Microsoft have announced that the latest Xbox 360 Dashboard update is now available to all Xbox Live users following a limited release last week.The update is set to ready Xbox 360 consoles for the release of SmartGlass this Friday alongside the Microsoft 8 operating system. The news was revealed by Xbox EMEA social marketing manager Graeme Boyd, who tweeted: “I hear that the Xbox Live dash...
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Ubisoft is bringing “Gangnam Style” to Just Dance 4 as downloadable content. After the South Korean Rapper, PSY, made his way into the hearts and minds of millions around the world with his catchy “Gangnam Style” song, it was inevitable that someone would put it in a video game. I guess it doesn’t exactly work for a lot of other party games. I mean, I know the English words in that song, but I’m c...
Read More »The first of its kind, Zumba Fitness Core focuses the player on ab-sculpting workouts packed with all new features including 40 new songs and routines, 33 international dance styles from all around the world, fitness goals, nutrition tips and all new choreography that targets your core all wrapped up in a total body workout. The franchise has already sold more than eight million copies worldwide a...
Read More »Namco Bandai Games announced that the latest Dragon Ball Z game, Dragon Ball Z for Kinect, is now currently available at retailers The Dragon Ball Z for Kinect game includes all the action and intense battles in the Dragon Ball Z universe but is now included with the unique sense of engagement that only the Kinect can provide gamers with. Players can use their very own bodies, especially their fis...
Read More »Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment have announced the immediate launch of Harry Potter for Kinect. The game is available exclusively on Kinect for the Xbox 360. In the game the player is joins Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger as they embark on their magical journey through Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and beyond. Harry Potter for Kinect features events from the...
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Dance Central 3 Is Almost Here We have just over a week until the release of the third edition to the Dance Central series “Dance Central 3”. I can finally give my first impression on the game having had the chance today to spend a good few hours on it. I had played it prior to today but only a quick go at various gaming events which was not enough time to identity the selling points of the game. ...
Read More »Ubisoft have announced that a demo for Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth is now available worldwide for Xbox LIVE Gold members. The demo will be accessible in one week for regular LIVE members. The game is set for release on the Xbox 360 and Wii U. In the demo of Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth, players will travel back in time to the iconic tropical preserve ‘The Savage Land’. The S...
Read More »Angry Birds, everybody’s favorite app-based game, is now available for consoles with Angry Birds Trilogy. Now you can play your favorite smartphone game on your console, and pay between $30-$40 for that privilege. I have Angry Birds on my iPad. You know why I have it? Because it was free. That’s it. And the industry wonders why consoles might be heading in the same direction as arcades...
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Red Bull Media House has announced that they are co-publishing an Xbox Live Arcade title, with Microsoft Studios, titled ‘Red Bull Crashed Ice Kinect’, developed by Bongfish, an Austrian studio. The team was behind the snowboarding hit title ‘Stoked’. “For any developer it’s a huge opportunity getting their hands on a fresh IP like Crashed Ice,” shared Michael Putz, G...
Read More »Fruit Ninja Kinect is getting an 8-bit makeover with the Fruit Ninja: 8-Bit Cartridge DLC. Finally, video games are including more nostalgia, and thank goodness. I was getting tired of having to play the same handful of games over and over again just to get that nostalgic feel. I mean, what’s the deal video game industry? Why aren’t you filling this nostalgia niche? Why aren’t the familiar franchi...
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