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Friday, September 5, 2003 |  |
It's all about the ice, baby
Woohoo! New screens at Microsoft's Halo PC site - this time it's Ice Fields. There haven't been a lot of views of this level up to now... you get 5 decent ones here, and can get a good feel for level layout. Thanks to spesalfred for the heads-up! (Louis Wu 21:02:31 UTC) (permalink)
Gearbox posts Editing FAQ
A new Halo PC Editing FAQ has gone up at Gearbox's site - answers to your questions about what you will, and will not, be able to do once the tools are available. Check it out! (Louis Wu 20:21:57 UTC) (permalink)
More Action Figure Action
SketchFactor, over at Bungie.net, has put up some cool info about the second wave of Halo Collectibles, available in a couple of months. Descriptions and links to pictures can all be found in his Bungie.net writeup... go check it out! (Louis Wu 18:48:23 UTC) (permalink)
Advances in the modding scene
For those with modded Xboxes, HaloSkins has posted a couple of mods that might be of interest to you. 1guydriveby allows the driver of a Warthog to fire its LAAG gun while driving... your games of Warthog Jousting just got deadlier. Walk on Walls allows you to... well, walk on walls. (Up and over any obstacle, in fact.) Again - you must have a modded Xbox to use these; any questions you have about modding your Xbox in general or applying these particular mods should be directed at modding communities (like HaloSkins), not us. Thanks! (And thanks to decibel for the heads-up on this stuff. (Louis Wu 18:46:12 UTC) (permalink)
Gearbox posts Sapien shot
Gearbox has put up another new screenie - this time, it's a shot of Sapien, the tool used to populate maps after creation. Get a feel for what sort of options are available... (The work items list is down to 48, as well... not long now!) Thanks to Satesh, on our forum, for noticing. (Louis Wu 15:36:53 UTC) (permalink)
Halo - played by masters.
Wow. Sir Dan points out a link to a vid (streaming WMV format) of the final round of Halo50K, TDT vs DM, CTF on Battle Creek. It's 5:16 long, and shows the entire match (3 captures). Video is hosted by Video CD Productions, and shows some truly impressive teamwork... check it out. (Louis Wu 14:31:20 UTC) (permalink)
Takin' a break...
Red vs Blue is taking the week off this week - there won't be a video. There WILL be info later on today about the DVD they're making, however. Keep your eyes peeled. (Louis Wu 14:06:18 UTC) (permalink)
Hot LZ.
That Sarge... he's a pip. Check out One One Se7en. (Remember, all three main strips this week are a miniseries.) (Louis Wu 13:20:12 UTC) (permalink)
The Preview Parade Continues
Two new Halo PC previews: Warcry, put up Tuesday, and The Armchair Empire, put up Wednesday. The Warcry preview is a bit strange; it focuses entirely on the campaign mode, and was written by someone who never even bothered to read old Xbox summaries. (The screenshots are of such degraded quality that we're not even going to include them in our Screenshots database.) The Armchair Empire believes that the game will be a hard sell to Xbox owners, because "what little that is new to Halo just won't be enough to justify paying full price for a second, slightly more robust version of the game." (These guys obviously haven't been playing internet multiplayer every night...) Both links come from Blue's News, by way of ash. (Louis Wu 12:40:06 UTC) (permalink)
More Action Figure Hoopla!
Joyride has updated their website with pics and info on the next series of Halo action figures to be released by the end of this month. They're listed on the left side of this page. It's the new Master Chief - Green, Master Chief - Red, Elite, and Ghost which includes 3 mini figures of Elite, MC, and Jackal!
Yes, we've known about these figures before, but now it's official!
I'm not sure what the difference is between the Series 1 MC and the Series 2 MC-Green. Is it just the weapon set? I'm sure we'll find out soon enough. (Ding 06:05:30 UTC) (permalink)
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