Kinect's been out worldwide for a while now, long enough for many of us to become accustomed to the technology and what it can do. Voice recognition, automatic signing into your profile when it recognises your face, video chat online – it's not just a game controller, it's a brand new interface, and it's only going to get better.
Cooper trio next month
The Sly Collection, or The Sly Trilogy in Europe*, is already out in North America but it won't be too long until European gamers can get their claws into it, as the game's launch kicks off on December 1st.
Wet your appetite
Whilst Europeans can experience Hydroventure on Christmas Eve, WiiWare fans in North America get a small headstart, as the game will be released on December 6th under the name Fluidity.
Lots on the way
There's no two ways about it: Kinect's current software line-up isn't aimed at the core gamer. That won't be the case forever though, Microsoft's UK marketing maestro Stephen McGill assures us.
Wii, Remote Plus and the game
Want a Wii this Christmas but not interested in the red machine with New Super Mario Bros. Wii? This dark beauty might be of interest to you, then.
Go for gold
Want to spread your love of Kinect Sports to Facebook? Somebody at Rare thought you'd say that, as the company has just unveiled the game's official Facebook application.
VGChartz providing the mirth
Solid hardware and software sales figures are hard to come by for any machine or game, but website VGChartz claims to have the most accurate figures due to several scientific methods including surveying gamers, statistical trend-fitting and studying resale prices to estimate supply and demand. How accurate are these figures? Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg finds them laughable:LOL’ing at sales reports from VGChartz, why do people release info as official when there is no source or science behind the#s?We'll surely receive official sales data from Microsoft in the near future, the contents of which hopefully won't be so laughable.
Sensory depth
Kinect's launch "scratch the surface" of its potential according to Kudo Tsunoda, and enterprising engineers have already coded several interesting applications for the sensor for PC and Mac.
Famous faces face-off
Square Enix's next Mario sports title, Mario Sports Mix, isn't just about characters from the Mushroom Kingdom: the company has just confirmed it'll be bringing some of its own most popular characters to the title as well.
You might be surprised
Considering the first Kinect prototype cost $30,000, you might be surprised to learn how cheaply Kinect can now be manufactured.
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