#eldewrito

ElDewrito, the kickass project to basically resurrect Halo: Online, just had its 0.6 release threatened with legal action by Microsoft. Which is fucking infuriating bc this looked absolutely kickass and I was really excited for what was essentially a Halo 3 PC port.

And tbh? This is intellectual property at work. The Halo community had a need that was being unfulfilled by Microsoft (that of a PC port more recent and more stable than fucking Halo 2 Vista), which MS had no intention of fulfilling, given that no PC port of a Halo game has been made since 2007, and the original Halo Online was deep-sixed two years ago after an alpha test release exclusive to fucking Russia. The Halo community sought to address that need itself with ElDewrito, which was being released FOR FREE, at NO PROFIT TO THE DEVS, and got shut down for it.

Remember, this is a need Microsoft had NO INTENTION OF FULFILLING. They had no intention of attempting to exploit the PC market. And now Microsoft has C&Ded the people trying to fill that need--again, NOT FOR PROFIT--for “infringing” on “their” intellectual “property”.

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PC gamers: port a build of an abandoned Halo PC game meant only for Russia and mod it into a playable Halo 3 on PC a decade after Halo 3's release

Has it been a month between articles? Fuck yeah. Told you I’d crash again and my brain currently feels like molasses even now. But that’s enough self-kicking, onto the news. Halo Infinite Teases a New Event and No One Is Happy Yesterday 343 teased a Banished themed event for Halo Infinite and for a fandom like Halo there’s a lot of venom going around. Mostly because there’s an assumption there…

If you're unaware, Eldewrito was a mod for the Russia only "Halo Online" game, which in of itself was a heavily modified closed alpha test of Halo 3 ported to PC back before MCC on Steam complete with new weapons, a weaponsmith system, maps, Forge mechanics, gameplay elements, and this horrid pseudo Halo 4 art style.

Bleugh.

Since Halo Online was private, and only available to a Russian audience, modders began work on bringing the game closer to the original Halo 3 in parity, so that the dream of Halo 3 on PC could finally be a reality. When Halo Online was cancelled Eldewrito became pretty popular and I played quite a bit of it myself. it was tons of fun. One of my favorite little things were the viewmodel settings, the custom armor color editing, and the new first person jumping animations, as there never were any in Halo 3.

MS asked them to stop development shortly before The Master Chief Collection was announced for PC, and after 6 years they've finally got a new update.

It now includes a new launcher, a modded custom games browser with automatic mod downloading, and support for Halo 3 MCC mods!

I highly recommend giving it a try.