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May 1, 2004 Link to this post
Marc Tardif talks to Gamespy
Gamespy has posted an interview with Marc Tardif, Director of Marketing and 3rd Party Relations at Gearbox. There's some good info on what Halo CE (Custom Edition, not Combat Evolved) really is, and how it will be supported.
GameSpy: What's the reason behind having a separate .exe for this update?
Marc Tardif: The new software was the method chosen by Bungie / MGS (Microsoft Game Studios) to deploy the things that Gearbox has done to Halo since the game launched. Given the amount of time we've been working on this stuff and given the value of the material that's being released, we are really happy to finally get the software into the hands of Halo PC customers.
This, finally, explains the delay in the release of the HEK; it wasn't as simple as 'make sure the HEK works, and put it out there', it was 'make sure all the new features being added (fast shaders, better networking, other multiplayer tweaks) will continue to work properly with HEK-created material'. Halo Custom Edition is, in effect, a whole new ballgame. (Halo CE and HaloPC are NOT compatible; you will not see listings for HaloPC games in a Halo CE browser, and vice versa.) It'll be interesting to watch how this all shakes out! (Louis Wu 11:36:43 UTC)
