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To ensure its "full potential is realised".

Star Wars Kinect won't make its planned holiday 2011 release window, Microsoft has announced.

The platform holder told OXM that the game needs a little more development time before it's ready to face the public.

"Microsoft and LucasArts have elected to move the launch of Kinect Star Wars beyond holiday 2011 to ensure the full potential of this title is realised," explained a spokesperson.

"This move applies to both the Kinect Star Wars stand-alone game and the Kinect Star Wars Limited Edition Console. We will communicate additional timing information at a later date."

Eurogamer's Christian Donlan jumped into the Terminal Reality-developed effort last month.

"I'd heard horror stories about the game's inability to interpret basic movements, incidentally, but my demo, at least, held up very well," read his Star Wars Kinect preview.

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Ignatius_Cheese #1 9 months ago

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So basically it's currently a bit broken?
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nimzy #2 9 months ago

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More like they're smarting from the beating it got after getting shown off at E3 and decided to try again a little harder.
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Eighthours #3 9 months ago

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Yeah, good luck with making this good. At the moment it looks like it needs to be gutted and rebuilt from the ground up.
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NicolasVH #4 9 months ago

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"We're going for a 3 out of 10, instead of a 2."
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Xardan #5 9 months ago

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Sounds like a good idea. It has potential to sell a lot if done right. Many Star Wars fans out there.
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chris_ace #6 9 months ago

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Gecks #7 9 months ago

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"lightsabre off"
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rotmm #8 9 months ago

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"This will be a day long remembered. It has seen the end of Kinect, and will soon see the end of the Xbox.�
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RodHull #9 9 months ago

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Common sense prevails. Such a rarity!
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Subdominator #10 9 months ago

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Good for them. The holiday season is already crowded enough, it doesn't make sense to put another game out there. With Dance Central 2, Disneyland Kinect, Kinect Sports 2, Forza 4, Halo CE, Gears 3 they have more than enough games for christmas. All of them will sell millions. Star Wars Kinect is best suited for March/April, when the demand for consoles is always pretty low, cause it comes with the limited edition R2D2 console.

BTW Terminal Reality is developing this? Great, they made (I think it was their debut game) Terminal Velocity, one of my favorite games of all time.
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bad09 #11 9 months ago

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Just shoot the turd off to a galaxy far far away and hurry up and make BF3 official you nerf herders!
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Dolly #12 9 months ago

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It's a Crap!
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reeferchief #13 9 months ago

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@Xardan it's going to sell no matter how shit it is.
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PixelPirate #14 9 months ago

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So basically it's currently a bit behind schedule?
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rotmm #15 9 months ago

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@reeferchief, "it's going to sell no matter how shit it is."

Only a Sith Lord deals in absolutes.
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X201 #16 9 months ago

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"have elected to move the launch of Kinect Star Wars beyond holiday 2011"

Are you trying to say "we'll release it in 2012?
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HyperTails #17 9 months ago

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Can be delayed for whatever reason but it'll still be shit. Its a Terminal Reality game ffs, that should say it all!
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FogHeart #18 9 months ago

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Please, please can we call it Christmas instead of 'holiday'? I don't think we have that "it's-Hanukka-too-so-don't-say-Christmas" hangup on this continent.
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Psiloc #19 9 months ago

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I'm surprised they've taken this long to make a game based on swinging an arm from left to right.
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rotmm #20 9 months ago

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@FogHeart,

Jehova Witnesses don't celebrate Christmas.
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rotmm #21 9 months ago

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@Psiloc, "I'm surprised they've taken this long to make a game based on swinging an arm from left to right."

Always in motion is the future.
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Eighthours #22 9 months ago

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Uncle Owen to LucasArts rep: "Do you speak Bullshit?" "Of course I can, sir, it's like a second language to me..." "Yeah alright, shut up." "Shutting up, sir."
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Stevehd #23 9 months ago

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saC13RJ8CUs
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Whitster #24 9 months ago

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@Fogheart

Your forgetting Kwanza and Wookie Life day, of course.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_Wa...
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RM2KMaster #25 9 months ago

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"Full Potential"?

