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Pretty soon, he's gonna model the ring. Life-size.
Ack! This came in Monday, but somehow it got lost in the 'cleaning up from vacation' rush. Chris Bryan, who you might remember from his pretty awesome Maya renders in our Miscellaneous Art section, or his Battle Rifle model which would have won him cash had it been submitted to the Pillar of Art contest, has sent in a shot of his latest work - a chameleon red/blue Hunter model (55K). I want one! (Louis Wu 20:25:24 UTC) (permalink)
A product for some of you
MSN Halo Emoticons? Xbox Web has a package of 5 small images that, when put together in MSN Instant Messenger, spell Halo. If this means something to you, grab them from the Xbox Web Downloads page. (18k zip file... even if you DON'T get it, it won't take very long.) (Louis Wu 19:56:48 UTC) (permalink)
The new site list continues
Still more new Halo sites - UNSC HQ and Dock Command. (Totally unrelated to each other - just starting out at the same general time.) I feel like I'm back in 1999, with Halo sites popping up at the rate of 5+/week... (Louis Wu 19:31:38 UTC) (permalink)
You can't see me...
Whoa, cool. If you have a modded Xbox, bump a hunter, pick up an invisibility powerup, then re-bump your MC character... now you can fight an INVISIBLE hunter. (Check out the CamoJackal, too... his shield vanishes completely until you hit it.) (Louis Wu 19:08:25 UTC) (permalink)
Screenshots Database updated
Took a little while... but we finally got around to adding the 6 new batches of screenshots found on the web over the past few weeks. You'll find them in our Screenshots database (new material begins on July 9). (Louis Wu 15:35:55 UTC) (permalink)
Another brilliant idea from the think tank.
Episode 14 of Red vs Blue has been posted for Sponsors. (Everyone else needs to wait a couple of days.) Apologies for the delay in posting this... it took MUCH longer than usual to watch, because I kept having to go back and replay the parts I'd missed because I was laughing too loudly to hear the dialogue. Funniest episode so far, I'd say. (For what it's worth - titling this news post was really, really hard. All the best choices would have spoiled jokes in the episode itself.) (Louis Wu 14:11:39 UTC) (permalink)
Redshirt
mrsmiley points out that a new comic is up at Halobabies.net. It's pretty funny, even. :) (Apparently, if you're young, you might not get it - read the forum thread for explanations.) (Louis Wu 13:23:46 UTC) (permalink)
Yep, Halo sites ramping up again
And ANOTHER new site - Halo Universe (nice design), in Germany. Check it out! (Louis Wu 02:43:36 UTC) (permalink)
FTC lives again
XboxOttawa.ca, the home of Fire Team Charlie, is back online, at a new host - details at their website. New vid coming soon, they hope. Thanks to Blade for the heads-up. (Don't forget to stop by Blade's Team Ice site if you wanna help with their bandwidth overload.) (Louis Wu 02:42:04 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Information comes online
Another Halo site - Halo Information, says Shadow. Check it out. Update: apparently, the site is already down for bandwidth overage. The forum is still open, however. (Louis Wu 02:38:35 UTC) (permalink)
Good for newcomers... old hat for the rest?
Gamespotting has an editorial from a PC gamer who has never really played Halo before (well, he dabbled a couple of times)... and his impression, after a 3-hour Halo PC fest, was that "everything just comes together so solidly that it's a flat-out amazing game." He makes the point, though, that his console-playing colleagues were actually LESS impressed... because "it's still Halo." So the good news is, Halo PC, whilst (hey, FaL) being built from an engine almost 2 years old, still has the power to impress jaded FPS fans, might have trouble generating a lot of new excitement in its existing (console-based) audience. It'll be interesting to see if he's right. Thanks to Team Overkill for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 02:14:34 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday's news in brief:
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monkey != turtle The SKULL fairy? And the sound collection grows... More words than you can shake a pen at Halo font - updated E3 Trailer on TechTV Guess that release date! New movies from C.O.E.R.C.E. |
Wednesday's news in brief:
