Confirming all that speculation about the transition ofJoy Ridefrom a free-to-play XBLA arcade racer, Microsoft announced today thatJoy Rideis nowKinect Joy Ride. Clearly, just as you’d expect, the game now uses the Kinect device’s motion control, with the rep from the dev team showing off the title in action.
It actually looks very much like the title shown last year, however, now the player uses both hands held up to re-enact the motion of using a steering wheel. Tilting forward seems to make the car accelerate, and the rep, with her verbal expositions of “boost!” and “flip,” seemed to offer some alternative ways of doing what kart racers have done for years. Tricks, boosts, and all that jazz.
