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Microsoft: no plans for any Halo game on Steam or a PC version of Halo 3

Microsoft has poured cold water on reports that suggested Halo 3 will be released on PC.

Microsoft issued a statement to Eurogamer on the matter after the latest AMD beta drivers were found to include an entry for Halo 3.

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camel_toad4055d ago

Yeh I remember way back before MS opened their wallet, Halo was strictly on pc in the early stages.

adorie4055d ago

Wasn't Halo a game originally for the Mac platform? I could be wrong,though. If I am, I stand corrected. :)

camel_toad4055d ago

@adorie

Yep it was mac ;) My old brain just remembered it originally being a "computer" game - and it being a better looking game before it switched to xbox.

aliengmr4055d ago

I'm pretty sure it was going to the PC and Mac very early only until MS swooped in and made Bungie and other devs exclusive to XBOX.

I was excited at first for Halo, as I remember liking Oni, but pretty disappointed at them being exclusive to XBOX.

I do remember Apple being involved in some way, but I felt certain that it was coming to the PC.

aliengmr4055d ago

We were all wrong and somewhat right.

It started out as a game meant for PC and MAC, primarily for MAC. Was an RTS then a TPS. MS purchased Bungie and using the Xbox dev kit made it an FPS.

That according to Wiki.

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Pushagree4055d ago

There are so many better games you could play on hardware that you spent thousands of dollars on. Halo is a dinosaur now, so many other games have surpassed it to the point that it's not relevant anymore.

f7897904055d ago

Because Halo 2 didn't do well when released on pc TWO AND A HALF YEARS after the xbox version.

To be serious though, if Microsoft released it at the same time on pc, they'd lose one of their few exclusives.

Jek_Porkins4055d ago

Putting a game on PC doesn't make it any less of a console exclusive, considering they need to be played on a MS OS and published by them as well.

CaulkSlap4055d ago

Don't forget - Windows Vista Exclusive!

DigitalSmoke4055d ago (Edited 4055d ago )

Halo 2 floped on PC because Halo is overated, nobody likes to say this because its popular under new gamers, but its how i see it as well.

SDF Repellent4055d ago

I want some of the good stuff that you are smoking, Digital.

RTheRebel4055d ago

He's smoking that drone weed lol

Lvl_up_gamer4055d ago

"Halo 2 floped on PC because Halo is overated"

Then you say

"nobody likes to say this because its popular"

Funny how you think it's overrated yet admit that it's popular.....o.O

It's POPULAR because it's NOT overrated.

Not a single Halo title has sold less then 5 million copies. Sales between 12 million and 5 million don't seem to equate to "overrated" or that only "new gamers" find the Halo series popular.

You comment is full of ignorance.

BiggCMan4055d ago

I'm not defending what he said, but by the same logic, Call of Duty must be the greatest franchise in history because of it's remarkable sales and popularity. Do you see the issue with your comment I hope?

Hydralysk4055d ago

Yeah I gotta disagree with you as well on the popular = not overrated argument. By the logic Twilight is good literature.

rainslacker4055d ago

Some of COD's popularity is due more to the massive advertising budget put behind it. I personally can't speak to it's quality, but there are a lot of people that enjoy the game play, so for them why should they care how it rates? All this stuff is subjective anyways. While I'm not a huge FPS fan, I actually enjoy the Halo series. Bungie is a quality developer.

As far as the twilight comparison...from what I've seen it's almost universally panned by the critics as sub par literature. That really has nothing to do with whether or not it's fan base enjoys it however. Sometimes stupid fun is still still fun.

DeadlyFire4055d ago

Well Halo 2 PC had problems.

1. Vista Exclusive at launch
2. Games for Windows Live
3. Some dumbass put a picture of their ass in the SDK. After I heard about that it disappeared from most retail stores that I visited. I don't know if it was banned from them or what.

When I did get a PC with Vista I lost interest in buying it.

