RTS Halo Mod Stopped by Microsoft

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday September 9, 2006 @10:32AM from the harshing-your-groove dept.

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.' "

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Too bad... by SirTalon42 · 2006-09-09 10:35 · Score: 5, Funny

Too bad Valve didn't do this with Counter Strike, if they did maybe they would still be in business now...
1. Re:Too bad... by grumbel · 2006-09-09 12:51 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  I was thinking the same thing about id and Quake.
  
  There is however a big difference: They are modding Command&Conquer and not Halo.
  
  C&C is EAs property, not Microsofts. So if this mod would have become successfull, it would mean more C&C copies sold and EA makes more money, not exactly in the interest of Microsoft, since they get zero out of it.