Microsoft on Tuesday released a pair of new applications for the iPhone, with "Kinectimals" representing the first iOS game from the company, and SkyDrive offering users the ability to access their ...

Move aside Nintendogs, Kinectimals is a top contender for the title of "cutest game of all time." On the surface, Kinectimals is a pet simulator, allowing you to tame and befriend 40 different types ...

Initially a game conceived for Kinect console play, Microsoft’s Kinectimals pet simulator became the company’s first game for both iOS and Android devices. After launching the My Xbox Live app for ...

The first time we ever saw Kinectimals in action was at this past year's E3 at the Microsoft Press Event. The second that little girl came on the stage and starting playing with "Skittles" we all knew ...

Microsoft over time released a couple of apps for the iOS platform, such as Windows Live Messenger and Bing for iPad. While its Office for iOS remains vapourware, the Windows maker last week released ...

When the Kinect was released almost a year ago, one of the launch games was Kinectimals. This game for kids allows users to interact with virtual animals through a series of simple motions the Kinect ...

If there comes a day when Kinectimals works, it will be better than Nintendogs. That day is not guaranteed. At E3 last week, I played my first official Xbox 360 Kinect game in the manner one would ...

Kinect has launched in the US today, and with that launch review embargoes for the starting line-up have been lifted. Rather than attempt to digest the coverage of the entire launch line-up at once, ...

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Don’t mistake Kinectimals for a Nintendogs clone. This is the closest the Kinect launch has to a traditional video game, one that eight year old girls are going to coo at. Kinectimals is both a ...

Few games are as flat-out endearing as Kinectimals. This pet simulator and minigame collection is clearly meant for a younger crowd, and that audience will fall head over heels for the wide-eyed ...