Report: Kinect functionality for Need for Speed from Criterion

Criterion’s Need for Speed: Most Wanted will utilise Kinect on Xbox 360 according to a new piece of official artwork which carries the ‘Better with Kinect’ banner atop it’s Xbox 360 box art.

The new design is shown briefly in the latest EA trailer for Most Wanted. It’s unclear how Kinect will play a role but Burnout Paradise used webcams for taking player photos for their licenses.

Criterion’s work on Most Wanted is dubbed the spiritual successor to Burnout Paradise as it adopts a sandbox to drive and race around in. It’s unlikely Kinect can ‘drive’.

Need for Speed: Most Wanted releases on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC October 30th in the US, November 2nd in EU.