Halo 2 and Shadowrun on XP
From Falling Leaf Systems comes word of an official merger between the VAIO and Alky projects, both of which have been working on transporting DirectX 10 for use in Windows XP.
“We at Falling Leaf are excited to welcome aboard the talented members of Project VAIO,” said Falling Leaf Systems CEO Brian Thomason. “For too long, we have been segregated into two separate camps slaving away on similar, and sometimes even identical, goals. By merging our teams and our respective technologies, we can both achieve these common goals much faster.”
Rafael Rivera, the leader of Project VAIO, was equally upbeat: “We believe the merger will allow Falling Leaf Systems to release products and services that would have been either impossible for Project VAIO to finish alone, or would have taken far too long to be relevant in the market.”
They also announced that they are now accepting pre-orders for Windows XP versions of Halo 2 and Shadowrun, both of which are Vista-exclusive. The orders will be fulfilled by Amazon, and those who purchase will receive a free copy of the compatibility software within a few months.
It is still unclear as to how they will be able to market the software since Microsoft will surely swoop down upon them as soon as they hear of this. Even though their intentions are noble, the prospects of playing a half-polished game and a 3 year-old Xbox port doesn’t seem like fun to me.