Dance Central Spotlight promises Kinect dancing that's more accurate on Xbox One (preview)

When you shake your booty in the next Dance Central, the game’s makers promise it will better capture the movements of your moneymaker better than ever before.

Harmonix is unveiling a new downloadable game dubbed Dance Central Spotlight for the Xbox One. It will take advantage of the more accurate motion-sensing technology in the new version of Kinect for Microsoft’s video game console.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.