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Tuesday, May 24, 2005 |  |
This Ain't Your Daddy's Wizard.
The Halo2CE team continues their recreation of Halo 2 maps in the HaloCE engine - check out this news post for pictures of last night's test of Warlock. Looks pretty amazingly close! Thanks, $t@nKy. (Louis Wu 19:56:18 UTC) (permalink)
E3, from one Bungie fan
SketchFactor has posted a fan-written look at E3 over on Bungie.net (with a focus, of course, on Bungie) - a few pics, a mini-interview... go read! Thanks, TheLethalSpartan. (Louis Wu 18:04:05 UTC) (permalink)
Hollywood Halo Goes Jumping
The first movie to make it through the Movie Peer Review Rating System (with a passing score) for almost 2 weeks is ready for release. It was submitted by imSuck, of Halogrid.com, and is called 'Jump Tactics Spoof Episode 3' - it's a spoof of the jumping vids released by serious teams like Jump Tactics and Broncho's Friends, and it's pretty funny. This one features guest appearances (heck, they guest-STAR) by Kealii Maluu and Anti Noob (of the REAL Jump Tactics team), and spreads real, killer jumps in amongst humor and silliness. It's 640x480, 10:29 long, and roughly 50 mb, depending on flavor:
WMP9 (53.2 mb) - bungie.org | mythica.org
QuickTime (49.4 mb) - bungie.org | mythica.org
There's a slightly higher-res version, hosted at halo2forum.com, linked off the HaloGrid page - but there seems to be something wrong with the encoding - I can't get it converted to QuickTime. (It plays fine as a WMP9.) It's 10 mb larger than the version we're hosting. Go grab a copy (either from there, or from here), and watch today! (Louis Wu 17:52:49 UTC) (permalink)
Lots and Lots o' Movies at GGZ
There is a rather large collection of new movies available over at movies.gearboxgamezone.com - mostly machinima this time around, and mostly in WMP9 format (though a few have QT options, as well). If you're jonesing for new video footage (and I can see how you might be, we've been pretty barren with respect to new releases recently), swing by and grab some! (Louis Wu 16:39:37 UTC) (permalink)
HaloPC 1.07 Hotfix Released
Roger Wolfson, HaloPC Testmaster for Bungie, has posted a note on the Bungie forums about a new update for HaloPC (and soon for HaloCE) - 1.07 has been released to address a networking vulnerability. The patch will work as an auto-update for those running 1.06 now (no downloading needed, just connect to the Gamespy lobby), but he's posted direct links for folks with earlier versions (or who want to update their dedicated servers). The new client will work with 1.06 servers, but the 1.06 client will NOT work with the 1.07 server. The HaloCE patch "will be made available in a couple days". Thanks to PMSboy for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 10:08:36 UTC) (permalink)
Bach Backpedals on Release Date Claims
Last week, we mentioned a quote from Bill Gates that suggested that Halo 3 might be released in the same timeframe as the Playstation 3. We warned, as usual, that it ain't official until Bungie SAYS it's official... but it IS hard to contradict the head honcho. Nevertheless, there WAS some backpedaling by Robbie Bach, Chief Xbox Officer - in today's Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Bach is quoted as saying:
We haven't announced anything on what Bungie is doing or where we're going with the future of the 'Halo' franchise. With all respect to Bill, I don't run Bungie's studio, and neither does he.
Go read the article for even more vagueness. Thanks to Marc Friedrichs of Halo Universe for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 09:24:13 UTC) (permalink)
Monday's news in brief:
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Confidence is King Mutated Zombie Farts Dual SM Jeez. Monday Morning Reading Guide for MLG Beginners Synide's E3 Wrapup |
Sunday's news in brief:
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Halo domain names for sale Halo 2 bandwidth usage Pillar of Autumn Space now available |
