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Try before you buy

In just a few weeks you'll be able to take Forza Motorsport 4 for a spin, as there'll be a free demo to download from Xbox Live Marketplace from 3rd October. Microsoft hasn't revealed what's set for inclusion in the demo so we'll have to wait and see if it contains any Kinect content, but even if it's just a standard control...

Our survey says...

Good old Gamestop, listing games we've never heard of. Where would the world of Internet Kinect news reporting be without you? This time around the venerable retailer has listed a pair of new family-friendly games from Ubisoft, both of which are based on quiz shows. First up there's Family Feud 2012, which our European readers may...

What will they be?

Halo and Kinect: it's happening. Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary will support the sensor, but so far 343 Industries and Microsoft haven't let anything slip about just how we'll see the two combine. We know the features will be "cool", but now we have a tiny bit more information to go on.

That should be enough

It's been a year since we heard anything about Project Draco, the dragon-based shooting game from Yukio Futatsugi, formerly of legendary Panzer Dragoon developer Team Andromeda. The game was shown behind closed doors at this year's Tokyo Games Show though, and 1up snagged some time with it. The good news is the team describes...

Then you can tear it up

The Hulkster is coming to Kinect, and he wants you to have a t-shirt if you buy his game. If you pre-order Hulk Hogan's Main Event at Gamestop you'll receive a grey t-shirt to commemorate your purchase. If you decide to run around your living room cupping your hand to your ear before tearing your t-shirt up... well, that's...

Take a closer look

The Nyko Zoom add-on for Kinect is causing quite a stir in North America at the moment — our US wing is preparing for a full review soon — but Britons need not feel left out, as the space-saving attachment will make it across the pond in October. Interactive Ideas is one of the distributors preparing to provide the accessory...

Chop chop

After a surprisingly popular showing on PlayStation Move, Virtual Air Guitar Company is bringing its unique take on fighting games to Kinect with Kung Fu High Impact, due this November. The new screenshots show special moves including earthquakes and lightning bolts, as well as your standard punches and kicks for traditionalists. It...

Kinect Sports Season Two is just the beginning, says Senior Studio Director

Rare's union with Kinect Joy Ride developer BigPark appears to have paid off handsomely if our recent hands-on preview of Kinect Sports Season Two is anything to go by, and according to Rare's Senior Studio Director Craig Duncan, it's going to be the first of many similar...

We visit Rare's UK HQ to experience what could be this Christmas' biggest Kinect title

Given the incredible commercial and critical response to the original Kinect Sports, it was inevitable that a sequel of some description would occur. What was slightly less predictable was the news that the legendary British code house Rare would be co-developing...

New game and the means to play it

It's a big day for Kinect as two hotly anticipated products drop for the camera: Twisted Pixel's marionette shooter (words we still can't believe belong in the same sentence) The Gunstringer as well as Nyko's Zoom peripheral, a promising clip-on lens attachment that should minimize the space requirements for your...

It's a wriggler!

Activision's doing its level best to bring its big franchises to Kinect — other than Call of Duty, of course. After the revelation of Cabela's Big Game Hunter: Hunting Party last week we now have Rapala for Kinect, a hands-free instalment in the famous fishing franchise. The promise of "bright arcade colours" and...

Juicy

Containing everything we want in DLC — fruit and space — Fruit Ninja Kinect receives a second pack of extra content today with the release of Space Capsule on Xbox Live Marketplace. There's new Achievements to grab, a new silhouette, background and the Comet Blade that "steers comets to create cosmic fruit collisions",...

Full body Lemmings!

Leedmees was one of the more interesting Kinect games to have come out of E3, with a charming presentation putting this one on many radars. Now the game's set for release today on Xbox Live, so you can decide for yourself. The game will sell for 800 Microsoft Points and features two-player co-operative play as you and a partner...

Impressive stuff

No matter how successful Kinect becomes, there'll always be a part of us that yearns for an analogue stick and buttons to make the experience better. That's exactly what hybrid games like Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor are promising, but how long until we see a first-person shooter using hybrid controls, and what would it be like?...

We can't fit in the full title

Despite originally being announced for release next week, THQ has decided to release The Penguins of Madagascar: Dr. Blowhole Returns Again! today, 6th September. The game requires Kinect and has a few sensor-exclusive features over the other versions: On Kinect for Xbox 360, fans will join Team Penguin as the newest...

You might be surprised

Licensed games rarely look good, but we have to say that the first screenshots of Puss in Boots don't look bad at all. The Kinect-exclusive title puts you in the feline footwear of the titular cat, with the official details laying out a three-stroke gameplay system: Master the style and charm of Puss in Boots in an engaging...

We want your input

Excited about Kinect Sports: Season Two's release later this year? Have burning questions for developer Rare that simply must be answered? Then we have the perfect situation for you. We'll be speaking with the creative minds behind development team Rare in the near future and want to arrive with a bundle of your questions. Want to...

And a killer too

Rise of Nightmares is out this week, and in a last-ditch attempt to get you to part with your money SEGA has released a new trailer showing exactly why this game is heading to Kinect: you are the controller. Stressing the fact you don't need buttons or thumbsticks, the latest video also arrives with a heavy dose of sarcasm and a few...

"We're having a great time!"

You wanted more hardcore games for Kinect, and you've got it: Cabela's Big Game Hunter: Hunting Party combines all the fun of body-tracking with the thrill of hunting animals with a plastic gun. Activision has just released the first screenshots and 'lifestyle' photos of the Top Shot Sport, the plastic gun necessary to...

You'll see why

Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster might not be everyone's cup of tea but you have to admire the commitment with which Tim Schafer has thrown himself into the puppets-on-Kinect game. Schafer — known best for Brütal Legend, Grim Fandango and Psychonauts — has made no secret of his love of Sesame Street so we can only imagine the...

Smash for 800MSP

Criterion's car-smashing extravaganza Burnout CRASH! was rumoured for an August release, but of course that didn't happen. We now sit at the start of September with a proper release date: 20th September. The downloadable crash junction title will sell for 800 Microsoft Points, equivalent to around $9.99/£6.99. It's playable with...

Party like it's 1995

The classic Hasbro board game Twister is set to be released for Kinect in November. Twister Mania is due to launch at a discount price of $49 (£30) with an impressive 16 game modes included such as 'party play' and a mode that requires players to dodge oncoming shapes on screen. No game mat will be included as the game looks to...

Fire it up

We're a few weeks from the launch of long-awaited Kinect shooter The Gunstringer, and now you can try before you buy with a free demo available now on Xbox Live Marketplace. At nearly 700MB demo isn't anything to sneeze at, but it is currently exclusive to Xbox Live Gold members, so if you're not paying, you're not playing. Sorry, Free...

Can't complain

The two 'soft giants of the Kinect world — Microsoft and Ubisoft — are teaming up to give landmark Kinect game Child of Eden away to new customers buying into Kinect. Starting next week in North America and Europe, everyone who purchases a Kinect sensor will receive a code entitling them to a free digital download of Tetsuya...