XBOX 360 Kinect Reviews

“Microsoft’s Xbox 720 may just be around the corner. Surprising news? It’s not as out-of-the-blue as you might think: the signs are all there, pointing to a next-generation console release that might come as early as this year. You just have to know where to look”

Xbox 720: Early rumours
“The initial coining of the name ‘Xbox 720′ has been been kicking around since the Xbox 360 was announced. It’s obvious maths. We’ll only pay attention to rumour with a bit more credence”

“So how about word straight from the horse’s jobs page? In early 2011, Microsoft stated it was looking for a Senior Architect and Performance Engineer for the Xbox Console Architecture Group, as well as Senior Hardware Design Engineer and a Graphics Hardware Architect”

“The successful applicants would be “responsible for defining and delivering next-generation console architectures from conception through implementation.” If you ask us that means that things are well under way at MS HQ”

Hollywood spills the beans?
“Have you seen the mad robot fighting film Real Steel? Then you saw the Microsoft Xbox 720 ad banners plastered around the ring, right? No? You must not have freeze-frame vision. Check out the cheeky ad here. Is it just a gag, or a genuine hint?”

Xbox 720 Graphics
“John Carmack of id Software thinks he knows the score. In a recent interview, he claimed that “The next-generation will be here soon, a couple of years. It’ll be another ten times as powerful as this generation.” He went on to state a pretty conservative launch date, though: “I’d be surprised if [the current generation] doesn’t last over a decade before people wind up saying, well, we’ve really tapped out everything you could possibly do on there”

“We’re looking at a powerhouse of a machine, replete with a hexa-core CPU sporting 2GB of DDR3 RAM. The GPU is expected to be in development at AMD”

A CES 2012 unveiling?
“If you don’t believe John’s word, you could subscribe to the fairly optimistic view that it’ll launch this very month, at CES 2012 in Las Vegas. That’s the word form a source apparently close to Microsoft”

“Another popular theory is that it’ll land at this years E3 expo in June. Our guess? An E3 expo launch, but not until at least 2013″

Cloud gaming?
“With OnLive gaining ground and online offerings on XBLA growing in popularity, there’s a popular theory spiraling round that the Xbox 720 will eschew discs altogether and simply feed content to you on the fly from a massive bank of Microsoft servers”

How OnLive could change everything
“If that does turn out to be the case, we’d push the release date back a good few years. One of the major problems with streaming at the moment is that only a few people have fast enough internet connections to be able to deal with it” “It’d be unadvised to go solely online until everyone that currently has an Xbox 360 is in a position to make the switch”

Nex-gen Kinect?
“We’re just a wee bit excited about the possibilities for a future version of Kinect. Beefed up specs, cameras and sensors could take the sterling work that’s already there and genuinely transform gaming”

How Kinect will change the future of computing
“While Microsoft may be focusing on taking the Kinect and making it play nice with your desktop PC, it’ll never truly lose its gaming roots. With that in mind, you can guarantee that when the Xbox 720 does land, it’ll be alongside a revamped Kinect sensor and some very clever software”

Is it too early to drum up a list of the top Xbox 360 games for 2012? I think not! We’re practically in the middle of January right now, the first month of 2012, and this is a good time as any to talk about the top Xbox 360 games for 2012; the games that will empty our pockets and fill up our waking hours for this year.

2011 was probably one of the best years ever for Xbox 360 gamers. So many great titles came out like Portal 2, Mass Effect 3, Gears of War 3, and of course, Skyrim (just to name a few). With games like that, it’s a wonder that we could still find time to get some work done.

Nevertheless, we’re now moving on and talking about the top Xbox 360 games for 2012. There’s a lot to look forward to, and although I realize that it’s still too early to pick out the best from the bunch, I’m gonna go out on a limb and share with you my short list of what I believe will be the top Xbox 360 games for 2012:

Far Cry 3 – This is one of the top sequels that we’ve been waiting for. Ubisoft got a lot of attention when it announced at E3 that Far Cry 3 was on the horizon. At the very least, some people are already saying that this should have been the sequel to the first installment in the series.

