The first public glimpse of Halo was in 1999 at the MacWorld Expo NYC, when Steve Jobs unveiled Halo to the the world. Shortly thereafter in 2000, Microsoft bought Bungie and snatched Halo away from Apple. Since then, Apple has never made another attempt to foray into gaming.
Now, as rumors of the Bungie and Microsoft parting ways are swirling, The InformationWeek proposes that Apple should ride on the success of iPod and iPhone and take advantage of this opportunity to work with Bungie, so Apple will have a reason to entice PC gamers to migrate from Windows to Mac.
Xbox Game Studios' Halo: Combat Evolved Remake is reportedly planned to release in late 2026 to celebrate 25 years of Xbox.
No official update on anything?
They replaced studio leadership
They changed the studio name
They announced the change to UE5
... all while supporting Infinite
The support to Infinite isn't what it originally should have been but they've still been providing tons of official updates over the years, and as recently as two months ago added a brand new weapon.
I think remaking Halo Combat Evolved, and going to 2 and 3 again, will help give the studio an idea of how to make a Halo game feel like Halo again
Infinite did feel like Halo, that's not what the complaints were...
The complaints were almost literally everything else. Monetization, netcode and desync, the campaign structure, story, and single biome, the weaker-than-expected post-launch content.
Dev times in modern days 4 years of silence isn't unheard of when things are running smoothly.
And around 6 months ago 343 did show a tech demo of ue5 using halo assets so it's not radio silence.
Given all the shake ups i am more surprised we're getting anything next year at all.
They coulda started with Halo 3 remake ... I know Halo CE remaster was not proper with the art style but still, remaking after a remaster seems dull, when Halo 3 and Reach have started to show some age.
Yeah I hate they used Halo reach artstyle. Hope this remake feel authentic yet fresh
Probably the simplest to work around with. They are reportedly doing it in UE5, so its just as much an Anniversary thing, as its probably the studio getting familiar and setting up their tools and processes in the engine with an actual game, to facilitate the development of the next Halo
I'm guessing combat evolved has a smaller scope in general the later half of the game features a ton of backtracking and reused assets making it a easier game to remake on a deadline
Its also a better choice if this is the first game to be multiplatform mind you I think it's pretty much a given that anyone with a passing curiosity has played this by now in some way be it pc or brought a used console for a few bucks
I would love to see Lost Odyssey come over to PS5. I would definitely buy that again. That was the first game that I played on my 360. Loved the story and battle system. One of the best JRPGs of all time in my opinion.
A new Halo Combat Evolved glitch has been discovered that allows players to control the iconic Halo ring itself.
A new set of Halo: Combat Evolved glitches allow players to control enemies such as The Flood and fly The Pelican airship.
boy oh boy M$, you sure do like to steal games from other companies dont you lol.
sheesh that was some horribly titled blog article, I thought it was actually official or something from the tone of it. Also the guy seems to be more interested about Apple, Steve Jobs and Apple than about games. "creating original titles that run only on the Mac." no thanks
Whats a Mac? The Big Mac can play games now? i love that burger!
man for 1999, those graphics are like what bioshock is right now (i wont say crysis because...crysis is just something...ELSE)
I noticed microsoft is being a lot of interest in supporting the MAC.... not only that microsoft releases office on mac.. but silverlight is being designed from the begining to support MAC... also there are talks about microsoft working on completely supporting the .net framework for MAC.. including visual Studio and languages like vb.net, etc. This will make it easier for lots of developers to port or simultaniously develop applications for windows and MAC. This can only mean more software for MAC. lots of love between apple and microsoft lately... I noticed on a developer's conference a few weeks ago... we had someone from apple talking about mac's silverlight (microsoft technology "flash killer" streaming video without player) support... I was like WTF?... The level of support microsoft is showing for MAC and now apple using compatible CPU... I wouldn't doubt if microsoft releases DirectX on that MAC too...
I know linux people and microsoft haters don't want or need any support or anything from microsoft (rolling eyes)... but only small signs of love from microsoft for you guys... microsoft sharing some things here and there... Who knows.. MAC people may eventually actually get lots of games.