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Michael Bluth
10-03-2004, 02:29 AM
I just received the second independent confirmation that Bungie will be making an announcement after the release of Halo2 that they will be releasing a "Steelbattalion" game using the S.B. controller.

Evidently the reason past attempts to secure licience rights or outright purchase of S.B. and controller by interested parties was not responded to by Capcom was because MS was already in negotiation.

The word out is that MS/Bungie (the selected developer/publisher) had their online debug contractor do the recent 'Patch" to improve the online performance until the re-write with new maps (blood gulch without towers is already finished) is released.

Bungie's proven performance should make LoC the shining star it should have been.
STEELBATTALION IS NOT DEAD!

On a related note, Capcom is reported to have sold off many of their cash cows in order to stabilize their financial position - Steelbattalion being only one of them.

At the time of the Los Vegas show, Bungie is reported to have completed about 37% of the new material planned for the 'new' S.B. release.

If this is true (as I have foreseen it), this is the best news we could have received. The finest game concept produced by the best developer/publisher. I can't wait.

And those trying to set up 5X5 LAN systems WILL have the game to play it without hickups.


http://steelbattalion.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=858


Verified by site co-founder. We shall we.

Zak
10-03-2004, 03:27 AM
Maybe I'll buy it this time around.

seraph
10-03-2004, 03:52 AM
that controler is so damn expensive... and big.... and big

Sendok
10-03-2004, 10:12 AM
I personally was under the impression that Bungie would use the same engine from Halo 2 on its next project... guess not.

Michael Bluth
10-03-2004, 03:25 PM
I personally was under the impression that Bungie would use the same engine from Halo 2 on its next project... guess not.

Bungie has 2 development teams.

Haris
10-03-2004, 05:18 PM
Mistake?

Who bothers buying the huge controller? Only the hardcore, and they are few.

Sendok
10-03-2004, 09:30 PM
Bungie has 2 development teams.

true, but untill lately both have been hard at work on Halo 2, Bungie has said this fact many times.

shadowrunner
10-04-2004, 04:19 AM
Mistake?

Who bothers buying the huge controller? Only the hardcore, and they are few.

*raises hand*

man, saw some rolling demos of this game on an xbox demo disc a year back or so, and man it looked sweet. i`m not usually that hyped over mech-sims [i own front mission:headbang:] but this looks great and the controller looks fun. who was working on it before bungie? is it gonna get an aussie release?

miaandjohnrule
10-05-2004, 04:18 PM
Hell yeah , I can't wait. I'll be getting it if this is indeed true.