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Halo PC FAQ Updated, Developers Interviewed

Posted by simoniker on from the as-god-originally-intended-it dept.

Thanks to several people for pointing out that the official Halo PC FAQ at Bungie.net has been updated. This relatively new FAQ includes info on a playable demo ("shortly after the game is released") and Mac version ("..in the capable hands of our friends at MacSoft and Westlake Interactive.. scheduled for a near simultaneous release with the PC version"), as well as previously-released info such as PC multiplayer-exclusive Fuel Rod Guns and Rocket Launcher Warthogs. In related news, Shacknews put out an interview with Gearbox president Randy Pitchford a couple of days back, offering a bunch of extra information on the PC debut of this originally-for-PC title.

3 of 37 comments (clear)

  1. Re:They're putting the demo out after it's release by d3kk · · Score: 2, Informative

    Why? It's pretty common nowadays that developers will do this. I know Blizzard's been doing it for years.

  2. Re:Oh boy. by entrager · · Score: 2, Informative

    Besides the issues with the different versions having different content (these can be overcome by only allowing X-Box content to be used in cross-platform play), as I understand it X-Box Live is a proprietary network. As such, no one inside of it can play with anyone outside of it. Think of a LAN that has no internet connection. That's the way I understand it, but of course I don't follow it too closely since I don't have an X-Box.

  3. originally-for-PC title? Uhh no by Zed2K · · Score: 1, Informative

    It was originally a Mac title, not a PC title. It was Mac first, then PC. Then bought out by MS to because a XBOX only title. Now its back to a XBox and PC/Mac game.