Monday, June 9, 2014
Ubisoft and Microsoft Team Up to Get You In Shape
by Nick Dowell
At E3 Ubisoft revealed they are working with Microsoft to create a fitness game for the Xbox One called Shape Up. It utilizes the Kinect to get you in shape with a variety of minigames. It also includes a calorie counter to help you get in shape.
The first game shown was a cross between Guitar Hero and Just Dance, where players had to step on correctly colored keys in the rhythm to a song ("Eye of the Tiger" in this case).
The second game was a push up contest that stacked items on the in-game character's back as they did more/better pushups. Items include tanks, giant doughuts, ducks, and ancient statues.
There have been a ton of fitness games on the Kinect, but from what we saw this might break away from the norm.