HaloRTS Mod Officially Restarted

[RainXc 0]

HaloRTS , the Halo-themed mod for Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars has announced a restart of their project. Check out their alpha gameplay video below.

 

The HaloRTS mod which has been in standby mode due to most of the team leaving for different reasons is now back in development by the "Omega Division" of Omega Group Productions and is currently in a state of Re-planning and experimentation.

For more information about the HaloRTS mod , visit their ModDB profile page. You can also find HaloRTS on Facebook.

[Sonic 296]

So from what I read here http://www.moddb.com/mods/halorts, this mod has nothing to do with the old Halogen mod that Microsoft had issues with.

 

So how long until Microsoft come snooping around this one?

[Luk3us 63]

Maybe Microsoft will be smart and stay away, unless they want publicity over the failed Halo RTS they made not too long ago.

[Sonic 296]

Halo Wars wasn't really a failure. Not huge sales but it did ok. I thought it was rubbish though

[Plok 327]

So how long until Microsoft come snooping around this one?

Shhhh.... it's best not to let You-Know-Who know about this until this is released. That might give HaloRTS developers a chance to release it. After that, the mod will be hosted on countless 3rd-party sites (that can't be avoided), so You-Know-Who can't do anything about it

 

On the serious side, this looks great!

[flashknight33 0]

So how long until Microsoft come snooping around this one?

 

the official halo wars dev team left Microsoft for a long time now ,so basicaly MS has no more power over halo stuff

[Nyerguds 102]

flashknight33, that's not quite how copyrights work... otherwise EA wouldn't be producing C&C games.

[flashknight33 0]

flashknight33, that's not quite how copyrights work... otherwise EA wouldn't be producing C&C games.

 

 

i mean that halorts lives for now because MS has no copyrights for halo wars any more

[mastermind 0]

the official halo wars dev team left Microsoft for a long time now

Correct

,so basicaly MS has no more power over halo stuff

Incorrect. Microsoft owns Halo, Halo Wars, and everything to do with Halo (more or less anyway). They still very much have the power to send a Cease and Desist to this mod.

[Guest Stevie_K]

Now that you are here, does the same go for EA and C&C mods? (speaking of both those based on an EA owned engine and on those not owned by EA)

[mastermind 0]

I should really change my avatar, I haven't worked for EA in nearly a year. However, yes. EA has the rights to all the C&C games.

[flashknight33 0]

Correct

 

Incorrect. Microsoft owns Halo, Halo Wars, and everything to do with Halo (more or less anyway). They still very much have the power to send a Cease and Desist to this mod.

 

ok then,all i can say now is that im sorry for saing that

[Nyerguds 102]

Now that you are here, does the same go for EA and C&C mods? (speaking of both those based on an EA owned engine and on those not owned by EA)

When has EA ever cared about that stuff?

[Guest Stevie_K]

I don't know actually.

I certainly think that they find the large amount of creative work made by the fan community quite attractive (yet not attractive enough to give a damn about making their newer games more modable).

[Gben 20]

Generally speaking, mods on the engines they own equals free publicity which is good. Mods on other people's engines is a generally grey area. Halo as a RTS came into trouble because the IP owners eventually decided to make their own game, and wanted to corner the market, even though they made it a xbox360 exclusive and the mod was pc (from memory).

 

I would say, generally, the only problem is if the IP owners see an impact on future/current sales to their IP.

Which is short-sighted, but reasonable commercial practise.

 

Other instances are, IMO, personality driven.