USA Today 'Confirms' Project Natal Will Retail as Kinect

[Raptor]

USA Today published and then pulled the story ... I guess they were not supposed to release it before the "Project Natal Experience" show in LA ended tonight. Basically they confirmed Project Natal would now be called Kinect.

And some games announced via vg247.com:

Here's some of the games the post mentions:
* Kinectimals: It lets you train and play with 20 different virtual cats, including a lion, cheetah and tiger (oh my! -ed)
* Joyride: Which was shown at E3 last year, and allows you to pull your hands toward you and push back out for an acceleration boost -- and their bodies to execute jumps and tricks.
* Kinect Sports: Six sports activities - boxing, bowling, beach volleyball, track and field, soccer and table tennis.
* Kinect Adventures: This is the one with the river rafting game that includes a 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: Being created by MTV Games, it's being called a "So You Think You Can Dance experience" - which may be where the rumors regarding Harmonix grabbing dance track licenses came from.
* New games being developed from Lucasarts and Disney featuring Star Wars characters and iconic Disney favorites.

[BBK]

Well the virtual cats one really sounds like a big seller

[EvilBoB]

Featuring Star Wars characters?? hmm... It's gonna be Bobba Fett Rafting or Jaba the Hut Golf isn't it.. lol

Also I read somewhere else this morning they announced that Natal... oops Kinect is gonna retails at $189

[SiE]

I hope there are better titles announced than these otherwise im out

[fe_man2000]

From Engadget

The Star Wars game was pretty badass-looking -- you play a Jedi, rushing down stormtroopers and deflecting laser bolts left and right, wielding a few Force powers, and confronting a certain deep-voiced Sith Lord for a one-on-one duel. Based on the gestures and action we saw, though, it was a pretty heavily scripted experience. Still, there's no scripting a two-handed light saber grip, and that particular action looked like everything we've ever wanted in a Star Wars game.


Im in