The World May End Before We Get Darksiders 2

Apocalypse simulator Darksiders was released in January 2010. The action/RPG game will be getting a sequel, but we hope you’re willing to wait, because it might not be here until 2013 Brian Farrell, CEO of the game’s publisher THQ, said this morning during an earnings call that the sequel to one of 2010’s sleeper hits…

Examining Kinect’s Minority Report Effect

Kinect may be touted as the Xbox 360’s answer to motion gaming, but it’s not just about making you the controller. Kinect can also let you interact with television, movies, music and the Xbox 360 like Tom Cruise in Minority Report, just without the fancy gloves. This video is a quite long, but in it…

Review: Kinect Sports

The Xbox 360 finally has its motion-based sports game. Packed with six sports, ten if you include all of the events of track and field, Kinect Sports drops you controller-free into an eclectic mix of athleticism. Aesthetically, Kinect Sports falls somewhere between Wii Sports and the Playstation Move’s Sports Champions. Kinect Sports uses your recently…

Review: Kinectimals

Don’t mistake Kinectimals for a Nintendogs clone. This is the closest the Kinect launch has to a traditional video game, one that eight year old girls are going to coo at. Kinectimals is both a virtual pet game featuring cute, fuzzy young wild cats and a quest to unlock the mysteries of an island. It’s…

StarCraft II Gives You One Free Name Do-Over

If you were in a rush when you picked your StarCraft II callsign and, in hindsight, think it sucks, help’s on the way. PC Gamer is reporting that Blizzard will allow one free rename. Others will cost. PC Gamer says Blizzard’s accommodating the user base’s recent demands for the name change option, but to a…

Review: Dance Central

Dance Central is a dancing rhythm game from the folks who created Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Packed with an eclectic mix of music and dance moves from the artists, it hopes to redefine the way we play dance games. Dance Central is among the most visually polished of the Kinect launch titles. Gamers stand…

A Visual Guide To Your Shape

Your Shape’s calibration measures things like shoulder span, arm length and leg length. When players are able to match movements with their trainer, they are “in rhythm”. Players can also exercise with training like bicep curls. Your Shape allows players to create fitness challenges among friends. You know it, you love it, the hula hoop.

There Might Be Life Left In Game Magazines Yet

The traditional “news-previews-reviews” games magazine is a dying beast, but the idea of a magazine based on video games is still one worth saving. It just has to be done right. Like Amusement. Or in this case, Kill Screen. Onto its second issue now, Kill Screen is the latest magazine to make the smart decision…

Modern Warfare 2 Shot To Pieces, Then Set On Fire

This video begins slowly, tricking you into thinking it’s the inconsequential ramblings of a fanboy, but as soon as you hear a Russian accent drawl “I’m going to shoot it with a few guns”, things get interesting. True to his word, the lad (who dearly loves his firearms) lays down a PC copy of Activision’s…

Review: Kinect Adventures

Kinect Adventures is the game that every Kinect owner will soon be playing. That’s because it’s the one that comes with the hardware. So it should give players a taste of what they can expect from Xbox 360 motion gaming. As with a bulk of this first round of Kinect games, Kinect Adventures looks an…

Kinect From All The Angles, Plus Beans

Kinect, like you’ve never seen it before, on one of our roofs, compared in size to everything from a Wii sensor bar to a can of beans. Plus! Cord length!

Review: Kinect

Microsoft says that Kinect is the next big thing for video games, a way to control both games and TV without touching a thing. This expensive future is now. It’s amazing, but you can wait for it. The Kinect sensor is a device that plugs into an Xbox 360 and uses a combination of cameras…

What We Loved, What We Hated About the Xbox 360 Kinect

Microsoft calls it a new console, but the Kinect is really a fresh coat of paint for the Xbox 360, promising to deliver not just motion gaming, but controller-free gaming to the masses. We’ve had the peripheral add-on in our offices for a little more than a week now, time enough for us to play…

A Visual Guide To Kinect For Xbox 360

“You are the controller,” Microsoft says in its Kinect ads. Kinect’s coming out party at E3 2009. Some of these experiences wound up in Kinect Adventures, some may never be released at all. Microsoft’s original vision for Kinect, when it was still known as “Project Natal.” Kinect delivered on some of these promises, but we’re…

Hot Pursuit Reboots Need For Speed’s Home Turf

So, here’s Seacrest County in Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit. It’s got every challenge a street racer could want, but man, this place feels familiar. Tri-City in Undercover or Rockport in Most Wanted didn’t feature night driving nor snow-capped mountains, but the rest of this – the freeways, coast and back roads – have struck…

A Visual Guide to Dance Central

Crank That By Soulka Boy Jungle Boogie By Kool and the Gang Funkytown By Lipps Inc. The Dance Central Trailer

Sucker Punched Again!

I don’t know why I’m bothering to even write this off-topic open thread. You guys and gals are probably waiting in line to buy your Kinects or naming your pet tiger cub Skittles by now. Right? If you’re not out there buying into the latest motion control scheme, please, join us for some lovely conversation…

NBAer Asserts Dunk Champion’s Prerogative, Gets His NBA Jam Rating Maxed

Dwight Howard believes his dunk rating of 8 in NBA Jam doesn’t reflect reality. Neither does jumping from the three point line to eye-level with the shot clock to throw down a 720-degree behind-the-back slam, but who’s counting? Howard’s 8 DNK in the Wii version of the arcade classic got the Orlando Magic center (and…

Did The House of Fallout Just Buy *Another* Studio?

Bethesda (and parent company ZeniMax) has gone on a major shopping spree over the past few years, expanding far beyond Oblivion and Fallout, swallowing up the creators of Doom and Resident Evil. And it doesn’t look like they’re stopping there. ZeniMax Media, the people who already own Bethesda Software, id Software, Arkane Studios and, most…

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