halo-reach posts

Yes, there are still a number of people who play the PC and Mac versions of Halo online. Indeed, since Microsoft shut down the original Xbox Live service for the first Xbox console, players of Gearbox Software's port of Bungie's first person shooter are the only ones now that can play the sci-fi first person shooter online. Now owners of Halo for the PC and Mac will be getting something extra if they purchase Halo: Reach, the upcoming and final Xbox 360 Halo game from Bungie.

According to the Bungie forums, owners of both the Mac and PC ports of Halo (that includes the Halo: Custom Edition from Gearbox) that still have their multiplayer key and have played the game in online multiplayer matches up until May 26,, 2010 will be able to use the key to get a tiny extra in Halo: Reach. The forum message from Bungie's Roger "Sawnose" Wolfso states, "The reward is a small 'visual flair', as was described during the last days of Halo 2 for players of that game." He adds, " ... it's just a little indication that people have been part of a certain Halo community for a while, and we wanted to give them a nod." Sorry owners of the PC port of Halo 2; you don't get anything as "Bungie wasn't involved in that port." More info on exactly how to use the key in the game will be revealed in the coming weeks.

[Via Giant Bomb and Joystiq]

Bungie is one of the most well know game developers in the world but for the past decade the studio has made first person shooter games in the Halo series for just one platform; Microsoft's Xbox/Xbox 360 game console. Their upcoming game Halo: Reach is scheduled to be the last Halo game for Bungie and perhaps the last game they make that will be exclusive to the Xbox platform.

Before the Halo series, however, Bungie was known as a multi-platform developer, making games for the Mac (the Marathon series) and the PC (the Myth series) and other consoles. So does that mean Bungie will embrace the PC and Mac platforms for their games beyond Halo: Reach? Industry Games posed that question to Bungie's community manager Brian Jarrard who stated, " . . . we're not looking at one particular piece of technology right now. All options are open right now, so long as we find the best possible fit for our creative vision and what this project is going to be."

There's lots of PC games that are due in 2010 but let's face facts; there are also some games due in the next 12 months that are (at the moment anyway) supposed to be console exclusive. We think that at least some of those titles should be made available to PC owners as well.

Big Download picked 10 games that are planned for a console-only release in 2010 that we think should be released for the PC platform. They include action-adventure titles, a co-op specific title, a long awaited fantasy RPG and a 256-player first person shooter. We also give our opinion on if in fact a PC port is possible, unlikely or never going to happen for each game.

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