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Xbox Esittelee Joulun Lahjahitit Digiexpossa Lehdistötiedote 4.11.2011 Xbox esittelee Joulun lahjahitit DigiExpossa Viihdettä ja toimintaa luvassa koko perheelle - liikuntapelit kasvattavat suosiotaan naisten keskuudessa HELSINKI 4.11.2011 - Xbox 360 ja Kinect -osasto DigiExpo-messuilla tarjoaa kävijöille toinen toistaan vauhdikkaampia pelielämyksiä. Kinect-suosikkipelien jatko-osat Dance Central 2, Kinect Sports: Season Two ja täysin uudenlainen autokokemus Forza Motorsport 4 ovat takuuvarmoja lahjahittejä jouluna, ja näiden lisäksi toimintapelejä riittää niin aikuisille kuin perheen pienimmille. Tuoreen tutkimuksen mukaan tanssi- ja liikuntapelien hauskuus ja vaivattomuus houkuttelee mukaan myös entistä enemmän naispelaajia. Tänään käynnistynyt DigiExpo Helsingin Messukeskuksessa kerää yhteen viihde- elektroniikan uusimmat tuulet. Xbox 360 esittelee messuilla laajan pelivalikoiman, josta riittää viihdykettä iästä ja sukupuolesta riippumatta. Forza Motorsport 4, Kinect Sports: Season Two ja Dance Central 2 ovat uutuuksia, jotka pelimaailman vuosi sitten mullistanut ohjaimeton Kinect nostaa aivan uudelle tasolle. Perheen pienimmille Kinect tuo jatko-osan Kinectimals –eläinpelistä ja hauskan Rabbids: Alive & Kicking –pupuseikkailun. Kotimaisella pelirintamalla ollaan kovassa nousussa, ja messuilla päästään testaamaan ensimmäistä kertaa suomalaisten pelivalmistajien uusimpia helmiä, kuten RedLynxin kehittämä Trials HD:n jatko-osa Trials Evolution, Bugbearin Ridge Racer: Unbounded, Frozenbyten kehittämä Trine 2 sekä ensimmäinen suomalainen Kinect-peli Kung Fu High Impact, joka on Virtual Air Guitar Companyn käsialaa. Toimintapelien aatelia messuilla edustaa Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, joka on intohimoisten Halo-fanien odottama 10-vuotisjuhlajulkaisu ja ensi kertaa pelattavana DigiExpossa. Lisäksi pelistä järjestetään messuilla SM-turnaus. Naiset liikkuvat paljon – myös liikuntapelejä kokeillaan entistä enemmän Microsoftin, liikuntalehti Sportin ja Suomen Liikunta ja Urheilun (SLU) tänään julkaiseman tutkimuksen mukaan suomalaiset naiset ovat liikkuessaan tavoitteellisia ja tunnollisia. 60 % naisista liikkuisi mieluusti enemmänkin, jos liikkeellelähtö olisi helpompaa ja esim. kodinhoitoa ja muita harrastuksia ei koettaisi esteenä. "Suomalainen nainen on mestarisyyllistyjä. Liikkumattomuudesta ei niinkään syytetä perheolosuhteita tai työkiireitä, vaan oman pään sisäisiä motiiveja. Liikkeellelähtö on vaikeaa, ja yhä useampi arvostaa ns. lähiliikuntaa. Suurin osa naisista on kuitenkin sitä mieltä, että liikunnan tulisi olla ensisijaisesti hauskaa. Mielestäni liikuntapelit ovat hauskaa ja tehokasta lähiliikuntaa parhaimmillaan", toteaa Sport-lehden päätoimittaja Ulla-Maija Paavilainen. ”Liikuntapelien kautta saa aikaan konkreettisia tuloksia ja kynnys aloittaa liikunta on alhaisempi, kun avuksi ei tarvita erillisiä kapuloita, ohjaimia tai lisälaitteita. Liikuntapeleistä esimerkiksi Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012 sekä tanssipelit Dance Central 2 ja Just Dance 3 pistävät varmasti hien virtaamaan olohuoneessa”, Henrik Jürgens Microsoftilta lisää. DigiExpo-messut Helsingin Messukeskuksessa 4.-6. marraskuuta 2011, Xbox 360 & Kinect -osasto 5a32 ja Halo-osasto 4b31.Lisätietoja messuista osoitteessa www.digiexpo.fi. Pelilavan Xbox-esitykset & demot: • Perjantai 4.11. klo 15.00 ja 18.00 • Lauantai 5.11. klo 10.30, 14.00 ja18.00 • Sunnuntai 6.11. klo 12.00 ja 16.00 Lisätietoja Kinectistä, Xboxista ja peleistä: www.xbox.com/kinect Kinect Facebookissa: www.facebook.com/kinectsuomi Lisätietoja lehdistölle: Henrik Jürgens, Product Marketing Manager, Xbox [email protected], p. 050 467 8808 Jarno Kallunki-Mättö, Marcom Specialist [email protected], p. 050 919 5381 Kinect Xbox 360 Kinect tuo pelit ja viihteen ainutlaatuiselle uudelle tasolle - ilman ohjainta. Kinectiä on yksinkertaista käyttää ja sillä on hauska pelata. Kinect-sensori tunnistaa koko vartalon liikkeet ja mahdollistaa pelaajien hyppäämisen mihin tahansa peliin mukaan hetkessä ilman häiritseviä ohjaimia tai johtoja. Kinect Hub -käyttöliittymä puolestaan kokoaa elokuvat, Video Kinect -videopuhelut ja sosiaaliset verkostot yhteen paikkaan. Kinect-sensori tunnistaa käyttäjän ja reagoi hänen liikkeisiinsä kaikilla Xbox 360 - konsoleilla. Lisätietoa Kinectistä löytyy osoitteesta http://www.xbox.com/fi-FI/kinect/. Xbox 360 Xbox 360 on korkealuokkainen kodin viihde- ja videopelijärjestelmä. Xbox 360 uudistaa Kinectin myötä täydellisesti sosiaalisen pelaamisen ja kodin digitaalisen viihteen käsitteen - ilman ohjaimia. Xbox 360:n kautta pääsee nauttimaan parhaista ja laajimmista peleistä, DVD-elokuvista ja Zune-videovuokraamon elokuvista, musiikista ja valokuvista. Olohuoneen viihdekeskuksena Xbox 360 sulauttaa yhteen lyömättömän sisällön ja johtavan sosiaalisen verkoston sekä 35 miljoonan käyttäjän maailmanlaajuisen Xbox LIVE - palvelun. Lisätietoja Xbox 360 -viihdekeskuksesta löytyy osoitteesta http://www.xbox.com/. .
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