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Tickle us pink.

Microsoft have confirmed that the second seasons of both Kinect Nat Geo TV and Kinect Sesame Street TV are now available for download via Xbox Live. The new seasons provide eight new episodes of each show. The second season of Nat Geo TV is hosted by reptile expert and the host of Nat Geo WILD's "Dangerous Encounters," Brady Barr,...

Feel the burn

This week saw Xbox launch Kinect Playfit over Xbox Live. The new update collates your calorie count from various Kinect games, including Dance Central 2 and Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012, and lets you see how you compare to other Xbox Live members and your family too. There's also Achievements and Avatar Awards to earn, so that's a...

Stomp

Grab your pad and plug in your Kinect: there's a Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor demo to try out today. Capcom's hybrid game is all about vertical tanks and soldiers, which should help it stand out on Kinect. Queue up the demo and see what you make of it.

Dirk matters

Dirk the Daring continues his life's mission to relive his very first quest on every single gaming platform known to man with the release of Dragon's Lair on Xbox Live Arcade. Yes, the arcade game from the 1980s that's never gone away supports Kinect and the Xbox 360 controller. Digital Leisure heinously abuses the English language in...

Video too

As the "first-ever sports simulation on Kinect" — sorry, Hulk Hogan's Main Event — Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 has a lot of weight on its shoulders. The game's out now in North America, with a European release following this Friday. Here's a trailer showing you exactly how much fun you can have with the hands-free golf game,...

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...

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...

Better than a lump of coal

Halfbrick Studios' delicious and delectable Fruit Ninja Kinect has just got even more filling, with new download content available for free. The Christmas DLC pack lets you slice fruit in Santa's workshop, use a snow globe-style silhouette and even slice things up with a candy cane blade. What could be more festive than...

Try before you buy

Two new Kinect-exclusive demos just hit the Xbox Live Marketplace, letting you try out a couple of the many new sensor-related releases for this Christmas. The MotionSports Adrenaline demo lets you try out wing suiting and Let's Cheer lets you try out... well, cheerleading of course. Get your MotionSports Adrenaline demo and

Up your game

We're big fans of Kinect Sports: Season Two here at KINECTaku, especially now Rare's released some new downloadable content for free. Available on Xbox Live Marketplace today, the Kinect Sports: Season Two Challenge Pack #1 adds new modes to each sport: Crazy Kicker (American Football), Frantic Fielder (Baseball), Cool Ringings...

He can't hear you

The world's greatest living wrestler who wore a lot of yellow has his own video game, and it's available to buy right now. Hulk Hogan's Main Event begins its appeal for your money today right across North America, with Majesco sending a new trailer and screenshots racing into the ring beating their digital chests. Will you be...

Get your groove on

Following its launch in North America last week, dance juggernaut Just Dance 3 is now available in Europe too. This release is the first time the mega-selling franchise has left Wii, and offers several brand new features for Kinect owners, including the Just Create mode that lets you sculpt and share your own choreography with...

Bring yourself to life

Well, that didn't take long. Just hours ago we reported that Avatar Kinect will be released this week, and it's available now! While the Avatar-powered chatroom is part of Kinect Fun Labs, it's also available as a standalone download as well as a Kinect Fun Labs ad

Coastin' in

Carnival Games: In Action (or Carnival Games: Monkey See, Monkey Do) is no stranger to downloadable content, and there's an extra set available now in the corkscrew shape of the Coasterama. Predictably the DLC focuses on the game's rollercoaster stages, with Mummy Madness, Galactic Express and Dragon's Den stages all included in the...

Trailer launches in

Any time a press release starts with "THE BIG BALLS ARE BACK" you know it's going to lead to great things, and such is the case today. Activision wants you to know that Wipeout: In the Zone is now available on Xbox 360 in North America, and it's sent over a trailer to illustrate the fact. The sensor makes it possible to...

And for free!

The Kinect software development kit (SDK) is now available for PC users to create their own applications for Kinect. Here's the official description straight from Microsoft. To start creating your own Kinect applications, download the Kinect SDK here. If you manage to create something cool, be sure to show it off to us! The Kinect for...

Fergie, Snow and N.E.R.D.

Not got enough of Harmonix's excellent Dance Central yet? Then head over to the Xbox Live Marketplace, where the following new tracks are available today for 240 Microsoft Points each: Fergie feat. will.i.am – Fergalicious Snow – Informer N.E.R.D. (featuring Lee Harvey and Vita) – Lapdance The ability to dance to...

240 Points for 235 G

THQ's Fantastic Pets just received its first round of downloadable content in the form of the new Wings DLC pack, available on Xbox Live Marketplace now for 240 Microsoft Points. The content weighs in at 78MB and adds new features as well as achievements worth 235 Gamerscore. We'd like to be able to give you more information,...

Available now

Kinect's first augmented reality game is on the horizon this week — Fantastic Pets releases in North America tomorrow and Europe on Friday — but you can try before you buy with a new demo exclusive to Xbox Live Gold members. The demo is available now for all paying members, so be sure to download the Fantastic Pets demo to your...