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May 17, 2006 Link to this post
Halo 2 Xbox/PC interplay - probably not
GamePro talked to Kevin Unangst, Microsoft's director of global marketing for Games for Windows, and Chris Donahue, director of business development for Games for Windows, about Halo 2 for Vista (thanks, 3Suns) - and Engadget talked to Shane Kim, General Manager of Microsoft Game Studios. Beyond the known tidbits (Halo 2 will be released a little beyond Vista's launch, a map editor/modding system will be bundled, etc), there was a bit of information about Xbox 360/PC cross-platform interoperability... and the word is rather bleak. Unangst said that making the game cross-compatible would require "somebody to re-code the Xbox version", which was unlikely. Donahue said something similar, but was a bit more optimistic... but Kim told Engadget flat-out no:
Will Halo 2 have any interoperability when it's released for Vista... ?
No, we're just bringing over the Halo 2 experience over to Vista. It will support the online services though, that we're bringing over to Windows Vista.
I suppose it was a lot to hope for... but it's probably better to be aware that it won't happen than to be horribly disappointed when they don't succeed in making it happen. (Louis Wu 10:35:21 UTC)
