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Thursday, December 27, 2001 |  |
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Massive Review Boost
Wow. Dan Rudolph pointed out this page at Game Rankings, containing a list of 40 Halo reviews, a whopping 11 of which weren't on our Reviews page. We've added them now... and placed a running aggregate score at the top of the page. (Halo currently holds a 95.2% rating over those 55 reviews.) Later tonight we'll add some extra screenshots, and a pair of movies, found on the new pages. (Louis Wu 21:57:01 UTC) (permalink)
December selling stats
Reuters reports that Sony is dominating the video game market at the moment - after the rush of buying spurred by the release of the Xbox and the GameCube, people have gone back to buying for their existing products, it seems. 12 of the top 20 best-selling games for the first half of December were for Sony's Playstation and Playstation 2, 7 were for Nintendo products (4 Game Boy Advance, 2 GameCube, and 1 Game Boy Color), and one - Halo - represented the Xbox. Three of the four November Xbox best-selling titles, and both of the November GameCube best-sellers, disappeared off the charts. (The two GC titles for December were not on the list in November.) Halo, then, becomes the only game for the new consoles to hold on to its best-seller status through the middle of December - not bad! Thanks to Jeremy Roush for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 18:11:05 UTC) (permalink)
GameSpot's Best Of Awards
Gamespot has put up their Best and Worst of 2001 awards... and Halo did pretty well. Best Shooter, Best Xbox Game, Number 3 in the Top 10 Video Games of 2001 (beaten by Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 and Grand Theft Auto III), and nominated for Best Sound. (Strangely, it wasn't even in the running for Best Story or Best Graphics.) You can vote for yourself in their Reader's Choice Ballot. Thanks to Razorback for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 17:00:44 UTC) (permalink)
Frenetic Fan Fiction
Doesn't usually happen quite this quickly... but Gasmask has submitted Part 2 of his Journals of the Doomed series (Part 1 was posted 12 hours ago). You'll find it in our Fan Fiction section... (Louis Wu 16:51:28 UTC) (permalink)
CVG on Halo and online play
Thanks to David Allan, who pointed out that the UK magazine 'Computer and Video Games' reviewed Halo in their January 2002 issue. They gave it a 9/10, and had nice things to say about gameplay:
Awesome in both single and multiplayer, this pushes console shooters to an all-new high and even gives the finest the PC can offer a run for it's money.
But even more interesting than that was a small interview with Halo Product Manager Steve Fowler.
CVG: But what of online play?
SF: We have all sorts of aspirations of getting Halo, of some sort, online - whether that means this current Halo, a Halo 2, or some sort of additional disk we send out.
This review (and its accompanying interview) is not yet on CVG's web site. Still, the info is tantalizing... (Louis Wu 14:06:05 UTC) (permalink)
Hmm...
Deimos™ points out what happens when you take a Banshee where it shouldn't go... and flip it. Yes, that guy's on the wrong side of the glass. (Louis Wu 09:40:19 UTC) (permalink)
New Fanfic to read
In what might be the last fan fiction of the year, Gasmask sends in the Journals of the Doomed, an account of the landing on the Halo. Check it out in our Fan Fiction section... and be sure to leave feedback! (Louis Wu 01:28:40 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
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Geez, that wasn't nice. VE calls Halo Best Console Game Confusing, those games... More Halo mural art |
Tuesday's news in brief:
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Merry Christmas! |
