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But you can pilot the Falcon.

Bungie has said once and for all that Halo: Reach doesn't use Project Natal.

"Halo: Reach is NOT a Natal title and is being developed expressly with the traditional Xbox 360 controller in mind," the developer wrote on its website following the publication of screenshots and information late last month.

The studio also addressed various other rumours that sprang up around the coverage. For instance, you will be able to pilot the Falcon in both campaign and multiplayer.

Many other wacky internet rumours, however, turned out to be wacky internet rumours. We're so wacky here on this internet.

Halo: Reach is due out this autumn for Xbox 360, and will be preceded by a beta of some sort for people who bought Halo 3: ODST.

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altitude2k #1 2 years ago

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EG see that wording as "...doesn't use Natal".

However, I read it as "Natal will certainly not be the primary control input, but we won't necessarily exclude it".
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KDR_11k #2 2 years ago

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If they include it anyway that just means it'll be gimmicky waggle.
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DrDamn #3 2 years ago

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@altitude2k
If you were hoping it would implement head tracking or similar add-on controls it can certainly be read that way can't it? It's not going to be a primary controller for it, but I don't think being Natal "enabled" in some way has been ruled out completely from the game. A little optimistic yes, but I'm looking forward to that sort of implementation of Natal tech much more so than Natal only controlled games.
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JonFE #4 2 years ago

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Well, they could use it optionally for head tracking, unless the necessary CPU utilization prohibits that...
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Apostle #5 2 years ago

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I can't see how a combo of traditional controller input and natal would be useful in a FPS game.
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altitude2k #6 2 years ago

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@ DrDamn

Headtracking is EXACTLY what I'm hoping for.
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altitude2k #7 2 years ago

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aww...someone get a little bit upset, did they?

Edited by 1 at 01/02/10 @ 10:03
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schnide #8 2 years ago

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Do you have a 360 game for release in the next year? Already told people all you can, but still need a little more press?

Simply add: Our game [x] does/doesn't use Natal!

For instant news coverage!
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coolbritannia #9 2 years ago

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Me wants head tracking. And more blue skies in games.
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Rubarack #10 2 years ago

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Head tracking would be awesome but I suspect dropping the processor from Natal nixed that idea.
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EvilBob_leeds #11 2 years ago

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This news != a bad thing
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altitude2k #12 2 years ago

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The inclusion of Natal != a bad thing either, though.
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Sonic_D #13 2 years ago

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Hmmm, so they are planning to make this run at 720p and now Natal has no processor of its own. There goes Natal out the window? This might be an over simplification, but Reach is expected to push the 360 to its limits, adding another overhead must have been unacceptable.

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sneetch #14 2 years ago

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Aw! I wanted to control my guy by pointing at the screen and shouting "pew pew pew". ;(

Head tracking would be nice and there's no reason to assume that it would take an excessive amount of CPU power to do.
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Shikasama #15 2 years ago

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Good!

Any game that isn't desgined from the ground up to work with Natal shouldn't be using Natal. I couldn't believe all that internet fuss of 'waaahhh Natal won't work with my current games'. Why on earth would you want it to?
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