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3DAP puts up parent review
Red Hot Ryan points out that 3D Action Planet has posted the Gamespy Halo review that went live yesterday. Same story, different background... (Louis Wu 23:19:32 UTC) (permalink)
Launch Party reports start
The first few reports have trickled in from the Launch Party last night (folks having too much fun to report back, it seems!) - overall response seems to be pretty positive. jaslak summed up the general attitude towards Bungie's willingness to do stuff like this:
It was an impressive sight, to see bungie employees and fans talking one on one. I have yet to see another company as cool as Bungie.
Lots of little details, including the unveiling (at least verbally) of the new Truth and Reconciliation site Bungie's putting up (you almost got the name right, Theocracity)... read the reports to soak it up. An Xbox and several copies of Halo (as well as t-shirts) were given away... and several people (from Marty O'Donnell to TeamXbox) were conducting interviews. No7orious mentioned on our forum that the only new media he saw was a sort of training video (sounds like fun, though) - but we have yet to hear from the Bungie guys themselves.
General announcement: if you were at the party, and would like your thoughts/comments preserved for posterity on the coverage page, drop us a line - we'll set you up with access so you can post there. (This goes for Bungie employees, as well, if you're so inclined.) A search function will be added soon, so that finding that tidbit you wanted will be simple. For those of us not at the party... looks like we missed a good one! (Louis Wu 16:12:58 UTC) (permalink)
The fun of multiplayer
GameSpot has put up another GameSpotting article, this time devoted to the wonder that is Halo multiplayer. Joe Fielder waxes poetic about the 8-player carnagefests they were having for hours:
One time, two enemy tanks came up to our base. Shahed hopped out of his tank to enter the base and take our flag. I jumped into his tank while he was inside the building, took out the driver of the other tank with my tank's cannon, and was sitting there completely still, aiming right at Shahed as he ran out with the flag. I heard him call to his teammates from the other room, "I've got it! Let's go!" and he made a beeline toward me. I fired a round from my cannon straight at him and yelled from Jeff's office, "Wrong tank, Shahed!"
Makes me hope I can find a few other Xbox owners in the area... thanks to Forrest Wickman for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 04:55:26 UTC) (permalink)
New screens at PCGames.de
Thanks to Uriel, who discovered 15 new Halo screens at PC Games.de (you can see them in 640x480 format, or 768x576 format). Some nice ones in there... (Louis Wu 04:38:46 UTC) (permalink)
Launch Party is underway
For those who haven't checked in for a while, the Halo Launch Party got underway about 45 minutes ago at the Hotel Monaco in Chicago. I hope all that needed to be inside GOT inside... we've gotten no word from anyone there yet, but if news breaks, we'll let you know! The Halo Launch Party Coverage page is accessible to a whole horde of HBO regulars at this point... they need to be our eyes and ears tonight. (Louis Wu 01:50:08 UTC) (permalink)
Halo-playin' at the mall
Jeremy, from Xbox Addict, took a few pics at his local software boutique while playing - you can check 'em out in this thread on their forum. Thanks to TomeOne for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 01:43:47 UTC) (permalink)
The skies are full
St. Killer drops a montage on us - a pretty scary fightscene, if it actually went down that way. :) Check it out in our Miscellaneous Art section. (Louis Wu 01:37:28 UTC) (permalink)
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