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pillage in the race this week with Forza Motorsport 4...

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Ubisoft's Just Dance 3 promotional app for iOS ('n, later, Android) isn't exactly the same as Just Dance 3 -- but it does encourage ye t' do the thing in the title a the game. In fact, rather than a graded dance simulator, the app be sort a a VidRhythm thing, speeding up 'n recutting yer video footage into an automatically generated music video t' one a three songs from the game.

ye can see some examples, uploaded from the app, at the Autodance YouTube page. we be not convinced it be a thing we'd want t' try more than once, but we don't even have that opportunity just yet -- the app isn't available in the American App Store as a now.

We already knew that some a the new services coming t' Microsoft's Xbox 360 TV service would require an Xbox Live booty subscription but, according t' a Giant Bomb tipster, it looks like some previously Silver services will soon be turning booty as well. One company apparently making the alchemical leap be AT&T U-verse, which will require Xbox Live booty starting this November.

The company be apparently sending notice a the change t' it be customers 'n offering a one-time $60 bill credit in order t' soften the blow. In theory, the $60 saved on yer AT&T bill can be applied towards an Xbox Live booty subscription. a course, if ye already have booty - a likely possibility given the effort required t' pillage U-verse on the ol' Xbox - it sounds like ye'll have an extra sixty bucks t' play with next month.

[Image: Giant Bomb]AT&T offering credit t' Uverse subscribers for Xbox Live booty

#tigerwoods Somewhat obscured by the promotion surrounding Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13's fan-voted cover contest be the fact the game, when it arrives in March, will be the first EA Sports title fully playable on Xbox 360 with Kinect. More »

Simulation games, be it racing-simulators, flight-simulators or farming-simulators, always run the risk a designing themselves into corners 'n alienating potential players. These types a experiences be a challenge t' craft, as implementing a feature for the visit Davey Jone's locker-hard enthusiast often means sacrificing something designed for the novice or hobbyiest.

No one seems t' have told Turn 10 how impossible a task the all-encompassing simulator be, however, 'n as a result Forza Motorsport 4 provides the same challenging, exhilarating racing experience t' each 'n every player who gets behind the proverbial wheel.

Microsoft's Major Nelson has revealed that 40 different partners have been confirmed for the expanded TV functionality coming t' the Xbox 360. There's some surprising stuff in the list just past the jump, including HBO Go, Comcast, SyFy 'n Verizon. Turns out that report be correct!

Hit the jump for the full list a initial TV partners for the upcoming Fall Dashboard Update, which has a tentative launch date a "Holiday 2011."

Microsoft's Major Nelson has revealed that 40 different partners have been confirmed for the live TV functionality coming t' yer Xbox 360. There's some surprising stuff in the list just past the jump, including HBO Go, Comcast, SyFy 'n Verizon. Turns out that report be correct!

Hit the jump for the full list a initial TV partners for the upcoming Fall Dashboard Update, which has a tentative launch date a "Holiday 2011."

#kinect Kinect hacks provide an endless rabbit hole a would-be tech wizards using the peripheral for a rainbow a results. Some a them be amazing, such as this Kinect-controlled drone. Some a them be silly, such as this. More »

Learn anger management with Rage this week...

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Ladies 'n gentlemen, start yer engines! No, not ye, free-level Xbox Live subscribers. ye sail away yer engines firmly in the off position. We'll pillage t' ye in a second. Everyone else: Engine's on! The demo for Forza Motorsport 4 be now live for paid booty subscribers, 'n can be grabbed from the Spotlight reel on the dashboard. If ye need inspiration for the big race, we suggest checking out this debut UK trailer, which just happens t' be narrated by Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson. (Rad!)

Okay, those formerly known as Silverlings: ye'll pillage yer chance t' play the demo this Friday. We suggest ye spend the next four days thinking about yer pathetic lot in life, 'n how ye can improve it.

Ladies 'n gentlemen, start yer engines! No, not ye, Silver-level Xbox Live subscribers. ye sail away yer engines firmly in the off position. We'll pillage t' ye in a second. Everyone else: Engine's on! The demo for Forza Motorsport 4 be now live for paid booty subscribers, 'n can be grabbed from the Spotlight reel on the dashboard. If ye need inspiration for the big race, we suggest checking out this debut UK trailer, which just happens t' be narrated by Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson. (Rad!)

Okay, Silverlings: ye'll pillage yer chance t' play the demo this Friday. We suggest ye spend the next four days thinking about yer pathetic lot in life, 'n how ye can improve it.

Tech blog Geekwire recently uncovered a U.S. patent for software which uses the Kinect t' scan a potential player's body size, 'n restrict mature content based on their estimated age. It does so not just by examining their height, but the proportions a their body parts -- still, we think it would have an awfully difficult time detecting the age a a little person, or an unnaturally, horrifyingly gigantic teenager.

According t' the filing, "output content can be replaced by substitute content when a person in a lower age group enters the field a view." This could mean that if an adult be playing Rise a Nightmares, 'n then their child walks into the room, the console would temporarily switch over t' Kinectimals until junior left the room, returning the player t' adult time. "Don't look at that, Johnny," the father would say t' his curious offspring. "that be grown-up Kinectimals."

