Depending on your view of things, Microsoft has either done a lot of backpedaling or a lot of listening to people’s concerns about the Xbox One. The company now says Kinect won’t have to be plugged in ...

The Nex Playground brings motion-tracked games to the entire family. Consider it the best of the Xbox Kinect in a tiny box.

You might not have heard of the Nex Playground, but it’s a tiny gaming system built entirely around Kinect-like games. With its camera and computer vision processing, the $249 Nex Playground can track ...

Pour one out for Microsoft’s toy that allows players to flap their limbs around like a crazy person—the Kinect for Xbox is dead. The news comes from Fast Company and was officially confirmed by ...

Kinect is coming in November and launching along side it is a 4GB Xbox/Kinect bundle, which really won't suit your hardcore gaming habits. What you need is that glossy 250GB Xbox bundled with that ...

The Xbox Kinect has turned 15, and we’re all grateful the industry got over its obsession with whatever Nintendo was up to at the time. Announced in 2009 as Project Natal, with hindsight being 20:20, ...

Of all major game publishers, Nintendo is the one most associated with bizarre controls. From the Virtual Boy to the Wiimote, Nintendo's history is studded with unorthodox new ways to play games — ...

STEVE BALLMER: Well, I’m certainly excited to have a chance to be here with you today. I want to say thanks to everybody. For me, I’ve been now a week on the road traveling, seeing customers, wearing ...

Last night, I was privy to a special demonstration of Microsoft’s new Kinect, a controllerless controller, set to debut to the world on November 4. Actually, “controllerless” isn’t exactly the right ...