Slim Xbox 360 and Natal bundle to debut at E3? (Rumor update: false)

It’s always good to see rumors coalescing into neat little bundles, which in Microsoft’s case means that its expected 360 hardware refresh and Natal re-introduction will coincide at E3 this year. Surfer Girl, one of the gaming industry’s more notorious rumor hounds, is telling us that Microsoft is about to unveil a slimmer Xbox 360 at the upcoming E3 in June, together with Natal hardware bundles. She describes the new system design as “pretty neat” and suggests there’ll be a shift to black as the console’s primary color, to go along with Natal’s darker hue, which in turn was dictated by the fact it’d have to sit alongside dark and moody HDTV sets. Very feng shui of Microsoft indeed. For the final, and most unbelievable of her predictions, she tells us — while highlighting the initials M.G.S. — that we’ll be “very surprised and very pleased” by one of the Natal games revealed at the show. Seriously, Metal Gear Natal?

[Thanks, Lander]

Update: Looks like this was all a hilarious hoax perpetrated by someone pretending to be Surfer Girl. Yeah, we’ve heard plenty of “real” rumors about a slimmer Xbox and Natal bundles, but it looks like there’s no weight to this one.

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