ArticleMicrosoft cuts Kinect price by $40 permanently
If you weren’t convinced by the Xbox 360 Essentials Pack revealed earlier today, Microsoft has another deal for you gamers out there – a $40 price cut on the Kinect. This piece of hardware is the...
View ArticleSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: August 22, 2012
Welcome to Wednesday, folks. This particular hump day saw news that the Department of Justice and the FBI have brought down a trio of websites that dealt in pirated Android apps, while a picture of a...
View ArticleSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: August 23, 2012
Welcome to Thursday folks – just one more work day to go and another weekend will be here. Today a new video gave us a look at reported iPhone 5 parts, and it seems that the iPhone will be sporting a...
View ArticleKinect takes center stage in new map making gadget
We’ve seen amateur and professional developers alike do some really cool things with Microsoft’s Kinect since the motion control peripheral launched in 2010. Interestingly enough, many of these cool...
View ArticleSlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 25, 2012
We’ve had a rather interesting Tuesday here at SlashGear, thanks in no small part to RIM. The company held its BlackBerry Jam today, introducing us to new BlackBerry 10 features like Peek and Flow. We...
View ArticleKinect joins the Windows 8 fun with developer support SDK
This week the folks at Microsoft have decided to add Kinect for desktop support to the Windows 8 Desktop app support collection with a full software development kit. This kit will help developers work...
View ArticleXbox Kinect skateboard concept demos hand-gesture control
Thanks to Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect motion-sensing device, hand gesturing is becoming more and more popular, and a lot of innovative companies are trying out the device themselves to come up with new...
View ArticleXbox 360 “Entertainment for All” adds 250GB console to $99 deal
Microsoft has broadened its subsidized Xbox 360 deal, offering a 2506GB version of the console for $99 or with a Kinect for $149, for those signing up to its new Xbox 360 Entertainment for All plan....
View ArticleKinect Fusion headed to Kinect for Windows SDK
Kinect Fusion is a project that utilizes the Kinect to create three-dimensional models, and was showcased at Microsoft’s BUILD 2012 last week. Per an announcement earlier today, the company will be...
View ArticleXbox 720 reportedly detailed in Xbox World’s penultimate issue
December 2012 is going to be a sad month for gaming magazines. Not only will Nintendo Power and PlayStation: The Official Magazine cease to exist when 2013 rolls around, but so will Xbox World....
View ArticleKinect gesture control comes to Google TV via hack
A third-party developer has managed to hook up his Xbox 360 Kinect motion sensor to his Google TV box in order to control it with arm and hand gestures. The best part is that the developer released the...
View ArticleXbox 360 Nike+ Kinect Training Bundle prepares you for holiday feasting
Microsoft has revealed a new Xbox 360 package, the Nike+ Kinect Training Bundle, complete with a console, Kinect sensor bar, and a copy of the Nike+ Kinect Training game. The set – which also includes...
View ArticleEA and Visceral Games announce voice control for Dead Space 3 on Xbox 360...
Over the last several years, video games have been becoming more and more interactive with new and innovative controls. The Nintendo Wii spurred this change in video game controls when it introduced...
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