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RTS Halo Mod Stopped by Microsoft
Headcase88 writes "Microsoft has officially asked the creators of Halogen to stop development at once. Halogen was an RTS mod being developed by Halo fans for the past three years. From the website: ' I was going to write a big sappy letter here, but what's the point. So..that's it then, I guess. The forums, site, and Moddb profile will all be shut down within the week. I can't say it hasn't been fun. It's a shame it has to end like this, but I suppose that's how it goes. Thanks, guys, for all the time you've spent supporting us. It's been a pleasure. We hate this as much as you do.' "
..since it seems lots of people are missing this: This is a mod of C&C, NOT Halo. It's a conversion to make the units in C&C be Halo units (and more). Basically they're taking Bungie's IP and putting into EA's game, NOT converting the existing Halo engine into an RTS.
While I would love to see this completed and play it, I can see where MS is coming from. Their IP is selling EA games. This is no different than when Blizzard shut down the WC3 Total Conversion (a Starcraft mod that was making it into Warcraft) at least with that one the IP all belongs to the same company.