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Combat Evolved Released in a Browser
IGN • • technology
Key Points:
- The original Xbox version of Halo: Combat Evolved has been made playable directly in a web browser by AI developer Mitchell Hynes, who hosts and maintains the game himself.
- This browser release is not an official port but the original Xbox game running via decompilation, attracting nearly 20,000 plays within five hours and averaging 94 frames per second.
- Microsoft, which owns Halo, may view this unauthorized browser version as competition, especially since it recently released an official Halo: Campaign Evolved on PC and consoles.
- Hynes' website was briefly flagged as “Suspected Phishing” by Cloudflare, though this was not due to Microsoft and the restriction was quickly lifted.
- The release highlights broader challenges for game publishers amid AI-driven game cloning and modding, with legal actions already taken against AI-generated fan games like Fallout: New York.
