Do you know what I love most about Kinect? It’s not the amazing tech behind the peripheral (despite it being, you know, amazing) and it’s not the games that have shipped so far (nothing has really grabbed my attention yet). It is, however, seeing what people have managed to get the thing to do. Like this clip for example. It …
The Kinect camera has been… liberated from the confines of “Xbox-only peripheralâ€. Some clever people have made open source drivers for the Microsoft device, and they’ve made those drivers free to anyone who wants to download them. Since then, other clever people have managed to do all sorts of fancy things with the device – Geoff posted some videos on …
5 Years ago, the Xbox 360 was born. The console was released on November 22, 2005 in the US and Canada; December 2, 2005 in Europe; and December 10, 2005 in Japan. We got it locally nearly a year later – but we actually got it, unlike the previous Xbox. It’s gone on to sell 44.6 million units globally, …
Some very interesting news and information has come to light thanks to Microsoft’s Frank O’Connor who sat on a a panel at the Future of Television East Conference. O’Connor seems to be very enthusiastic and motivated to get Halo onto as many screens as possible. He commented on the previous Halo movie project with Peter Jackson, saying that the movie …
Halo Wars was a pretty damned decent RTS, set in the expansive Halo universe. It did pretty good numbers for a console RTs, and still has its dedicated fanbase. Which is why Microsoft’s kicking it in the balls comes as a bit of a surprise. Next month, a patch for the game will go live, killing the game’s stat tracking, …
Kinect was officially launched two weeks ago and is already proving to be pretty popular with the casual market. Not only that but you can expect Kinect bundles to grace many a Christmas tree come December. So how casual friendly is the Kinect exactly? Well according to this Joyride video that was uploaded to YouTube, it’s so easy to play …
Have you been wondering the Mojave wasteland for days with nothing new to do? Have you grown tired of shooting arms off the charming citizens and delightful wildlife? Do you yearn for new adventures in unexplored terrain that teems with possibilities and radiation? Well then you’ll have to wait until December because that’s when the first load of DLC will …
Yesterday Gavin posted a news article about rumours of Kinect functionality coming to Epic’s mega franchise, Gears of War. The rumour originated from an IGN post earlier in the week, which revealed that sources close to the gaming website had divulged information on Kinect functionality coming to Gears of War. Cliff Bleszinski, who seems to have the internet hardwired into …
A good loot box never feels like a coupon. It feels like a moment. …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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