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Kinect: Star Wars review (Retail)

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Andy Tran
– April 11, 2012Posted in: Retail Reviews, Reviews

Kinect Star Wars is developed by LucasArts and Terminal Reality and published by Microsoft Studios. It was released on April 3 2012, and retails for $49.99 MSRP.

Kinect: Star Wars is another title that takes a big step in the right direction to showcase the Kinect’s capabilities in living rooms. But be warned – if you’re hoping to get into the shoes of a Jedi as a grown adult – this isn’t the one for you. The podracing and dancing are interesting modes to say the least, but once you start the game you realize it’s made for a younger demographic.

Story mode puts you in the shoes of a Jedi padawan and takes place during the Clone Wars. You follow a Jedi Master and experience their journey through memorable Star Wars moments like speeder bike chases, and a Death Star attack. The other modes are: Rancor Rampage, Galactic Dance Off, and Duels of Fate. One of the most memorable modes is Podracing; it pits you against other racers in a mode called Destiny which gives a back story to all the racing going on. Just don’t play it for an extended period of time or your arms will get tired.

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Out today: Kinect Star Wars

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Nick DePetris
– April 3, 2012Posted in: News

Just in case the image of Han Solo shakin’ his groove thang wasn’t forever burned into your skull by our harrowing look into Cloud City’s night life, we wanted to throw out a gentle reminder that Kinect Star Wars released today. With reactions pouring in from around the internet, initial responses have been a bit underwhelming. Hopefully with a big name game like this we will get a demo soon. Of course, there is one uncontested success arising from the partnership between LucasArts and Microsoft, the totally awesome looking Kinect Star Wars Limited Edition Bundle. If you’d like to take the plunge on the game, you can find it on Amazon here, or reel it in with an Xbox as part of the bundle.

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Another funny Kinect Star Wars commercial

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Nick DePetris
– February 14, 2012Posted in: News

I’m not going to spoil the twist here, but let’s just say Vader ain’t quite his old self these days. The team over at Xbox has put out another video showing how normal people like Chris Pratt are getting in the game, so to speak, by taking control of the action in Kinect Star Wars. OK, this one isn’t quite as funny as the last, but it gets pretty good towards the end.

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Four Kinect games playable at upcoming event in Japan

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Nick DePetris
– February 13, 2012Posted in: News

Microsoft’s planning an event in Japan, and Kinect games are taking center stage. Well, maybe not center stage, but they’ll certainly be there! 123 Kinect has taken the time to translate the official page, and brings us news that there will be four as-yet unreleased Kinect games playable at the event. The lineup includes Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure, Kinect Star Wars, Diabolical Pitch, and the never-before-played and not-quite-yet titled Project Draco. We’ll have more news and hopefully a closer look at these highly anticipated games once February 26 rolls around.

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Parks and Rec’s Chris Pratt gets down with Darth Vader

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Nick DePetris
– January 28, 2012Posted in: Media, News, Videos

If you aren’t already in love with Chris Pratt based on his character Andy Dwyer from Parks and Rec, this clip will fix that. Unless you’re a hardcore Star Wars fan, since this brief scene makes more changes than George Lucas could in an entire lifetime. Seriously though, you should watch the clip. It’s a promotion for the upcoming Kinect Star Wars, and while it doesn’t actually feature and footage from the game, if the game turns out to be half as good as the marketing it will definitely fall into the “must buy” category.

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CES video shows off Happy Action Theater and more

By
Nick DePetris
– January 18, 2012Posted in: News

Major Nelson took some time at CES to do a couple of interviews and sneak peeks with some of the upcoming games on the Xbox, including Kinect titles Kinect Star Wars, Happy Action Theater, and Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure. The Kinect Star Wars portion kicks off by announcing that the game will be able to be played completely in 3D for those with the capability. It also shows off some of the pod racing, talks about a tie-in with the upcoming Star Wars 3D re-release, and briefly discusses some of the sweet Jedi moves you’ll be able to do.

Happy Action Theater is up next, featuring a quick look at some of the 18 different minigames. The best part of this segment is the guy talking – while talking about how the game supports up to 6 people he announces “You can even get the dog in there and play if you want!” We’re still not completely sure what the deal is with this game, but it looks pretty interesting.

Rounding out the Kinect portion of the video is a look at the upcoming Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure. The game is made up of minigames in which you’ll interact with characters from The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Up, Toy Story 3, and Cars 2. Supposedly they worked closely with the Pixar folks during the development of this game, so it should be at least worth a look.

This is a pretty good look at the Kinect games that Microsoft is going to be pushing over the next few months, and they definitely seem to be aiming towards a more casual crowd. It will be interesting to see what else they have up their sleeves for some of the upcoming conferences like PAX East and E3. Take a look after the break for some great footage of these games.

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