Microsoft has just announced that Kinect will be released across Europe, Asia and most importantly Africa on Wednesday the 10th of November 2010. They also restated that their will be at least 15 Kinect titles at launch with the current front runners being Dance Central, Kinectimals, Joy Ride and Kinect Adventures. We’ll be bringing you more news as and when …
According to recent Internet rumours, sparked on by some Microsoft patents, the upcoming Kinect could possibly read sign language and herald in a new form of cross communication between deaf and hearing enabled people. You know something like writing but just with that added technical touch. Unfortunately this dream has now been squashed, for now, as the Kinect we are …
Did you know that Chuck Norris was dropped twice as a baby? The first time was on this day in 1945 on the Japanese town of Hiroshima – killing 66000 people instantly and effectively beginning the end of the Second World War. On a much more pleasant note though, Sunday is women’s day – so treat your lady extra special. …
Today’s news has been pretty interesting now that we have the revealed prices for both the Playstation Move as well as the 250GB Xbox 360 in sunny South Africa. While opinions have been up and down, it seems that the general feeling is that the Move’s price is pretty spot-on and the Xbox 360’s price isn’t as bad as people …
Peter Molyneux promised that Fable III would include support for Microsoft’s motion and voice sensing peripheral. I’ve been rather keen to see how it would be integrated, Fable being the first “core†game to use the device – and I’m interested to see its application in games other than the casual, party-oriented fare we’ve been shown. Unfortunately – for now …
Nick posted a link to a story yesterday in his ION round up about the Kinect using less than 1% of the CPU power of the Xbox 360 for it’s calculations which was interesting but what I found more interesting through that link was something that the Ubisoft Kinect guru, Frederic Blais, had to say. Last Updated: August 4, 2010
With Kinect, Microsoft’s controllerless motion-sensing camera system is just 3 months away from general release, you’d expect it to works pretty much flawlessly. At a very recent event in Hong Kong, Microsoft held a Kinect demonstration showcasing the system’s capabilities. They employed two skimpily dressed models to show off some of the system’s sports oriented titles. This is where it …
Admit it you are here to see the hot Asian models playing Dance Central and don’t really care about the real news that Kinect is reportedly on course to become the biggest pre-order gaming item to date in the UK? Well first things first, UK retailers are reporting far higher than expected interest in Microsoft’s upcoming Kinect and have reported …
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
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