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Tuesday, December 9, 2003 |  |
Halo PC 1.03 client patch - now up!
The Halo PC 1.03 patch is now available at Bungie.net (bottom of the Files list). My in-game updater isn't working (yet)... but the patch is only 4.4 mb, so grab it! (Thanks to progamerz for pointing it out.) Looks like a mirror list will be going up soon. (Louis Wu 20:55:32 UTC) (permalink)
Halo PC 1.03 - Server now available!
The Halo PC 1.03 patch is now available for the Halo Dedicated Server; grab it from Bungie.net. (That article also contains links to the full 1.02 server, if you don't already have it (this patch is not standalone; it requires 1.02), and the mapfiles, if you don't have those.) The client patch will be available starting at 1 pm PST (9 pm UTC). The readme for the server is available in RTF format from Bungie.net, or in HTML format here at HBO. The wait is over! (Louis Wu 19:06:57 UTC) (permalink)
Five copies of Mac Halo - up for grabs!
MacGamer is giving away 5 copies of Mac Halo in this week's MacGamer Giveaway; submit your best photoshopped image of the Master Chief on vacation, and if your entry is among the 5 funniest, you'll walk away with a free copy of Halo. Details (including submission rules) can be found at MacGamer. Thanks to RavenEA for noticing! (Louis Wu 17:51:55 UTC) (permalink)
Return of the Sidewinder King
Team Sexy has released Sidewinder King 2 - a followup to their popular Hall of the Sidewinder King video. It takes the fight to (where else?) Blood Gulch, and introduces dialogue. Mostly, it works pretty well. (Great camera footage in the second half...) It weighs in at roughly 20 mb (18.5 for the QT version, 20.6 for the DivX version). You can get it from the Team Sexy forums (you need to register, then look for a thread in the TS.Films forum entitled 'SK2 is realeased[sic]!'). For a limited time, we're helping out with Mythica.org bandwidth (for both the QuickTime and Divx versions). Grab this one while you're waiting for that 1.03 patch for Halo PC! (Louis Wu 16:00:54 UTC) (permalink)
The Making of... Halo (uncut)
A couple of months ago, Edge Magazine published an article in their Equip Xbox issue called 'The making of... Halo'; it was a fascinating look inside the development process. It was released online, in truncated form, at Gamesradar.uk, in late October. Not long after that, we received a scanned copy of the full article, from broony, and we set about getting permission from Edge to put it online. We never did receive an answer from them... but the issue is now long off the shelves, so you'll find it in our Press Scans section (which is otherwise woefully backlogged - scanner's on the fritz). broony did a pretty good scanning job, and I did my best to make the result as readable as possible without being too hard to download. Enjoy! (Louis Wu 14:58:40 UTC) (permalink)
Halo for GotY at Shacknews
Shacknews is running their own Game of the Year poll; Halo is up for PC Action. Go vote! (Thanks to Jamirus99 for the heads-up.) (Louis Wu 12:55:38 UTC) (permalink)
What Mantel?
Today's Guest One One Se7en was sent in by Chaos Ferret, and looks at the better part of valo(u)r... or maybe it's something else. Hmm... (Louis Wu 10:43:24 UTC) (permalink)
Tuesday Tales
Lightweight Fan Fiction update today...
- The Rise of Humanity: Part 1 (Revised!), by [ridiculous combination of non-printable characters deleted]
- Fight or Flight: Chapter 6 (The Big Boom), by teemus
- Fight or Flight: Part Seven (Final Finish), by teemus
- MSOG: Chapter 6: Pilot and Escape, by Sprtn117John
- MSOG: Chapter 7: Violence begets violence, by Sprtn117John
- Shadow Ops II: Prologue, by Agent Shade
- Earth's Destruction Chapter 4: One-Ship Assault, by Sentinel
- No Way Out: Part 1, by Arthur Wellesly
- Fight for New Tatley (Chapter 7: Covenant Crusade), by CoLd BlooDed
No problem, right? (For the record: The Fan Fiction section is NOT an appropriate place to submit theories about the game's backstory. Please mail those theories to halostory@bungie.org. Thanks! Also: please don't create usernames full of characters that simply don't translate to the web; next time, I'll delete the STORY instead of the name.) (Louis Wu 10:28:59 UTC) (permalink)
HaloGT puts up new vids
Two new movies over at HaloGT today; Rocketopia is mostly just a warthog jump vid, but near the end there's some cool weapons-crossing-glitching going on. The other one... well, you gotta watch it. Maybe you'll get it. Forum thread for comments is here. (Louis Wu 02:14:59 UTC) (permalink)
CXVII
Awful timing indeed, on my carelessness... Monday's One One Se7en introduced yet ANOTHER new character. Keep an eye on this one - they say that old ones can be wiley. (Louis Wu 02:01:38 UTC) (permalink)
Cunning Creatures Indeed
Eep - for the first time in a very long time, I forgot about the comic updates yesterday. First up - Halo: Resolution, which continues to have n00b problems. (Louis Wu 01:57:09 UTC) (permalink)
HPC Patch Tuesday
Wondering where the Halo PC 1.03 patch is? Cysco posted a note on the Gearbox forums stating that it was delayed a day, and will be out Tuesday, December9; the Dedicated Server will be released in the morning, and the client patch will go live in the afternoon. Thanks to -BERZERKER-, on our forum, and hotsoup, via email, for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 01:28:40 UTC) (permalink)
Monday's news in brief:
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Corny Art... or Art Carney? Homefront nearing completion Mac Halo is GOLD! Story Page Update RvB radio interview today Halo PC tourney tonight Halo in 2D Articular Consideration |
Sunday's news in brief:
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More Deadly Than The Male. Sunday Reading That's a lotta strips. |
