Microsoft preemptively has called Bungie’s Halo: Reach the biggest game of 2010. At the same time, it’s calling the release of Project Natal, its upcoming motion-sensing peripheral, the biggest thing to hit gaming and beyond. Now, we have learned that two of the (so we’ve been told) biggest things about this new year are not going to work together.

In Bungie’s latest weekly update on the game, they added in a Halo: Reach Mythbusters section where they dispel the rumor in one simple sentence, “Halo: Reach is NOT a Natal title and is being developed expressly with the traditional Xbox 360 controller in mind.” This is consistent with Microsoft’s plans for focusing on original content on the device. Whether the Halo franchise and Natal have a future together is speculation at this point, but it’d be surprising if it didn’t happen. Regardless, expect two of the year’s biggest to arrive close to each other toward the end of said year.

Despite Sony jumping on the 3D bandwagon early, EA Sports President Peter Moore has made it clear that they are <a href="http://www.industry.biz/articles/moore-ea-sports-has-nothing-going-on-with-3d” target=”_blank”>not working on anything in the third dimension right now. Moore said that the industry needs to take notice of Sony’s excitement over the new tech, “But believe me there’s nothing going on right now that would say I’m ready to demo a 3D sports game. Nothing at all.”

That’s a little bit surprising considering that EA Sports’ cable buddy ESPN is going to debut 3D cable channels in time for the World Cup this June. Still, it doesn’t mean Moore and his underlings are just sitting around waiting to make money on Madden 11. They’re hard at work getting ready to produce software for Microsoft’s Project Natal and Sony’s “Arc”. Says Moore, “We’re getting in sync with Sony’s motion controller and Project Natal with what Sony and Microsoft want to do with their publishing partners, so stay tuned for further information on that as we get closer to the date.”

It’s clear that Moore and his teams are focusing their energy on the new motion control technology due out later this year. However, Moore has expressed some frustration, as the lack of knowledge over exact release dates is making it hard to plan for which are adapted to which devices. “Don’t know. I do not know when they’re launching. Certainly Sony has made no public pronouncement at all, and Microsoft has said ‘holiday’, which obviously gives fudge room, so stay tuned,” Moore said when discussing release dates.

It’s good to know that EA Sports is seriously focused on the new technology, but I can see why they’re frustrated. After all, Madden pretty much has to be released in August in order to catch the NFL hype wave. If Moore doesn’t know what tech will be released by then, it becomes very difficult to plan for.

It was only a year ago that the head of Ubisoft, Yves Guillemot, mentioned upcoming tools to significantly reduce piracy of their PC . A year later, Ubisoft is ready to unleash their plans to counter PC piracy and it begins with creating or using existing an account for their website.

Upon authentication through a Ubi.com account, users will be able to install on an unlimited number of PCs as well as play a game without the disc in the drive. “If you own a hundred PCs, you can install your on a hundred PCs,” said Brent Wilkinson, Director of Customer Service and Production Planning for Ubisoft. The thing is, users will always have to be connected to their respective Ubisoft accounts before playing in order to authenticate.

The new system won’t just manage authentication as users will gain a benefit for save . Save will be stored on Ubisoft’s servers, giving the user the ability to access them from any machine and will be available for the majority of Ubisoft’s PC titles.

Of course, with a system that will require an internet connection whenever one wants to play their game, there’s going to be some concern from users that don’t always have an available internet connection. Ubisoft’s reply? “We think most people are going to be fine with it. Most people are always connected to an Internet connection,” Wilkinson told <a href="http://au.pc.py.com/pc/the-settlers-7-paths-to-a-kingdom/1063391p1.html” target=”_blank”>py.

The first Ubisoft title to utilize the system will be The Settlers 7.

EA Redwood’s adaptation of Dante Alighieri’s epic poem draws near, with a release date of February 9, and so the marketing wheels continue to turn for the game. While not quite up there with a fake motion-sensing church sim or picketers outside world-renown trade shows, a modest but solid minute and twenty seconds of pure gameplay gives some glimpses into the potential fun in this third-person action bonanza of literary proportions. Sadly, the real goods are being held back for the final release, so no money shots on that demon penis, sadly. In the meantime, the demo’s around to get a feel for what’s coming in less than two weeks.

Talking to Develop, Sony has confirmed that their Studio Liverpool (Wipeout HD) will see some restructuring in the near future as part of “project prioritisation.”

“It has been decided that production on a number of projects within Studio Liverpool will cease immediately due to project prioritisation. Our North West Studio Group has been, and will continue to be, a vital cog in the WWS family, with a history of producing genre defining such as MotorStorm, WipEout, Formula 1 and WRC,” a representative said in a statement. Sony did confirm though that ”this decision will have no impact of the role that the North West Studio Group will play in the future of all PlayStation platforms.”

It is Develop’s belief, and unfortunately ours as well, that people might be losing their jobs should Sony not find a way to reallocate the people directly affected by this decision.

Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA (N64)
A couple Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA Videos.

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San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing (N64)
San Francisco Rush videos for you to watch.

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San Francisco Rush 2049 (N64)
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The Secret World: First Footage
Come back on Saturday, 30 January for the first footage.

Come back this weekend for an exclusive reveal of the first footage of <a href="http://www.http://www.arcadewarfare.compot.com/pc/rpg/thesecretworld/index.html”>The Secret World, the next online game from the creator of Anarchy Online and Age of Conan, plus an interview with game director Ragnar Tornquist.

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