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Nine new tracks confirmed, also.

Harmonix has confirmed a few more details for their upcoming boogie-fest, Dance Central 3. The game, which launches on 19th October, will feature a story mode that tasks one or two players to join the ranks of Dance Central Intelligence as they attempt to uncover a plot designed to destroy Dance Central. In order to...

Publisher confirms new package.

Ubisoft has announced that they're putting the finishing touches on a second DLC pack for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. Entitled Raven Strike, the pack will contain three new campaign missions, as well as a new Guerilla Mode map. The campaign missions look set to provide a challenge, taking place at a...

New video documentary tells all.

Lionhead have released a new video documentary that explains a little bit more about the game. Focusing mainly on the main character - Gabriel - various Lionhead staff such as Creative Director Gary Carr and Producer Jennifer Clixby take the time to tell us about some of the things you'll find in the game, including...

And you really don't want to miss it.

Microsoft have confirmed that the demo of Fable: The Journey will be released on September 17th. The demo - which is far, far, FAR better than the demo we saw at E3 would have you believe - allows players to take a seat (yes, there's no need to stand to play) and step through the game's tutorial and one of the...

(With Kinect, obviously.)

Jiawen Chen and the team at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK, have been playing with the idea of possessing objects. Not buying them, you understand, but taking them over and turning them into living, breathing characters. Their new software asks the user to place a 3D object in front of the Kinect camera - like a...

Elvis, Maroon 5, and a bit of Rickrolling.

Gamescom is in full flow in Cologne, Germany, and Ubisoft have confirmed the final tracklisting for Just Dance 4. The final set contains 44 tracks, including the likes of Carly Rae Jepsen (really?!), Rihanna, Flo Rida, and Skrillex. Still, you'll be concentrating on your moves, so you'll be able to block...

EA attempts to blur the lines.

At EA's Gamescom press conference today, FIFA 13 information was up for grabs. Executive Producer David Rutter outlined a whole new mode in the form of "Match Day", which draws on real life data in order to attempt to replicate some of the experiences that will occur throughout the course of the real football season...

Play ball!

EA Sports have confirmed that they'll be releasing a demo of Madden NFL 13 on Tuesday, August 14th. The demo will come complete with Kinect functionality enabled, and allow you to play two matches; the New York Giants against the San Francisco 49ers, or the Seattle Seahawks against the Washington Redskins. The game proper is released on...

EA Sports Boss Sees Opportunities

We're super-pumped to see the likes of FIFA 13 and Madden NFL 13 appear on our release schedule complete with Kinect support, but EA Sports aren't about to stop there, according to an interview published by MCV this morning. Andrew Wilson, the big boss at EA Sports suggested that using voice commands are "as big an...

Morphin' it up.

Namco Bandai have today confirmed that they'll be releasing Power Rangers Super Samurai for Kinect towards the end of 2012. The game was long suspected to be in development after being leaked over a year ago by several retailers, but this is the first the Japanese giant has said on the matter. Details are few and far between at the...

11 Courses at a Discount

Major Nelson has confirmed that the massive 11-course DLC pack for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 will be available for a similarly massive discount via Xbox Live until August 14th. The pack's price has been dropped by 40%, and is now available for 1,920 MSP. The courses included in the download are:- Spyglass Hill Golf Course,...

Crash the boards.

2k Sports have confirmed - via a reveal of the game's final cover art - that NBA 2k13 will indeed be "better with Kinect." There's been no confirmation on what to expect in terms of support, but we're relatively sure that on-the-fly play calling and substitutions will be the order of the day via voice commands. The game is...

Over 6,000, in fact.

Victor Lugo, the designer who's been working on Kinect implementation in Madden NFL 13 over at EA, has confirmed in a conversation with Eurogamer that the game will recognise some 6,000 voice commands. Using a new system entitled "Dynamic Grammars", the team have made it so that each sound heard by the game is broken down...

New trailer drops, too.

Majesco have today confirmed the 23 licenced songs that will appear in their third Zumba Fitness title, Zumba Fitness Core. The company claims that the game will feature the most diverse range of dance styles seen in a Zumba title yet, with 33 different styles being represented. Liz Buckley, General Manager of the Zumba...

Criterion racer gets Kinect support.

Those beady-eyed folks over at VG247 have spotted something rather special. It appears that Criterion's 2012 reboot of the game is more than likely coming to your Xbox 360 complete with Kinect support in October (or November if you're in Europe.) The official packshots for the game released at E3 don't contain...

Flame-haired archer takes aim.

Olympic Friday has kicked off with a bit of Archery over at Lord's. Coincidentally, Brave: The Video Game has been released in the UK. Based on Disney/Pixar's latest movie offering, Brave: The Video Game allows players to relive highlights from star Merida's journey as she attempts to undo a horrific curse. The movie...

Nova Scotia-based studio shuts down.

The development studio behind Majesco's upcoming Kinect title NBA Baller Beats, has closed. HB Studios of Halifax, Nova Scotia has worked on multiple sports titles over the last five years, including NBA Live 09 for EA Sports. Their parent company has confirmed that the closure is due to the expiry of a property...

Vancouver Studio Downsizes

An unannounced Kinect project with the working name of "Project Columbia" has been canned due to downsizing at Microsoft's Vancouver studio. The studio was also responsible for the free-to-play Microsoft Flight for PC, on which development has also been discontinued. Project Columbia was rumoured to be a storybook...

Featuring "Avatar Famestar", to boot!

The one Kinect-only title that Microsoft showed off during their E3 Press Conference - Wreckateer - is available now from Xbox Live. Billed as "Wreckateer Featuring Avatar Famestar" over on Xbox.com, the game puts you in control of a giant castle-wrecking Ballista (or catapult, to you and me.) 60 castles are...

US Release Date Locked In.

Majesco have confirmed that they'll be bringing the crazy-looking NBA Baller Beats to Kinect on September 11th in the US. Also, the game's final tracklist has been confirmed, with it looking set to become the 982,384th game to feature LMFAO. Which is fine with us, really. The full tracklist is as follows... “Access...

"Two-way TV" is on the way.

Major Nelson has confirmed that both Kinect Sesame Street TV and Kinect Nat Geo TV will release on September 18th in the US and the UK. The packages, which provide "two-way interactive programming" using Kinect for Xbox 360, allows players to jump into Nat Geo and Sesame Street-themed TV shows, playing games and...

Time to start warming up...

Microsoft have confirmed that they'll be releasing Nike+ Kinect Training in the US on October 30th this year, and in the UK and Europe on November 2nd. In the UK, the game will retail for the standard £39.99, whilst US users can get into the action for the asking price of $49.99. The game looks set to go head to head...

Shows skills games, career mode, and more...

This may well be the second FIFA 13 update in as many days, but boy, we're excited for this one! EA Sports have released a batch of new screenshots showing some of the new additions to the game. Skill challenges are the order of the day, with the images showing a crossing minigame, games involving...

LMFAO, Maroon 5 and Vanilla Ice line up.

Microsoft have confirmed that Dance Central 3 will release on October 19th in Europe, Asia and Australia, and three days earlier for lucky players in the US, on October 16th. The game will come complete with 40 on-disc tracks, featuring the likes of Cobra Starship, Usher and 50 Cent, and the publisher even...