The Neonpunch Top 10 Most Anticipated Videos Games of 2011

The best of what we’ll be playing next year on our consoles.

So you’ve no doubt either gotten a new Playstation 3 with Move, an Xbox 360 with Kinect or just a bigger TV to play them on – its funny though, none of our picks for next year utilize any of these fancy new motion controllers they are just the old school controller games that will have us glued to our TV’s in 2011.

Grab a cup of coffee, fasten your seatbelt this is one post that’ll blow the sculpting gel off your hair!

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Game Review: Tron Evolution

Tron Week continues with our look at the console game.

Time to get derezzed and parkour your way through the world of Tron: Evolution for the Sony Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and PC. As denizen of the digital world it’s up to you to save Flynn and Tron from Flynn’s evil digital doppelganger Clu.

The game’s story takes place before the Tron: Legacy events and provides some insight into the film’s past. The film will also reference elements of the game’s story so fans will want to play the game to learn more about the TRON mythology seen in the film, but according to Disney each entertainment experience will stand on its own.

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Microsoft Wants You to ‘Kinect’ with ‘The One’ this Christmas

Microsoft reminds you to get a Kinect for Christmas.

As we count down the days till the final shopping days to Christmas, Microsoft wants you to remember that the Kinect is readily available now in Hong Kong to slip under that big green tree you got from Ikea.

If you still don’t believe its as good as they say, you can hop over to the newest mall in Tsim Sha Tsui – The One (apparently NOT a reference to Keanu Reeves or The Matrix) and test drive it yourself before buying one.

We definitely give it the thumbs up, especially if you enjoy games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero or are more of a party gamer. The Kinect really is like gaming with the set pieces from Minority Report and definitely worth the HK$1,400 we paid for one.

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Microsoft XBox Kinect Launches on November 18

Xbox keeps Summer around well into November.

After having both Chrissie Chau and Jessica C strut their stuff for Microsoft’s upcoming Kinect dance game for us at the recent Ani-Con the computer giant invited us to a pool party to announce when the Kinect will be available in Hong Kong. At L’Hotel Island South in Aberdeen Xbox 360 girls revealed not only skimpy bikini outfits but also the launch date of the Kinect which is November 18th 2010.

And while Chrissie and Jessica kicked off the Kinect excitement in Hong Kong they left it to their 3 friends to reveal the most important stuff: the release date and the price:

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Microsoft and Chrissie Chau Help Hong Kong ‘Kinect’ with Xbox 360

If only this dance game came with a pole!

At this year’s Ani-Con the guys from Xbox HK showed off their new Kinect system at their booth. Ani-Con visitors could try out demos of either Dance Central and Kinect Sports. The dance game only had five playable tracks while the sports game only let gamers try the Hurdles track event.

At a special press conference held the day before the beginning of the Ani-Con Xbox invited celebrity idol models Chrissie Chau and Jessica C to help demonstrate how to “Kinect” with the new Xbox 360 add-on.

The Kinect works as advertised and watching Chrissie and Jessica C dance to Lady Gaga’s Poker Face was quite a spectacle.

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