At the E3 conference in 2009, Microsoft’s announcement of Project Natal, an accessory that will allow you to control video games with your entire body, was definitely revolutionary. I am definitely eagerly awaiting the Project Natal release, as I know many others are. Since mid-2009, when it was announced, not much information has been released as far as specific details, but there definitely are a few things, so I will go into them.
The first one is the release date. So far there have been no specific release dates set, though they have announced that it will be released during “holiday 2010.” While this is a very vague time frame, most people are guessing that it will be in the first few weeks of November, to get it out into the market before black Friday, and still allow it to be a huge buzz over the holiday season. Other people are speculating a release earlier than that because Microsoft won’t want to be short of supply and out of stock with Project Natal once black Friday hits.
So far, there really haven’t been any announcements as far as Natal games, and what games will be available at launch. Though there have definitely been some ideas thrown around, nothing is set in stone. All of the announcement videos that showed demos of Project Natal, all featured a disclaimer saying that it is for showing how the product will work, not necessarily the exact games.
One game for sure that was mentioned, that has been kind of thrown around as a possibility was Halo: Reach. Since the Halo franchise is one of the most popular games in Xbox’s history, and the fact that Reach is coming out around the same time as Project Natal, people were excited for the possibility of a Project Natal Halo. But, Bungie, the makers of Halo, have said that Halo: Reach will not be a Natal title, but the specific phrasing used makes people think that while it will mainly use a regular controller, Halo: Reach could indeed utilize Project Natal in some way.
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