6 Best Kinect Fighting Games

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Boxing, Martial Arts, And More!

There aren't many Kinect fighting games available yet, but there are enough good ones to sate your gaming bloodlust. Whether you like boxing, martial arts, flinging power orbs, or swinging light sabers, you're likely to find something here that's just right for you.

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Hulk Hogan's Main Event: As if reality TV wasn't enough, looks like Hulk Hogan has his hand in the Kinect cookie jar as well. This game lets you try out all sorts of special moves that you'd expect in any televised wrestling match worth its salt. It's a nice companion to Fighters Uncaged, as the games are quite different in style and gameplay.

Rise of Nightmares: Here's a Kinect fighting game that's perfect for people who love all things gory-B-horror-movie. The terrifying action on the screen will be all that much more realistic when you have to actually control your character's movements with your body. Hopefully, you'll be up for hacking and slashing your way through the fear. Want a taste of the action? You can watch an extremely gruesome trailer here (obviously, not suitable for all audiences!)

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#6: UFC Personal Trainer

Learn the Moves

UFC Personal Trainer

Amazon Price: $26.95 (as of 05/29/2012)Buy Now
List Price: $29.99

Part fighting game, part fitness game, UFC Personal Trainer is well-rounded and well done. The game includes a UFC personal trainer and several popular UFC fighters, who you can hit the mitts with to perform a series of challenges. You'll get the chance to perfect a variety of MMA-inspired moves from diverse sports such as wrestling, Muay Thai, and kickboxing.

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#5: Kung Fu

High Impact

Kung Fu High Impact

Amazon Price: $29.96 (as of 05/29/2012)Buy Now
List Price: $29.99

Kung Fu High Impact gives you plenty of ways to fight for glory with limitless combinations of punches, kicks, jumps, and more. One thing that really makes this game stand out is the variety of opponents you'll have to deal with, from gangs to wizards to giants. There's also a feature that literally takes your picture and puts it into the storyline, which is a nice touch.

#4: PowerUP Heroes

Power Up Your Avatar

Power Up Heroes

This game lets your Xbox avatar become a hero. Collect 20 super-powered suits to do battle alone, in versus mode with a friend, or online. The Kinect allows you to use your whole body to get into the fighting action.

PowerUp Heroes is made by UBI Soft, the same company that made Your Shape Fitness, Evolved (which has been voted one of the best Kinect exercise games), so you know that they've got the body-scanning and motion controls part down.

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#3: Star Wars

Lightsabers, Ho!

Kinect Star Wars

Amazon Price: $39.99 (as of 05/29/2012)Buy Now
List Price: $49.99

Kinect Star Wars combines the great motion-controlling capabilities of the Kinect controller with the well-loved Star Wars franchise. As one of the newest additions to the Kinect library, this game is sure to inject new life into your Kinect playing experience.

#2: Kinect Sports (Boxing)

Punch Your Friends' Lights Out!

Kinect Sports

Amazon Price: $24.99 (as of 05/29/2012)Buy Now
List Price: $49.99

The boxing game in Kinect Sports is likely one of the first fighting games you're going to come across. The action is pretty simple: just punch towards the Kinect controller, which will pick up your movements and record them as hits on your opponent. You can play in one-player mode, two players at the same time side by side, or play against opponents online

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And the #1 Best Kinect Fighting Game Is...

... Fighters Uncaged!

#1: Fighters Uncaged

Kick Some Animated Butt!

Fighters Uncaged

Amazon Price: $17.57 (as of 05/29/2012)Buy Now
List Price: $39.99

This is currently the best example of a fighting game on the Kinect to date. It's a game that really showcases the capabilities of the Kinect well, allowing you to use your whole body to fight your way through multiple opponents and levels. Some players say that getting the moves down right is tricky, but once you do, there is plenty of fun to be had. There's also a tag-team mode that allows you to play with a friend.

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Kinect Games in the News

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Keep up-to-date with the latest Kinect games news so that you can know what games and advances are on the horizon.
SSTL Use XBOX Game Controllers With Nanosats, Not Playing 'Space Aliens'
Similar in design to STRaND-1, the identical twin satellites will each measure 30cm (3 unit Cubesat) in length, and will utilise components from the XBOX Kinect games controller to scan the local area and provide the satellites with spatial awareness ...
Seated Kinect tech to be shared across Microsoft studios
Carr hopes that the seated gameplay tech will draw the focus away from stand-and-flail experiences and pave the way for narrative driven games similar to Fable: The Journey. "It's our job to start to lay those walkways out to a lot of people," he said.
The Game Kinect Was Built For
On perusing the Xbox Live marketplace the other day I came across a playable demo for Capcom's upcoming release for the Xbox360 Kinect: Steel Battalion Heavy Armour (SBHA) which is due out a little under a month from now. In the game, you pilot a VT ...

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  • desa999 Jan 28, 2012 @ 12:54 am | delete
    Well done, nice lens layout and info.
  • Edutopia Jan 26, 2012 @ 4:46 am | delete
    Great list. Kinect games still have a long way to go to fully showcase the potential of the hardware but given another year or two I'm sure we'll some some truly spectacular games that really push the hardware.
  • myamya Jan 20, 2012 @ 3:01 am | delete
    Very interesting lens! Great work thumbs up!
  • baby-strollers Dec 13, 2011 @ 11:15 pm | delete
    pretty sweet lens! I don't have any fighting games per se, but might be time to picup a few.
  • stockysister Dec 9, 2011 @ 9:48 pm | delete
    Aw this sounds really cool! I haven't gotten a new gaming system since the gamecube came out but the kinect looks really fun. I'd love a fighting game! I would totally go for the zombie one too!
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#1 Best Kinect Fighting Game 

Fighters Uncaged

Amazon Price: $17.57 (as of 05/29/2012)Buy Now