Halo for PC announced
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Microsoft has announced today that Gearbox Software is developing a PC version of Bungie's acclaimed Xbox FPS, Halo: Combat Evolved. Westlake Interactive is developing the Mac version which will be published by Destineer. Penciled in for a summer 2003 release on PC and sometime in 2003 for the Mac, further details regarding specific features are yet to be revealed.
"PC gamers worldwide will soon be able to dig into the addictive gameplay of 'Halo,'" said Stuart Moulder, general manager, Microsoft Game Studios. "By combining the success of 'Halo' on Xbox with Gearbox's proven talent in the first-person shooter genre, PC gamers are guaranteed a lively and 'up-all-hours' single and multiplayer experience on the PC."
The award-winning "Halo: Combat Evolved" for Xbox earned the distinguished honor of being the fastest million-unit seller ever for any next-generation console according to NPDFunworld (SM). Statistically, this means that more than six copies of "Halo: Combat Evolved" were sold every minute of every day between the launch of Xbox on November 15, 2001 and April 8, 2002.