Kinect Sports Rivals is the newest exclusive for Xbox One from developer Rare. Kinect Sports Rivals follows the tremendous success of the original Kinect Sports released for Xbox 360 back in November 2010.

This week marks the release of the first major dedicated motion control game for Xbox One, Kinect Sports Rivals. The centre of much debate when it comes to the Xbox One, motion control hasn't exactly been prominent in the five months since launch (sorry I don't count cross-generation dance games and...

Ever since I picked up my Xbox One console, bundled with the new and improved Kinect 2.0, I've been excited to see where developers will be able to go with the new hardware. The new Kinect is an impressive piece of machinery.

very funny game

Fun To Play; Multiplayer

Rare has overcome nearly all preconceptions of motion control - Rivals is responsive, accurate, deep, reliable and well integrated. It just needs the space.

Deep; tactical gameplay; Reliable motion controls; A cohesive and charismatic game world

Kinect still requires a large space to operate smoothly; Wake Racing feels better suited to controller play

Bought this for the family. We love it!

it kinda works, 6 events; kinect still doesn't work correctly.

very funny game

Fun To Play; Multiplayer

Up until now the new Kinect for the Xbox One has really only been useful as a voice input device for voice chat, TV navigation, and the occasional voice feature in games like Dead Rising 3 and Ryse .

Positives Some events are really fun; Incredible facial scan tech puts player IN the game; Nice sense of progression and great reward system keeps you playing, highly competitive online and off

Negatives Kinect can be twitchy at times; cutscenes plays every time you restart an event and cannot be skipped; horrible Kinect menu navigation

Microsoft's Kinect 2.0 camera on the Xbox One will almost instantly reveal itself as a more powerful and capable motion controller than its predecessor in the opening moments of Kinect Sports Rivals.

Kinect Sports Rivals is a good game on the Xbox One but it's not the game that successfully turns Kinect into a true gaming medium.