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Aussie Xbox: January 2002
Thanks to Geordie McCabe, who pointed out that some Xbox posters around his University campus are listing an Australian release date in January 2002, with the slogan "The Game is Over - Reality Begins." Looks like folks Down Under will be playing before those in Japan (February 22) and those in Europe (March 14)! (Louis Wu 21:12:55 UTC) (permalink)
Fan art in the oddest of places
Heh - sometimes, you just gotta get your content where you can find it... I was hunting through the Xbox.com.au site to see if I could find an official release date for the Xbox in Australia (no luck there) - and I happened across the Halo page. They have a pretty fun little Flash animation to show off some of the cool stuff in Halo... but the funny part was, it finishes up with a copy of this desktop image, created by a fan way back in 1999! Ken, if you're still out there... you're famous! :) (Louis Wu 21:05:11 UTC) (permalink)
Maxim snippet scanned
OrangeWarp mentioned yesterday that there was a Halo blurb in the November 2001 issue of Maxim magazine. He took pity on HBO and scanned it for us (45K). They call Halo a "staggeringly polished first-person shooter"... which almost makes up for calling the Xbox "an overgrown Atari". Take a look! (OW also scanned in the cover of the mag... but as we're not Incite, we aren't gonna show you any breasts.) (Louis Wu 20:06:59 UTC) (permalink)
Praise be
New desktop from Enforcer, paying tribute to the Bungie programmers. Check it out in our Wallpaper section. (Crux Fidelis 20:00:00 UTC) (permalink)
Another Hands-on at TeamXbox
Another one... TeamXbox has put up an 'Early Hands-On Halo Preview' as well. Like VoodooExtreme, they liked it - a lot:
If any of you had any doubts that Halo would live up to the hype, you can put all that to rest. Period.
There are also three .asf clips showing gameplay - all new, as far as I can tell. They're short enough that they shouldn't spoil much for anyone, but you DO get a look at splitscreen coop in the last two (with actual gunplay this time!). Definitely worth a look! (Louis Wu 13:36:26 UTC) (permalink)
Halo preview at VoodooExtreme
VoodooExtreme has posted a hands-on Halo preview - they took issue with the controller, and mentioned the framerate concerns, but mostly, they just liked the game:
The writing is great, the story is solid, and to be honest, Halo is hands-down the best action game I've ever played in my life.
A full review will be coming on November 15 (heh - VE and 80 million other sites) - go read the preview now! (Louis Wu 09:15:09 UTC) (permalink)
Do you remember Blam?
Thanks to Lophan, for starting a pretty fun thread on our forum yesterday. What is your favorite "waiting for Halo" memory? Add your thoughts, now that the light at the end of the tunnel has been shown not to be a train! (Louis Wu 01:00:19 UTC) (permalink)
StC is Infinite
Halo "Start to Crate" value: infinite. So says Gothmog, and he should know. As one of the faithful forumgoers says, that's worth celebrating. (Louis Wu 00:54:29 UTC) (permalink)
Halo is gold!
WOOHOO! Halo is gold! Matt stopped by our forum to confirm that certification was passed yesterday, the manufacturing plant got the gold master today, and they are 'pressing up a zillion Halo discs as I type this'. There's more - read it. (Louis Wu 00:23:06 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
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Another mirror for OXM scans Halo in Maxim TeamXbox back up Bob finds God New home for OXM scans Don't worry, be happy |
Tuesday's news in brief:
