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Wednesday, August 20, 2003 |  |
Screenshot Mania!
The participants of the Halo PC Fanstock event held last week at Gearbox have posted their thoughts, and possibly pictures taken during the day... but we all promised you new screenshots, and now, thanks to Gearbox, we can deliver. Check our Fanstock Screens page - there are 12 gameplay shots, 14 hi-res GORGEOUS shots of the new levels Gearbox has created, and 12 shots of the new Rocket Hog in action (including one side-by-side shot with the LAAG Hog). Whew! Update: They're up at Subnova now, as well. Other sites coming soon! Update 2: Blackstar, of Blackstar Productions, has also put these up. (No, he wasn't there. Yes, we're thrilled that they're being mirrored.) If you have trouble viewing them here, try there. (Louis Wu 21:45:19 UTC) (permalink)
Halo PC ad surfaces
Jamirus99 sent in a scan of a full-page Halo print ad that appeared in the September issue of Maximum PC. We've added it to our Halo Ads collection. You can also see it by itself; Jamirus99, unwilling to wait for a front-page mention, also posted it in our forum. (Louis Wu 19:38:18 UTC) (permalink)
How fast can YOU run?
BIGwooly writes to point out that the project he started several months ago, Halo@LightningSpeed (first mentioned by us back in November), is fleshing out nicely. The 7th Column chapter devoted to the project (getting through Halo, level by level, in as little time as possible at Legendary difficulty) now has database entries for every map in solo - and many in Co-op, as well. If you're interested in contributing to this collection, stop by to read the guidelines, and get to playing! (Louis Wu 16:04:15 UTC) (permalink)
XBC Southwest Tournament Saturday
Pulser writes about an online tournament being held over XBC on August 23rd. The catch - you have to be a resident of California, Arizona, Texas, or Nevada. Check the web page for more details. (Louis Wu 13:36:41 UTC) (permalink)
PC footage
FilePlanet has posted a large (158 mb, zipped) 'Exclusive Halo [PC] Single-Player Gameplay Video' movie. (Quicktime format.) It may or may not be worth your time, downloading... it's basically just single-player gameplay on the level Halo. Because it's 640x480, it doesn't really show off much of the new graphical goodness of the PC version (you could get a movie like this off a hi-def connector on the Xbox). If you'd like to see some more multiplayer footage, Dinky has posted a third part of the footage he collected at GenCon last month - you can find it in the movies section of HaloJuggaloProductions. Quality's not as good... but content is more interesting. (Louis Wu 13:25:59 UTC) (permalink)
C&C Halo mod in progress
Dispraiser points out his Command and Conquer mod - you can see the latest models on his webpage. (Louis Wu 12:03:48 UTC) (permalink)
Eurogamer looks at Halo PC
Eurogamer had representatives at the Fanstock event, as well... and have posted a preview of Halo PC. In general, they were very, very happy with what they saw. I wish I could say I was good enough to spot this on Gearbox's Project page... but it took the sharper eyes of Tankramp, over at BGH, to do that. (Louis Wu 11:52:56 UTC) (permalink)
If you read only one post...
I take the day off... and Weekly Review decides to post on time. Nice. Go read it... does a nice job of summarizing last week. And then some. (Louis Wu 11:13:12 UTC) (permalink)
Plenty of Opportunities
End of a long, long day... no Halo PC shots yet, but hey - we've got the next episode of One One Se7en for you! Interesting take on a tactical choice... (Louis Wu 02:58:14 UTC) (permalink)
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