Numerous retailers have listed Microsoft’s Motion-sensing peripheral at $149.99. Microsoft, of course have been keeping mum on the price, saying it’ll be finalised by, and announced at this year’s Gamescom. That hasn’t stopped the console manufacturer from listing the device at $149.99 on it’s own website though. Last Updated: June 22, 2010

Kinect’s Main Public figure, Kudo Tsunoda went on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to give Kinect it’s first public demonstration with its new, final name. The show highlighted 3 things; name that Jimmy Fallon is awkward and not particularly funny, that Kudo Tsunoda needs a shave, and that Kinect – in its present form – is indeed quite laggy and …

Microsoft Europe executive Chris Lewis reckons that Kinect and the quieter, slimmer Xbox 360 S will extends the console’s life for another 5 years. Should that be true, it means we’re effectively only half way through its life cycle. Last Updated: June 22, 2010

In a recent interview with Digital Foundry, Sony Europe’s Richard Marks revealed that they too looked at depth sensing cameras for their motion control, but ultimately settled on Move. Why? Because certain game experiences require buttons. Last Updated: June 21, 2010

While at E3 I managed to get some hands on time with Ubisoft’s upcoming fitness title for Kinect, Your Shape Fitness Evolved. When I first heard that Ubisoft were planning a fitness title for Kinect my initial thoughts were that they were simply cashing in on the phenomenal success of Wii Fit and it would simply be a carbon copy …

Amazon and Gamestop have put up the Kinect for pre-order with both sites slapping the same $149.99 (R1200) price tag on it. Strangely Microsoft did not officially announce a price for the Kinect during E3 and I do feel that if they try to offer it for more than $100 they are going to run into problems so I hope …

Another highlight from Ubisoft’s conference, for me at least, was the announcement of another game from one of my favourite game designers, Tetsuya Mizuguchi. He’s the very strange individual who brought us Space Channel 5, Lumines, Every Extend Extra and Rez. This latest game, Child of Eden looks to continue with the pulsing beats and strange shooter mechanics of Rez, …

So Microsoft’s E3 keynote has come and gone – and with it all the news about Kinect you can shake a stick at. After the jump you’ll find the list of all 15 launch games – and then feel saddened by the fact that all 15 appear to be casual stuff for the general Wii audience.  You’ll also notice that …