Pretzel yourself with TwisterMania on Kinect
Some game ideas go together like peanut butter and jelly. That’s what comes to mind with the combination of Microsoft‘s Kinect motion-sensing system and...
How Microsoft engineered Kinect to withstand gamers and lightning strikes
Microsoft engineers spoke publicly for the first time yesterday about how they built the Kinect motion sensing system, offering a rare glimpse inside the...
Hands on with Microsoft’s slick speech-powered Xbox 360, Windows Phone 7 (video)
Microsoft is rolling out a whole host of speech recognition features for its Windows Phone 7 devices and Kinect-enabled Xbox 360 consoles in a...
Microsoft’s game business grows 30 percent as Xbox 360 gains share
Microsoft’s video game revenues grew 30 percent for the fourth fiscal quarter and generated a small profit for the period. The growth was propelled...
Classic Halo remake is next hardcore game to feature Kinect augmentation
The Halo Anniversary edition of Halo: Combat Evolved will use Microsoft’s motion-sensing controller, the Kinect, in some way, Microsoft Studios head Phil Spencer told GameSpot....
Kinect software development kit is now live
Microsoft announced today that it is releasing a beta development kit that will let software developers tap into the company’s Xbox 360 motion controller,...
A brief walk around the E3 show floor (video)
Every year after the E3 video game trade show, people ask me what it’s like to go. It’s hard to explain the madness of...
This year’s top surprises at E3
With the video game industry’s largest trade show over, it’s time to wrap up some of the highlights. We’ll start with the biggest surprises...
VentureBeat’s photo gallery captures the noise of E3 2011 (part 1)
The only thing bad about an E3 photo gallery is that you can’t hear the sounds. E3, the video game industry’s trade show, is...
Microsoft demos long-awaited Star Wars Kinect game (video)
It isn’t trapped in a galaxy far, far away any more. Microsoft finally unveiled a Star Wars game powered by its motion controller, the Kinect,...