Provisionally titled “DanceMasters”, Konami are aiming to get people dancing using the Kinect instead of their own Dance Dance Revolution mats. It involves full body dancing, lessons, routine savings as backing dancers, Xbox Live play, leaderboards and other related stuff. The press release with more details follows.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Fact Sheet Short Version: Link continues to do the “Saving the World” thing again. This time however, you will be able to use the Wii MotionPlus to waggle Link’s sword at enemies. Yes, it’s Zelda: Swordfighting Edition. There’s also the other obvious motion activities like shooting the bow, or […]

Continuing the Konami invasion to the Xbox 360’s Kinect is Adrenalin Misfits, where you become a monster and do cross-boarding. Waving your hands and body around like you just don’t care, you’d be able to race in various places and to win various boards after competing against other boarders. Press release and fact sheet after […]

Just in case you haven’t had your fill of gaming that moves you in a physical instead of emotional sense, EA Sports have let out word that they’re doing EA Sports Active 2 for the Kinect, alongside the PS3, Wii and iPods. There’s mention of a “9 Week Programme”, useful if you feel you need […]

Dead Space 2 has been announced at E3. From the visceral minds of… er… Visceral Games and EA, take another trip in a spaceship full of plesant bunnies and loving wildlife. And by “bunnies and wildlife”, I mean “undead stuff that wants to tear you limb from limb”. Plasma cutters at the ready… More info […]

It’s the EA Sports MMA fact sheet. Short Version: Mixed Martial Arts fighting game (As in cages, boxing, kung fu, taekwondo, karate and general flailing of the arms and legs and trying not to die) , choice of rings, online broadcast system so people can watch, “Total Strike Control”, large roster of combatants, “Photo GameFace” […]

Nuts about Lego? Find World of Warcraft a little under-blocky for your tastes? Coming in October is Lego Universe, the first ever MMO that has anything directly connected to the brand. The game will contain challenges and brick by brick building, and will almost certainly not include anything like Icecrown Citadel nor “Epic Mounts”…

Disney Epic Mickey Fact Sheet Short Version:  Play as Mickey Mouse in a world made up of Disney’s long forgotten artistic efforts. Wield paint and paint thinner in a “Playstyle Matters” way (as in changes have consequences). Warren Spector is leading this, so it should be an exceptional game. Nice to see the target audience […]

Dead Rising 2: Case Zero Fact Sheet Short Version: Between Dead Rising and Dead Rising 2, the protagonist of the sequel travels with his daughter to a desert town where, predictably, a zombie attack happens. It contains all the combinable weaponry in the sequel, and playing the Xbox Live exclusive will also level you up […]

Call of Duty players on the Xbox 360 will have a steady supply of add-ons on their console first until 2012, thanks to a new agreement between Activision and Microsoft. This has apparently been going since 2009 but has now been extended to 2012. The next batch of playable stuff will be Black Ops on […]