The Hardcore Kinect Game You've Been Waiting For: Hole in the Wall

There's been a not-so-steady stream of games supporting Microsoft's Kinect device since its splashy launch. I still haven't plugged the thing back in since moving back to San Francisco, despite having been enthusiastic about the premise, especially Dance Central.

Aaaaand while the concept is gimmicky, I'm sorta stoked at GameSetWatch stumbling upon a German ratings entry for Hole in the Wall.

Hole in the Wall airs on Cartoon Network, best summarized by its own damn name. Contestants are forced to position themselves in ridiculous poses to pass through a...hole in the wall.

The ratings entry listed Hole in the Wall as being a downloadable game for Kinect, which is something Microsoft has strangely shied away from in the moths after Kinect's launch. Getting a downloadable game up and running using Kinect's hardware might have proved less daunting and help fill software gaps.

Looks that might change beginning at E3, though. Twisted Pixel Games has also announced a downloadable Kinect game, the awesome and bizarre-looking on-rails shooter, The Gunstringer.

I LOVE holes in walls.

As long as there aren't many "Bam! There it is." kinect moments this could be an entertaining party game. 

YEAH SICK BRO FUCK YEAH SICK SWEET

Yes Yes and Yes one more time.
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This a perfectly except-able game to be downloadable for the Kinect.

Will it be sexy?

I would play this.

not exactly the thing that comes to mind when I hear someone talk about a hardcore hole-in-the-wall...

tehee,  "moths"

Will there be a boxed special edition with the costume?

Put "Glory" in the front of that title and watch sales skyrocket.

This will probably end up being an excellent party game.

German, hardcore, hole in the wall... wow.

I can't wait for the Quick Look of this.

Hahaha at first I thought this was the news story Patrick was talking about on twitter. It definitely isn't.

man the UK version of this show is god fucking awful... 

I'm pretty sure this was on the BBC for a while. It seemed pretty dumb though it seems to suit the Kinect.

How glorious

Isn't this game already on one of those Kinect mini-game compilations? The one that Ryan and Alex QL'ed; the last Kinect QL at that I think.

Half the fun of that game (on TV) is watching too-large people try to smash themselves through a hold on a physical wall. Not sure it'd be as hilarious with a virtual wall, but it'd still be entertaining to pull out at parties. 

This is my hole! It was made for me!

I can't wait for the Quick Look of this.

I always thought it would come to this.

Hole in the wall just sounds like a glory hole simulator...

  a whole bunch of nonsense advertising bullshit

can't wait for the QL

This could be fun, the fact that some developers are embracing downloadable kinect games seems like a great idea to me.  

Yeah, that's a very, very different type of hardcore.

Didn't Ryan and Alex already do a quicklook of a game where hole in the wall was just 1 of the minigames?

Human tetris is finally here!

can't wait for the QL

Yep, Kinect is still a joke.

This isn't a hardcore game.

Human tetris is finally here!

I WANT A QUICKLOOK OF THIS GAME!... AND ALSO BEER!

BRING ON THE WALL!

too bad there isn't force feedback. I'd love to see people get knocked down if they fail.

I demand an Endurance Run of this game!

Probably one of the better game shows useable for Kinect.

too bad there isn't force feedback. I'd love to see people get knocked down if they fail.

Great.

I preferred hole in the wall when it was only in Japan and we called it "Human Tetris". The British version is abysmal, but so is everything else on TV at 5PM on a Saturday.