It is with a heavy heart that I submit this as news, but work on Halogen - the Halo total conversion mod for C&C Generals: Zero Hour - has been halted because Microsoft deem it to be infringing on the intellectual property of Bungie Studios.
From the site:
"The problem with using copyrighted intellectual property as a base for a fan project is that you're very susceptible to legal action. We always figured that since Halogen was such a different take on the Halo franchise, we might manage to make it without incident. That changed today."
"Hours ago, we finally recieved the words we've been dreading since the mod started to get noticed. Microsoft has decided that we are infringing on the intellectual property of Bungie Studios and has asked us to stop development on Halogen."
Nagoshi Studio’s YouTube channel with the Gang of Dragon trailers appears to have been removed following reports that NetEase will stop funding.
Insider Gaming writes: "Marathon was one of the best-selling video games in March 2026 in the United States. On Wednesday, Circna released the best-selling games of the month, and it featured six new releases along with two games returning to the top 20 after previously falling out."
Is it April fools day again?
The game is dead.
EDIT: the numbers are fudged. “digital sales on Nintendo and Xbox weren’t included in the data”
well it's not on Switch / Switch 2.. so their number would be zero.
The game had a decent launch however the userbase numbers are dwindling on Steam.
“ Is it April fools day again?
The game is dead.
EDIT: the numbers are fudged. “digital sales on Nintendo and Xbox weren’t included in the data”
Does it hurt you to hear a SONY game was BEST selling ?
You gotta let go of those OBCURED feelings 🤷🏿
I mean the only reason MLB was the best selling title was because it was multi-platform. Likewise with Marathon. Will ring true for MS games. Only Nintendo titles are truly flexing their muscles when they chart as they are only to be found there.
It's kinda funny how this Obscure guy lives rent-free in your head. lol
Does Phil also live there?
It's kinda funny how this Obscure guy lives rent-free in your head. lol
Does Phil also live there?
I’m sorry did you wrote something smart ?
Or are you trying to to be funny because you failed at both
Now kid run to mommy legs the grown ups are talking.
Don’t bother writing anything I will not respond to a bratty child like you
Yeah sure, yet the player count is no where near what they want for a AAA game with so much money behind it
Why people are trying to spin this game like it’s done overly amazing is baffling to me.
It won’t even be a blip on peoples radars by the end of the year .
You must me typically wrong cuz those Steam chart numbers (AKA where the game sold the MOST) is less than what Hunt has, and Hunt didn't cost $500 million to make lol
The release on Steam of the anime-style gacha-less open-world RPG DragonSword: Awakening is facing a legal challenge from its gacha publisher.
Aww man! I was really looking forward to this mod, I have been waiting for ages! And now look what has happened :(
That is a real shame, but I guess this is really not Bungies fault, they would probably have no saying in this decision. That is the problem with big companies like Microsoft/Sony/Nintendo when it comes to fan created games. They have their own legal department, who are not very flexible on such matters and the people who work with the legal stuff are not gamers. But on the other hand they do have full rights to protect their IP so it is a difficult situation.
Im sure someone else will carry on their work in some shady out-of-site way. It'll just be harder to get hold of
it sucks when looked in gamer`s perspective; but is it wrong for a company to protect their intellectual properties and secure their future? now less pretend microsoft allow this to happen; people would destroy the IP(intellectual property) and so many variations of halo (including non rts) that no one would even buy it whwn published my M$. this happens with pacman and other games all over the internet. sucks as a gamer we would like everything for free. also who wouldn't want a halo rts? lets just hope bungie makes it in the future....
Could someone explain the "Cool"/"Lame&qu ot; system to me? I checked the "About Site" for info, couldn't find any. I even tried clicking on one, at which point it voted cool for me :S
Is it cool from the point of view of "it's a good story" (i.e. you don't necessarily like the upshot) or cool from the point of view of "I like what the story is telling me" (in this case, that Halogen got shut down).
Couldn't find anywhere else to ask this, argh I'm so confused!