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Copy Clerk  Posts: 122 Joined: 1 Mar 2006     | wow harsh words from the attourney |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 888 Joined: 29 Dec 2007    | Yet funny. |
Muckraker  Posts: 240 Joined: 8 Jan 2008  | Zing! |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 56 Joined: 29 Nov 2007  | Does the 360 have any games worthy of modding PS3 characters into? (PS: joke) |
Anonymous Source Posts: 5 Joined: 28 Nov 2007 | can you mod m360 games? (minor grumble. why the hell not i scream!) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1070 Joined: 13 Jan 2007  | Hey, I suppose, then, that Cryptic Studios can tweak their character tools to let people make their own MC, no? After all, it spreads the faith. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 5157 Joined: 28 Nov 2007     |
Yes, you can. People have done it with GHII. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3122 Joined: 26 Feb 2008  | I would love to see The Arbiter jamming out on Guitar Hero... This sounds like it opens the door for a lot of other games to get mods to add Master Chief or other icons... Imagine modding SSBB to have MasterChief replace Fox or one of the other clone characters... |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 94 Joined: 29 Nov 2007  | Oh, ZING. This is what corporate poltics should look like more often - agreement, acceptance, no lawsuits, pointing and laughing. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1019 Joined: 9 Dec 2007 | Give McGowan a medal for that outrageously forward comment! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1038 Joined: 18 Sep 2007   |
Not quite what you asked for, but... -- Steve |
Paperboy Posts: 34 Joined: 3 Mar 2008 | "And no one is taking characters from PlayStation games (do they even have any games?) and putting them on our platform..." Maybe because they CAN'T. And this d*ck was doing so well. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 191 Joined: 20 Feb 2008 | Zing! And I too would love the idea of the Arbiter rocking out on Guitar Hero. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2195 Joined: 21 Jan 2008   | Ouch, but ah well, "all's fair in love and war". And this is war, according to their, well, 'loyal' fanbase. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2272 Joined: 29 Nov 2007 |
Seconded. The guy just stated that the PS3 was better for having User Created ports. |
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Microsoft Says User-Created Master Chief Is Okay With Them
A Microsoft lawyer has said that despite concerns to the contrary, Microsoft is not going to take issue with the creation of a Master Chief mod for Unreal Tournament 3.
Unveiled earlier in the week, the mod allows gamers to play as the Xbox flagship character Master Chief on the PlayStation 3 console by way of Unreal Tournament 3. Some observers felt the potential for a negative reaction from Microsoft was real enough that sources as far-flung as Business Week took notice, but on his DonkeyXote blog, Microsoft attorney Don McGowan wrote, "Many people are talking about the Master Chief mod for Unreal Tournament 3, that allows you to play in the character of the Master Chief on the PS3. Many people are surprised Microsoft is 'allowing' this."
"Actually it's nothing more than Game Content Usage Rules in action," he continued. "When these were developed, people all thought they were focused on machinima. The truth is that while they do address machinima they also allow for a lot of other things. Mods like this are one of them. 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."
Despite his magnanimous attitude, McGowan couldn't resist a parting shot at Sony's competing console. "This will also remind people of just how great the Halo games are and remind them that if they're done with the user-created faux-Halo experience, the real Halo is available only on the Xbox 360. And no one is taking characters from PlayStation games (do they even have any games?) and putting them on our platform..."
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