Finding Kinect Games

Kinect games come in the same retail, Arcade, Games on Demand, and demo configurations as regular Xbox 360 games, and they’re found in all the same places (see Chapter 5, “Playing on the Games Channel”). If you are not sure which Kinect games are worth checking out, consider starting with the following five, which are all highly rated titles that make fun use of the sensor’s functionality.

• Child of Eden (Ubisoft, 2011)—While perfectly playable with a regular controller, this ethereal rhythm-based shooter shines when you play it with Kinect, as it helps to seamlessly integrate Child of Eden’s unique sound, vision, and touch experience. The objective of the game is to save digital life form, Project Lumi, from a virus attack by shooting various onscreen objects, which produces breathtaking visual and musical effects.