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| 14:08 |
Halo Tech Demo released |
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Thanks to Nick Rolfe, who points out (on R.net's forum) that Demonews.com has gotten their hands on a Halo Tech Demo, featuring all the weapons and the first two levels. Warning - it's Direct3D only. If this works for you, go grab it! Pax.
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| 05:08 |
Cat-like Covies? |
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Thanks to No7orious, who notes (on the R.net forum) that xbox.ign.com has an interview with Ed Fries, in which some issues are brought up surrounding the cultural differences between the US and Japan, and how they might affect some of the Xbox products:An example is Halo -- in Halo, the alien creatures look sort of cat-like, and cats here are associated with lots of good things, so to have cats be the enemy is sort of a problem [laughs]. That's the kind of thing, as Americans, that we never get. An interesting thought...
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| 11:24 |
Latest Gamestar contains Halo article |
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Massa, of Halo Network, has grabbed a copy of Gamestar, a German gaming mag, and has passed along some interesting news. First, the movie on the cover CD is actually a combination of the first (very short) video that appeared on Microsoft's Gamestock page for a short while, plus the Gamespot video... albeit higher quality than either of the web-released versions. Second, a couple of facts that he found intriguing:The first thing is that they mention an actual release-date for the PC version wich is set for Q2/2002, which they claim is 6 months after the release of the Xbox version. The second thing is that they claim that there will be a "Star-Wars-like Jetbike" for the Humans. That could be the equivalent for the Covenant's ghost. Good stuff... if you can get your hands on that mag, it might be worth picking up. Thanks, Massa!
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| 05:06 |
Pillar of Autumn has a bridge |
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Thanks to Matt, who popped into our forum, and Evil Bastard, who dropped us email, for letting us know that this week's Halo Update is over at Battleground: Halo. Grenades are back, the team is bigger (an artist working on multiplayer? Cool!), and some pretty interesting scripting stuff... go check it out.
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| 23:32 |
More Gamestock audio details |
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Marty O'Donnell popped into our forum (props for realizing it was even up) to elaborate a bit on the audio for the Gamestock video. Seems the out-of-sync issues folks have noticed are not present on his copy of the film... nice to know. (We're gonna leave the Backstreet Boys comment alone, though...
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| 06:28 |
Halo in the news |
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Massa, of Halo Network, writes to say that Halo showed up on German television yesterday. RTL2, a German television station, covered it as part of an Xbox report... and it was mentioned on their web site. The web report suggests that Halo has been downgraded for the Xbox, and that the PC version will contain all the goodies originally promised... but it looks a lot like (in Massa's words) "a rumor created by journalists who do not really know what they're talking about..." We'd agree. Still, nice to see Halo making the nightly news!
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| 23:55 |
Slow day at the OK Corral |
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News? We don't need no steenkin' news...
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| 22:04 |
New French Halo site opens |
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genohunter sends word that a new Halo clan, HELL (Halo ELite League) is open for business. It's French... but they plan on keeping up with the Halo news! Stop by and take a look.
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| 17:13 |
New Halo coming in PC Gamer UK magazine? |
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$erial-ki!!A sends word that PC Gamer UK magazine
are also advertising their next edition as follows:
'We VISIT BUNGIE to get all the latest news and incredible SCREENSHOTS of this stunning tactical shooter!'
$erial-ki!!A goes on to note that PC Gamer UK got new previously unseen shots in their last feature on Halo.
So we might be lucky. :)
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| 12:41 |
New Halo site at scabiesbaby.com |
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JB sends word that they
have a new Halo fan site up and running at
scabiesbaby.com. Go take a look.
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| 05:11 |
Gamestock video on PCGUK disc |
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Griffon, of Halo Command Central, sends word that the June edition of PC Gamer UK should have the 182 MB Gamestock video on its cover DVD... if you're on a slow connection, this might be a reasonable option (it should be out by mid-may).
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| 16:24 |
Why PC Gaming Will Not Die |
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Why PC Gaming Will Not Die. The Adrenaline Vault has a
featured article on the
perceived threat of console gaming to PC gaming. Go put your fears to rest. Pax
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| 06:38 |
More desktops for j00. |
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More desktops for j00. darwin sends us a
link
to four desktops (wallpapers) he has done. They're all 1024x768. Head on
over and take a look.
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| 04:54 |
Random xbox links |
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Xbox news - thanks to Dave Bergendahl, who sent in a notice that xbox.ign.com covered the GDC 2001, during which Seamus Blackley confirmed that contrary to recent rumors, the Xbox is still on track for a Fall 2001 release, and to Kharn353, who sent word (via PlanetXbox) that the Xbox hard drive has been upgraded from 8 gigs to 10, and to schmiddtchen, who notes that Gamespot has an interview with Seamus Blackley.
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| 02:54 |
Halo SETI Team 7 day stats posted |
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Dink!... Dink!... The Halo SETI Marines have dropped two more spots, despite the addition of 7 new members this week - production increased only by a slight amount. DarthFlounder accounted for more than 14% of the total team units... scary, considering that there are almost 600 members on the team. See if you're doing YOUR part on the 7 day stats page. (Stats were collected on time, yesterday morning at 7 am PST, but weren't processed until now, due to technical difficulties.)
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| 05:03 |
The rumors have started |
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The rumor mill cometh... Justin Lambert sends in notice that ps2.ign.com is reporting a rumor that the Xbox will be delayed until mid-spring of 2002... could this be real, or just sour grapes from a site that covers a rival console?
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| 17:36 |
Joe tells it like it is |
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As noted on the Marathon's Story page
Joe Staten of Bungie's
Cinematronics (Sin-O-MatiXXX) team
dropped in on the Rampancy forums to give his
two cents on the latest
Unreal 2 tech demo movie. Yeah the one that looks like last year's E3 Halo movie.
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| 03:23 |
Wallpaper page updated |
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Thanks to Darwin Campa, who sent in a new desktop image for our Wallpaper page. Stay tuned - there might be new images made from the hi-res stuff found on the Xbox press site.
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