Ravi Sinha writes: "An interesting rumour agitates into a conspiracy. If you checked out the news on Microsoft's X-Engine, then you've doubtless heard about Project Phoenix as well. We're told (all on good faith, of course) that the X-Engine is a powerful new set of dev tools designed to specifically work for the upcoming Xbox 720 or Project Phoenix. Then, of course, we have Project Natal, Microsoft's motion controller technology that's come under a severe beating since it's E3 showing when hawk-eyed journalists picked out the 'smoke and mirrors' of Lionhead Studios' Milo. Time and again, I've come across these stories. Whether it be the Xbox 720 as a brand new platform or Project Natal combined with the 360 to make…a brand new platform. Now, I'm not going to offer counter-theories and what not, or even refute the rumours that have spread willy-nilly. Rather, I'd just like to poise the following questions. No biggies or mind-benders so relax."
