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Kinect 2: To Read Lips & Emotions (Maybe Snatch Souls?)

November 28, 2011 No Comments

The Kinect by Microsoft is already a sophisticated piece of hardware that translates your body’s movements into actual gameplay. It even understands you when you speak during a few Kinect enabled games and when searching with Bing on the Xbox’s new dashboard which is coming soon. Now, Eurogameris reporting that Microsoft’s next Kinect (Kinect 2) […]

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New Xbox Metro UI Inspired Dashboard to Launch December 6

November 22, 2011 No Comments

Some have already been enjoying the new Xbox 360 fall update for a month now with it’s biggest draw being its new Metro UI inspired dashboard. Some even might tell you how beautiful it looks and how much easier it is to find things (hint hint). Well, the everyone will finally have a crack at […]

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Sonic CD: Tails Will be Unlockable Character (images)

November 3, 2011 No Comments

We announced back in August that Sonic CD would be making its way onto Windows Phone and Xbox Live. What can make waiting for this game even more exciting? Sega sure seems like they figured that one out by announcing that Tails will be an unlockable character in the game. Sega: Tails has been added […]

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WP7 Xbox Live Game of the Week: Kinectimals (officially)

November 2, 2011 No Comments

Last week we announced that Kinectimals was available for Windows Phone and it was but only for a limited time. See, shortly after it was pulled from the marketplace because it was either a soft launch to get people excited or it might of just been a mistake. Now today, November 2nd, Kinectimals has officially […]

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Kinectimals Launched Early and Pulled From the Marketplace

October 28, 2011 No Comments

We announced on Wednesday that Kinectimals was released as an Xbox Live game along side Orbital and it really was. Turns out though that Microsoft just released it for the day to hype everyone up for the game or it really was just a mistake on their part. Kinectimals will in fact actually launch next week […]

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WP7 Xbox Live Game of the Week: Kinectimals

October 26, 2011 1 Comment

Kinectimals has just hit the Windows Phone Marketplace! From the hit Xbox 360 Kinectimals has shrunk in size and placed into our Windows Phone. They game got very popular among kids and families, especially since it was one of the first games available that used the Kinect. You can get the game now on your […]

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Halo: Realtime Maps Coming to Windows Phone for Xbox 360 Players via ATLAS App (video)

October 16, 2011 No Comments

343 Industries, the new development house for the Halo franchise announced yesterday at Comic Con that they will be providing Windows Phone users a leg up on the competition. An app called Atlas will be available very soon on the Windows Phone marketplace that will work as a real world GPS system while your playing […]

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Microsoft: Win Big With The Big Box of Awesome 2

October 13, 2011 1 Comment

The Big Box of Awesome II is here from Microsoft. Head over to their Facebook page and follow the directions to enter.   Here are the prizes that they will be giving away: One (1) Sony® Vaio L Series All-In-One Touchscreen PC running Windows 7. Approximate Retail Value (ARV) $1,800 One (1) Xbox 360® 250 […]

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Microsoft Purchases Indie Developer ‘Twisted Pixel’

October 12, 2011 No Comments

I am a huge fan of Twisted Pixel, their games are usually very funny and light hearted but also includes great gameplay. Twisted Pixel has made a name for themselves by creating games just for Xbox Live and PC with titles like: Comic Jumper ‘Splosion Man The Gunstringer The Maw Joystiq is reporting that Microsoft […]

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Full Promo for Xbox Live TV

October 6, 2011 No Comments

Yesterday we saw a snippet of this video, the one where the girl is using her Windows Phone to control her Xbox. This is the full length version that shows how Live TV will also work together with your Kinect to optimize your TV viewing experience. Source: Microsoft

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Nokia Begins to Advertise the Lumia 710 – Welcome to the Amazing Everyday (video)

With the Lumia 800 being Nokia’s flagship Windows Phone at the moment, its no wonder that it has been getting...

Lenovo LePhone S2 Running Windows Phone Coming 2012

Lenovo announced yesterday its LePhone S2 running Android which seemed to kill any chance of them making a Windows...