#kinect A Microsoft patent, filed in March 2010 but only publicly released last week, be called PARENTAL CONTROL SETTINGS BASED ON BODY DIMENSIONS. it be about using tech like Kinect t' automatically restrict content on a PC or Xbox depending on who "or what" the camera sees in the room. More »

Somewhere, someone has tossed a booty into a fountain, quietly uttering "I wish I be an Antonio Banderas cat." be we the universe, we would have fulfilled wishes about global hunger or world peace first, but whatever.

Puss In Boots: The Video Game be a licensed multiplatform exercise from TQH, coming t' 360, PS3, Wii 'n DS sometime around the movie's November 4 theatrical release. The 360 'n PS3 versions both tout heavy Kinect 'n Move integration, respectively, claiming that Kinect owners can "actually become Puss," which sounds painful 'n terrifying.

The PS3 version's Move support allows for a much more normal sounding "full-motion sword fighting experience," while the DS variant receives the standard mini-game collection treatment. Wii owners can expect a rather Zelda-esque sounding Wiimote + Nunchuk configuration, as well as a lower price-tag ($29.99), while PS3 'n 360 owners will be charged slightly less discounty discounts ($39.99 'n $49.99).

Personally, we've all got our fingers crossed for a Nasonex Bee pre-order bonus.

#xbox A recent leak a the latest software development kit for Xbox 360 included the new Xbox Live dashboard, which rumor has it will be released on Nov. 15, 'n scuttlebutt has it some kind a cable TV service could arrive with it. This two minute video [hit mute unless ye want t' hear some reggae] a the new dashboard does not show any streaming television, but it does give a good look at how complete Kinect integration works. More »

Just before TGS this year, I paid a visit t' NanaOn-Sha's small studio in Tokyo's Aoyama neighborhood. The majority a the tiny studio be the meeting 'n testing room seen in our gallery below, where I spoke t' founder Masaya Matsuura 'n director a development Dewi Tanner, 'n played a demo a the studio's upcoming XBLA game, Haunt.

Despite the relatively cozy surroundings, there's room for an impressive array a Parappa 'n Um Jammer Lammy merchandise. be the Lammy pillow really something that be marketed? 'n just outside the door, there's (barely) room for all the awards NanaOn-Sha's games have received.

Improbably, there's also room for a bathtub in the small studio, something that Matsuura told me has been useful in the impossibly hot 'n humid summer Tokyo's experienced. "Especially this summer," he noted, "Japan has difficulty using electric power" as a result a conservation efforts following the March earthquake. They offered t' let me use the bathtub, but there will unfortunately be no Joystiq review, as I declined. Past the break, Matsuura 'n Tanner speak about their studio, partnerships with Western companies, Haunt, 'n not baths.

#thegunstringer Some a the best ideas be born a strange, stressful circumstances. Case in point: Twisted Pixel's inspired 'n highly enjoyable new Kinect game The Gunstringer. t' hear Twisted Pixel CEO Mike Wilford 'n chief creative officer Josh Bear tell it, the two a them came up with the idea for the game… during their pitch meeting with Microsoft. More »

Make a big impact this week with FIFA Soccer 12 (or alternatively PES 2012)...

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Not satisfied with hastily captured shaky-cam footage a Diabolical Pitch? We've got just the thing then, as Grasshopper Manufacture has released the official trailer we first saw during it be event at TGS. Check out the flaming baseballs 'n action-packed power poses in the video above.

it be nifty that Forza Motorsport 4 will allow players t' examine the Halo 4 Warthog in "Auto Vista" mode, but we doubt we be alone in wondering why ye can't actually drive it. According t' developer Turn 10's Dan Greenwalt, implementing the UNSC's iconic ground transport be much more complex than it sounds.

Speaking t' Eurogamer, Greenwalt explained that the technology used in the Warthog simply doesn't exist in any a Forza's other cars - notably it be "crab walking" four wheel steering - meaning Turn 10 would have t' build it from scratch. it be not that the Turn 10 team be incapable, Greenwalt noted that they have the specs, but it would be "a big investment" in order t' support a single vehicle.

The final straw, apparently, be that there's no way t' simulate the Warthog's tires. All a Forza's tire physics be based on real-world tires, meaning that each tire in the game best react t' road conditions in a (very) realistic way. Said Greenwalt, "they didn't give us tires from nanotube technology from 2525."

During a visit t' NanaOn-Sha's Tokyo headquarters, I had the opportunity t' try Haunt, the company's new XBLA Kinect game. 'n despite the superficial, high-level similarity t' Rise a Nightmares -- both be "scary" Kinect games in which ye can walk around freely -- Haunt couldn't be a more different experience. NanaOn-Sha founder Masaya Matsuura classified it as more a a "haunted house" experience. Think Casper. Think profoundly charming.

