Namco Bandai Distributing Yoostar 2 For Kinect

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Richard Walker

Namco Bandai has signed an agreement with Yoostar Entertainment to distribute Yoostar 2, which is a curious Kinect title that enables anyone to put themselves into a movie scene using the Kinect camera to superimpose their performance into a variety of films.

“This is the most innovative use of camera technology we’ve seen to date,” said Alberto González Lorca, VP of Third Parties for Namco Bandai Partners. “The moment you see yourself on screen in Yoostar 2 is the moment you fall in love with it. We’re convinced this will be the next social gaming sensation and we’re delighted to have secured the rights to distribute the game throughout Europe.”

To coincide with today's announcement, there's also a few new screenshots of Yoostar 2, showing sequences from the likes of The Terminator, in which you can re-enact the iconic "I'll be back" scene as either Arnold Schwarzenegger or the desk sergeant in the police station.

Check out the six Yoostar 2 screens in the gallery for some of the menus showing a small selection of  the numerous movies the game will offer. Yoostar 2 is set to launch in Q1 2011 with advanced social media features to share videos with friends and an ad-lib feature that lets you riff with your own personal lines in memorable movie scenes. It all sounds slightly mental to us, so we can't wait to see how Yoostar 2 works. We're practising our best Don Draper impression for the Mad Men scenes right now.



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  • Sweet - cant wait... been watching late night reruns of "DONT forget the lyrics" jk
  • This sounds amazing!!!
  • This sounds interesting... Can't wait to see how it unfolds. Also achievements would be interesting to see???
  • Sounds good.
  • sounds good but boring after few goes?
  • I'm sold just because it includes kindergarten cop..! I have great arnold impressions...
  • I thought I saw something like this somewhere... PS3 maybe?? Regardless this sounds like lots of fun with friends^^
  • This looks like it could be a right laugh, Now i can spice up some classic scenes with a bit a twissssssssst!
  • I hope I can wear silly unfitting costumes in the movies...
  • http://www.giantbomb.com/jeff-and-brad-play-yoostar2/17-3052/ This is going to be awesome
  • I'M DETECTIVE JOHN KIMBALL! I'M A COP YOU IDIOT!
  • Yoostar 1 was on mac, i have known this was coming to Kinect since launch, it was in game informer and i pre ordered it immediately as it seems this so far is the best kinect will have to offer for the time being!
  • Kick-Ass is in there! Everyone together, "Okay you cunts... Let's see what you can do now."
  • I have seen a video Of this quite a while ago, It looked like it did a pretty good job. Sorry I can't remember where I saw it. Pretty sure it was not a separate video but in a compilation from maybe E3 or comic-con. It would be interesting to see how it really works. I still thing they need to announce some better titles for kinect to keep people interested. I think I have seen 6-8 that are coming out in the next few month but nothing worth saying Hey look out for this game it going to blow you away. Anyway I am loving kinect so far and look forward to many more releases in the further.
  • This is a game where it'll be HILARIOUS watching others try it out!
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