Halo Anniversary Will Have Kinect Integration

"As a first party we believe that Kinect will be important to all genres of games, be it racing games with Forza, combat games like Ryse- even games like Halo Anniversary has Kinect integration."

Those were the words of Microsoft Game Studios General Manager Phil Spencer regarding, quite obviously, the Kinect. Can you imagine what the words "Kinect integration" and "Halo Anniversary" used in the same sentence, regarding each, did to the internet? 

something sort of like this....

That's what happens when you make blanket statements about something everyone hates, ruining something everyone loves.

I'll let you stew in that panic for a while....

Little longer...

Kinect.... for Halo...?

Oh God, no... What.. What could it mean...?

I don't know, but what I do know iisssss.....

"Just to let everyone know, the Kinect features we're exploring with Halo Anniversary are optional and won't affect your core game play experience. Our mission, from day one, has been to deliver a faithful recreation of the original game, and we remain dedicated to see that through to completion."

This was Microsoft's official statement after Spencer's original interview, to ensure that the space-time fabric stayed intact, and to protect themselves from the hordes of angry teenagers and college kids wielding paper mache Energy Swords and wearing Spartan helmets. 

Crisis Averted.