It is with a heavy heart that I submit this as news, but work on Halogen - the Halo total conversion mod for C&C Generals: Zero Hour - has been halted because Microsoft deem it to be infringing on the intellectual property of Bungie Studios.
From the site:
"The problem with using copyrighted intellectual property as a base for a fan project is that you're very susceptible to legal action. We always figured that since Halogen was such a different take on the Halo franchise, we might manage to make it without incident. That changed today."
"Hours ago, we finally recieved the words we've been dreading since the mod started to get noticed. Microsoft has decided that we are infringing on the intellectual property of Bungie Studios and has asked us to stop development on Halogen."
Alex writes: "We’re about a third of the way through the F1 season in real life, but the start of your own F1 season is right around the corner as the release date for F1 24 fast approaches."
Amaar writes: "Xbox failed Ninja Theory with the release of Hellblade 2, and while the game looks phenomenal, we know that doesn't always matter."
Click bait article. Who approves this stuff? Ninja Theory will be fine. The game is really good.vit seem m9st of the hate is coming from people who prefer playstation.
They have 2 projects in the works right now. Also, there’s talk that Hellblade 3 has been greenlit.
https://readwrite.com/leaks...
Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead on the success of its game, what comes next and dealing with toxic players
Not yet, but they can grow. Sounds like that's the plan. They have a new CEO this week as well. I can see they pushing helldivers 2 to other consoles, Mac and even high end mobile devices. The game could become a global force and sony can rack up their MAUs.
Sure for Helldivers. Surprised Sony doesn't put Helldivers 1 on mobile.... but in reality, I think Arrowhead is talking about creating original IPs that they own. What I question is how they will do this (while remaining multiplatform) without expanding. For HD2, Sony contributed a lot. If they do this by themselves, they are going to hire more people (which isn't a bad thing as long as its sustainable). I love that they are trying to 'stay small' but even when looking at HD2, you get the feeling that they were woefully underprepared to deal with the success they had. Even to today, it takes too long to get bugs addressed.
Another story said that players had stopped playing because of lack of new content. We have know about the new factions since launch but one doubts that they have the internal resources to get new content added at the pace they need to. If they are looking for the kind of success they claim, they need to invest in the resources that will allow them to attract and keep as many players as possible.
Aww man! I was really looking forward to this mod, I have been waiting for ages! And now look what has happened :(
That is a real shame, but I guess this is really not Bungies fault, they would probably have no saying in this decision. That is the problem with big companies like Microsoft/Sony/Nintendo when it comes to fan created games. They have their own legal department, who are not very flexible on such matters and the people who work with the legal stuff are not gamers. But on the other hand they do have full rights to protect their IP so it is a difficult situation.
Im sure someone else will carry on their work in some shady out-of-site way. It'll just be harder to get hold of
it sucks when looked in gamer`s perspective; but is it wrong for a company to protect their intellectual properties and secure their future? now less pretend microsoft allow this to happen; people would destroy the IP(intellectual property) and so many variations of halo (including non rts) that no one would even buy it whwn published my M$. this happens with pacman and other games all over the internet. sucks as a gamer we would like everything for free. also who wouldn't want a halo rts? lets just hope bungie makes it in the future....
Could someone explain the "Cool"/"Lame&qu ot; system to me? I checked the "About Site" for info, couldn't find any. I even tried clicking on one, at which point it voted cool for me :S
Is it cool from the point of view of "it's a good story" (i.e. you don't necessarily like the upshot) or cool from the point of view of "I like what the story is telling me" (in this case, that Halogen got shut down).
Couldn't find anywhere else to ask this, argh I'm so confused!