Unofficial sources point toward Bungie's potentially revolutionary game coming to PlayStation2

The latest game concept from Bungie, a game called Halo, looks closer and closer to becoming a PlayStation2 game, sources close to the company told us today. Halo is a huge action-based game that boasts no levels or breaks in gameplay, complete freedom of movement and a potentially phenomenal physics engine that has been confirmed for both PC and Mac for autumn 2000.

While no official sources could confirm the PS2 game's existence, Bungie have said that they're looking into next-generation systems, including both PlayStation2 and Dreamcast. Still, despite the denials, publisher Rockstar have the console rights to Halo and have said on the record that they're definitely considering bringing it PlayStation2.

"I cannot confirm that Halo is coming for Dreamcast or next-generation systems yet," said an official at Rockstar today. "We do have the console rights, and I wish I could tell you something, but I can't. It's too far off for us to make any announcements yet."

We contacted Bungie, who gave us a slightly different take on the possibility of Halo coming to PS2.

"One important part of our multifaceted deal with Take 2 is that they have publishing rights to console versions of our next four titles (Oni, Halo and two unannounced games)," said Doug Zartman, Director of Publicity Engineering for Bungie Software Products. "So yes, getting unspecified games of ours onto unspecified consoles is a very high priority for us and them, and various options are being actively investigated. [But] it would be premature for anyone right now to claim that they know what titles will appear on what systems - much remains to be determined. Keep in mind that having the rights is not the same as exercising them."

Considering that Halo is definitely coming out for PC and Mac in autumn 2000, the potential PlayStation2 version is likely to come out after those. Bungie have been a rock-solid Mac developer through thick and thin times, creating both the Myth and Marathon series.


Courtesy of IGN.com