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Halo on TechTV
Halo showed up on TechTV today (a little after 4 pm Eastern Time). A couple of minutes of smooth gameplay... nice exposure! (Louis Wu 20:14:29 UTC) (permalink)
Xbox Odyssey Tour
TeamXbox has a story about the Xbox "Odyssey" Tour - a 40-city rolling Xbox circus; 50 Xboxes with plasma monitors and giant projection screens. There are a few pics, including one of a Halo game in progress. (Thanks to TomeOne for the heads-up.) (Louis Wu 19:46:18 UTC) (permalink)
New old wallpaper
AEon wrote to let us know of a Halo desktop he submitted to Fileplanet last year. We've added it to our Wallpaper collection. (Louis Wu 18:41:37 UTC) (permalink)
German PC Games to review Halo
Uriel notes that the next issue of the German PC Games will have a 'huge special about halo' - it should be on the shelves on the 7th, and he expects to see it by next weekend. We'll keep you posted! (Louis Wu 17:18:24 UTC) (permalink)
New movie at Fileplanet
Well... the Cinematics team said not to watch intro films posted to the net, because they would spoil the 'first-time' experience of playing for yourself... but many have said they're waiting for the PC version of Halo, and in any case, we would be remiss if we didn't tell you what's out there. Fileplanet has posted what they call a 'Halo Intro and Gameplay Movie' - it's a 50 MB, 6 and a half minute film that contains footage similar to the GameSpot films released a week ago. It starts with the Halo opening sequence - this makes up half the movie. The rest gets the Master Chief from his cryo tube to the bridge. The player is very much a novice - in all the running around, they NEVER pick up a weapon of any kind! In a way, this is nice - your view of the scenery is not hampered by the gun in front of you... but a good chunk of the time is spent trying to get through obviously locked doors, and the like. Bottom line: it's out there, it hasn't been seen before. There - we've told you. (Louis Wu 17:12:43 UTC) (permalink)
Halo IS on OXM DVD
Now this is interesting. Several subscribers have reported that there was no Halo trailer on the December 2001 Official Xbox Magazine DVD... but greatdayne27, over at the TeamXbox forums, says it's just a little harder to find:
While they are not in the trailers section if you watch the special feature "The Xbox difference" with Seamus Blackley you will see several nice, new clips of the afformentioned titles. They are really sharp and vibrant. I was disappointed in the trailers on the dvd it seems as they were rushed and are lacking punch that I have seen on mpegs.
('titles' refers to Halo and Oddworld.) Very nice - anyone want to describe these clips? (Louis Wu 15:24:38 UTC) (permalink)
Ship and Ring
Peter Askam sends in a pair of desktop images, based on the recent Craig Mullins piece - these are variations on a theme, and include the Pillar of Autumn, as well. Check 'em out in our Wallpaper section. (Louis Wu 13:33:57 UTC) (permalink)
Easy to lose track
Robert "Apache" Howarth, of VoodooExtreme, presents some comments about Halo, and its length:
I'm still hacking away in Halo, and thankfully it's continuing to kick major ass. I'm deep into the game at this point (chapter 7 out of 11) and well past what I can talk about without spoiling it for you, so I'll just leave it at that. So, it should take me three days to win (not sure how many hours that translates into as I lost track, but its big).
11 chapters... that sounds good. The three day thing, though... well, maybe he's playing EVERY WAKING HOUR. (Louis Wu 12:50:49 UTC) (permalink)
Never forget what you've done.
An epilogue, of sorts... Vector40 turns in 'Hawk Chronicles: Supplemental', to wrap up the series. Check it out in our Fan Fiction section. Don't forget to let him know what you think of it! (Louis Wu 01:54:36 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday's news in brief:
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Aussie Xbox: January 2002 Fan art in the oddest of places Maxim snippet scanned Praise be Another Hands-on at TeamXbox Halo preview at VoodooExtreme Do you remember Blam? StC is Infinite Halo is gold! |
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 |
