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This is not the release date you’re looking for: Kinect Star Wars, R2-D2 360 bundle delayed

Posted on August 24, 2011 by John Scalzo

A Microsoft spokesman has told OXM UK that Kinect Star Wars and the R2-D2 Xbox 360 bundle will no longer be released by the end of the year. No new release date was revealed, but presumably the game will be jump to lightspeed store shelves in 2012.

No Bothans died to bring us this information, but the spokesman did say that the delay is necessary to make sure Kinect Star Wars lives up to its full potential:

“Microsoft and LucasArts have elected to move the launch of Kinect Star Wars beyond holiday 2011 to ensure the full potential of this title is realized. This move applies to both the Kinect Star Wars stand-alone game and the Kinect Star Wars Limited Edition Console. We will communicate additional timing information at a later date.”

This is disappointing news for Star Wars fans everywhere, so please remember, no disintegrations.

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Rampage with the Rancor in these Kinect Star Wars screenshots

Posted on August 16, 2011 by John Scalzo

Players won’t only be wielding a Lightsaber in this Fall’s Kinect Star Wars. In addition to the previously announced podracing sections, the game will also include the option to rampage through the Star Wars universe as the monstrous Rancor.

Promising “intuitive body movements like stomping, charging, roaring, and jumping,” players will be able to “grab, toss, and eat Jawas, stormtroopers, droids and other enemies, plus pull TIE fighters out of the sky, fight AT-STs, and destroy everything in sight.”

Sounds awesome! Or at least like a great way to let the kids blow off some excess energy. Who’s my little Rancor? Yes you are, yes you are.

You can check out all the carnage yourself in a few Rancor-starring screenshots after the break. (more…)

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Xbox 360 Limited Star Wars Kinect Bundle coming to a retailer not so far, far away

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

To celebrate the launch of the ambitious Kinect Star Wars, Microsoft is preparing a limited console bundle to go with it. Featured left, the Kinect sensor, controller, and Xbox 360 console are all custom tailored after everyone’s favorite droids, R2-D2 and C-3PO, including special “power on” and “tray eject” sounds for the system. The bundle also includes a headset and a 320 GB hard drive.

You’ll get a nice share of software to go with it, including the Kinect Star Wars game, the Podracing mode thereof, Kinect Adventures, and a limited edition Star Wars theme. The Xbox 360 Limited Star Wars Kinect Bundle retails for $449.99 and will be available day and date with Kinect Star Wars when it launches this holiday season.

The bundle is ironically coming out the same year that the Star Wars films are being released on Blu-ray.

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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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