Xbox

Rise Of Nightmares’ Tearful, Red-In-The-Face New Trailer

Rise of Nightmares will get your blood pumping, even if it is just from standing up and going through the motions of killing virtual enemies.


June 23, 2011
Xbox

See Xbox 360′s Kinect-Enabled Advertising In Action

This video gives us a unique opportunity to see behind the wall that one would hope separates entertainment from advertising.


June 22, 2011
Xbox

This Rise Of Nightmares Trailer Is Like An Axe To The Head

Rise of Nightmares is shaping up to be, if nothing else, the most adult video game coming to the Xbox 360′s motion-sensing Kinect peripheral.


May 5, 2011
PlayStation

Watch Someone Play Child Of Eden Without Clapping

There are two control schemes for upcoming trippy space shooter Child of Eden: Both involve the Xbox 360 Kinect’s ability to track movement in real time, this is how you play without clapping.


April 23, 2011
Xbox

This Is What A Dead Kinect Looks Like

It is with great misplaced pride that I report that I am the first Kotaku writer to suffer from a dead Microsoft Kinect. Also, it’s incredibly difficult to get a close-up picture of the Kinect with the sensor powered on.


March 2, 2011
Xbox

Kylie Minogue Inspires The Fanciest Kinect Sensor Ever

Australian pop singer and tragic one-shot Doctor Who companion Kylie Minogue’s European tour is sponsored by Microsoft Kinect and Dance Central, and this crystal-studded Kinect sensor is the by-product of that union.


February 16, 2011
Uncategorized

Next Big Thing From Makers Of Brutal Legend Is… Sesame Street?

They’ve made games featuring heavy metal funny man Jack Black and talking Russian stacking dolls, so what’s next? The monsters of Sesame Street of course.


February 3, 2011
In Real Life

Is This The First Kinect-Created Music Video?

Some music video directors spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on fancy special effects. Filmmaker Dan Nixon just spent $US150 on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect to create the music video for Echo Lake’s “Young Silence”.


Xbox

Can Kinect Make You Swim Like Michael Phelps?

505 Games has teamed up with Olympic superstar Michael Phelps to create Michael Phelps – Push the Limit, “one of the most realistic and intense sports simulation video games ever.” Is it time to flood your living room?


January 19, 2011
In Real Life

Kinect Hacked To Perform Surgery

We’ve seen the Xbox 360 Kinect control robots before, but never robots with tasks this important. A group of graduate engineering students at the University of Washington are using Microsoft’s device to guide the actions of surgical robots.