Goodbye Natal, hello Kinect

And just like that, Microsoft’s Project Natal has a new name: Kinect

The company unveiled the retail name of its gesture-recognition controller Sunday at an over-the-top event that featured everything from a performance by Cirque du Soliel to an audience full of people wearing choir robes with lit up LED shoulderpads.

Read more at Variety’s The Cut Scene blog

An October launch for Project Natal? Don’t bet the farm

Take this one with a grain of salt: A really big grain.

Gamertag Radio has footage of a purported Microsoft executive from Saudi Arabia claiming that the company’s motion control device – currently codenamed “Project Natal” – will launch worldwide in October.

Read more at Variety’s The Cut Scene blog