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Thursday, November 8, 2001 |  |
Covenant statue looks yummy
The Juan Ramirez Covenant statue (to be given away to celebrate the re-opening of the Bungie Store - early pictures of the statue can still be seen there) is coming along very nicely, as shown on the Bungie Webcam today. Here are a couple of views of it (thanks to Adam Daniel for the earlier one). (Louis Wu 21:42:59 UTC) (permalink)
IMPORTANT LAUNCH PARTY NEWS
Matt Soell has posted an important note about the Launch Party - apparently, the page on Xbox.com rocketed the number of RSVPs to way over what the Bungie folk can handle. They'll be contacting everyone who responded to let 'em know whether they're in or not - check for details in his post. (Please - don't send new mail, asking whether you're in; that'll only slow him down.) (Louis Wu 21:34:40 UTC) (permalink)
CGO talks to Jason Jones
CG Online managed to corner Jason Jones for a brief question and answer session - after a definitive 'YES' to the obligatory 'Is Halo REALLY coming to the PC?' question, he got to the good stuff:
Is Halo a better game for having been made into a showcase title for the Xbox? What have you been able to do, technically and in terms of production value, that PC gamers will see when the game is released, but wouldn't have seen if the game had just remained a PC/Mac game forever?
Well obviously we have been able to focus on two major areas for the Xbox version.
1. Single player story
2. Graphical/Audio fidelity
The Xbox really frees Bungie up to turn on all the bells and whistles. Bungie no longer had to worry about making it optimized for hundreds of different computer configurations or a low the minimum spec. We only had one minimum spec and one configuration which allowed the team to max out all the settings. Things like Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound, bump mapping, pixel reflection or volumetric lighting will just blow players away. These processes are expensive and require tremendous horse-power that is standard on the Xbox.
Go read the rest - and bookmark the page for future reference! Thanks to Freewill for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 21:22:02 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Commercial in AVI format
A kind soul over at the TeamXbox forums has uploaded .avi versions of the gameplay commercials (including the Halo commercial). Unfortunately, these require the DivX codec - and even though I have it installed (on both a Mac and a PC), I can't get these to work. Others, have, though... so it's worth a shot! (Louis Wu 14:50:23 UTC) (permalink)
7th Column counts down
For those who haven't visited yet... the 7th Column site shows an almost Marathon-like glyph, a counter (it's down to 6, from yesterday's 7), and (hidden in text the same color as the background) "NON FACETE NOBIS CALCITRARE VESTRVM PERINÆVM" (which, loosely translated, means "Don't Make Us Kick Your Ass"). Coming Soon™... (Louis Wu 13:34:26 UTC) (permalink)
Oddworld demo on Halo disc
TeamXbox noted that there seems to be a Munch's Odyssey demo on the Halo DVD... decent marketing ploy, no? Thanks to Paul Roberts for the first heads-up. (Louis Wu 13:18:43 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Launch Party at Xbox.com
No7orious noticed that the Halo Launch Party has made it into the news at Xbox.com. Remember - this is a site that saw 580,000 unique visitors last week... so if you're planning on going, and haven't yet sent your RSVP to halofest@microsoft.com... well, there are only 250 spots... (Louis Wu 09:50:31 UTC) (permalink)
PC Halo IS NOT DEAD.
Because the subject (rumors that PC Halo is dead are BULL) is so important to so many readers, and because we posted this late in the day yesterday, we're going to direct your attention to this news post - Matt Soell, once again, stomps on the rumormongers. Read it. Show it to your friends. Beat forumgoers at other sites over the head with it. (Louis Wu 01:45:50 UTC) (permalink)
PlanetXbox Halo Hands-on
Solid Halo preview from PlanetXbox - they got the date wrong, but otherwise it's a nice summary of the game. Thanks to Charles Clifford for the heads-up. Update: Oops, careless - this is the same article that was posted at PlanetXbox's host, Gamespy, a week ago. My bad. Djof gets the first-noticed kudos. (Louis Wu 01:42:46 UTC) (permalink)
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