Halo for PC (vlt)

edited May 2002 in Gaming

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  • edited December 1969
    http://www.shacknews.com/extras/hpc.x

    It's 'still up in the air' when it'll get done (Re: Xbox is our focus, and the Xbox needs Halo 2, we'll have time when we're done with that I'm sure).

    RII
  • axxaxx
    edited December 1969
    Told ya so. [NT]

    He basically admits that it hasnt even started. Probally the closest to an offical cancelation as we will get. Course you cant really cancel something that never existed...

    I wonder if Bungie will try rumor control at the Fanfest.

    -ax

  • edited December 1969
    Nothing new here...

    We've been told since day one that it was going to happen, but there was no timeframe announced. Seems to me that's what he's still saying.

    There's also this to consider, from the Bungie's Halo Rumor Control (http://www.bungie.net/perlbin/blam.pl?file=/site/0/databases/view_database.html&dbid=2496)

    "There WILL be Mac and PC versions of Halo. Go back and read that sentence again. Notice the clear, straightforward nature of the answer. Note that this answer comes directly from Bungie, the makers of Halo, and is posted on our official site.

    It doesn't matter what the guy in the forum said, or what the guy in the magazine said, or what the guy at the software store said. All that matters is what Bungie said. And Bungie has said, time and time again, that PC and Mac versions of Halo will ship. Work is being done right now to make these versions a reality. Anyone who tells you otherwise does not know what he is talking about."

    Now, does that mean that I believe 100% that Halo will see life on PC and Mac? No, there's always the chance that something will happen and it'll get scrapped. But until I see proof of that, or Bungie says its not gonna happen, I'm going to take them at their word.

    -Mori
  • edited December 1969
    [b]Re: Nothing new here...[/b]

    [quote]
    We've been told since day one that it was going to happen, but
    there was no timeframe announced. Seems to me that's what he's
    still saying.

    There's also this to consider, from the Bungie's Halo Rumor
    Control
    (http://www.bungie.net/perlbin/blam.pl?file=/site/0/databases/view_database.html&dbid=2496)

    "There WILL be Mac and PC versions of Halo. Go back and
    read that sentence again. Notice the clear, straightforward
    nature of the answer. Note that this answer comes directly from
    Bungie, the makers of Halo, and is posted on our official site.

    It doesn't matter what the guy in the forum said, or what the
    guy in the magazine said, or what the guy at the software store
    said. All that matters is what Bungie said. And Bungie has said,
    time and time again, that PC and Mac versions of Halo will ship.
    Work is being done right now to make these versions a reality.
    Anyone who tells you otherwise does not know what he is talking
    about."

    Now, does that mean that I believe 100% that Halo will see life
    on PC and Mac? No, there's always the chance that something will
    happen and it'll get scrapped. But until I see proof of that, or
    Bungie says its not gonna happen, I'm going to take them at
    their word.

    -Mori

    [/quote]
    It's coming, the guy (and ax) doesn't know what he's talking about.

    Here's a good counterpoint that wasn't meant as a counterpoint:

    May 24, 2002

    http://www.macgamer.com/features/publish.php?id=927

    How do you respond to allegations that Halo isn't coming out for the PC or Mac?

    I understand the sort of thought that goes into that allegation because now that we're owned by Microsoft and the cartoon imagery that Microsoft is the evil thing that will do the evil thing to piss people off.The simple fact of the matter is that we're working on this game to get it out there. Microsoft wouldn't let us use their lawyers to cut deals and wouldn't let us waste their time unless they thought it was going to come out. The lack of information, the radio silence that Bungie maintains, it doesn't lend itself to a lot of confidence. When it happens, people are going to be happy and surprised. We're really honestly working to keep our promise. It would be a lot easier to say "fuck it, no Halo version for Mac or the PC, buy an Xbox.'" We thought we were going to be able to say something substantial here at E3, but couldn't keep the legal dogs at bay, which we're clearing up. There should be an announcement soon.

    The code is being ported from the Xbox to run on the Mac and PC and we'll see what needs to be done. Once the Xbox version was done, people went away for a while and came back, we're playing it to make sure it doesn't suck. Now we're figuring out how we do it and who does what, it's taken a long time and been a huge pain in the ass. The good news is that the preliminary stuff is taken care of and people are working with the code to get it working.

    We made a promise, it's coming to the Mac, it's coming to the Mac and the PC. There are things that mean things to us... promises that mean things to us.
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