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Halo 2 Vista was delayed because of "nudity"DVDBack23 @ May 25, 2007 12:08 | 20 comments
The cause of the delays however, had not been revealed until today. Microsoft said in an official statement that the delays were caused by the discovery of "partial nudity" in the content.
"It has come to our attention that an unfortunate, obscure content error which includes partial nudity was included in our initial production of Halo 2 for Windows Vista.
"As such, we have updated the initial game packaging at retailers with a label, so customers are aware before purchasing the game... This packaging will only be labelled for the initial run of games; subsequent shipments will not include the content."
Available on Halo2.com as well is an update which consumers can download to patch the content.
Microsoft is taking big strides to avoid a repeat of the 2005 Hot Coffee scandal, in which a sex mini-game in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas led to lawsuits and a re-rating of the game to Adult Only.
Microsoft's statement concludes,"We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause our customers. At Microsoft we take the Entertainment Software Ratings Board guidelines very seriously and hold ourselves to high standards, with our customers always in mind."
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As reported earlier this week, the delayed Halo 2 Vista will hit North American retail outlets at the end of this
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Comment by: escalante (May 25, 2007 12:39) So...does anyone know what exactly this "partial nudity" entails? er...not that I'm into that kind of thing...er ;D. hehe.
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Comment by: BcMester (May 25, 2007 13:14) That's interesting... I've finished Halo 2 on the xbox a long time ago, but I certainly cannot remember any opportunity where nudity could show up... It's all aliens and soldiers and the master chief... :O
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Comment by: chubbyInc (May 25, 2007 13:20) Sounds like a collector scam....
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Comment by: macko79 (May 25, 2007 14:05) I'm with you, the first thing I thought was that these would be collectible... It does seem a bit fishy. Nude Cortana perhaps? (I wish).
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (May 25, 2007 16:07) possible nippleage on Cortana?
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Comment by: rihgt682 (May 25, 2007 19:11) I hate how it's rated M 17+ and nudity is a big deal. It's like those gay servers at halo "you can't cuss cause their might be kid playing". Did the forget it's rated M. |
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Comment by: borhan9 (May 25, 2007 19:24) Quote: At least they are making consumers aware of the nudity and not getting rid of it So it becomes the consumers choice at the end of the day. |
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (May 25, 2007 19:31) its a ass shot of some guy in a mooning error message in the editor...this is insanity....... |
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Comment by: gozilla (May 26, 2007 02:41) i don't understand this mindset. mindless killing, heads blowing off followed by a river of blood. O.K. An arseshot of someone, no, no, can't have that.
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (May 26, 2007 02:46) heres the real one
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Comment by: gozilla (May 26, 2007 21:26) if that was really what was the nudity was, they should have left it in!
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Comment by: cousinkix (May 27, 2007 07:54) Does this remind you of the Grand Theft Auto San Andreas video game with the "hot coffee" plug in? The result was an adult's video game. Maybe somebody did (or will do) the same kind of thing with the Vista Halo... |
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Comment by: editmon (Jun 01, 2007 12:26) The problem isn't nudity. Microsoft is having a problem with a thing called "VISTA". They can't seem to justify the development of a program that runs on a "crappy marketing ploy" instead of a real OS. Join the club and send and email to you favorite game developer to make a visually hot game that runs under OpenGL and XP and forget DX10.
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Comment by: Unfocused (Jun 17, 2007 01:04) How many lines of code would a trusted board of reviewers have to go through to look for stuff like this? And if they are that good to notice erroneous code entries, why aren't they coding the game to begin with? |
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Comment by: yimmmy (Jan 10, 2008 02:21) wait... who was nude?? |
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Jan 10, 2008 06:26) Originally posted by yimmmy: a dev's bare arse.
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Comment by: yimmmy (Jan 10, 2008 12:38) oh i c was it a glitch in the game that you have to find ..
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Jan 10, 2008 12:43) Originally posted by yimmmy: the "nudity" was a dev mooning the camera for the error pic on the editing part of the game. |
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Comment by: BludRayne (Jan 10, 2008 17:17) WTF is wrong with this country. Ultra violence is super duper ok, but oh, show a half naked chick or a dev's rear end and production comes to a halt. |
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Comment by: ZippyDSM (Jan 10, 2008 20:07) Originally posted by BludRayne: Due to the rules set by the ESRB and contracts signed by publishers to ensure properer ratings explanation............. shit happens. |
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