Video games already have ultra-realistic looking sights and sounds and for about the last year or so the Novint Falcon has been bringing ultra-realistic touch and feel to video games, far from the simple rumble you may feel through many other video game controllers these days.

“You hold on to the handle, and you can move it right and left, and forwards and backwards. It’s like a mouse, but you can also move it up and down so you can move it in full 3D and then when you touch something on the screen, or you swing a golf club, or shoot a basketball or a gun or whatever, you actually feel it, so it's got a real high fidelity sense of touch,” said Novint Technologies CEO Tom Anderson.

But for Falcon fans, that's the old news. The new news is a black Falcon, a soon-to-be-released pistol grip, and more importantly, games. Novint has struck a few deals to touch-enable more titles, most notably every single game from developer Valve, most known for the “Half-Life” games.

“So we're getting all of their games integrated into the Falcon where you'll be able to feel weapon recoil; if something explodes next to you in the game you feel it from the direction it hit; if somebody shoots you, you feel the direction you were hit; if you lift something you feel its weight; if you're in a vehicle you feel all the interactions,” said Anderson.

A bunch of EA Games are also now on board including some of the battlefields, a need for speed, madden football, NBA live, and Tiger Woods ‘08.

“You hold onto the handle and you can bring the club, you know, while Tiger’s holding it, up to the right by moving the Falcon up to the right, and you feel the weight of the club, and you feel its momentum and its inertia,” said Anderson. “And then when you swing through you feel when it impacts the ball and if you undercut the ball, it makes it pop up; if you top it, it makes it not go as far if you; if you slice across it while you’re hitting it, it makes it slice through the air and so you get this dynamic where you really develop muscle memory, just like real life golf. It’s what makes real life golf both fun and frustrating.

The Falcon costs just under $200 and comes with a few basic games. Novint is starting to offer some Valve and EA game bundles.

When developers are asked whether this thing can also be used for everyday computing, they respond by reminding you Falcons are natural predators of mice.