The Thriller lives on. In video game form.

Ubisoft announced a new video game featuring the late King of Pop at E3 2010. The game requires players to replicate Mike’s slick dance moves, and scores them on how well they’re able to emulate his steps.

Featuring some of his best-loved songs like “Beat It” and “Billie Jean”, the unnamed game demands players to sing along as well, giving them the full experience of being the King of Pop.

According to the E3 2010 presentation, the game will utilize Microsoft’s Kinect technology, a hands-free motion-capture interface that lets players control character movements with their bodies and, in some cases with facial features and the player’s voice. This is the first such game to utilize the technology, though more are slated to roll out later this year.

Given his appearance in Space Channel 5, the release of a dance-based game focusing on Michael’s body of work is not only a strong showcase for his talents; it’s long overdue.

The game’s launch will coincide with the release of an album of previously unreleased Michael Jackson tracks in November. To those of us who grew up honing our dance-fu with Moonwalker (Genesis and arcade versions only; the Master System version we’d like to forget), the announcement is welcome news – particularly since the one-year anniversary of his death is next Friday. We still miss you, Michael… but we’re excited to moonwalk beside you.

The game will be available for Xbox 360 (with Kinect), PS3 (with PlayStation Move), PSP, Wii and DS for holiday 2010.