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QA just got more dangerous.
Now they're just messing with your head. (Louis Wu 18:58:17 UTC) (permalink)
What was I thinking?
Goodness. mnemesis updates the Halo Story page for the first time in over a month... and I manage to misinterpret his note informing me of this. (I thought it was just a 'here I go, I'm gonna start updating again' note. DOH.) Anyway, go visit the Story page. Forerunner origins, Covenant history, xenobiology, weapons theories... it's some deep stuff today. (Louis Wu 17:23:26 UTC) (permalink)
A High Trajectory, Indirect Hit Weapon.
Hehe - once again, Stuntmutt points out the danger of overestimating your weapon in today's One One Se7en. Remember, folks... use the right tool for the job. (Louis Wu 15:37:05 UTC) (permalink)
CPL Winter Event - signups soon!
For those interested in the CPL Winter Event, registration opens next week - Tuesday, September 23 (one week before the game hits the shelves). Interest is high, and there's a 32 team maximum... so you should think seriously about getting in gear. (CPL says, in the same thread, that there is no risk to signing up before the game is released; you'll have until October 14 to back out with no financial penalty, if your team decides (after seeing Halo PC) that it doesn't want to compete.) Thanks to CobaltNova for getting the word out on this one. (Louis Wu 14:35:53 UTC) (permalink)
The disc saga, revisited
A few days ago, Ninja On Fire posted a picture that had shown up on the Halo PC betanews list (a private newsgroup devoted to the PC beta). It (ostensibly) showed someone being arrested by a Plano police officer for the theft of the gold master of Halo PC. There was quite a bit of discussion about whether the pic was real, or faked... and when the same disc appeared on Gearbox's site (twice), it started to look like the 'it's a fake' contingent had a point. GB Crush, a staffer over at 3d Retreat, stopped by early this morning to clarify things: turns out 3d Retreat's Editor in Chief is also a Plano police officer. It's a real photo - but it was staged. And now you know the REST of the story. (Louis Wu 13:27:01 UTC) (permalink)
Mappers... start your engines!
botman, a programmer over at Gearbox, dropped some pretty cool info in our forum this morning:
I know that we plan to have the Halo PC editing tools download package available on the day the game is released (Sept 30), so you should be able to buy the game, download the kit and start creating new maps all in the same day.
This is really, really, REALLY good news for modders. Woohoo! Update: botman jumped the gun a little - yes, the tools will be available, but the timing is still unclear. 'On the day of the game's release' is not official information, and this forum post should not be pointed to by anyone demanding their editors NOW. Apologies for the confusion. (For what it's worth, we jumped the gun, too; this should NOT have been put on the news page without confirmation. My bad.) -lwu (Louis Wu 13:09:28 UTC) (permalink)
Tuesday's news in brief:
Monday's news in brief:
