In just a few hours Microsoft will be putting on a show that will serve as the official Project Natal reveal event for the masses. It's expected, at some point between the clown car and tight-rope acts, that the hardware manufacturer will bust out the official name of the motion-control device (see update) and announce the slimmer, sexier Xbox 360 we've been hearing about for a bit. But it looks like we won't have to wait, as a few ads on a website may have just spoiled the surprise.  
 

In just a few hours Microsoft will be putting on a show that will serve as the official Project Natal reveal event for the masses. It's expected, at some point between the clown car and tight-rope acts, that the hardware manufacturer will bust out the official name of the motion-control device (see update) and announce the slimmer, sexier Xbox 360 we've been hearing about for a bit. But it looks like we won't have to wait, as a few ads on a website may have just spoiled the surprise.  
 

Nice

Still dont care about the natal

nice

woah

Hot.

Hmm, not a bad design and the old ones will be cheaper. Also Wave is a better name.

Kinect makes sense since there's those stupid Kin phones.  Cross-branding video games and phones because they're both considered social network devices?

That thing looks fucking ugly.

looks great.

"That thing looks fucking ugly. "

Do not like, nad it makes no sense for their market. Natal is supposed to be something of a wii killer, this design really isn't something my mom would like. Neither do I also it's ugly just like alienware's stupid designs.

Looks kinda ugly.

I guess they had to give up good looks for functionality.

" That thing looks fucking ugly. "

It's real folks, USA Today just confirmed that Natal is now "Kinect" .
 
 http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2010-06-14-vidgame14_ST_N.htm
 
Kinectimals will surely be GOTY.

I don't know whether I like the redesign or not.  Kinect, however, is a weak name that doesn't stick very well.

I might just pick up a 360 now.

Yes there is, Brad... at least for Kinect. 
http://www.giantbomb.com/project-natal/92-3249/renamed-to-kinect-and-first-titles-announced/35-423931/
 
  http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2010-06-14-vidgame14_ST_N.htm 
 

So I need a new 360 in order to use natal/kinect? They are at least implying so...

That is not a pretty piece of hardware, but it has to be better than my three year old white one. Hopefully it's doesn't sound like there's something dying inside of it.

I don't know why anyone cares what a console looks like. It's not like that aspect changes the experience at all.

Ahhhh...about time we had an E3 leak.
 
Also, I thought we were done buying VCR's.

Doesn't look that much slimmer. Kinda reminds me of an Alienware product.
 
I like it, those vents seem to make the console super cool. Hopefully it won't be so freakin' loud with those possibly larger fans.

"Kinect"? What kind of a lame-a** name is that? If the idea is that it doesn't use a controller, then nothing is being connected, thus it doesn't even work as a pun.

i heard abot this about 5 seconds before i came here.
 
News travels fast.

lol It's hideous.

This is just me, and I could totally be wrong, but that looks way fake to me. It reminds me of all those "next-gen" system concepts amateur 3D modelers kept creating when guessing what this generation of consoles would look like.

Fuck yes Kinectimals clearly what we all have been waiting for

•Kinectimals lets you train and play with 20 different virtual cats, including a lion, cheetah and tiger.

Oh, at first I thought it was going to be called the "Oggi"...

That looks like it is designed to stand on end.  Bad things happen to xboxes that are standing.  Bad Things.

usatoday already leaked some games to go with this. kinectanimals and such. so kinect seems a reliable name.

So now that the "Kinect" name is confirmed... we're getting that shitty looking 360 for sure? It looks like it buckling under it's own weight. Or it's the result of keeping your 360 in a hot car for too long. 
 
I hope the images don't do it justice because it looks kind of awful.

i notice it looks very much like the PS3...

I'm left with the thought why couldn't my third 360 have died now not last November.

" @lucas_kelly said:

"That thing looks fucking ugly. "

I wasn't going to say anything but yeah I totally agree. "

I hope it doesn't sound like a jet engine.

" Doesn't look that much slimmer. Kinda reminds me of an Alienware product.  I like it, those vents seem to make the console super cool. Hopefully it won't be so freakin' loud with those possibly larger fans. "

Is this event being streamed anywhere and when does it start?

Wow that thing looks hideous. I'll stick to my elite, thanks.

fuck, i think im already used to the name Kinect because of Kinectimals >_>

" Wow that thing looks hideous. I'll stick to my elite, thanks. "

Looks odd in the promo, weird angles and slanted weirdly.

UGH that looks ugly.

um Slim? Looks bigger than the original 360.

Oh and also, that new 360 looks pretty bad.

Unlike what some people are suggesting, the bottom isn't any wider than the top.  It just looks that way. 

 Enjoy USA Today's pre-empt of the show Microsoft has yet to put on. http://bit.ly/bzw9Ky