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Bat · 2008-03-28 4:06 pm

We're sure you saw the delightful cross-platform mash-up that put everyone's favorite Spartan smack dab in the middle of PS3 shooter Unreal Tournament 3. While we got a kick of it, we couldn't help but wonder how Uncle Bill and his army of lawyers felt. According to one of those legal eagles, MS thinks that it's the bee's knees.

Here it is straight from the source: "The developers aren't selling the mod, they're not monetizing Microsoft's IP, they're just creating something to share their love of the Master Chief on a new platform. It's a great thing for us and a great thing for the gaming community." Apparently, we've got the Game Content Usage Rules to thank. Now ... do those apply to G.I. Joe?

Links in article. MacZ plays H3 & GoW at last (sort of)! big_smile

(There're Marcus Fenix and Skaa- er, Locust models too).

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/03/27/micro … -is-great/

NAG · 2008-03-28 5:10 pm

Nice. Glad to see people playing together without lawsuits. lol

Altivec · 2008-03-28 7:13 pm

I'm sure 'Uncle Bill and his army of lawyers' will change their tune as soon as mods are written for UT3 that add H3 weapons, H3 maps, H3 vehicles, etc...

Bat · 2008-03-29 3:18 am

Well, now that an opinion has been expressed it mightn't be that simple, and also it'd be quite the job to do anything like more than a re-skin of existing wepinz, vehicles etc. Maps might be done. Different physics engines, collision detection and more make taking it much further problematic. Idon't ATM see this as any threat, just good publicity. Also the picture for these to pop up in the 360 versions continues to look bleak, so no threat there.

(OT: let's continue the co-op soon. Been busy this week).

ScifiterX · 2008-03-29 7:36 am

Altivec wrote:
I'm sure 'Uncle Balmer and his army of lawyers' will change their tune as soon as mods are written for UT3 that add H3 weapons, H3 maps, H3 vehicles, etc...

Fixed