All Articles: E3 2011

MS @ E3 11: Star Wars, Disneyland Adventures, Sesame Street come to Kinect

Posted on June 6, 2011 by John Scalzo

Just like last year, the 2011 Microsoft E3 Press Conference was all about Kinect.

Microsoft has partnered with Disney to bring Disneyland Adventures to Kinect. Minigames based on Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland and other Disneyland attractions will keep the kids busy for a good long time.

More for the kids came from Tim Schafer, who showed off Double Fine’s Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster. A storybook-themed romp through the Sesame Street world. He also apparently has the cutest daughter in the world and is very proud he finally gets to make a game for her.

An extended look at Kinect Star Wars makes the gesture controls used in the game look pretty spectacular. For those that didn’t jump on the Dance Central bandwagon, this may be the Kinect’s killer app for a lot of people. Fighting battledroids involves blocking blaster bolts with a Lightsaber and then counterattacking. But the demo got good when it ended with the promise of a duel with two dual-Lightsaber wielding Sith.

And speaking of Dance Central… rumor has a sequel is coming up soon in the Microsoft Press Conference.

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Use the Force to view the Kinect Star Wars E3 trailer

Posted on June 6, 2011 by John Scalzo

So what do we know after watching the Kinect Star Wars trailer? Always in motion, the future is, but the game appears to be a saga-spanning epic that lets players battle droids on Naboo, pilot a pod racer on Tatooine and fly an X-Wing into space. Actions are performed by quite literally kicking a droid in the face, making the hand motion for a Force Push, swinging a Lightsaber in combat (Lightsaber not included, but the developers encourage you to use one) and mimicking the controls of the vehicles.

Hopefully we’ll see more at E3, but if you’ve got a big enough living room, Kinect Star Wars could be the game that makes all your “Stars Wars Kid” fantasies come true.

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