May 8,
2003
Get Your Frag On at E3 Halo PC
Multiplayer Sessions
Fragmasters and gamers alike are
encouraged to get in on the Halo PC action at E3 for the chance to win a
coveted Halo PC T-shirt. Gamers who attend E3, the annual video game
convention taking place in Los Angeles from May 14 through 16, will get
the first chance to play the new
Halo PC multiplayer in the Microsoft booth (#1246). Winners of each
four-player match will receive a Halo PC T-shirt and earn bragging rights
over their friends. The competitions will take place throughout all three
exposition days.
Halo,
the critically acclaimed best–selling
Xbox game, is coming to PC gamers
for the first time with new features previously unavailable, including online
multiplayer support, new
maps, vehicles and weapons. Halo is optimized for the PC with the
precision offered by mouse-and-keyboard support
and full support for high-end hardware including graphic resolutions up to
1600 by 1200. Halo’s online multiplayer feature will enable players
to battle it out with fellow gamers worldwide in a variety of individual
and team-based games. Currently in
development by Gearbox Studios in
conjunction with Bungie Studios, Halo PC is slated for release this
summer.
Bungie was founded in 1991 with two
goals: to develop games that combine brilliant technology, beautiful art,
intelligent stories and deep gameplay, and then sell enough of those games
to achieve the real goal of total world domination. Over the last 10 years
it produced games like the Marathon Trilogy and the first two Myth games,
hailed as classics by critics and gamers around the world. "Halo: Combat
Evolved," its latest game, has achieved phenomenal success on the
Microsoft Xbox video game system. More information on Bungie can be found
at http://www.Bungie.net/.
Microsoft Game Studios is a leading worldwide publisher
and developer of games for the PC, Xbox video game system and online
platforms. Comprising a network of top developers, Microsoft Game Studios
is committed to creating innovative and diverse game portfolios for the PC
(http://www.microsoft.com/games/),
including such franchises as Age of Empires, Flight Simulator and Zoo
Tycoon; Xbox (http://www.xbox.com/),
including such franchises as Halo, Project Gotham Racing and NFL Fever;
and Zone.com (http://www.zone.com/),
the official games channel for the MSN network and home to such hits as
Bejeweled and OutSmart.