Microsoft has revealed motion sensing Xbox 360 camera Project Natal's official name: Kinect.
The device is set to launch this November and USA Today has seemingly confirmed that the following games will be available for launch:
Kinectimals lets you train and play with 20 different virtual cats, including a lion, cheetah and tiger.
Joyride, a racing game, lets players use their hands to hold an imaginary steering wheel - pull your hands toward you and push back out for an acceleration boost - and their bodies to execute jumps and tricks.
Kinect Sports has six activities including boxing, bowling, beach volleyball, track and field, soccer and table tennis. To serve a volleyball, you mimic the real motion; in soccer, you can kick the ball or do a header.
Kinect Adventures includes a river-raft time trial and obstacle course, playable by up to four players. On the raft, playing as a duo, you and a partner must lean one way or another to steer. Jumping helps the raft reach special areas for extra points.
Dance Central, in development at MTV Games, brings a So You Think You Can Dance experience home.
Star Wars characters and iconic Disney favourites will be featured in separate new games being developed at Microsoft in conjunction with LucasArts and Disney.
We’ve been told by a highly placed retail source that premium Kinect titles featured in Microsoft’s first party launch line-up will retail for £29.99 (€37).
VG247 is reporting that there will be two versions of Kinect, with the more expensive one retailing for $189.00. We were previously told it would cost $149.
Elsewhere, a new advert for what appears to be the long-rumoured Xbox 360 Slim has appeared on an Italian website (via Console Tribe). It has yet to be confirmed, although it’s looking increasingly likely that Microsoft will announce the console at an E3 event this evening. The ad shows off a redesigned, black 250GB Xbox 360 with new ventilation on its side. It also says the console is compatible with Kinect. 'Presenting the new Xbox 360', it reads, in Italian.
