Microsoft moved quickly against the Germans and had Marathon: Durandal removed from the USK ratings board site. It is gone, it has ceased to be. Oh no, does that mean it's not coming out for Xbox Live Arcade? Nah, looks like somebody just let Master Chief's grandpa out of the bag a little early and Microsoft wants to stuff the old man back in. We'll promise to still act surprised when the game eventually does come out on XBLA.
When Marathon is revealed, it could be another DOOM scenario where they'll just announce it at the same time it goes live. If only there were a major upcoming event where they could pull something like that off. But in all seriousness, the USK, like the ESRB, doesn't just make games up. They've been known to leak info early ... but not make stuff up. Considering it's already been privately rated by the board, we'll see what's going on with Marathon: Durandal relatively soon.
[Via Xbox360Fanboy]
Reader Comments (7)
Posted: Jun 18th 2007 7:37PM (Unverified) said
FINALLY!!!
Marathon arrives on XBLA! That is some sweet news. I wonder if there'll be online multiplayer... Doom had it, Marathon might as well. I also wonder if they'll update the graphics.
Marathon arrives on XBLA! That is some sweet news. I wonder if there'll be online multiplayer... Doom had it, Marathon might as well. I also wonder if they'll update the graphics.
Posted: Jun 18th 2007 7:54PM chrisgrant said
There are existing projects to bring high-resolution textures to Marathon -
http://source.bungie.org/content/
"Think the graphics in Aleph One are a little to pixelated for your taste or you new computer? Some of the downloads have high system requirements, If you have an older system they may not work."
http://source.bungie.org/content/
"Think the graphics in Aleph One are a little to pixelated for your taste or you new computer? Some of the downloads have high system requirements, If you have an older system they may not work."
Posted: Jun 18th 2007 8:12PM moofree said
C. Grant: Yes, those high resolution textures are really nice. The textures are so detailed (even though it's just simple texture mapping of the same textures over and over)
What got me laughing is being able to read the text on the recharge terminals.
"DO NOT OVERCHARGE"
I wish you could overcharge :D
What got me laughing is being able to read the text on the recharge terminals.
"DO NOT OVERCHARGE"
I wish you could overcharge :D
Posted: Jun 18th 2007 8:39PM ThatFuzzyBastard said
"DO NOT OVERCHARGE"? Hunh---guess it really is right for XBLA.
Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week, don't forget to tip your waitress!
Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week, don't forget to tip your waitress!
Posted: Jun 18th 2007 9:38PM (Unverified) said
*sigh* microsoft are raping my childhood
Posted: Jun 19th 2007 12:14AM (Unverified) said
How, exactly, Bob?
Posted: Jun 19th 2007 3:02AM (Unverified) said
With Halo 3 releasing soon, you'd think they'd release this beforehand right?
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