Microsoft confirms Project Natal launch in October

11 May 2010

Microsoft has confirmed its much-anticpated motion gaming system, Project Natal, will launch globally in October. Final dates are expected to be confirmed following the upcoming E3 gaming conference.

Speaking on a Saudi technology web show Gamesindustry.biz, Syed Bilal Tariq, marketing manager E&D Microsoft Saudi, confirmed the launch of the Xbox 360-based motion system that enables users to play games physically.

“I do have great news to share with everybody which is Project Natal will be launched in Saudi Arabia on the same date it will be launched throughout the world. That is going to be somewhere in October.

“We will be in a position to confirm the date after E3, which is in June, but definitely it is going to be October 2010.”

By John Kennedy

Photo: Project Natal

John Kennedy is a journalist who served as editor of Silicon Republic for 17 years

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