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Thursday, October 7, 2004 |  |
Wanna Play Halo 2 Early?
Wonga. Get thee hence to MLGPro.com, and read the details about how you could get yourself into an elite group of 50 people who get the chance to play the final build (shipping version) of Halo 2 multiplayer - 5 days before the rest of the world. Before you get TOO excited: You must be 18, and you must be able to get yourself to Times Square in New York City on November 4. GOGOGO! (Louis Wu 18:04:50 UTC) (permalink)
Chicks dig Halo
Trunks points out a new Halo-related Trunks and Soto, a webcomic. (If it's not yet viewable from the front page, you can go there directly.) (Louis Wu 15:10:38 UTC) (permalink)
Professional Gaming - in NYT
The New York Times Technology section has an article today (registration required, free) on The World Cyber Games - and competitive gaming in general. Major League Gaming gets a nice mention, and Halo champion Zyos is the article opener. Good read! Thanks, Dolbex. Update: Dr. Nick provides an easy way to see this. (Louis Wu 15:08:23 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 at Ubercon?
Hmm... is Halo 2 going to be playable at Ubercon IV next week at the Meadowlands in New Jersey? It's certainly listed on the LAN Gaming page... thanks, insaneidiot432. Update: this seems to be a random claim by a random group... Bungie, officially, has no plans whatsoever to show Halo 2 at Ubercon. Maybe they're gonna show a movie? (Louis Wu 14:58:05 UTC) (permalink)
More free Halo 2 headsets
mottpees points out another giveaway for Halo 2 headsets - 12 of them this time, at XBL Primetime, a subsite of Xbox.com. Go sign up! (Sweeps link is on the right.) (Louis Wu 14:31:32 UTC) (permalink)
Win lots of action figures
Looks like Forerunners.org is giving away all 6 Master Chief action figures - just sign up and you've got a chance to win! This was apparently posted on B.net a week ago, but I missed it until Littlebigman pointed it out on our forum. Sorry! (Louis Wu 14:15:21 UTC) (permalink)
More on pop music in Halo 2
Will H. points out that there's a news item on the Breaking Benjamin website (three from the top right now) discussing their contribution:
Breaking Benjamin have contributed a BRAND NEW song entitled "Blow Me Away" that will be featured in the upcoming Halo 2 video game and soundtrack. Both will be released on November 9, 2004. The song will featured via a full stream on the official Halo 2 site soon.
Keep your ears open! (Louis Wu 13:13:49 UTC) (permalink)
Still waiting for top shrinkwrapping jobs...
Gamespy, clearly short of material to write about, has put up a 'Top 10 Game Boxes of the Season' article. Halo 2 came down with Number 7. Thanks, Bored_Dude. (Louis Wu 13:09:02 UTC) (permalink)
Oops.
A number of stories came out last night about the Halo 2 preorder issue; apparently, rather than being an UNDERestimate (as I thought), the Seattle Times' value of one million preorders was an OVERestimate; official counts put it around 750,000. Oops! First clarification report I read was at Gamespot. (Louis Wu 12:18:29 UTC) (permalink)
Zanzibar - before November 9?
NiTrOuSoXiDe sends word that the Halo CE Zanzibar mod is far enough along to release screenshots - and you can find 3 of them in this thread on the Gearbox forums. Dang, that looks nice! (Louis Wu 12:14:31 UTC) (permalink)
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