Way back in 2005 Kotaku reported that Halo was on its way to a cell phone near you, thanks to an agreement between mobile game publisher In-Fusio and Microsoft. Over a year later and finally the end result of the agreement has arrived. Unfortunately it's not a game, but a lawsuit. Claiming that Microsoft has either refused to approve or ignored their game designs entirely, In-Fusio refused to make its second payment on the $2 million deal. Microsoft in turn used that as grounds for breaking the deal entirely. Now the cell game publisher is seeking damages.

I can fully understand where they are coming from. A year and a half ago In-Fusio was on top of the mobile game world, having snagged one of the hottest game licenses in the country. Fast forward to today and they are $500k in the hole plus concept development costs with nothing to show for it. Sure they still have the license for Rambo, Battlestar Galactica, Terminator, South Park, and Neopets, but it's the principle of the thing.

Of course for all I know the game concepts they presented might have just sucked. After all, it's not like Microsoft to screw over a smaller company like this. Hmmm. Michael Fahey

Microsoft sued over Halo mobile game [GamesIndustry.biz]