Which Xbox 360 Kinect game was named after Phelps?

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The Xbox 360 Kinect game named after Phelps was Michael Phelps: Push the Limit. Published by 505 Games and developed by Blitz Games, it was a swimming sports game designed around Microsoft’s motion-sensing Kinect accessory.

Released in 2011, the game let players use body movements rather than a conventional controller to perform swimming actions. Players created a swimmer, competed in events, progressed through tournaments, and received guidance from a digital Michael Phelps. The game’s concept was built around translating physical movements into strokes, starts, turns, and race performance.

This title is easy to confuse with Kinect Sports, a broader collection of sports mini-games made by Microsoft and Rare. Push the Limit was a separate, swimming-focused game tied directly to Phelps’s name and image. It was released for Xbox 360 and later also appeared on iOS, but its defining platform feature was Kinect support on Microsoft’s console.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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