Introducing Microsoft’s Kinect Fun Labs

Microsoft has shown us Kinect Fun Labs, describing it as “the place to check out the best innovations for Kinect.” The Fun Labs are set to be a permanent addition to the Xbox Dashboard, and you’ll be able to check out various indie and user generated additions to the Kinect library. Among the features scheduled…

Master Chief Returns with Halo 4 in 2012

A teaser trailer for Halo 4 concluded Microsoft’s E3 news conference today. In it, the series’ longtime hero, Master Chief, awakens from cryonic sleep to the voice of Cortana, calling him by his name. He then grabs Cortana and flees the wreckage a ship hurtling toward some sort of portal. Microsoft’s Don Mattrick said Halo…

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Mass Effect 3 Gets More Tactical and Conversational with Kinect

During Microsoft’s 2011 E3 press conference this morning, BioWare’s Dr. Ray Muzyka demonstrated how Microsoft’s Kinect could make the Xbox 360 version of Mass Effect 3 the one to own. Mass Effect‘s famous branching dialog system comes to life thanks to Kinect’s voice recognition. Each decision made can be made using your natural voice, unless…

Kinect Star Wars Will Make You Say ‘Lightsaber ON!’

We showed you Kinect Star Wars last night. And today we’ve seen it played on stage. A lengthy play-through showed scenes pulled from several eras of Star Wars fiction, predominantly from the Clone Wars and prequel era. A live on-stage demo involved a player swinging their arms to swing a lightsaber, holding their hand out…

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When You’re Demoing Modern Warfare 3, It Helps to Have a Charged Controller

Check out nearly nine minutes of underwater Modern Warfare 3 action from Microsoft’s E3 2011 press conference, complete with a brief pause to reconnect.

Fable Sequel Brings Magic to Kinect

The next episode of Fable will support Kinect when it releases in 2012. A demonstration of Fable: The Journey at Microsoft’s E3 news conference showed players in a first-person mode, driving a carriage and attacking foes with magic, using different gestures for each spell. “How can we make you feel a hundred times more involved…

Minecraft Coming to Xbox with Kinect

This fall, says Microsoft, indie favorite Minecraft will be coming to Xbox, complete with Kinect motion controls.

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HD Remake of Halo: Combat Evolved Coming November

Widely expected, Microsoft will publish an HD remake of the original Halo on Nov. 15. Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary will feature “seven of the greatest multiplayer maps of all time,” in addition to “the campaign of the decade remade and remastered.

Crysis Creators Making Ryse, the Kinect Game for the Hardcore

Do you like gladiators? Do you want to fight through the fall of Rome? Ryse may be your game. The Kinect-controlled game from the makers of the Crysis first-person games revealed Ryse today at Microsoft’s big Xbox press conference. The trailer looked pre-rendered and was definitely not showing live gameplay. But what it did show…

What is Ghost Recon Future Soldier‘s ‘Gunsmith’?

As was rumored, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier will support Kinect, as publisher Ubisoft demonstrated today at the Xbox 360’s E3 news conference. Body tracking and voice command will be features of all Ghost Recon titles going forward, beginning with Future Soldier. Ubisoft showed off a feature called “GunSmith,” through which gamers may examine…

These are the New Xbox Live Television Features

Let’s face it: the television remote is so yesterday. As anticipated, Xbox Live’s Marc Whitten has taken the stage at Microsoft’s keynote address to describe and promote some of the features we can expect from the company’s new Xbox Live TV functionality. Voice-Controlled No more buttons, no more joysticks. Users will be able to access…

New Domains Registered For Four Ubisoft Games, Including Ghost Recon: Commander

A tweet from Superannuation shows that domains have been registered For Four Ubisoft Games: Ghost Recon: Commander, Ee Erz, Furious Faculty, Raving Rabbids: Alive And Kicking

EA Sports to Offer Kinect Support with FIFA, Madden, Tiger Woods

EA Sports will offer four titles with Kinect support in the coming year, EA Sports president Peter Moore announced at Microsoft’s E3 news conference just now. FIFA, Madden NFL and Tiger Woods PGA Tour will be among the first titles to implement the Xbox 360’s motion control and voice recognition. “Imagine calling audibles from the…

Resistance 3 E3 Trailer

Developer Insomniac Game’s PS3-exclusive Resistance 3 is due out this September. Courtesy of GameTrailers.com is the game’s newest trailer. Resistance 3 will launch with Move compatibility. Click to view

Check Out a Little Slice of Ninja Gaiden 3

As fast and as bloody as ever, here’s the trailer of Ninja Gaiden 3. Click to view

The 2011 Gawker Media Census Results Are In

Out of the 3,895 Kotaku readers who so kindly filled out the 2011 Gawker Media Census, 57% will completely change their schedule to keep playing games against worthy opponents in other time zones. The phrase “It’s just a game” appear to hit your ears and immediately return to whence they came. Reader/commenter extraordinaire Marquette Madness…

E3 2011 Microsoft Press Conference Live Blog

It’s the first press conference of E3 2011, but will it be the biggest? Microsoft is almost certainly showing off new Kinect games as well as Halo 4. Join us as we soak it in for play-by-play and analysis from Kotaku