Microsoft confirms Halo 'Bootcamp' for PC!

[Resinball]

Microsoft confirms Halo 'Bootcamp' following ratings leak

New Halo project in the works, tipped for PC

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Microsoft has confirmed the existence of a Halo-related project titled 'Bootcamp', which surfaced recently via Korean Ratings.


The Microsoft-filed Korean listing, spotted by Game Front, names 'Bootcamp' as a PC online action game, with mention of Halo 3 in the description.


Little else can be gleaned from the Google-translation, but a Microsoft rep was surprisingly willing to confirm the prematurely outed project with an albeit vague statement.

"What's Bootcamp? It is not related to our Xbox One efforts, or the Reclaimer Saga, but rather a project we're very enthusiastic about and will have more to say about in the near future," said the rep.

The 'Reclaimer Saga' refers to the second Halo trilogy, which is expected to continue on the next-gen Xbox One console.

A PC port of Halo 3 would seem unlikely at this point - a full six years after it originally hit Xbox 360 - unless it were some sort of experimental free-to-play multiplayer venture (think Quake Live). The project may also be related to a Halo novel by Reed Ruiz titled Halo: Fall of Reach: Boot Camp, but nothing is confirmed.

Perhaps we'll hear more on this at E3 next month.



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LINK: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/409125/microsoft-confirms-halo-bootcamp-following-ratings-leak/


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343Industries Frank O’Connor (who posts to NeoGAF as “Stinkles” also chimed in.

You should probably factor that into the nature, type and scale of thing it’s going to be. I will say this though, and only this: it’s cool and something I have always wanted to do.



*BTW, I was not sure which section to post this so if there is a more appropriate area please move it there, TY.

[Guardian]

Sounds interesting.

[Ki11a_FTW]

O'Connor does nothing but make himself look like an ass lately. I'm going to wait for further info.

[Zeph]

O'Connor does nothing but make himself look like an ass lately. I'm going to wait for further info.
No further information needed. All Halo stuff not made by Bungie is just his personal fan-fic taking over the universe he had no creative control over. He was a lackey that updated the website with experience working in magazines until mysteriously moving to Microsoft where he waited for Bungie to finish Reach and hand over the IP to him.

[Resinball]

I've gotta agree with that ass-essment. A couple years(?) back there was some panel where they were talking about Halo and its future and one guy (with a German sounding accent if I recall correctly) asked Kiki and Frank about the modding community and his basic answer was that they don't give a damn about the mod community, if only Halo belonged to Valve.

[JackalStomper]

A PC port of Halo 3 would seem unlikely at this point - a full six years after it originally hit Xbox 360 - unless it were some sort of experimental free-to-play multiplayer venture (think Quake Live). The project may also be related to a Halo novel by Reed Ruiz titled Halo: Fall of Reach: Boot Camp, but nothing is confirmed.

More likely than one would think, with the xbone apparently having no backwards compat.

[t3h m00kz]

Modding support or not, I welcome any and all Halo titles for the PC. I just hope they learn from their previous mistakes.


one guy (with a German sounding accent if I recall correctly) asked Kiki and Frank about the modding community and his basic answer was that they don't give a damn about the mod community

link?

[Zeph]

Modding support or not, I welcome any and all Halo titles for the PC. I just hope they learn from their previous mistakes.



link?
It would be hard to find unless you pay attention to 343i and remember each of their appearances. Basically, the person asking the panel was wondering if modders would ever get anything new to do in terms of tools. Frankie pretty much replied that there was nothing foreseeable happening with that.

And they're not going to learn from their past mistakes. They're a first party developer with an interest in pushing whatever they call a feature for anything microsoft.

[Btcc22]

link?

FRf0gBu06Yo#t=29m

Skip to 29 minutes.

Still want to know who that was given how familiar they sound to be with the engine. I know at least one of you gentlemen...and lady...must know.

[DarkHalo003]

That's also pretty old of a video. He also did not outright say they didn't give a damn about the PC modding community. If anything he suggested that bringing Halo to the PC again simply isn't a priority, but there are talks of at least showing support or something in the future. For all we know, that mentality has changed and those talks are becoming realities as we are seeing maybe with this current business that this thread is based around. Just playing an advocate here.

[Guardian]

http://www.ausgamers.com/news/read/3312715/report-halo-spartan-assault-domains-registered-by-microsoft
(http://www.ausgamers.com/news/read/3312715/report-halo-spartan-assault-domains-registered-by-microsoft)3217

[Resinball]

http://youtu.be/BxsYQtltOco

[Btcc22]

Well, conversation over. :smith:

[arbiter901]

Not necessarily.

[Resinball]

This may not be the same thing as Halo Bootcamp. Even if this is all we (we being PC gamers who are also Halo fans) get for now, it is a step in the right direction.

[Warsaw]

While it seems interesting and I definitely want to play it, there are two problems:

1. It appears to be restricted to devices running Windows 8 or Windows Phone 8, making it reminiscent of Halo 2 Vista, and...