The Haunt demo begins on rails -- like, literally on a cart guided down a railway, like a haunted house ride -- but that be just t' ease ye into the game. 'n, like any good haunted house, as ye're slowly clack-clacking yer way through the halls, spooooooky ghosts 'n skellingtons jump out t' scare ye. ye dodge by moving yer body t' one side, in order t' avoid taking damage.

#diabolicalpitch Diabolical Pitch, if ye haven't been keeping up, be the horror baseball game for Kinect conceived by the oddballs at Grasshopper Manufacture. Kotaku saw it at Tokyo Game Show last week, but here's yer first official trailer for the most curious Kinect game. More »

we be not quite sure we understand the motivation behind this union a 'hoff 'n Burnout Crash. be it because Burnout be a game about cars, 'n Hasselhoff just wants ye t' jump in his car?

Microsoft 'n Harmonix confirmed today that all a Dance Central's routines will export t' Dance Central 2 for 400 Microsoft Points ($5).

It best be noted that if ye be not a fan a the "freestyle" sections in the original Dance Central, they be still part a the exported songs, even if ye turn off the freestyle section in Dance Central 2. The reason being there be no choreography t' cover those sections in the first game.

Participating retailers be offering 400 MSP with pre-order a Dance Central 2, subsidizing the transfer charge. Dance Central 2 hits the streets on October 21 in Europe 'n Asia 'n October 25 in North America.

As anyone who possesses the required documentation 'n vehicular means can attest, it be not terribly difficult t' crash a car. There be countless laws 'n infrastructural guidelines designed t' keep yer automobile from touching anything but the ground beneath it -- ignoring just one be enough t' cause a horrific, steel-twisting wreck. If impulse, not reason, guided yer hands-on-wheels 'n feet-on-pedals, then the act a safe driving would be exponentially more difficult than the dangerous variety.

Perplexingly, Criterion Games has centered the focus a Burnout Crash on a task that be even more difficult, 'n more obscure than avoiding collisions with other automotive objects: In Burnout Crash, ye must collide with all the other automotive objects. Harsh penalties await for players who let chunks a traffic slip through their grasp, bringing ye t' a haunting realization: ye're not orchestrating symphonies a coordinated property damage, ye're committing automotive genocide.

Here's the thing: The stuff ye loved when ye be a kid changes as ye grow up. Mr. Rogers passed away after a long 'n full life. The Smurfs got turned into a terrible movie starring Katy Perry. 'n Rare, the creators a all those games ye loved way back when, be really, really into Kinect Sports.

that be the lesson from this quick tour a the company's studios, where ye can see lots 'n lots a wall-sized displays a Kinect avatars, but only two mentions a the company's storied 'n prosperous history with Nintendo. Goldeneye 007 'n Banjo 'n Kazooie may sit front 'n center in many gamers' hearts, but at Rare HQ these days, they mostly just sit as unmarked cartridges inside a glass history case.

that be fine -- Rare be doing quite well under Microsoft's leadership, 'n as the article says, the company be very proud a what it be done with Kinect 'n Xbox Live. But that won't keep us from remembering the good old times, 'n all a the fun we had together way back when.

A trio a fresh songs awaits yer bouncing booty in Dance Central. Harmonix has made available three new songs at three bucks a pop each today: "Don't Cha" by the Pussycat Dolls (featuring Busta Rhymes), "Tempted t' Touch" by Rupee 'n "The Way I be" by Timbaland (featuring Keri Hilson 'n D.O.E.).

a course, being a blog that prides itself on masterful use a the English language, we be trying our best t' ignore the title a that last song.

#cabelas ye don't need controllers t' use Microsoft's Xbox 360 Kinect. that be the point a the thing. ye don't need a controller. ye certainly don't need an inflatable boat. But t' play this winter's Cabela's Big Game Hunter: Hunting Party, ye're going t' need a special Kinect gun. It comes bundled with the game. More »

#halo When word spread this summer that Halo: Anniversary would include Kinect support, gamers fidgeted nervously, wondering just what the hell 343 Industries had in mind for the franchise. Calm down, they be not introducing motion control t' the HD remake. they be letting ye switch between the game's high-definition 'n standard-definition graphics using yer voice. More »

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary may be just a couple months away, but Halo franchise development director Frank O'Connor be still keeping mum on some a the remake's Kinect functionality. He did let a few bits a info slip, however. "For example, ye can switch t' Classic or Anniversary mode using voice commands," he explained t' me in a meeting at TGS 2011 this week. Wait, really? that be it?

"We actually have some more story content in the game that be gonna be supported by Kinect," he added. Unfortunately, either the folks at 343 Industries or it be corporate benefactors at Microsoft Studios have deemed the rest a the information too early t' mete out. "We've added a really interesting feature we be gonna talk about in October that uses Kinect t' add some story t' the game."

As interesting as the content may be, it may never make it t' the final product -- apparently the October reveal be about more than a carefully timed marketing plan for the re-release a a decade old game. "we be still testing the features, so if it doesn't work, we be gonna change it." 'n with just under two months t' go until launch, 343 had better pillage a move on.

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