Kinect Sports Rivals

Kinect Sports Rivals is a sports video game developed by Rare and published by Microsoft Studios for the Xbox One.[1] It is the third game in the Kinect Sports series and utilizes the console's Kinect motion-sensing camera.[1] The game was announced during Microsoft's E3 2013 press event and was released on April 8, 2014.[2]

Kinect Sports Rivals
Developer(s)Rare
Publisher(s)Microsoft Studios
Composer(s)Robin Beanland
SeriesKinect Sports
Platform(s)Xbox One
Release
  • NA: 8 April 2014
  • AU: 8 April 2014
  • EU: 11 April 2014
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

The game features sports such as bowling, jetski racing, rock climbing, soccer, target shooting, and tennis.[1]

Development

The staff size for Kinect Sports Rivals was 150.[3] Originally intended as an Xbox One launch title, the game was delayed from November 2013 to April 2014.[4] Ex-Rare designer Gavin Price commented on the development of the game in 2015: "During Rivals' development, Kinect kind of got dropped quite suddenly. I think in part it was because we missed the launch date - I don't think that did us any favours! But we managed to get a jetski demo out for Xbox One's launch, and we had our cloud-based Avatar creation system with the facial recognition as well."[5]

Reception
Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings64.18%[6]
Metacritic60/100[7]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Eurogamer6/10 [8]
IGN7.3/10 [9]
OXM (UK)7/10 [10]
Polygon6/10 [11]

The game received average review scores, getting scores of 7.3/10 from IGN, a 7/10 from the Official Xbox Magazine UK, and a 6/10 from Polygon. According to review aggregators GameRankings and Metacritic, the game received a mean review score of 64.18% and 60/100 respectively.[12][13]

A source indicated to Eurogamer that Rare suffered a significant loss on the project.[3]

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gollark: Do you not remember derp?
gollark: > imagine being a peasant who uses public transportYes, when I need to go somewhere I just teleport.
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References
  1. Farokhmanesh, Megan (10 June 2013). "Kinect Sports Rivals is a launch title for Xbox One, coming this holiday". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on 10 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  2. http://www.polygon.com/2013/7/25/4557026/kinect-sports-rivals-for-xbox-one-delayed-to-spring-2014
  3. Yin-Poole, Wesley (19 May 2014). "Layoffs hit Rare following Kinect Sports Rivals flop". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  4. Goldfarb, Andrew (25 July 2013). "Kinect Sports Rivals Delayed to 2014". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  5. Evans-Thirlwell, Edwin (16 December 2015). "Rare and the rise and fall of Kinect". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  6. "Kinect Sports Rivals for Xbox One". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  7. "Kinect Sports Rivals for Xbox One Reviews". Metacritic. Electronic Arts. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  8. "Kienct Sports Rivals Review". Eurogamer. 8 April 2014.
  9. "Kienct Sports Rivals Review". IGN. 8 April 2014.
  10. "Kinect Sports Rivals review: A Smooth Forward Motion". Official Xbox Magazine. 8 April 2014.
  11. "Kinect Sports Rivals review: Second String". Polygon. 8 April 2014.
  12. "Kinect Sports Rivals for Xbox One". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  13. "Kinect Sports Rivals for Xbox One Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
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