In a sad move that sacrifices the last vestiges of its creative vision, Microsoft has backed down on the Xbox One's mandatory Kinect. Despite its initially very vehement protestations about the ...

Miguel "Migz" Llado started playing games and consoles in the early '90s. From the Famicom generation up to now with the Xbox Series S, he has enjoyed many years with different games and platforms. A ...

Speculation had been mounting for months that a move like this was in the cards at Microsoft, but now it's actually happening: head of Xbox Phil Spencer confirmed today that starting on June 9 (in all ...

The tale of the Microsoft Xbox Kinect is one of those sad situations where a great product was used in an application that turned out to be a bit of a flop and was discontinued because of it, despite ...

After Xbox head Phil Spencer tweets about a console power boost, the company confirms units without Kinect can access more of its GPU. Nick Statt was a staff reporter for CNET News covering Microsoft, ...

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 ...

The cheaper price represents a major shift for Microsoft, as does a decision to drop the $60 annual fee to access streaming content such as Netflix and YouTube. Covering home audio and video, Matthew ...

This weekend, Microsoft revealed that two new updates are arriving to the Xbox One Kinect. The sensor, that is primarily used to map movement across a range of titles available for the Xbox One, will ...

Romeo is a writer, gamer, PR practitioner, podcaster, and pro wrestler who's been playing for nearly his whole life. Since getting a Famicom at 4 or 5 years old, he's never stopped playing, whether it ...

The Xbox One will not function without Kinect attached. Microsoft has announced that its newly unveiled next-generation console requires the motion sensing device to be connected at all times, reports ...

The Xbox One wants to make things easy for gamers. For example, its Kinect camera can read QR codes, so when you buy a Xbox Store gift card or an Xbox Live Gold subscription, you can hold the QR code ...