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So The Xbox One Reveal Screwed With Some People’s Kinects

In preparing the big reveal for the next Xbox, it seems Microsoft forgot all about how the current one works, because reports from Twitter show that a lot of people ran into problems today when they tried to watch the show on their Xbox 360.


Xbox One Requires Kinect To Function

You have to have your Kinect plugged in for the Xbox One to function, Microsoft announced at an event today in London. This may sound familiar.


These Official Photos Make The Xbox One Look Like A Scary Robot

Go ahead and take a look: the new pieces of hardware that form the hub of Microsoft’s upcoming gaming experiences aren’t exactly cute and cuddly. They’re kinda foreboding, the way they float and squint at you, all one-eyed and unknowable.


Kinect 2 Full Video Walkthrough: The Xbox Sees You Like Never Before

The new Kinect is kind of awesome. Just by the numbers, it’s a huge upgrade. You can (most of) the full walkthrough we saw just a bit ago here at Microsoft’s Redmond campus in the video above. Parts are jaw-dropping.


This Is The New Kinect For The Xbox One

Today during the reveal of the Xbox One, Microsoft unveiled the new Kinect. This is what it looks like.


Snap Mode Is The Xbox One’s Revolutionary New Interface

At today’s Xbox reveal event, Microsoft showed how its new console will change how you’ll interact with your TV. Snap Mode lets users run multiple functions simultaneously and switch between them with voice commands without having to shut them down individually.



Man Tries To Win Xbox Kinect, Loses Life Savings

How much would you spend to try to win a new Kinect? $10? $20? If your answer is $2600, you are probably Henry Gribbohm, a man who says he lost his life savings trying to win the motion-sensing Xbox accessory.


The Next Xbox And Its Controller Are Currently Covered In Crazy Stripes

Controllers for the next Xbox as well as prototype versions of both Microsoft’s new, powerful console and the machine’s new, mandatory Kinect sensor have been in the hands of game creators since last month. But that’s not much of a surprise. What is a surprise is that all of that gear is covered in criss-crossing, radiating black and white stripes. The console codenamed Durango currently looks like a zebra.


It’s Daft Punk Breakout, And You Play It On Buildings By Moving Your Body

Many of us have played some version of Breakout before — but probably not on this scale, and probably not to Daft Punk. The neat thing is, this game uses a Kinect so that you control the paddle by moving your body — and, more interestingly, snippets of the song are played depending on what you can hit with the ball.


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