OCCHIOO... HALO 3 annunciato a 1080p puri e 60fps

[RedSky]

Halo 3 to support True (not upscaled) 1080p at 60fps

The Xbox 360's flagship title Halo 3 will support true (not upscaled) 1080p at 60fps, after Microsoft issued an edict to developers Bungie that it must be the most technically advanced game available on the platform.

A source close to a Bungie insider has revealed that whilst Microsoft have always maintained that a resolution of 720p is the 'sweet spot' for Xbox 360 games last year's E3 Expo 'led to a broadening of perspective' at Microsoft. Whilst Sony were scorned in the gaming media for not putting on a good show for the great unwashed, Shane Kim President of Microsoft Game Studios had a representative at the presentation. Shane felt that within 18 months the whole 1080p HDMI issue could lead to a 'perceived generational divide' between the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3. After discussions with various bods at Microsoft, Shane Kim made a push to implement 1080p as optional feature of the Xbox 360. The idea being that 720p is still the 'sweet spot' with Xbox 360, and that games would still be developed at 720p. However the PlayStation 3 would then lose its claim to being the only console that can output at 1080p, and thus (in theory) the title of most powerful console. Microsoft have no plans to ask third party developers to use 1080p as standard. But a decision was taken that Halo 3, the console's flagship title must be the most technically advanced game available on the 360.

"Microsoft realise that with the history making manpower and resources they have invested into this single product, if it can't be done on Halo 3, then the Xbox 360 can't do it at all. Shane wants Halo 3 in 1080p to be proof of the Xbox's power."

In some ways Halo is the Xbox. Whilst Microsoft have worked hard to bring successful games to their console, Halo is the only exclusive franchise of note, so it makes sense that it is the Xbox 360 flag-bearer for everything that is great about the console.

Key Points:
*Bungie now have an internal test build of Halo 3 running at true 1080p at 60fps. This is not finalised code there are performance issues to optimise.

*Bungie's No1 priority is that Halo 3 will be 100% compatible with the Xbox 360 Core (which has no hard drive.) In the largest levels with max players there is some lag, a change to 30fps might be necessary to maintain high performance

*True 1080p wont be available in the public beta next month, but the Beta will be used to gauge related issues.

*Some voices at Bungie felt that it would have been better to run Halo 3 at 720p and then upscale to 1080p

*Shane Kim thinks that a change to upscaled 1080p is 'unthinkable'

Two other major titbits.
* The next Halo (Halo 4?) will use a new game engine and depending on everything, could be a launch title for the new Xbox in 'Fall' 2010.

* A semi-sequel to Halo 3 is a possibility, it would use the Halo 3 engine. But this is most likely going to be new weapons/levels/vehicles.

This all sounds very nice but I just hope Bungie are working hard to bring back the fun and tactics of the first Halo, then I will be very happy.

fonte: QUI

chi vivrà vedrà..ottima notizia per i possessori X360

[RedSky]

azz doppio post, chiudete pure, continuare qui:
http://www.hwupgrade.it/forum/showthread.php?t=1458216

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