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Halo 2 is NOT playable by the masses
To all the people frantic because Joe Staten's wording suggested that Halo 2 might be playable at E3... I just got a phone call from Dolbex, from the show floor. Halo 2 is behind closed doors only, being shown only to press and bigwigs. The average showgoer will not see ANYTHING. Rejoice or dispair, depending on whether you're going to be there or not... (Louis Wu 19:08:43 UTC) (permalink)
That was real.
Marty O'Donnell tosses out a tidbit on our forum - evidence that the early part of the demo wasn't scripted (for anyone who believed it was). As though we wouldn't trust Bungie... (Louis Wu 18:57:05 UTC) (permalink)
Blitzkrieg exporter for max 6 available
Woohoo! For folks waiting on the 3ds max 6 exporter for Blitzkrieg (exporters for max 3-5 have been out for a bit now), the wait is over! Swing on by Cortana.org to grab it. (Thanks, vatoloco!) (Louis Wu 17:02:52 UTC) (permalink)
E3 Demo - best free option yet
Gamespy has posted a very nice quality version of the E3 demo - Direct Feed, QuickTime, 480x360, 227 mb (zipped) It includes conference footage (Halo2-related) from before and after the actual demo, including the announcer's revelation that the release date is tattooed on his arm. If that's not enough, there's an even HIGHER quality version - 337 mb zipped, 640x480 QT, also free. As of this moment, there is NO wait on the Fileplanet public servers. (That will likely last about 5 minutes, though, so hurry.) (Louis Wu 12:37:16 UTC) (permalink)
Parsons talks Multiplayer
The hefty content of the morning is an interview with Pete Parsons over at IGN. He does a lot of dodging... but he DOES answer a few questions, and there's some really tasty info in there. Go check it out! Thanks, GhaleonEB. (Louis Wu 11:00:24 UTC) (permalink)
Sword Faceoff
Alucard found an image in the Gamespy Screenshot collection that's more of a Wallpaper - but it's an interesting image, nonetheless. Check it out! (Louis Wu 10:58:05 UTC) (permalink)
Have They Got More Polly-Gons?
One One Se7en continues the bird jokes - at least, I HOPE that's a joke. (Louis Wu 10:55:34 UTC) (permalink)
No Really, He Does...
Halo: Resolution speculates that slang won't change too much in the next 500 years. (Louis Wu 10:53:52 UTC) (permalink)
Preordering the Limited Edition
I thought this was pretty clear, but from the quantity of mail we've received, apparently it's not. You CAN preorder the Halo 2 Limited Edition box; it should be available almost anywhere games are sold. Two online biggies, EB Games and Gamestop, are both selling it. (EB Games is offering free 2-day shipping, so they're a better deal, so far.) The EB Games page says 'ships to US Addresses only' - nobody's said yet whether this is because EB Games doesn't like shipping overseas, or if the LE box won't be available outside the US. When we know more about this, we'll certainly post it. (Louis Wu 10:51:35 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 Countdown Timers
El Bastard got to playing with Flash, and created a series of countdown timers, based on the newly published Halo 2 release date of November 9. His first attempt was here, but he made smaller ones here and here (I like the second one the best). Later in the evening, we heard from Jurriaan Wittenberg, who created this puppy. (Americans might be confused by the periods - we use commas there. That number is a total seconds countdown.) If you're interested in keeping track of how long it's going to be before you can get your hands on Halo 2... grab one of these! (Louis Wu 10:45:39 UTC) (permalink)
Screenshot Analysis
Alex Edelman has written up a screenshot analysis of the new ODST shot on Bungie.net; you can find it on his [HOH] website's Article Page. He adds that other shots will be analyzed as well. (Louis Wu 10:39:38 UTC) (permalink)
Transcripts posted at Halo Source
Darksage has added both an audio transcript and a play-by-play descriptive transcript of the E3 2004 demo footage to the Halo Source Knowledge Base. If you had trouble hearing what you were looking at, or don't have the bandwidth to download the movies, go check this out! (Louis Wu 10:24:39 UTC) (permalink)
Halo: Shattered Stars
Reiyou has been working on a Halo RPG for a long time; it's losely based on the d20 system. He's finally put up a website about it. Go check it out! (Louis Wu 10:21:00 UTC) (permalink)
Covers revealed?
This looks pretty plausible. It's nice when FedEx is more efficient then expected, don't ya think? :) (Ding 03:36:55 UTC) (permalink)
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