Archive for the ‘kinect’ Category

The Avengers Assemble On Xbox 360 and WiiU Later This Year

Friday, May 11th, 2012
When the Avengers was released last week it was odd that Marvel didn’t have their usual video game time in to be associated with the movie. Over the past months some footage leaked online of an Avengers game from THQ but that was from an officially canceled project. Yesterday though, Ubisoft officially announced that they [...]

Trade in your iStuff for an Xbox 360 and Kinect @ GameStop!

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
It’s no secret that we are big fans of GameStop here @ Nerd City. The trade-in culture that GameStop has helped foster has played a huge role in the Nerd landscape, and they’ve always been super kind to us (which obviously rules). Currently, they are running a great promotion (until this Saturday 12/17), where you [...]

R2-D2 Inspired Xbox 360 Coming Soon

Thursday, July 21st, 2011
In anticiapation for the upcoming Star Wars Kinect game, Microsoft will be releasing a new Xbox 360 model bundled with Kinect and the game itself. What makes this Xbox 360 so neat is that the system will be modeled after R2-D2 and the controller will have the look of C-3PO’s metal body. The system will [...]

E3 2011 Microsoft Roundup

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011
This year Microsoft did a very good job focusing on their future software lineup along with continuing their push of Kincet and Kinect games. Microsoft is clearly still behind their controller free peripheral with Kinect Sports 2, Star Wars Kinect and 3rd party support from EA, 2K Sports and Bioware, Mass Effect 3 will [...]

Microsoft Kinect Launches Today

Thursday, November 4th, 2010
Today Microsoft will officially launch their hands free gaming device know as Kinect at the MSRP of $149.99. This Xbox 360 add on will replace your controller as you play “exciting” games like Kinect Adventures, Kinect Sports and other mini game style games. Kinect has been getting a giant push from Microsoft as [...]

Microsoft’s Kinect Needs 6ft of Space for “Best Results”

Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
With Microsoft’s Kinect launching on November 4th, certain people have begun receiving Kinect for beta testing. One person has provided images of the manual for connect along with some interesting facts. The manual states that for the best results, players will want to have at least 6ft of space between themselves and the [...]

Microsoft Announces Kinect Pricing and Bundle

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
Microsoft has officially announced that the will cost existing Xbox 360 owners $150 to get started with the Kinect experience. This will include the Kinect hardware along with the Kinect Adventures game. Now if you do not already own a 360 and want to get in on the Kinect experience, Microsoft will be [...]

Microsofts Plans for San Diego Comic Con

Friday, July 16th, 2010
With video games having a hug prescene at Comic Con this year, it’s no surprise that Microsoft will be there to give fans a first look/hands on on many games such as the new Halo, Microsoft Kinect, Gears of War 3 and many others. Microsoft will have their own booth on the show floor [...]

Microsoft Kinect pricing “Revealed/Confirmed”

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Without an official announcement from Microsoft, the new Kinect system looks to be launching for $150. This of course is according to many sites that will allow you to pre-order the device including Microsofts own store, Amazon and Gamestop. All of which have the consistent price of $150 and the release date of [...]

Microsoft E3 Press Conference Roundup

Monday, June 14th, 2010
Well, Microsoft kicked off this years E3 with the first presentation from the big three companies and I’ll tell you it wasn’t that impressive to me. Don’t take that as I’m being biased (as you may know I’m not a Xbox fan) but this is my opinion as a gamer looking at what they [...]

Pre E3 Microsoft News: Natal Now Kinect & New 360 System Rumors

Monday, June 14th, 2010
Microsoft held a pre E3 party over the weekend where game press was allowed to get a new demonstration on Kinect (once Natal). During this presentation Microsoft detailed new games including Kinect Sports (Wii Sports clone), Kinectamials (an Eye Petz/Nintendogs clone), a dance game by MTV and what could be the most promising game [...]

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