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For all the successes we've seen in the world of games, the industry has experienced its share of failures. The Xbox Kinect was arguably one of the biggest missteps in gaming history, mostly because ...

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Skype was a revolutionary video-conferencing platform that paved the way for apps like Zoom, Google Meet, and WhatsApp. For those unaware or who don't recall, Microsoft purchased Skype back in 2011 to ...

The Xbox Kinect has turned 15, and we’re all grateful the industry got over its obsession with whatever Nintendo was up to at the time. Announced in 2009 as Project Natal, with hindsight being 20:20, ...

In 2010, when Microsoft unveiled the Kinect, it pitched the camera as a revolutionary new gaming device. Swing an imaginary lightsaber and that would be translated onscreen. Throw a football and it ...

Of all major game publishers, Nintendo is the one most associated with bizarre controls. From the Virtual Boy to the Wiimote, Nintendo's history is studded with unorthodox new ways to play games — ...

Anyone remember Xbox Kinect? It was this strange-looking motion-sensing peripheral for the Xbox 360, and later Xbox One, which used a camera to track the gamer's movements. First unveiled at E3 2009 ...

Microsoft's Skype has finally shut down, concluding its 22-year tenure as the once-dominant internet calling and messaging service. Microsoft acquired Skype in 2011 for $8.5 billion in what was then ...

Pioneer video-calling site Skype is shutting down on Monday after 23 years as other popular apps like Microsoft Teams and Zoom have swiped market share in recent years. Users of Microsoft-owned Skype ...

The Skype video call and messaging service is shutting down today, 14 years after replacing Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger. Skype was first released in August 2003 by a collective of Swedish, ...

Billy Tolley swings a Microsoft Kinect around an abandoned room in sudden, jittery movements. “Whoa!” he says. “Dude, it was so creepy.” On the display, we see an anomaly of arrows, spheres, and red ...