With the amount of excitement that was generated when this title was announced, including it in my list of top Xbox 360 games for 2012 is a no-brainer.

Tomb Raider – Yet another reboot of the wildly-popular franchise, we now find Lara Croft marooned on a tropical island, left to fend for herself. This title being a prequel, however, you can expect to see a younger and a less experienced Lara this time around. She doesn’t even have her gear with her, so our beloved treasure hunter starts off as a scavenger.

What happens next? We’ll all have to wait and see. To be honest, it was my love of the series that compelled me to see this as one of the top Xbox 360 games for 2012.

Minecraft – Although I’m not really sure that a simplistic indie game such as this will translate well to console gaming, the popularity of the PC version was enough to fuel the development of this Xbox edition. As such, it’s also enough for me to consider it as one of the top Xbox 360 games for 2012.

Halo 4 – Do I even have to explain why this game is on this list? I don’t know about you, but I consider Halo as an institution. The Master Chief is to the Xbox console like Mario is for Nintendo, or Sonic for the Playstation. A new story arc combined with a time-honored reputation automatically puts this title on my “top Xbox 360 games for 2012” list.

Xbox gaming consoles have become Widely popular amongst the kids of Right now that just about all of them want to have one. This is where the Xbox Kinect Bundle comes in, allowing the gaming enthusiasts to enjoy the unique experience of taking their entire body into the game by using the Kinetic for Xbox 360. Rather than playing a game like a couch potato, the Kinetic will allow gamers to become bodily involved in the game they are playing on their Xbox 360.

When it comes to the most well acknowledged home gaming techniques of Today, the Xbox 360 certainly stands out because of offering a unique gaming experience for the entire family. While Nintendo introduced a similar gaming concept with the Wii, way before Microsoft did with its gaming console; however the Kinetic from Xbox has advanced the entire body gaming technology to quite an extent.

The greatest benefit of the Kinetic from Xbox is that it presents an absolutely hands-free gaming experience, which means no controller is required while playing games with the Kinetic. Rather than using controllers, the console has an indeveloped camera up front that allows players to actually stand in front of the gaming console and move their body according the game-play requirements of a game. As a means of effectively monitoring each and each and every movement of a participant, the Kinetic for Xbox 360 also has an infrared sensor.
When the Kinetic was first released by microsoft there were only about 20 video games available for the console however that number is gradually growing. Presently there is a wide array of Kinetic games from the dance, fitness and weight loss categories as well as popular sports video games that participants can bodily indulge in. This means that the Kinetic is in fact an ideal home gaming console for individuals of all ages.

The regular Xbox Kinect Bundle gives several diverse functions, which include:

• The Kinetic is different from the Wii because of its excellent capabilities of recognizing faces and voices, as well as tracking skeletal motions, thanks to its progressive motion sensor,• To allow participants to enjoy online gaming, a Wi-Fi system has also been constructed into the gaming console,• The console can not only be used for playing games but also to watch HD movies, stream music, play free demos of newly released games and play video games on the internet too,• Currently, there are over 2000 Xbox 360 video games that can be played with the Kinetic as well.

People will essentially be able to employ one of two options if they decide to buy a Xbox Kinect Bundle. The first option gives a small 4Gb hard drive room and the other offers a larger 250Gb hard drive room. Similarly the latter option will be more costly; however receiving the 4Gb Kinetic bundle will be quite less expensive. Along with these functions, by receiving any of these bundles purchasers will also get subscribed to Xbox Live. Hence gaming enthusiasts can select the Xbox Kinetic Bundle they want to purchase depending on their storage requirements. While there are many admirers of the Nintendo Wii out there, however the fan base of the Kinetic for Xbox 360 is also rapidly increasing.

Jevon Hayter is a writer who spealizes in tech reviews and tips. See more of his work at
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