Halo 3 PC was in Development with the Xbox 360 Version?
The first Halo was being developed for the personal computer (Mac to be precise) before it jumped ship onto the Xbox. A few years later post its release on the console, it eventually crawled onto the PC only to be met with a lukewarm reception from within the community. Halo 2 followed a similar suit and was tagged as being one of the first games to be available for Windows Vista. Halo 3 was rumored to fall in the footsteps along with its predecessors and make an appearance onto the platform, however it never did. There was no word on any development of the game on the platform.
This, however, might just be subject to change after you have a look at Matt Waggle’s profile who served as an object artist for Bungie Studios during the project. His duties included working on Bungie’s proprietary engine and building an effective collision and physics model on the basis of the Havok based physics engine. All these responsibilities were for Halo 3 which was being developed for the Xbox 360 and PC at that point in time. This gives an indication that the game was in fact in development for both platforms simultaneously.
No one ultimately knows what happened to the game for the PC especially since the developers started to focus their attention onto ODST and Halo: Reach currently. If we look at how things ultimately shaped up with Alan Wake we have to assume the development for the game was canceled to promote the resources for the Xbox 360 version so as to accommodate much more wholesome experience to its fans. One could also think of the fact that there were so many other first person shooters on the PC which would have made Halo 3 insipid when placed in direct comparison to them and hence Microsoft decided to cancel any further development of the game.
Ohh damn them… Halo 3 would have been cool in pc… in 2007. now it would be too outdated… although I would buy it anyway if they sold it for 35$…
Those M$ost s**th just love to Kick PC gamers arse..!They r just dirtyin d Game Platform…why they dn’t develop game 4 both d platform.. while others do d same easilY
..cause just they want to sell their Trashes of Box360. also if Halo 3 comes out for PC some years later, m gonna Grab d Pirated 1.. atleast i can pay bck ‘em sum $s DOWN 4m their netProfit…
i dont want instead buy xbox halo 2 was screm project halo ce was best for me the flood levels was a creepy but i still want finish the fight and i hope halo 4 will come some year
halo was originally to be pc and mac plus ps2 microsoft dont care thant project is dead
This is way we HATE Microsoft … I am going to buy a Mac.
halo pc is dead stupid i only hear rumor that reach coming pc but i dont trust microsoft sorry that my xbox version is cheap rip off halo pc
halo wars never coming to pc that is must idiot rip off halo gen mod whatch you tube mod name is halo gen and that was canneled i made sometime red alert 2 halo mod if they only care about money
halo wars is unoriginal rip off halo gen and halo wars only for xbox version is still rip off halo pc version in many ways
this is complete rip off
pc gaming is dead some microsoft thanks microsoft thanks for this you made good favour whos now laughing
halo 2 was trash pc sorry now i hate console gamers they resist because mods
and thats not all halo wars is rip off too halogen mod xbox gamers do you acully thinks halo wars original no that is wrong
soon i will not halo fan i was thinkin that was good game series but no i would play cnc or heroes migth and magic 3 or red alert 2 sorry if they are no new halo pc game some year like 2013 or 2012 i not anymore halo fan
and that is end of it
Honestly, anyone here know how to type proper English? Spartan 1235….I must say you take posting to a whole new level with 9 consecutive posts.
like i say halo wars is only rip off star craft or halogen mod but fps version no not even close to star craft
you know, if they even made the full version with all the textures and everything a normal pc wouldn’t be able to handle halo 3. even the xbox 360 needs a hell of a time loading it, and the xbox 360 is one hell of computer with a very fast processor.
it would take forever to load halo 3 even on a fast computer. i’m saying it probably can’t be done
microsoft say after reach halo 3 coming pc between 2010 2011 so you xbox gamers are jealous yeah mods expample i make whole new tank that looks cooler than whole game
and one thing explain this why halo combat evoled and halo 2 was release pc explain why because halo was originally pc including mac until microsoft change halo to xbox yeah halo was originally planted pc and mac
halo 3 could easily be run on a pc, most respected games have high end pc’s like my self
adn halo has always been for pc and mac,
pc is the original platform, and can out perform the 360, also the graphis are for too good on a pc, take crysis for exapmle, they tried and failed to emulate the game on to 360, but the graphical demand was too much for 360 to handle and to this day it is used as a bench make for graphics in games. so i can be done, just that microsoft became lazy, and pc gaming has died down but is not a waste of time.
as if it was put on to pc many gamers would buy it.
i sure as hell would, just to see the graphics.
is they halo fans who hate star craft i hate star craft becuase they halo is rip off star craft star crafts is rip off warhammer alien vs predator halo is rip off alien or starshiptroopers halo fans i need some halo fans to speak that star craft sucks compare halo
What the hell is wrong with you spartan 105? You’re just dissing StarCraft for no reason now. Take your trolling elsewhere. I personally find StarCraft to be a far better game than Halo, but you shouldn’t compare a console shooter with a PC RTS. That’s just dumb. StarCraft and Halo both use ideas from other elements, that doesn’t meant they’re rip-offs.
average pc can run halo3,odst and reach with no problems…on maximum details and resolution…
I hope we will get some conversion of this games..
halo 3 or reach for example…this 2 games looks great and would be better on pc
why then star craft fans all way say halo is rip off i was star craft fan sometime but until i played halo on pc that was much funny star craft fans are annoying halo fans in all halo forums get those sensored rip off things about like covenant are rip off protoss both halo and star craft are rip off alien and predator zerg-alien-flood predator-protoss-covenant unsc-terrans-colonial marines