Homebrew based on Microsoft franchises now allowed?

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pointless crap.

[TeenDev]

HAH! That means my Halo 2D DS homebrew game is completely legal!

[solid12345]

Actually these rules are VERY fair

You can't sell your creation? Big deal, it is Microsoft's IP, deal with it. I would be pissed if somebody on the internet stole one of my cartoon characters, made a game and tried to sell it too.

You can't use the game's assets? Again that is fair too. Besides, if you can't come up with anything great without copying and pasting, well you need to do better.

This reminds me of a story a year back where Bill Gates said he wants to somehow bring the mod community in rather than push them out, within reason of course. And it seems Microsoft is now trying to do this while Sony and Nintendo wouldn't touch this with a 10 foot pole.

[jools]

it's a step in the right direction

[J sims]

so is haloid illegal to make

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Md-QkCquOHE

[sonofsamus]

Actually these rules are VERY fair

You can't sell your creation? Big deal, it is Microsoft's IP, deal with it. I would be pissed if somebody on the internet stole one of my cartoon characters, made a game and tried to sell it too.

As you may or may not have noticed, not a single person has complained about being unable to profit from this.

All MS wants is free advertising, courtesy of gamers.

[yaustar]

so is haloid illegal to make

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Md-QkCquOHE

Nintendo may mind the use of their models but from Microsoft's point of view, no.

As you may or may not have noticed, not a single person has complained about being unable to profit from this.

All MS wants is free advertising, courtesy of gamers.

They just given rights to to people who want to do things like Red vs Blue and share without fear of legal repercussion.

HAH! That means my Halo 2D DS homebrew game is completely legal!

Not if it has Halo in the name.

[devmas]

You can’t add to the game universe or expand on the story told in the game with “lost chapters” or back story or anything like that.

That's the only real downside of this whole thing.

What's the point of creating a fan game/movie/comic/whatever if it doesn't expand on the original story? Would I read a fan comic of the actual Halo story?

...though I do wonder about what other companies think of fan creations. As an example, right now, there is a practically perfect PC representation of the original Legend of Zelda, and Nintendo doesn't seem to mind...

[yaustar]

...though I do wonder about what other companies think of fan creations. As an example, right now, there is a practically perfect PC representation of the original Legend of Zelda, and Nintendo doesn't seem to mind...

It varies, some companies don't notice until it becomes really public (e.g. Chorno Trigger 3D remake) and clamp down with C&D. Others don't mind as long as it doesn't hurt their image or IP. A lot of remakes etc just don't become big enough to care about.