There may be some debate about what the best Kinect game is. Some may say Fruit Ninja Kinect, others will cast votes for Child of Eden and Twisted Pixel’s The Gunstringer made a strong debut on the motion-sensing camera a few months ago.
Last year, the people who made Guitar Hero and Rock Band made the best game for the Xbox 360′s Kinect sensor, the hands-free dancing game Dance Central. We danced in front of it, one at a time, as it tracked and scored our moves. We loved it. A year later, we have a sequel that primarily adds simultaneous multiplayer. Worth buying?
Soon Xbox 360 gamers will be able to get some use out of their Kinect: Interacting with a new suite of multimedia advertising set to hit the console and its $199 peripheral next year.
Though the game only recognised one player’s moves, whenever someone broke out Dance Central at a party, invariably someone else joined the fun. Multiplayer, therefore, was priority No. 1 for Dance Central 2, and is the most notable feature of a game that still gets the best of the Kinect.
Harmonix took the stage during Microsoft’s 2011 E3 press conference today to lift the curtain on Dance Central 2, detailing some of the new features coming in the follow-up to the popular Kinect-powered body mover. It’s time for a dance off!
Microsoft’s E3 2011 briefing isn’t until 9.30am Pacific. Someone forgot to tell the Xbox.com guys that, because for a brief moment, fans caught a glimpse of Halo 4.
Going by a tweet from uperannuation, Microsoft has registered domains for four yet-to-be-announced games, including a brand new Fable game. The tweet lists a series of “Whois” domain records for the following sites;
Microsoft may have had some of its Kinect-heavy E3 2011 showing spoiled a bit early by a Eurogamer report, which pegs “at least 10 non-sequel Kinect games” for the show, including some aimed squarely at the “hardcore” Xbox 360 crowd.
Dance Central, arguably the most killer of apps for Microsoft’s Kinect controller, is bound for a sequel. What will developer Harmonix bring to the follow-up? Potentially a very long list of improvements, based on an early survey.