Force Unleashed II’s Gameplay Shows Stormtrooper’s Aim Has Not Improved

While Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II’s cinematic trailer is very impressive, it also contains not a second of gameplay footage. That’s what this gameplay clip is for! Things look much the same as they did back in 2008 with the original, the only real noticeable upgrades being a shinier floor and some nice weather…

Kinect Will Be Out In November

As the maketing material says, Microsoft’s Kinect will be out this November. Whether that’s November for the entire world, or just the US & Europe, remains to be seen. As seen on MCV

Fake Families Put Kinect Through Its Paces

You already knew that much of Kinect’s early marketing would be targeted at a casual crowd. So when you watch this collection of game “demonstrations”, try and keep that in mind. At least, try and keep it in mind until the horrors of the dancing game’s “guitar throw”. Those who want to see what Kinect’s…

Kinect Isn’t As Big As You Think It Is

With its long, lean body, people have long assumed Micrsoft’s Kinect would be enormous. But don’t worry. It’s not. As seen on Gizmodo

Kinect’s Final Hardware Revealed

Here it is, the final, retail hardware for Microsoft’s motion-control camera, Kinect. Look familiar?

Our First Look At Natal’s Star Wars, Sports Games (And Minority Report Menus)

Following tonight’s Cirque du Soleil performance in Los Angeles, Microsoft gave us a first look at many of Kinect’s first titles, most of which we’d never seen before. Most promising may well be a Star Wars game, developed by Microsoft and Lucasarts, that features controller-free lightsaber duels, complete with force powers like “force push”. Kinect…

Cirque Performance a Pitch Not Just for Natal, but Games

In the two years he’s been the executive producer for Microsoft’s E3 appearance, Aaron Greenberg’s brought The Beatles on stage and tonight, Cirque du Soleil. He expects to be asked how he’ll outdo that, and he doesn’t have an answer. “I’m eager to not have to try to one-up this next year, that’s for sure,”…

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What Are We Forced To Wear To See The Xbox Kinect?

Microsoft is holding a pre-E3 event tonight, the “Project Natal” for Xbox 360 Experience, starring the acrobatic elite of Cirque du Soleil and forcing us to don… whatever it is that Deputy Editor Stephen Totilo is wearing right now. Are those choir robes? Some sort of disco Jedi outfits? Is Gallagher going to be there…

Rumor: Metroid Prime Team On, Like, Donkey Kong

Retro Studios, the Austin, Texas based development team responsible for making three Metroid Prime games for Nintendo—and one Metroid Prime compilation—may be ready to reveal its new project, a game reportedly starring Donkey Kong. IGN reports that it has heard “credible” talk about Retro Studios creating a Donkey Kong title for the Wii, which, one…

Don’t These Kinect Games Sound Awfully Familiar?

So the Microsoft Kinect is official, and we’ve seen a list of exciting new titles making their way to the Xbox 360 motion control device, but where’s the innovation? Is Kinect changing the game, or delivering more of the same? USA Today’s story (since pulled) on the newly renamed Kinect highlights several of the titles…

The Week in Games: Maintain Radio Silence

The week of E3 is about what you can’t buy, not what you can. Publishers don’t want their major reveals competing with their latest offerings and vice versa. So only Toy Story 3 qualifies as a big drop this week. Monday, June 7 Bejeweled 2 (WiiWare) Legend of Kay (DS) Also: A Kappa’s Trail (DSiWare);…

Your Kinect Hosts Are…

Tonight’s big Xbox 360-themed Cirque du Soleil performance will be co-hosted by iCarly’s Jennette McCurdy and MTV’s Sway Calloway. The two both mentioned their hosting duties in recent Twitter posts. It makes sense that Microsoft would tap popular stars for their big show, which is being repacked to air on, among other channels, MTV and…

Project Natal Officially Renamed “Kinect”, More Games Revealed

There’s no need for conjecture; Microsoft’s upcoming motion control peripheral, once known as Project Natal, is now to be officially known as “Kinect”. “For lots of people, that controller is a barrier,” Microsoft creative director Kudo Tsunoda told USA Today. “We set out to make a new control paradigm where anybody can get in and…