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Patience, Grasshopper

Grasshopper Manufacture's first Kinect game, Diabolical Pitch, will launch on Xbox Live Arcade on 4th April. Here's the official description: An unusual, unique and wacky pitching action game is coming to Kinect and the name of the game is Diabolical Pitch. A former pitcher now outfitted with an incredibly powerful bionic arm...

From Iron Galaxy

Wreckateer is a new Kinect-exclusive game heading to Xbox Live Arcade later this year. A physics-based score attack game, according to our friends at Eurogamer.net, the game is "highly reminiscent of Angry Birds" — players use a catapult to lob iron balls to destroy castles. The castles aren't occupied by green pigs —...

Update: Capcom confirms

Update: Capcom has confirmed Steel Battalion will launch in Europe on 22nd June and 19th June in North America. We’re pleased to confirm Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor will be available exclusively for Xbox 360 on June 19 in North America and June 22 across European territories. Taking full advantage of Kinect for Xbox 360,...

Xbox.com at work again

Oh, Xbox.com, you do make our job easier. Last year you leaked the entire of Microsoft's E3 line-up; this year you've leaked a release date for Fable: The Journey. According to the information you posted earlier — since removed, naturally — the Kinect-powered adventure will land on 4th September. Microsoft held an...

Not nearly enough

Kinect-exclusive mech-walker war game Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor — and people say there are no hardcore games on Kinect — is nearing completion, according to producer Kenjii Kataoka. The statement came at the same event that revealed Project Draco's new form as Crimson Dragon, but Capcom's robot sim wasn't in playable form,...

This just in: still looks great

Grounding Inc.'s hands-free dragon game just got its official name: Crimson Dragon. Formerly known as Project Draco, director Yukio Futatsugi — creator of Panzer Dragoon, remember — revealed the new title at a demo event in Japan's Akihabara district, and brought some new high-resolution screenshots and game...

Just Saiyan

After Korea rated Dragon Ball Z for Kinect last week, now the British Board of Film Classification is on on the act, slapping a 12 rating — and release date — on the game. According to the BBFC, the game's release UK date is 15th June 2012, not too shabby considering Namco Bandai is yet to announce the game officially. We imagine...

Hit the mitts again

THQ's UFC Personal Trainer: The Ultimate Fitness System just got a little bit beefier with some new downloadable content. The Jon Jones Pack costs 800 Microsoft Points and includes five new workout routines and 15 drills for the game's Hit the Mitts mode. Check out our UFC Personal Trainer: The Ultimate Fitness System review for...

Blam blam

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is only a few months away from launch and Ubisoft is certainly ramping up the assets offensive with a new trailer. The video shows off some of the animation and cover systems that Ubisoft's put into place for its upcoming third-person shooter, which presumably are "unlike anything you've seen...

Shimmy and shake

If you're on the fence about picking up Zumba Fitness Rush, the free demo available now on Xbox Live Marketplace might just sway you. The funky fitness game reaches Europe this week but you can try before you buy with a limited sample of the game. You can queue up all 331MB of the Zumba Fitness Rush demo now and let us know what you...

Hii-ya

The latest add-on to join Kinect Fun Labs is fitness freebie Junk Fu, out on Xbox Live Marketplace today. The official description is... interesting, to say the least: Can you master Junk Fu? Or will Junk Fu master you? Chop, kick, and smash junk as it flies off a junkyard conveyor belt. Turn junk into junk food by cranking up your calorie...

Kamehameha!

Namco Bandai will transplant the over-the-top action of its Dragon Ball Z series to hands-free gaming with Dragon Ball Z Kinect, a new game outed by the Korean ratings board. At the moment we have nothing more to go on but Namco Bandai has had some success with motion-controlled Dragon Ball Z games: Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 on...

But will it be hot stuff?

Deep Silver has announced it'll release Summer Stars for Kinect on 1st June 2012. The summer sports game — which also supports a regular controller for all you couch potatoes out there — comes with 18 disciplines, including archery, mountain biking, swimming and throwing. With SEGA's London 2012 — The Official Video...

Red dawn

Project Draco, our most anticipated Kinect game of 2012, may have just been renamed. Grounding Inc.'s pseudo-sequel to Panzer Dragoon has just been rated by the Australian Classification Board under the title Crimson Dragon. Grounding and Microsoft have always said Project Draco is a temporary name only, and Crimson Dragon certainly fits...

Zumba 2 out today

If you're planning to over-indulge on chocolates tomorrow, Zumba Fitness Rush is at hand to help you work off the pounds afterwards. The follow-up to 2010's Zumba Fitness: Join the Party, Zumba Fitness Rush features brand new songs, steps and stages, with more songs to download after release. We'll put the game through its paces...

Yeehaw

Did yesterday's Country Dance All Stars track list get you all fired up for Kinect's first country and western themed dancing game? Then this first trailer should really knock your socks off. Due for release in March, Country Dance All Stars has over 40 tracks and the promise of more through post-launch DLC. Mosey on down to the trailer and...

"Best of" rated

The Australian Classifications board has just rated Just Dance Best Of for multiple platforms, leading us to believe we're staring down the barrel of more garishly gaudy and hilarious dancing on Kinect later this year. If we were to don our speculation pantaloons we'd expect this to be a disc of songs previously released on Just...

Yeehaw

Want to know which of your favourite country music stars will feature in the upcoming Country Dance All Stars, due out later next month? Well boy howdy, have we got a treat for you. Featuring no fewer than three artists called Josh — Kelley, Thompson and Turner, of course — as well as classic acts Johnny Cash, Carrie Underwood and, er,...

Driven mad

Forza Motorsport 4's DLC schedule keeps motoring on, with the February car pack out today for 560 Microsoft Points. The pack includes ten cars including an Audio Sport R18 TDI, a Bentley Platinum Motorsports Continental GT and, most excitingly, a Volkswagen Polo GTi for boy racers everywhere. The game itself is, of course, superb: our...

No, not May 4th

In a missed opportunity of synergy, Kinect Star Wars won't release on May 4th, with a UK release date confirmed for 3rd April 2012. The game will carry a full RRP of £39.99 and launch alongside the limited edition Star Wars Xbox 360 console we exclusively revealed in July 2011. Microsoft also revealed a little more about the...

Take cover

Hotly anticipated shooter Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is still several months away, but this new trailer below might help fill some of those empty months. Detailing the single-player campaign and some of the brand new gadgets at your disposal to destroy terrorists, it doesn't shed any light on Kinect features but it's still a...

Oh snap

The number of entertainment apps available through Xbox Live just keeps growing, with Crackle the latest to join the ranks in the UK. The ad-supported app — from Sony Pictures, no less — offers free movies to Xbox Live Gold members and is, of course, compatible with Kinect. What are you waiting for? Xbox 360 is continuing to building on...

Sensor gets serious support

Microsoft's Kinect for Windows project has finally reached the outside world, as the new hardware and software is released in 12 different countries. The enhanced Kinect hardware includes a new near-focus mode that lets it pick up objects 40cm from its cameras. It also comes with a year's access to software and firmware...

You've got the power

Legendary dance anthem The Power by Snap is one of new four songs out today for Just Dance 3. The track hits alongside Katti Kalandal, Why Oh Why and Skin to Skin as part of the latest DLC drop from Ubisoft. Tracks cost 240 Microsoft Points each. Be sure to read our Just Dance 3 review for our appraisal of Ubisoft's big dance...