FarCryLover1824055d ago

I bet it is coming. They just want to save this for E3 or whatever. They won't confirm this until they've announced things. I mean what are the odds: entries pop up on the Steam database, Halo in AMD drivers, and Age of Empires (HD edition coming to Steam). I think Halo will be on Steam this summer.

paddystan4055d ago

There are many clues who leads to that Microsoft wants to release their games on Steam. For example the word "currently". It's an obvious PR word for "we are not ready to announce it yet".

dirthurts4055d ago

Halo Started on PC. It deserves to get a PC version.
But, whatever. It's MS's way of making cash on their consoles. Business sucks, but it's business.

spicelicka4055d ago

that doesn't mean anything, everything starts on PC-_____-....

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Ranking Every Halo Game From Worst To Best

Not every Halo game has been a banger, but the franchise still has a raft of the greatest games of all time.

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HellspawnPR1981106d ago

Infinite is a dumpster fire and as much as I like ODST, in no universe it ranks above Halo 2. This list is trash.

Kaii106d ago

Just exclude Infinite>5>4

ChasterMies106d ago

Best to worst: Halo 3, Halo 2, Halo Reach, Halo CE, Halo 4, Halo ODST, Halo Infinite, Halo 5.

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The 7 Best Xbox 360 Games - Console Exclusives Win the Day

The Xbox 360 was a fantastic console in its day with some truly classic titles, but what are the seven best games for the console?

DrDoomer143d ago

I'm pretty used to these lists being bad, but this one is particularly s#ite.

raWfodog143d ago

I think Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon should have been added to the list.

BrainSyphoned143d ago

I'll go with,
Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Culdcept Saga, Shadow Complex, Ace Combat 6 with the flight stick,A Kingdom for Keflings, A World of Keflings.
Bonus Kinect Games: Happy Action Theater and Sesame Street.
*Skyrim was so bad on PS3 that it almost deserves to be #1*

Husker42c143d ago

I really loved Shadow Complex.

P_Bomb143d ago

Ah yes, Shadow Complex! Good indies back in the day. Summer of Arcade. I enjoyed Trials Evolution as well.

ChasterMies143d ago (Edited 143d ago )

Was this made by a.i.? No human being would put Shadowrun, Fable III, and Splinter Cell: Conviction into a list of the 7 best Xbox 360 games.

Abnor_Mal143d ago (Edited 143d ago )

Would love to play Ace Combat6 on PlayStation, but Xbox decided to buy exclusivity and keep it off a competing platform.

The only mainline game I never played except for one level at a friends place. Game sold less than any other in the series if I remember correctly.

darthv72143d ago

360 had Namco hitters AC6 and RR6... both quality titles. You should at least bust out the 360 for AC6 if you can score the flight stick. Its great.

Hofstaderman143d ago

When the current gen XBOX offering is so lacking people need to refer to games released two generations back....

Profchaos142d ago (Edited 142d ago )

It's a nostalgia peice same reason we get thousands of YouTube videos on sega genisis. Something people have fond memories for but the era is long gone.

It's xboxs golden year imo it was their genisis years the time where they stuck it to the market leaders Sony.

BehindTheRows142d ago

They stuck nothing. Sony screwed themselves giving Xbox an opening. They would have gotten the usual smack down if the PS3 had launched at $399 and was easier to develop for.

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Xbox 360 Turns 18: Three Cheers to Live, Halo, and Red Rings

The Xbox 360 launched in North America 18 years ago, and is now officially old enough to buy you a drink in Europe.

darthv72154d ago

Great platform, and many of its games (not bc) still hold up well to this day. Like the PS3, I keep a 360 hooked up for those games you can't play any other way.

isarai154d ago

The last gasp of greatness from XBox, you are missed, except the RROD that was lame, but amazing exclusives until the Kinect dropped.

TheBrainZ154d ago

So many brilliant games. I still have one stored somewhere.

LG_Fox_Brazil154d ago

I really enjoyed my X360, some great exclusives on it. Used to play the shit out ot Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, two masterpieces