Reefa Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 At the end of March, Microsoft announced that it was bringing Halo back to the PC. However, before PC gamers around the world could get too excited, Microsoft added “but only in Russia.” The game in question is Halo Online, which uses a heavily modified Halo 3 engine and will be free-to-play.Release of Halo Online in territories outside of Russia is something Microsoft just isn’t considering right now, so that’s the end of that, right? Wrong. Halo Online may end up being playable everywhere, but it will be without the blessing of Microsoft.The reason for that is a build of Halo Online has leaked, and modders have already set to work dissecting the game and attempting to open it up. Apparently gameplay is a combination of Halo 3 and Halo Reach, but setup to support the free-to-play model.Here’s a video of the leaked Alpha build of the game being played offline:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gKHUvxx2cg A team has formed around the leaked build and GitHub was being used to work on a modified version with additional features unlocked as and when they were discovered. The main effort, however, was getting the game to be playable by anyone, anywhere, and therefore removing the Russia-only restriction.Microsoft has reacted to the leak and unauthorized development by having the GitHub project removed. Microsoft argued that the project is using copyrighted works that they own and a DMCA notice was ultimately used to take it offline. While this may make development more difficult, it surely won’t stop it completely. I fully expect an unofficial version of Halo Online to appear in the future, and Microsoft will have to put some of its resources towards taking down the servers that pop up to support it.Whether you agree with the leaked build being worked on or not, if it ends up being very popular then it should push Microsoft to expand availability of the game officially beyond Russia.http://www.geek.com/games/halo-online-leaks-work-underway-to-make-it-playable-outside-of-russia-1619561/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 why Russia? this makes no sense at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefa Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 why Russia? this makes no sense at allRead here..>>http://www.winbeta.org/news/modders-try-make-russias-halo-online-open-all-despite-legal-action-microsoft.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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