Master Chief Might Need to Buy a Kinect

Tom Goldman

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Master Chief Might Need to Buy a Kinect



If a domain registration means anything, Microsoft might make players stand up to play the next Halo title.

The world of extremely popular [http://www.amazon.com/Halo-Reach-Xbox-360/dp/B002BSA20M] Kinect device.

The registration is for simskinect.com [http://whois.domaintools.com/kinecthalo.com]. Whether or not these registrations actually mean anything is up in the air.

Kinect Halo is a pretty boring name, so I doubt it'd be the final title for whatever Halo game 343 Industries is currently working on. Still, it gets the point across. It's a Halo game that uses Kinect.

If Microsoft wants the hardcore Xbox 360 audience to embrace its motion device, there's no better way than to force them to buy a Kinect-controller hybrids [http://www.amazon.com/Kinect-Sensor-Adventures-Xbox-360/dp/B002BSA298/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1296576347&sr=1-1] Microsoft once referred to.

What do you think? Is this just Microsoft covering its bases, or does it dare to make the next Halo game require head nodding or hand waving to play? Such a move could turn the hardcore community onto Kinect, or it could make them despise its existence with all of the fury in their hearts.

Source: CVG [http://gamingreloaded.blogspot.com/2011/01/kinect-halo-on-way.html]

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The Wykydtron

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I'm gonna go with the FURY! Seriously if Microsoft announces this i shall rage, and i'm still not buying that Kinect thing.
 

karloss01

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I haven't got room to flail my arms around with a wii remote nevermind a kinect setup. if they do release a halo kinect i won't be buying it.
 

Chronologist

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Hmm.. I'd check reviews first, then probably buy it. At the very least, it'll be doing something in gaming that I've never experienced, and even if it sucks, that's worth it to me.
 

Pandaman1911

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Halo was done with Reach. Bungie abandoned it, Microsoft engulfed it. It's done. Over with. Whatever comes out is not canon, not Halo, and certainly not good.
 

vrbtny

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Insert Darth Vader NOooooo button here]

Seriously, I knew this was going to happen. Microsoft, I never held you in high respect, now..... Go stand in the corner!! Now!!

You have desecrated my sacred franchise, go burn!!
 

skywalkerlion

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Pandaman1911 said:
Halo was done with Reach. Bungie abandoned it, Microsoft engulfed it. It's done. Over with. Whatever comes out is not canon, not Halo, and certainly not good.
This, Bungie was the life of Halo, and I'm afraid the next Halo game will slip under my radar.
 

therandombear

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toally...I can totally see how this will work with multiplayer xD

Note to microsoft, just cause you got a new way to play games, doesn't mean that you should make everygame you have into a natal version =/

Wii is ok, it's part of the console, the natal is only appearal.
 

hansari

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Pandaman1911 said:
Halo was done with Reach. Bungie abandoned it, Microsoft engulfed it. It's done. Over with. Whatever comes out is not canon, not Halo, and certainly not good.
You seem to have forgotten the part where said product still sells millions of copies resulting in uber profits.
 

spartan231490

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The Wykydtron said:
I'm gonna go with the FURY! Seriously if Microsoft announces this i shall rage, and i'm still not buying that Kinect thing.
Thank you, someone else who makes sense. Motion control is not the way to go for hardcore games. It's sole viability is for party and family games. it's starting to look more and more like I chose a good time to stop buying FPS games. Call of Duty is going space marines, Halo is going kinect, next thing you know, medal of honor is going to put in a gun that shoots sunshine and makes the enemy too happy to attack.
I'm disappointed in you microsoft. sellout!
 

Worgen

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Whatever, just wash your hands.
well I wouldnt buy it and Ive got almost all the halo games in legendary editions if applicable (only dont have halo wars)
 
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I have already decided to never buy another Halo game again since it left Bungie's hands...so I don't really care if 343 makes a stupid motion halo thing...bleh
 

Danpascooch

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Nautical Honors Society said:
I have already decided to never buy another Halo game again since it left Bungie's hands...so I don't really care if 343 makes a stupid motion halo thing...bleh
Same, well, actually, I'm gonna see how it looks.

But Kinect? Might as well ship each copy with a frag grenade, minus the pin.
 

CoL0sS

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Yeah, cause forcing people to do something is always a good way of earning their trust. But I probably shouldn't talk since I neither own an Xbox or like Halo.
 

Anton P. Nym

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There will be the usual fan-drama, as presaged here in the comments... myself I'll wait until there's an actual product to judge on its own merits instead of flipping my lid over a rumour.

-- Steve

PS: reCaptcha must die... esp-elngues or something. Frickin' thing makes me wonder if I've suddenly developed dyslexia.
 

Stilt-Man

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Oh, wow, I hope it's a dance game. "After saving the universe, Master Chief has only one thing on his mind... DANCING!"
 

Just_A_Glitch

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If it works well, I'll look into getting it. I love the Halo series, and I'm not going to write off any other Halo titles like so many others seem to be just because another team is making it (a team led by a former Bungie employee, no less).

My family already has a Kinect, so I'm halfway there.
 

JourneyThroughHell

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Well, if the game's actually good, if would force thousands of Halo heads to buy the Kinect just for it.

Ingenious, really.

The main part is "if". It could very well be, but... eh... not in the current mindset the developers have for making the games for Kinect.

Still, almost first party title. Could work. Could even be fun.

It's not CoD so I don't care, though.
 

dubious_wolf

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I am not amused Microsoft...
I am not amused.

I really don't think their marketing department understands demographics...