Being a little bit less fucking awful looking then?
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someoneelse #26 9 months ago

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Do or Do not. There is no try
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Skooch #27 9 months ago

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Holding something back from release to ensure a better quality product is a good thing people.
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SpaceMidget75 Verified Senior Software Developer, Minerva Computer Services #28 9 months ago

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"...by cashing in on the world wide Theatrical release of Star Wars Episode 1 3D"

Most people couldn't stand it in two dimensions, let alone three.
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bodypopper #29 9 months ago

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Looks like yer typical short life span Star Wars gimmick tie-in to me. Hopefully they'll be adding more value to the package now.
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FogHeart #30 9 months ago

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I find your lack of faith disturbing.
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Yuroko #31 9 months ago

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Pushed back till next year? Hope it doesn't collide with Mass Effect 3, I won't know which one to buy....oh wait.
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TonsofFun #32 9 months ago

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C-3PO: Sir, the possibility of successfully acheiving our target sell through on Star Wars Kinect is approximately 3,720 to 1.
Activision Rep: Never tell me the odds...... on second thoughts, let's push launch back out of Xmas
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kinky_mong #33 9 months ago

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@Dolly: Of all the Star Wars puns, your's is my favourite!
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ncaissie #34 9 months ago

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@everyone on about Christmas. The days we get off work (holidays) are for Christmas and new year so they are the "Christmas" holidays.
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reeferchief #35 9 months ago

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@rotmm don't underestimate the power of the star wars license and a large budget advertising campaign.
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gm914 #36 9 months ago

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Lame, I fear this franchise has become...
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lockload #37 9 months ago

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Like chris_ace said why not release it near the rerelease of star wars in 3d which is February the 10th, makes total sense and more time to work on it

May aswell use all the advertising for the film to help promote it
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DAN.E.B #38 9 months ago

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lt will be Banther fodder!
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EVERYGAMER #39 9 months ago

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POODOO!
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Tryhard #40 9 months ago

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I am not feeling the force with this release.
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Sid-Nice #41 9 months ago

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I noticed the delay in the E3 demo.
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FortysixterUK #42 9 months ago

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Suits me fine, I want that Xbox ( couldn't give a toss about the game) and it was going to be awkward to budget for it prior to Xmas.
Star Wars Kinnect Game is pants as is all Kinnect stuff, but the console....sweeeeeet....
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Ryze #43 9 months ago

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I guess they had to make it work with black people.

Lando mode confirmed?

edit: No, hold on, they're gonna build in support for the Sony NavCon and PS Move.

Edited by Ryze at 24/08/11 @ 18:51
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riseer #44 9 months ago

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Subdominator,Dance Central 2, Disneyland Kinect, Kinect Sports 2 you can keep em.. rubbish to say the least...thtas not real gaming.
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LJO #45 9 months ago

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damn, I don't give a damn about star wars kinect but I was going to get the limited edition star wars xbox 360 for x-mas.
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eltonpr0n #46 9 months ago

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I bought a kinect at christmas and have hardly used it.

Microsoft really have nothing appealing to me this Christmas with the exception of Halo. I appreciate Gears has its fans but Im not one of them. Thankfully plenty on my PS3 which traditionally has seen less action than my 360.

Next year's E3 and the new xbox console can't come soon enough.
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sonicyoda #47 9 months ago

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"have elected to move the launch of Kinect Star Wars beyond holiday 2011"

Looking forward to that December 26th release!
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Quixz #48 9 months ago

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Why not just cancel it..
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hiscore #49 9 months ago

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SWK demo footage shows Kinect doesn't work as advertised. Kinect is a lab tool, not the second coming of player interaction. Neither is the Move for that matter.
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metalangel #50 9 months ago

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@Subdominator: They did indeed (make Terminal Velocity). Astonishing game. Though for me, despite it featuring huge landscapes, the moment was that huge, long tunnel in the first level. Go inside, immediately stop, then activate the afterburner powerup. The sheer acceleration was only matched by the incredibly smooth frame rate as you raced faster and faster before finally erupting back onto the surface.
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penhalion #51 9 months ago

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So someone actually noticed it was shit then.

Edited by penhalion at 24/08/11 @ 22:24
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Donaldthescotishtwin #52 9 months ago

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Why so much hate for this game? Personally I think it looks good also i'v been waiting pretty much forever for a star wars game like this by that I mean the lightsaber stuff wii came close to it but not enough
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Gastrian #53 9 months ago

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stepleftstepright #54 9 months ago

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demo looked terrible.
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SpaceMonkey77 #55 9 months ago

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This game has potential, but I feel that the poor character animation really lets it down a lot. I also think that fixed camera perspective doesn't do it any favours, making it look no better than those types of on rails shooters that graced Wii a lot.

How to do this game right, would be to make it more like The Force Unleashed, with its character and animation.

Besides, with that Rise fps ation game also coming to Kinect, that looks to have much better animation and thought out combat.
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curryking3 #56 9 months ago

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Time guarantees everything...

...says Duke Nukem Forever...

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LittleRiver #57 9 months ago

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LucasArts seem surprised by the public reaction to more tat making dreadful use of the Star Wars universe.

Cancel this crap and make Battle Front 3 instead you fools.
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stu9898 #58 9 months ago

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Its got to be a good thing they move dit back if it is as laggy and unresponsive as reported. Although it seems to be a collection of star wars mini games from the six movies, I can see myself having a lot of fun with this, if they can get the Kinect working with this.
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