Update: Oops! It looks like USA Today jumped the gun on the announcement and has since pulled the piece from its site. Stay tuned for Microsoft's official unveiling later.

USA Today has spilled the proverbial beans on Microsoft's Natal project -- not only has the paper confirmed the Kinect product name, but they've posted a few of the games in the pipeline for the system. Here we go: check read more for list

Kinectimals features over 20 different virtual pets, including lions, tigers, and cheetahs, to play with or raise.
Joyride has returned to life as a controller-free racing game, apparently.
Kinect Sports will offer sport games to play: "boxing, bowling, beach volleyball, track and field, soccer and table tennis." For each one, you will make motions to play the games.
Kinect Adventures has a river raft and obstacle course to navigate -- this is likely the demo we saw last week.
MTV Games will release Dance Central, where you can cut a virtual rug.
And there will be more games announced later featuring both Disney characters and Star Wars characters, in conjunction with Disney and LucasArts, respectively.
Marc Whitten even namedrops Nintendo in USA Today's piece, but he says that without a controller, Kinect will be "fundamentally different." We'll keep our eyes open for these games all this week, so stay tuned.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/13/joyride-now-a-kinect-title-adds-motion-controls/

Posted: Jun 14, 2010 4:44 am