2. PC users are simultaneously laughing and crying because this is not at all what we meant when we said we wanted Halo on PC and Microsoft is totally just trolling us with it.

[=sw=warlord]

Still want to know who that was given how familiar they sound to be with the engine. I know at least one of you gentlemen...and lady...must know.
I know who it was, they're a member here but I'm sworn to secrecy.

[Ryx]

Well, conversation over. :smith:
No, that was a trailer/announcement for Spartan Assault, which is only for "touch-enabled devices".

There is still hope :parrot:

[Zeph]

I know who it was, they're a member here but I'm sworn to secrecy.

I'm not, and I can see your post.

How much money can you two pool together to keep me quiet?

[Resinball]

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l142/gstatejester/i-want-to-believe.jpg?t=1294810229

[Zeph]

No, that was a trailer/announcement for Spartan Assault, which is only for "touch-enabled devices".

There is still hope :parrot:


There is still hope

still hope

hope

hope

hope

WINDOWS 8

[Btcc22]

I know who it was, they're a member here but I'm sworn to secrecy.

I'll use my powers of deduction to figure it out and then get back to you.

[Rentafence]

Wow halo games good thing I just bought a windows phone :pcgaming:

[jcap]

Wow halo games good thing I just bought a windows phone :pcgaming:
:mobilegaming:

[InnerGoat]

iphone is better

[Warsaw]

Wow halo games good thing I just bought a windows phone :pcgaming:

Curious, I'm trying to get rid of mine. Microsoft shafted us WP7 adopters hard, and I'm not about to give them money for it.

[=sw=warlord]

I'll use my powers of deduction to figure it out and then get back to you.
Only hint I can give, he's on these forums and was previously an active member on other modding forums.

[Zeph]

Only hint I can give, he's on these forums and was previously an active member on other modding forums.

I could give him mod. Then he could read your post.

[Btcc22]

Only hint I can give, he's on these forums and was previously an active member on other modding forums.

That narrows it down to everybody except maybe two members. Hum.

It's probably Zeph. He's playing mind games.

[DarkHalo003]

Wow, that actually looks pretty enjoyable. I plan to get a Windows Phone too, so I guess it's a pretty convenient coolness. ^_^

[=sw=warlord]

That narrows it down to everybody except maybe two members. Hum.

It's probably Zeph. He's playing mind games.
Hint, Not Zeph.
Also hint, he's posted here before about talking to reps.

[Warsaw]

Korn, duh.

E: Apparently not...not telling!

[Ki11a_FTW]

This game is yet again, to convince people to upgrade to windows 8 or buy a windows phone. I may play it but id sure as hell rather see halo 3 on the pc.

[Btcc22]

Korn, duh.

E: Apparently not...not telling!

I thought it was Korn initially but I've heard his voice since. That sounds slightly creepy.

[sanni]

Just to kill off any of the remaining hope one might have I'll quote a reply made by Frankie from 343 Studios when asked if Halo Spartan Assault has anything to do with Halo Bootcamp:

http://abload.de/img/unbenannt5tuf7.png

Maybe next year ... :neckbeard:

[Resinball]

Maximum Sadface

[supersniper]

Kills I was going to ask kant for you but I saw this post yesterday, and I knew you'd see it so yeah that's why I didn't get back to you ;D

[Kornman00]

I like how Zeph hasn't moved this thread out of H2V yet.

Also, name jokes:

Spartans pass salt

SASS

(if kat appears in it) Dat Spartan ASS

[Zeph]

WHO DO YOU THINK PUT IT IN H2V

[Kornman00]

We have a Games forum for a reason. And I bet you didn't, seeing as how Resinball is mainly an H2 guy :mech2:

[Zeph]

We have a Games forum for a reason. And I bet you didn't, seeing as how Resinball is mainly an H2 guy :mech2:

Nope. moved again to a board more accurately matching thread's title.

why do you give so much fuck about H2V mkII

[Kornman00]

HaloPC != Halo8, Zeph. Games forum would more accuretly matched it, what with it being a Win8-device game :mech2:

[Zeph]

I see there is no pleasing you.

[Resinball]

This is exactly why I said screw it and posted under the H2V section; because its not quite a true Halo PC game, nor is it meant for the Halo 3 through 4 section because those are all Xbox titles. I went with H2V because it is for PC and a bit of a disappointment just like H2V was way back when. ;)

We do know more about it now so I would suggest making a new forum section (or sub-section such as Third Person or Mobile, yuck) or changing the Halo 3 through 4 section to include multi-platform titles. Even better why not give 360 titles thier own section, like you already have then add an XBone section when Halo 5 is announced. Or split them by trilogy? Either way, someone is not going to be happy.

[neuro]

'windows 8'


fukken lol'd

[ODX]

Well my laptop for college will probably be Windows 8 anyway sooo...guess I'm getting it?
The game actually looks fairly neat, graphics look just as color-popping as Halo has come to be. Actually looking forward to it.

(P.S. Yeah, I'm not even in college yet deal with it. And don't turn this into a "downgrade to W7 when you get a laptop' thread, I'll post that later for you guys to help me buy one but not here)