I have mentioned to a tight circle of MJ fans of mine on Twitter that NAVI has been working with SONY on a Michael Jackson game. I know this because he has pictures on his website.

Anyway, it appears that Ubisoft have teamed up with MJ’s estate and will be releasing a game in time for Christmas. So what kind of character could Michael be, maybe he is the next Sam Fisher or the lead in Assassins Creed perhaps?

Well no its none of them actually. The game is going to be essentially a “dance karaoke” … which means gamers will see Michael Jackson dancing on screen and will then be challenged to imitate his moves.

The game will be available on multiple platforms including Wii and Xbox 360. The Xbox version will incorporate Microsoft’s new Kinect motion capture technology,which will allow the gamer to play without holding a controller.

Also in the Xbox version, the gamer will be judged based on full body movements. The game will process the movements and display the gamer’s avatar on screen … dancing right next to the King of Pop Michael Jackson.

And there’s more — the game also includes a karaoke feature, in which gamers can sing MJ songs like “Billie Jean” … and even mess around with their voice thanks to an autotune feature.