Heh, this Halogen thing reminds me of what happened to Bid For Power, a Quake III total conversion. Originally it was conceived as a Dragonball Z themed mod, but Infogrames gave the Cease and Desist orders. Luckily, this didn't stop the mod team completely. They kept the stages and the gameplay mechanics intact, but they created their own original characters to replace the DBZ characters. They were then able to release it (or at least they didn't get sued for releasing it). I haven't seen this Halogen mod yet, but perhaps if they significantly change the name and character designs, then they could still release it.
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