The Novint Falcon is an entirely new type of interface for PC gaming. Essentially a small robot, the Falcon lets players feel high-fidelity three-dimensional touch in enabled games.
Valve's best selling game franchises, which account for over 30 million retail units sold worldwide and over 80% of the PC online action market, include Half-Life(R), which has won over 50 Game of the Year Awards, Counter-Strike(R), Portal(TM) and Team Fortress(R) 2. Valve is also the developer of leading-edge technologies, including the Source(R) game engine and Steam(R), a leading platform for digital content distribution with over 15 million registered users.
Valve president and co-founder,
Under the agreement, a new update will be distributed through Steam adding Novint Falcon compatibility for customers of The Orange Box, Counter-Strike: Source(R), the Half-Life 2 series (including Half-Life 2, Episode One, and Episode Two), Team Fortress 2, Portal(TM) and the highly anticipated Left 4 Dead(TM). Using the Falcon, players feel realistic game actions, objects, environments and force feedback. In First Person Shooter (FPS) games, users feel weapon recoil, enemy attacks, vehicle movement, and interactions with the environment. A special Falcon Orange Box bundle is planned for later this year. Novint will also soon release its must have Pistol Grip accessory, which replaces the standard Falcon grip to create an even more immersive FPS gaming experience.
"We're very excited to partner with a company so dominant in the PC game
industry," said Novint CEO,
Novint is currently taking advance reservations for a special Falcon
Orange Box bundle, due later this year. The bundle will include the new Black
Falcon, Pistol Grip, and a touch-enabled version of The Orange Box (a
About Novint
Novint (NVNT) develops, markets, and licenses technology that adds high-fidelity interactive 3D touch to computing. For more information visit: http://www.novint.com.
About Valve
Valve is an entertainment software and technology company founded in 1996
and based in
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