Burn the fat, right next to the couch. Your Shape Fitness Evolved is a fitness-simulation game for Xbox 360 that is designed to deliver a 3D, controller-free fitness simulation experience like no other. Built around the camera, depth sensors and multi-array microphone of the Microsoft Kinect sensor peripheral,* the game allows for real-time motion capture [...]

Michael Jackson: The Experience has been all over the place. The Wii, DS and PSP versions all came out at the end of 2010 and spanned the spectrum from “okay” to “awful.” The 360 and PS3 versions have finally shown up to complete the pack. Each version has approached the goal of making Michael’s legendary [...]

When I was little, I loved pretending that inanimate objects were vehicles. I would climb onto the couch and use it as a make-shift space shuttle, or I’d turn a household chair into the cockpit of a slick race car. I think it’s safe to say that most people know the feeling of holding their [...]

The adventurer is a breed of hero commonly found in video games. The brave men and women that embark on quests for fame, fortune, or the thrill of the unexplored can be found all over the digital landscape. Gamers that purchase Microsoft’s Kinect device — a camera that tracks the entire body in real-time — [...]

Kinect Sports is a yardstick for measuring the potential for Microsoft’s new motion tech. Sports collections are ideal introductions to motion control because of the wide variety of activity they approximate. Every motion control device, from the Wii remote to this year’s PlayStation Move, has launched with this kind of game. But, Kinect Sports is [...]

Embarrassing yourself in front of your friends is now cool and fun. Kinect Dance Central Dance Central™, exclusively for “Kinect” for Xbox 360, is the first real dance game experience that is fun, social and for everyone! Brought to you by Harmonix, the developers who created the world-wide blockbuster Rock Band™, Dance Central is the [...]