On Tuesday, Microsoft announced it had discontinued the USB adapter for the Kinect sensor, a pioneering motion-sensing accessory line for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One that sold almost 30 million units in ...

And just like that, all three of the major game consoles now have some semblance of motion controls. Unlike the Nintendo Wii and PlayStation Move, however, Microsoft's Kinect for Xbox 360 opts to get ...

Microsoft’s Kinect may not have found success as a gaming peripheral, but recognizing that a depth sensor is too cool to leave for dead, development continued even after Xbox gaming peripherals were ...

When Microsoft started selling a basic Xbox One package without a Kinect V2 for $100 less, the result was unequivocal: Sales took off. Most gamers can take or leave the ubiquitous depth camera, ...

Anyone remember Xbox Kinect? It was this strange-looking motion-sensing peripheral for the Xbox 360, and later Xbox One, which used a camera to track the gamer's movements. First unveiled at E3 2009 ...

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LOS ANGELES – Love the Wii? So does Microsoft. Here at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the Xbox maker is pulling out all the stops and breaking the bank to introduce Kinect, the upcoming ...

Microsoft's $150 Xbox add-on, the Kinect, can use face-recognition technology to log you onto your Xbox Live account. But it's not trouble-free. To understand why, you need to know how it works.

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We all know Microsoft’s motion- and voice-controlled Xbox accessory can enhance your games, but its greatest achievement so far has perhaps been in the way it’s breathed fresh life into the DIY ...

A slim, 32-year-old psychologist, he spends his days behind a one-way mirror at Microsoft’s video games research center here, watching people play the company’s Xbox systems. He looks for smiles, ...

As outlandish as it sounds, the recently-released indie management strategy game Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator perfectly captures its premise and central gameplay loop in a five-word title.