Kinect comes to XBLA, Microsoft Game Studios reveals five Japanese titles
by Ludwig Kietzmann 
on Sep 16th 2010 12:10AM
Microsoft Game Studios unveiled five new Japanese partnerships during its
Tokyo Game Show 2010 keynote today, each intended to "provide fun for users throughout the world." Takashi Sensui, general manager of Xbox in Japan, claimed the projects would "define the future of Xbox 360 and Kinect" -- a future that now promises Kinect-enabled Xbox Live Arcade games.
Out of the five new XBLA-exclusive games announced today, three will use Kinect:
Haunt, a spooky adventure from
Parappa the Rappa's Masaya Matsuura;
Project Codename D, a stylish new endeavor from Grasshopper Manufacture's Suda 51; and
Project Draco, a
Panzer Dragoon-esque flight game from
Phantom Dust creator Yukio Futatsugi. These will join third-party Kinect games
Child of Eden,
Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor and
Rise of Nightmares in 2011.
Microsoft also revealed
Fire-Pro Wrestling from Spike, and a new version of
Radiant Silvergun from Treasure (much to the chagrin of eBay profiteers). Both are coming to XBLA in 2011.
