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Tuesday, October 30, 2001 |  |
Playable Halo in stores
A couple of threads over on the TeamXbox forums suggest that Halo is beginning to show up in retail kiosks - one in Orlando, FL and another in Exton, PA (both in Babbages stores) have playable versions. Gameplay reports are always welcome. :) (Louis Wu 18:41:52 UTC) (permalink)
Strategy Guide grows, a little
Rampancy.net uncovered some more details about the Halo Strategy Guide, due soon from Prima Games. Prima has a listing for it now (they didn't in August when we first noticed this)... the release date is unchanged (November 11), but the book's gotten longer (160 vs the previously reported 144 pages). Bigger is better, right? It's $14.99... but hey, strategy doesn't come cheap! (Louis Wu 17:10:46 UTC) (permalink)
Halo... logo, sort of
Hehe - [SE]X-Com, editor over at Socket Error, sent in a Halo logo... well, you just gotta see it. (136K) The time some people have... (Louis Wu 15:35:32 UTC) (permalink)
Homemade Xbox
Philip Palermo submits a pair of images he rendered with TrueSpace 5 (they took about an hour each). Pretty nice work... We've placed them in the Miscellaneous Art section, but these are more or less the right size for a small desktop (800x578 or so each). (Louis Wu 15:13:26 UTC) (permalink)
Xbox Odyssey info
W00t! Heads-up kudos to Cesar, from TeamXbox - Xbox.com has put up an information page about the Xbox Odyssey (which TeamXbox mentioned last week) - one of the photos shows an ENORMOUS plasma screen, running Halo... if you live in (or near) San Fransisco, LA, San Diego, or Phoenix, GET YOURSELF INTO THIS THING. (It's coming to 40 cities - this is just the first leg.) (Louis Wu 10:44:11 UTC) (permalink)
Multiplayer Guide at IGNinsider
IGN Insider has posted a Multiplayer Halo Guide (or at least the first part of one) - it's only available to Insiders, those who pay the subscription fee for their premium service. (Insider access costs $10/3 months or $20/year, but there are several ways of getting it free.) 13 multiplayer maps are described, with a screenshot of each one in action. Apparently, one of our forum-goers decided to post the text from this article on our forum. For future reference - we'd rather this didn't happen. Hopefully, IGN will release this information on their non-subscription site in the not-too-distant future. (Louis Wu 10:35:10 UTC) (permalink)
Halo preview at Gamers.com
Thanks to Bob Blandeburgo, who pointed out a new Halo preview at Gamers.com - it's a good read. The control scheme is described in detail, for those who have been curious, and there aren't any spoilers, for those trying to avoid too much information. They complain about the standard thing PC gamers complain about - lack of mouse and keyboard support - and they mention framerate stutters, though they point out that they have a pre-gold release of the game... generally, they liked it. Also included are 25 screen captures, many showing areas not seen before. These are 640x480; it's clear, however, that these were grabbed from a 320x240 movie and blown up to double-size. However, they're still worth a look; some are just plain fun. (Louis Wu 09:56:06 UTC) (permalink)
Halomedia comes online
Speaking of new sites, Nartin Spitzenberg points out that Halomedia (also German) is now online. Nice design! (Louis Wu 01:55:04 UTC) (permalink)
A pair of desktops
[lw]Reicheraltermann sends in a pair of desktops for our Wallpaper section - pretty nice to look at. One of them advertises a Halo site (German) we've never heard of: haLoXpEriEnCe.multipalyer.de (not fully online yet, it would appear). In any case, check out the images! (Louis Wu 01:51:10 UTC) (permalink)
Monday's news in brief:
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That's a little bright Halo SETI Team 7 day stats posted VE continues the Halo love Penny Arcade looks at Xboxmania Halo Winamp Skin to download |
Sunday's news in brief:
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IGN editor reviews Halo Movies page updated Halo gets Gamespotted EGM on Halo Misc Art and Wallpaper Reach Falls at last |
